Overview
Treating Preschool Children is the third volume on the treatment of children in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique. This book focuses on the clinical treatment of children from birth through age five, when the most devastating child psychiatric syndromes can make their first appearance. Written by a team of researchers and frontline clinicians, this hands-on resource provides the knowledge and tools necessary to assess and treat serious problems, such as autism, mental retardation, abuse, and neglect. In addition, the authors present a variety of specific interventions for common behavioral issues, including attachment disorders, sleep problems, toilet training, and gender issues.Written with the same sensitivity and insight as Treating School-Age Children and Treating Adolescents, this volume is an indispensable guide for meeting the challenges of treating children during these early, critical years.
Covers disruptive behavioral disorders, conversion & somatoform disorders, pain & related problems, etc.
Synopsis
Treatments for Developmental Issues and Problems
A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique
This book presents effective and efficient interventions for children who are just beginning school through the years of early puberty. The expert contributors offer the knowledge and tools for assessing and treating the problems that are unique to this age group. Encouraging both creativity and flexibility, they present specific recommAndations for the treatment of developmental issues and problems such as hyperactivity, depression, obsession, compulsions, phobias, and trauma-related problems.
Helps clinicians to be the best that they can be.?—John E. Schowalter, M.D., Albert J. Solnit Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Child Study Center, Yale University
Booknews
Focuses on the clinical treatment of children from birth through age five, when the most devastating child psychiatric syndromes can make their first appearance. Provides knowledge and tools necessary to assess and treat serious problems, such as autism, mental retardation, abuse, and neglect. In addition, the authors present a variety of specific interventions for common behavioral issues, including feeding disorders, attachment disorders, sleep problems, toilet training, and gender issues. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.