Child Decoded: Unlocking Complex Issues in Your Child's Learning, Behavior or Attention

by Marijke Jones, Kim Gangwish, Robin E. McEvoy

"... Child Decoded  is nearly flawless in its readability, presentation and storytelling."  -- Blue Ink Review     "Where's the Owner's Manual?!"What parent hasn't wished for the manual that goes with her child? And children with complex behavior or learning issues can be even more confounding.The last twenty years have seen a huge increase, not only in children with learning and behavior problems, but in children with bewildering combinations of them. These combinations can defy categorization and resist treatment. Figuring these children out can feel like trying to decrypt anespecially complex code, without a cypher. Even professionals find it challenging.Child Decoded presents a new kind of resource for a new kind of need. It provides parents with a broader understanding of the issues that may be affecting their children, as well as concise information on who can help and how.In this book, you will    * an extensive, unique checklist system to help you find your starting point   * avenues of support you may not have considered   * underlying factors that may be worsening your child's learning or behaviorproblems   * common misdiagnoses   * which practitioners do what, and what questions to ask of them   * descriptions of both Western medicine and alternative medicine solutionsThe experts who contributed to this book are passionate about helping parents understand the full range of options available to them. We now have more insight into the brain than ever before,more understanding of how different factors affect brain function, and more tools we can use to diagnose and treat.

Genres: Parenting

420 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 10, 2017

About the author

Marijke Jones got her BA from Cornell University, and finally settled down in Colorado after living in Japan and traveling throughout Asia and other parts of the world. She has been a copy and developmental editor for over ten years and has worked on a number of manuscripts, McGraw-Hill textbooks, website content, and other miscellaneous projects during that time. She has also published essays, mostly about her experiences raising, homeschooling, and trying to figure out her twice exceptional son. Ms. Jones is passionate about help¬ing families with struggling children find answers and peace of mind. She believes that for each thing a child can’t do, there is something amazing that he can do. A former therapist who specialized in trauma, she also believes that monitoring children’s emotional and mental health is every bit as important as remediating their learning issues. She lives with her incredibly patient husband in Louisville, Colorado, where she enjoys the beautiful Rocky Mountains and all they have to offer. Occasionally, her two adult children come home from college or Europe or wherever they have been having more adventures than she has.

Reviews

[Yafa Crane Luria · Rating 5 out of 5]

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