Not What I Expected
Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Special Needs, Health & Well Being, Self Help, Self Improvement, Stress Management
| Author: | Rita Eichenstein, PhD | ISBN: | 9780698169753 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group | Publication: | April 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | TarcherPerigee | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rita Eichenstein, PhD |
| ISBN: | 9780698169753 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Publication: | April 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | TarcherPerigee |
| Language: | English |
**Finalist for a Books for a Better Life Award
A pediatric neuropsychologist presents strategies to help parents of special-needs children navigate the emotional challenges they face.**
As diagnosis rates continue to rise for autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences, parents face a maze of medical, psychological, and educational choices – and a great deal of emotional stress. Many books address children’s learning or behavior problems and advise parents what they can do to help their kids, but until Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children there were no books that explain what the parents are going through - and how they can cope with their own emotional upheaval – for their own sake, and for the wellbeing of the whole family.
With compassion, clarity, and an emphasis on practical solutions, Dr. Rita Eichenstein's Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children walks readers through the five stages of acceptance (similar to the stages of grief, but modified for parents of special-needs kids). Using vivid anecdotes and suggestions, she helps readers understand their own emotional experience, nurture themselves in addition to their kids, identify and address relationship wounds including tension in a marriage and struggles with children (special-needs and neurotypical), and embrace their child with acceptance, compassion and joy.
**Finalist for a Books for a Better Life Award
A pediatric neuropsychologist presents strategies to help parents of special-needs children navigate the emotional challenges they face.**
As diagnosis rates continue to rise for autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences, parents face a maze of medical, psychological, and educational choices – and a great deal of emotional stress. Many books address children’s learning or behavior problems and advise parents what they can do to help their kids, but until Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children there were no books that explain what the parents are going through - and how they can cope with their own emotional upheaval – for their own sake, and for the wellbeing of the whole family.
With compassion, clarity, and an emphasis on practical solutions, Dr. Rita Eichenstein's Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children walks readers through the five stages of acceptance (similar to the stages of grief, but modified for parents of special-needs kids). Using vivid anecdotes and suggestions, she helps readers understand their own emotional experience, nurture themselves in addition to their kids, identify and address relationship wounds including tension in a marriage and struggles with children (special-needs and neurotypical), and embrace their child with acceptance, compassion and joy.
