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Quirky Kids:
Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In- When to Worry and When Not to
Worry
Perri Klass, Eileen Costello
The toddler whose tantrums scare all the other kids on the playground . . . The
three-year-old who ignores all his toys but seems passionately attached to the vacuum
cleaner . . . The fourth-grade girl who never gets invited to a birthday party because
classmates think she’s “weird” . . . The geek who is terrific at math, but
is failing every other subject. Quirky children are different from other kids in ways that
they–and their parents and teachers–have a hard time understanding or
explaining. Straddling the line between eccentric and developmentally impaired, quirky
children present challenges that standard parenting books fail to address. Now, in Quirky
Kids, nationally known writer/pediatrician Perri Klass and her colleague Eileen Costello,
a seasoned pediatrician with a special interest in child development, finally provide the
expert guidance and in-depth research that families with quirky children so desperately
need.
A generation ago, such children were called odd ducks or worse. But nowadays, they are
often assigned medical, psychiatric, or neurological diagnoses. The diagnoses often
overlap or shift, but the labels can be frightening. Klass and Costello illuminate the
confusing list of terms applied to quirky children these days–nonverbal learning
disability, sensory integration disorder, obsessive-compulsive behavior, autistic spectrum
disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, Asperger’s syndrome–and explain how
to assess what exactly each diagnosis means and how to use it to help a child most
effectively.
Quirky Kids takes you through the stages of a child’s life, helping to smooth theway
at home, at school, even on the playground. How do you make it through mealtime, when
emotions often erupt? How do you help the child’s siblings understand what’s
going on? Is it better to “mainstream” the child or seek a special education
program? How can you make a school more welcoming and flexible for a quirky child? How do
you help your child deal with social exclusion, name-calling, and bullying?
Choosing the right therapy for quirky children is especially difficult, because their
problems fall outside traditional medical categories. Coping strategies might include
martial arts or horseback riding, or speech and occupational therapies. Klass and Costello
cover all the options, as well as offer a thorough consideration of the available
medications, how they work, and whether medication is the best choice for your child.
Drs. Klass and Costello firmly believe that the ideal way to help our quirky kids is to
understand and embrace the qualities that make them exceptionally interesting and lovable.
Written with upbeat clarity and informed insight, their book is a comprehensive guide to
loving, living with, and enjoying these wonderful if challenging children.
ORDER CODE: RNDM0345451422B
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