Your Anxious Child E-Book

John S. Dacey

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 279

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

A fully-revised and updated new edition of a bestselling book designed to help parents, teachers, and counsellors support young people suffering from anxiety.

• Offers an array of innovative strategies organized into the authors’ four-step “COPE” program, which has undergone more than 20 years of successful field testing
• Each strategy is accompanied by a set of activities contextualized with full details of the appropriate age level, materials needed, suggested setting, and a template script
• Presents a straightforward account of anxiety, the most prevalent clinical diagnosis in young people, written with a careful balance of scientific evidence and benevolence
• Features a brand new chapter on preschoolers and a companion website that includes instructional MP3 recordings and a wealth of additional resources

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

List of Illustrations

Figures

Tables

About the Authors

Acknowledgements

About the Companion Website

1 What Is Anxiety?

The Nature of Anxiety

When Anxiety Becomes a Problem

Major Causes of Anxiety in Children

Anxiety at Different Ages and Stages

Current Therapeutic Perspectives on Anxiety

The Cope Method

In Summary

2 The Eight Types of Anxiety Disorder

Specific (Simple) Phobia

Social Phobia

Separation Anxiety

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Panic Disorder

Agoraphobia

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

3 COPE Step One

The General Adaptation Syndrome

Physical Methods

Psychological Methods

Spiritual Methods

4 COPE Step Two

Creating Anti-Anxiety Plans

Imaginative Problem-Solving Guidelines

5 COPE Step Three

Imagination and Persistence

Tolerating Ambiguity

Learning to Take Moderate Risks

Acquiring a Sense of Personal Courage

Delay of Gratification

Avoiding Rigid Thinking

Avoiding Drift

6 COPE Step Four

The Role of Gender and Ethnicity in Evaluation Plans

How to Evaluate Plans

Formative Evaluation