Hardback: £22.50 / $29.95
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2008, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 480pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-880-1, BIC 2: JM
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Paperback: £16.99 / $24.95
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2010, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 480pp
ISBN: 978-1-84905-822-3, BIC 2: JM
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"What a valuable resource to help parents find their way through the bewildering vocabulary of psychiatric labels. Books like Alphabet Kids are essential if we are to bridge the gap between professionals and families."
-Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director, Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University
"I wish I'd had Robbie Woliver's book to guide me in the early days of my journey with my daughter ...Alphabet Kids should be in every household; it is an essential guide for all parents and should be required reading for all teachers."
-Cathy Moriarty-Gentile, Academy award-nominated actress, child's health advocate, and parent of a daughter with special needs
"Medical diagnosis and treatment is complex and overwhelming for many families … Alphabet Kids does an excellent job of translating complex medical conditions and terminology into language that parents can understand."
-Matthew Cohen, Adjunct Professor of Mental Health Law at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, and author of A Guide to Special Education Advocacy
"When a child is struggling, parents worry. What's wrong? Whom do we see? Where do I find help? Thanks to Robbie Woliver, parents now have a comprehensive resource, Alphabet Kids, to help them help their child."
-Larry B. Silver, M.D., former acting director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and author of The Misunderstood Child
"I wish Alphabet Kids were available 18 years ago when those nagging questions were keeping my wife and I up nights. It would have led us in the right direction and resulted in needed early interventions… A must read for any parents losing sleep."
-Jeffrey Cohen, father of two children living with Fragile X Syndrome and Chair Public Policy, National Fragile X Foundation
"A necessity for every household! An invaluable reference tool for every pediatric specialist and educator. Alphabet Kids impressively offers a range of relatable vignettes, relevant symptoms, and a wealth of helpful resources, providing clarity and answers...all in one, easy to read, positive and encouraging book!"
-Dr. Kimberly Williams, Psy.D., Neuropsychologist, NYU Child Study Center
"This book will encourage both parents and professionals to use available tools and to make contributions that will further enhance the prognosis for so many."
-Vivian Hanson Meehan, president and founder of ANAD (National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders)
"Weaving extensive research with personal empathy, Robbie Woliver provides parents and practitioners with an extremely useful resource, as we work to identify and improve the life of children with special needs."
-Martin L. Kutscher, M.D., pediatric neurologist and author of Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's, Tourette's, Bipolar and More!
From ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) to ZS (Zellweger Syndrome)-there seems to be an alphabet disorder for almost every behavior, from those caused by serious, rare genetic diseases to more common learning disabilities that hinder children's academic and social progress.
Alphabet Kids have disorders that are often concurrent, interconnected or mistaken for one another: for example, the frequent combination of ASD, OCD, SID and ADHD. If a doctor only diagnoses one condition, he or she may have missed others. As the rates of these disorders dramatically rise, Alphabet Kids explains it all. Robbie Woliver covers 70 childhood disorders, providing information on causes, cures, treatments and prognoses. Chapters include a comprehensive list of signs and symptoms, and the disorders are illustrated with often heartbreaking, but always inspirational true-life stories of a child with the particular disorder.
This comprehensive, easy-to-read go-to guide will help parents to sort through all the interconnected childhood developmental, neurobiological and psychological disorders and serve as a roadmap to help start the families' journey for correct diagnoses, effective treatment and better understanding of their Alphabet Kids.
