1. Understanding children: a complex exploration
2. Cognitive and learning challenges: giftedness; lower than average IQ; learning disabilities; language difficulties
The gifted child's school difficulties
The struggles of the child who has a lower than average IQ
Language deficits can impact learning
3. Trauma and stress: trauma; posttraumatic stress disorder; world violence; community violence; coping with traumatic events
Defining traumatic events
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Violence in the child's community
4. Family and school stress and the impact of anxiety: family stressors; victims of bullying; anxiety disorders
Stress in the home: births, maltreatment, divorce
Stress in school: bullying
Anxiety and anxiety disorders
5. Other internalized disorders and the mind-body interaction: obsessive thoughts; compulsive behaviors; obsessive-compulsive disorder; perfectionism; depression; mind-body interaction; the impact of chronic medical concerns
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Mind-body interaction: physical illness and its relation to emotional stress
6. Externalized disorders; ADHS; oppositional defiant disorder; conduct disorder and bullying
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD); Conduct disorder (CD)
7. Additional areas of concern: selective mutism; autism and asperger's disorder; tics and tourette's disorder; psychosis; eating disorder; the atypical child
Autism and asperger's disorder
Tics and tourette's disorder
not all children are diordered!
8. A positive journey through elementary school: students, parents, and teachers offer words of advice
