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The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children

The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five "Difficult" Types of Children
By Stanley I. Greenspan, With *, Jacqueline Salmon

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Most children fall into five basic personality types that stem from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant child, the inattentive child, and the active/aggressive child. Stanley Greenspan, M.D., is the first to show parents how to match their parenting to the challenges of their particular child. He identifies and vividly describes these five universal temperaments and then, with great empathy, shows parents how each of these children actually experiences the world and how to use daily childrearing to enhance an individual child's strengths and talents.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #52608 in Books
  • Published on: 1996-09-09
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 336 pages

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From Library Journal
In his latest book, Greenspan (psychiatry, behavioral science, and pediatrics, George Washington Univ. Medical Sch.) proposes methods for dealing with challenging children that focus on using both "nature" (the inborn temperament of the child) and "nurture" (the impact of the child's environment). Following an opening discussion of stages of child development, Greenspan devotes subsequent chapters to each of five types of special children: the highly sensitive, the self-absorbed, the defiant, the inattentive, and the active/ aggressive. Through use of case examples, he helps parents to identify and understand problem behaviors, to develop a plan to deal with that behavior, and to find the keys to help a difficult child cope. Both those who work with difficult children and their parents and any parent seeking to enhance his or her relationship with a child will find much useful advice here. Recommended for parenting collections in public and undergraduate libraries.?Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, Md.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author
Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., author of the widely used and praised books The Challenging Child and (with Serena Wieder, Ph.D.) Engaging Autism, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Jacqueline Salmon, a staff writer on the Washington Post, is the mother of two young children and has lived the very issues outlined in this book.

Customer Reviews

A great introduction to the Floor Time approach5
Stanley Greenspan is an expert in child psychology and specifically challenging children and those on the autism spectrum. Though this book is really useful for anyone with a challenging child, it's especially valuable for those learning how to interact with children on the autism spectrum and enrich their lives.

Great Book!5
A must have for the parents who have been during with a cranky child on a daily-basis - in order to lower your blood pressure! This book provides you with the knowledge that you need to deal with a challenging child.

VERY HELPFUL5
I think this book is has the objectivity that every parent needs, it is very clear, easy to understand and really helpful if u are at the point where words are not really enough in your relation with your kid.