Stressed Out! Solutions to Help Your Child Manage and Overcome Stress

Stressed Out!: Solutions to Help Your Child Manage and Overcome Stress is an easy-to-read guide for parents to help their children understand stress, its effects on kids' day-to-day lives, and how to handle it. The book suggests stress management solutions that can be implemented by even the busiest parents and kids, focusing on a variety of common stressful situations that are grouped according to three categories—school, family, or environmental. Strategies include sample dialogues parents can use in conversation with their child and activities to help children gain insight and understanding into the nature of their stress, such as worksheets, role-play scenarios, or children's stories. Designed for maximum accessibility, parents and their children can immediately apply and reinforce the solutions. Inherent in each chapter is the underlying understanding that stress in children is very individual and solutions need to be individualized to fit the circumstances and personality of each child. 2018 NAGC Book of the Year Award Winner

Acknowledgements Introduction Section I: Principles of Stress Chapter 1: Put Stress on Your Parenting Agenda Chapter 2: Stressed, Anxious, or Both? Chapter 3: Helpful Versus Harmful Stress Chapter 4: Perception of Stressors Chapter 5: Minimize Negative Stress Section II: Stress is Everywhere Chapter 6: Stress in School Chapter 7: Stress in the Community Chapter 8: Stress in the Family Section III: Stress Busters Chapter 9: Protection From Stress Chapter 10: Yoga, Mindfulness, and Meditation Chapter 11: Seeking a Happy, Balanced Life Conclusion Resources for Parents Resources for Kids References About the Authors

Jim Forgan, Ph.D., is an associate professor and Licensed School Psychologist. He teaches others how to teach and assess children with ADHD and other types of learning disabilities at Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, FL. In private practice, he works with families of children with ADHD and other learning differences. Jim consults with public and private schools doing workshops on ADHD, dyslexia, problem solving, and accommodations for learning disabilities. He is also the parent of a young son with ADHD.