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Why Are You So Scared? |
Subtitle:
A Child's Book About Parents With PTSD
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Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > General
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Author:
Beth Andrews
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Illustrator::
Katherine Kirkland
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 10:
143381045X
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ISBN 13:
9781433810459
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Price:
$USD 14.95
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Publication Year:
2012
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Publisher Info
Michael Miyazaki,
American Psychological Association,750 First Street, NE,
Washington ,
District Of Columbia - 20002,USA
Web: www.apa.org/pubs/magination Inquiry
Kids who have a parent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can often feel confused, scared, or helpless. Why Are You So Scared? explains PTSD and its symptoms in nonthreatening, kid-friendly language, and is full of questions and exercises that kids and parents can work through together. The workbook-style layout encourages kids to express their thoughts and emotions about PTSD through writing, drawing, and designing. This book can serve as a practical tool for kids to cope with and eventually understand their parent's PTSD.
Book Review and Awards
"An empathetic and honest text introduces scenarios that might trigger PTSD, such as assault, car or plane accident, military service, police or fire service, natural disasters and war-related or terrorist bombings. Explanations as to how someone with PTSD might react follow, with examples including panic attacks, nervous or jumpy behavior, sleep issues or nightmares. The text acknowledges children's feelings of helplessness as well as the false sense that their behavior might be responsible, providing strong reassurance that that is not the case, and it also emphasizes that feelings of sadness, anger and despair do not cancel the love of a parent...Loose, child-friendly watercolors offer a window into a series of emotions and depict a wide variety of family configurations, ages, cultures and races, encompassing the spectrum of American society." --Kirkus