{"product_id":"9780399171765-secondhand-not-what-i-expected-help-and-hope-for-parents-of-atypical-children","title":"Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children","description":"A developmental psychologist presents strategies to help parents of special-needs children navigate the emotional challenges they face\n\nFinalist for a Books for a Better Life Award\n\nA pediatric neuropsychologist presents strategies to help parents of special-needs children navigate the emotional challenges they face.\n\n As diagnosis rates continue to rise for autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences, parents face a maze of medical, psychological, and educational choices - and a great deal of emotional stress. Many books address children's learning or behavior problems and advise parents what they can do to help their kids, but until Not What I Expected- Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children there were no books that explain what the parents are going through - and how they can cope with their own emotional upheaval - for their own sake, and for the wellbeing of the whole family.\n \n With compassion, clarity, and an emphasis on practical solutions, Dr. Rita Eichenstein's Not What I Expected- Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children walks readers through the five stages of acceptance (similar to the stages of grief, but modified for parents of special-needs kids). Using vivid anecdotes and suggestions, she helps readers understand their own emotional experience, nurture themselves in addition to their kids, identify and address relationship wounds including tension in a marriage and struggles with children (special-needs and neurotypical), and embrace their child with acceptance, compassion and joy.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48910410612955,"sku":"9780399171765-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e71555d3-e605-42f1-9614-5701c367e58a.jpg?v=1782468654","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780399171765-secondhand-not-what-i-expected-help-and-hope-for-parents-of-atypical-children","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}