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Childhood Stress in Contemporary Society (Hardcover)
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Childhood Stress in Contemporary Society (Hardcover)
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Don't let your own reaction to stress negatively affect the
children in your care! With new evidence indicating that
undesirable stress is likely to have its roots in childhood,
Childhood Stress in Contemporary Society is a much-needed resource
for anyone who works with children. An authority in the field of
stress education, Dr. James Humphrey offers an easy-to-read text on
what stress is, how it affects children as opposed to adults, and
how to take back control when stress becomes overwhelming. Whether
a parent, caretaker, counselor, or teacher, this book will provide
you with a better understanding of stress and several methods for
helping children cope on a daily basis. Childhood Stress in
Contemporary Society provides readers with an extensive exploration
of the definition of stress, from basic terminology to the causes
and effects of stress in the daily lives of children and adults.
This book will teach you how to better deal with stress in your own
life and how to share that knowledge with children. Dr. Humphrey
walks you step-by-step through a variety of techniques, exercises,
and games that improve a child's self-image and the confidence
necessary to contend with stressful situations. This book will help
you: spot irregular behavior in children usually associated with
poor stress management help children understand and respond more
appropriately to stressors work with children with special needs
who have additional stress due to their afflictions alleviate or
reduce stressors at home and in school provide the appropriate
level of physical activity to children to decrease tension utilize
relaxation techniques, such as meditation and biofeedback, to
alleviate stress Rich with interviews, surveys, and case studies
focusing on children and caretakers, Childhood Stress in
Contemporary Society is an important manual for helping children in
today's hectic culture. Recent discoveries indicate that children
who associate with adults under stress are very likely to become
stress-ridden themselves; children supervised by adults who do not
cope well with stress can adopt this same inability to cope.
Therefore, this book is vital for those adults who are involved
with the well-being of children.
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