UPC: 9780128104231 | Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional: Pediatric Disorders of Regulation in Affect and Behavior: A Therapist s Guide to Assessment and Treatment (Paperback)

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Pediatric Disorders of Regulation in Affect and Behavior second edition is a skills-based book for mental health professionals working with children experiencing disorders of self-regulation. These children are highly sensitive to stimulation from the environment emotionally reactive and have difficulty maintaining an organized and calm state of being. Children with these struggles often have difficulty adapting to changing demands at home and school. The child may additionally struggle with bipolar or mood disorder anxiety depression obsessive-compulsive disorder Asperger s syndrome eating or sleep disorders and/or attention-deficit disorder. This book will help professionals integrate treatment strategies that address the individual s regulatory sensory integration and mental health problems. The book is organized with each chapter discussing a different form of dysregulation in eating sleep mood regulation anxiety attention and behavioral control. Chapters begin with developmental and neurobiological underpinnings of the problem include clinical observations and close with diagnosis and treatment strategies. Recommended treatments integrate aspects of dialectical behavioral therapy mind-body therapies and sensory integration techniques and interpersonal therapy. Checklists for diagnosis and treatment planning are included at the conclusion of each chapter with an appendix of 20 skill sheets for use in treatment.