Is it Just a Phase?

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0307440508, Hardcover)

It's Never Just a Phase has the answers that parents, teachers, and health-care providers are seeking for childhood development and behaviour problems. Swedo and Leonard draw guidelines for determining when behaviour is a developmental phase and when it is a cause for concern. It's Never Just a Phase enables parents to actively help their child while it outlines appropriate treatments for the more serious disorders. This important contribution to parenting is an indispensable tool for raising healthy children in difficult times.Examines the challenges facing a child from toddlerhood through adolescence such as social phobias, learning disabilities, and depression.