What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck

A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD

Dawn Huebner author Bonnie Matthews illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:American Psychological Association

Published:15th Feb '07

Should be back in stock very soon

What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck cover

A Gold NAPPA Winner (National Parenting Publications Awards)
​Moonbeam Silver Children’s Book Award for Activity Books 

What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder. This interactive self-help book turns kids into super-sleuths who can recognize and more appropriately respond to OCD's tricks.

With engaging examples, activities, and step-by-step instructions, it helps children master the skills needed to break free from OCD's sticky thoughts and urges, and live happier lives. This What-to-Do Guide is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change.

This book is part of the Magination Press What-to-Do Guides for Kids series and includes an “Introduction to Parents and Caregivers.” What-to-Guides for Kids are interactive self-help books designed to guide 6–12 year old's and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of various psychological concerns. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books educate, motivate, and empower children to work towards change.
 

A Gold NAPPA (National Parenting Publications Awards) winner

Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for Activity Books (Silver)

“This is a great book that will motivate and educate.”—Portland Book Review

"Dr. Huebner tackles OCD in a way that is comprehensive, developmentally appropriate, and fun. This guide is an invaluable tool to demystify OCD and help children heal."—Michelle Saidel, MD, Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

"My first impression from this book is that a few more simple tools could have helped me nip this disorder in the bud BEFORE I reached adulthood."—The OCD Diaries

  • Commended for Moonbeam Children's Book Award (Activity-Educational) 2008

ISBN: 9781591478058

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96 pages