The Parents' Guide to Psychological First Aid
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Predictable Life Crises
Gerald Koocher and Annette La Greca
Table of Contents
Adolescent Issues - Body image and physical appearance concerns (both sexes)
Adolescent Issues - Cigarettes, alcohol, drugs
Adolescent Issues - Dating - boy/girlfriends - breakups
Adolescent Isuses - Driving (readiness and safety)
Adolescent Issues - Self Injury (Should I be worried about suicide risk?)
Eating Problems - Introducing foods; Weaning children children from bottles
Eating Problems - Overeating and obesity
Eating Problems - Picky eating (and concern about Anorexia)
Sleep Issues: Bedtime resistance; nightmares; not sleeping in own bed
Toileting - Normal Development
Toileting - Problems [Enuresis and Encopresis]
Health - Dental visits
Health - Hygiene problems (Refusal to bathe, brush teeth, etc.)
Health - Medical procedures (immunization, blood draw, surgical prep)
Health - Medical treatment (adherence issues, as with medication)
Family Issues - Birth of sibling
Family Issues - Blended Families
Family Issues - Communication (parental conversations with an uncommunicative child)
Family Issues - Divorce
Family Issues - Non-Traditional Families
Family Issues - Secrets: (communicating with children on sensitive issues)
Family Issues - Sibling rivalry
Family Issues - Temper tantrums and noncompliance
Family Issues - Traveling (including first plane ride; long car rides; handling family vacations)
Family Issues - Witnessing parental argument or domestic violence
Anxiety related - Fears (of dark, insects, etc.)
Anxiety related - Imaginary friends
Anxiety related - Self-esteem (fostering and improving)
Anxiety related - Separation anxiety issues (parent going out; parent away on business trip; child leaving home, sleep overs, camp)
Anxiety related - Shyness/social anxiety
Anxiety related - Situational and performance anxiety/test anxiety
School Issues - Application process: including high school, college
School Issues - Avoidance and refusal
School Issues - Performance and report cards
School Issues - Starting a new school
School Issues - Conflict with teacher
School Issues - Beginning school; first day of school (including daycare) or school transitions
Sexuality - Gay/Lesbian - coming out and coping
Sexuality - Infant/Todler (Masturbation/Self-Stimulation)
Sexuality - Preschool and school aged (Sex ed, sex play)
Sexuality - Adolescent (Puberty, safe sex)
Social/Peer Issues - Bullying (victimization and fighting with peers, physical/verbal, teasing)
Social/Peer Issues - Change in caregivers (introducing nanny or babysitter)
Social/Peer Issues - Homesickness
Social/Peer Issues - Making friends
Social/Peer Issues - Moving away (family relocation)
Social/Peer Issues - Racial differences; religious differences (diversity issues)
Social/Peer Issues - Sportsmanship and competition
Unique Stressors - Death and loss (by age and affective intensity-- pet, peer, parent, etc.)
Unique Stressors - Disasters (coping with natural and human made)
Finale - Serious or Persistent Problems (How can I tell when my child needs professional help?)