QUIRKY KIDS(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　From the fourth-grade girl who never gets invited to a
birthday party because classmates think she’s “weird” to the geek
who is terrific at math but is failing every other subject, quirky
children are different from other kids in ways that they–and their
parents–have a hard time understanding. They present a host of
challenges that standard parenting books fail to address. Now, in
Quirky Kids, seasoned pediatricians Perri Klass and Eileen Costello
provide the expert guidance that families with quirky children so
desperately need.
　　Klass and Costello illuminate the confusing list of terms often
applied to quirky children–from Asperger’s syndrome and nonverbal
learning disability to obsessive-compulsive behavior and sensory
integration dysfunction. The authors also discuss various therapy
options, coping strategies, and available medications. Most of all,
they will help quirky kids lead rich, fulfilling lives at home, at
school, even on the playground.

　　Perri Klass, M.D., and Eileen Costello, M.D., are
pediatricians on the staff of Boston University School of Medicine.
Both Harvard graduates who trained in pediatrics at Boston Medical
Center and Boston Children’s Hospital, they have practiced
pediatrics together at Dorchester House, a community health center
in Boston, for ten years. Klass writes frequently for The New York
Times, and is a contributing editor at Parenting. She has written
both fiction and nonfiction, including the novel Other Women’s
Children and the memoir Baby Doctor: A Pediatrician’s Training.
Each is the mother of three children, and they both make their
homes in the Boston area.