The Elephant in the Playroom by Denise Brodey

The Elephant in the Playroom by Denise Brodey

A view from within the whirlwind of parenting a child with special needs 

Four years ago, Denise Brodey's young son was diagnosed with a combination of special needs. As she struggled to make sense of her new, chaotic world, what she found comforted her most was talking with other parents of kids with special needs, learning how they coped with the emotional, medical, and social challenges they faced. 

In The Elephant in the Playroom, Brodey introduces us to a community of intrepid moms and dads who eloquently share the extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows of parenting a child with ADD/ADHD, sensory disorders, childhood depression, autism, and physical and learning disabilities, as well as kids who fall between diagnoses. Hailing from Florida to Alaska, with kids ages three to thirty-three, the parents in this collection address everything from deciding to medicate a child to how they've learned to take care of themselves, offering readers comfort, kinship, and much- needed perspective.

Denise Brodey is a writer who focuses on women's health and parenting issues. Brodey has also written and edited for publications such as The New York Times, USA TODAY, Glamour, Fitness, SELF, O: The Oprah Magazine, People, and Prevention. The Elephant in the Playroom (Penguin), published in 2007, is widely regarded as one of the first books to depict life as a parent of a peculiar child.

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ISBN 13	9780452289086
ISBN 10	0452289084
Title	The Elephant in the Playroom
Author	Denise Brodey
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2008-02-26
Number of pages	256
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