Never Assume: Getting To Know Children Before Labeling Them [Paperback]

Patricia McGuire MD FAAP (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 7, 2008

Learn how children are wired so you don't short circuit.

With 20+ years of experience as a developmental and behavioral pediatrician, and mother of 3 very special children, Dr. McGuire has a wealth of knowledge about the hows and whys of children. Learn how children are wired. Teach them skills they will find useful for a lifetime.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Outskirts Press (April 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1432717170
• ISBN-13: 978-1432717179
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,042,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Personal Health > Children's Health > Learning Disorders

More About the Author

Patricia McGuire MD FAAP is a board certified developmental and behavioral pediatrician. She has been helping families with children experiencing developmental and behavioral challenges for almost a quarter of a century. She has also been blessed with three children who taught her more than all the lectures and books she had previously been exposed to.

In addition to her book, Never Assume: Getting To Know Children Before Labeling Them, she is a speaker for PESI, and writes a column on helping special needs children for the Examiner.com. The URL of her column is; http://www.examiner.com/x-14386-Des-Moines-Special-Needs-Kids-Examiner.

Dr. McGuire has been involved with CHADD, and the International Dyslexia Association, as well as being a member of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, the Council for Exceptional Children, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars A solid child psychology manual, highly recommended, October 6, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Never Assume: Getting To Know Children Before Labeling Them (Paperback)

First impressions are something so many make the error of going off of when evaluating others. "Never Assume: Getting to Know Children Before Labeling Them" is a book focusing on the demeanor of children and how to understand them. With educated writing from a behavior pediatrician, she discusses the temperament of children and how to deal with it to better understand the children for whatever one is trying to do. "Never Assume" is a solid child psychology manual, highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to understand, to the point and positive, September 8, 2008

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Carol V. Peterson (superior, wi United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Never Assume: Getting To Know Children Before Labeling Them (Paperback)

Will have to buy another book because I gave mine away before I had really absorbed it. Visited an old friend recently who (as it turns out) has a daughter with diagnosis of a mental illness. My friend read 3/4 of the book the first night she had it and finds it helpful and relevant. My friend couldn't thank me enough for Dr McGuire's book. It is great that Dr. McGuire is empowering parents with the helpful knowledge in her book. Dr. McGuire is positive and encouraging to parents in a very touchy area of their lives--their children. Will probably buy a couple books with my next order. As a nurse I work for an agency that provides services to families with mentally ill children and/or children w/behavioral disorders. The book is a valuable resource for me. I highly recommend this book to health care professionals who work with children.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Winning Combination, July 3, 2008

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Justa Teacher (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Never Assume: Getting To Know Children Before Labeling Them (Paperback)

What a winning combination! A very caring Mom of such special children and a concerned professional expert in the filed of pediatrics caring for the children of others provides readers with a vast amount of practical experience and information to assist them in their own challenges. Readers will,find a vast amount of useful hints and suggestions in their pursuit to raise and assist children as they strive to lead happy and productive lives while making their own lives happier and less stressful.