Children And Stress: Understanding And Helping is designed to assist parents, teachers, and caregivers with an understanding of how stressful life events affect children and the means to assist children in coping with stressful events ranging from parental divorce, illness, injury, death, schoolyard bullying, and more. The first half of this informative volume explores children's experiences with (and perceptions of) stress, focusing especially on areas of family, culture, school, and children with special needs. The second half addresses the question of how those who work with children can best alleviate children's stress. Children And Stress is an invaluable contribution to the field and highly recommended reading for parents, educators, counselors, and anyone charged with a responsibility to assist children in dealing with the natural shocks that will inevitable occur in their young lives.