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Parenting Children with Diabetes offers parents a 360-degree view of what is happening to their child living with diabetes, providing special tools, insight, and education to help parents and their children navigate diabetes management, communicate clearly and effectively, and live safely and healthfully in the world around them.
List of contents
Introduction
1 The Day Everything Changed
2 What the "Diabetes Diagnosis" Means
3 Managing My First Shot and My Family
4 What Going Back to School Means
5 Deescalating the Defiant Child
6 Navigating the Impact of Out-of-Control Blood Sugars
7 Managing Low Blood Sugars
8 Navigating High Blood Sugar Hell!
9 Addressing the Problems at School
10 The Continuous Glucose Monitor Experience
11 The Insulin Pump Process
Epilogue
Appendix A: 100 Dos and Don'ts to Make Your Child Smile!
Appendix B: Resources
Appendix C: 504 Sample
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Eliot LeBow is a Diabetes-Focused Psychotherapist and Certified Diabetes Educator whose practice is based in New York City and who has lived with Type 1 Diabetes since 1977. LeBow created Diabetes-Focused Psychotherapy to provide direct emotional help for people living with diabetes and founded the online platform “DiabeticTalks,” providing emotional support to the diabetes community worldwide. He has written many articles in print and online on the impact of diabetes on all areas of a person’s life. He is a columnist for Endocrine Today magazine and author of “DiabeticMinds,” a blog on various bio-psycho-social aspects of diabetes and “Parenting Children with Diabetes,” a blog focused on helping parents raising children living with diabetes.
Summary
Parenting Children with Diabetes offers parents a 360-degree view of what is happening to their child living with diabetes, providing special tools, insight, and education to help parents and their children navigate diabetes management, communicate clearly and effectively, and live safely and healthfully in the world around them.
