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What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD (What-to-Do Guides for Kids Series) Paperback – Illustrated, February 15, 2007

by Dawn Huebner (Author), Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator)
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A Gold NAPPA Winner (National Parenting Publications Awards)
​Moonbeam Silver Children’s Book Award for Activity Books 

What To Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder. This interactive self-help book turns kids into super-sleuths who can recognize and more appropriately respond to OCD's tricks.

With engaging examples, activities, and step-by-step instructions, it helps children master the skills needed to break free from OCD's sticky thoughts and urges, and live happier lives. This What-to-Do Guide is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to work toward change.

This book is part of the Magination Press What-to-Do Guides for Kids series and includes an “Introduction to Parents and Caregivers.” What-to-Guides for Kids are interactive self-help books designed to guide 6–12 year old's and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of various psychological concerns. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books educate, motivate, and empower children to work towards change.
 
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  5. Grade level
    3 - 7
  6. Dimensions
    8.5 x 0.25 x 11 inches
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    Magination Press
  8. Publication date
    February 15, 2007
  9. ISBN-10
    1591478057
  10. ISBN-13
    978-1591478058
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What to Do workbooks guides series help kids learn to help themselves book banner ad

Includes kid-friendly suggestions and activities, such as:

  • Draw 3 things that are in the garbage pail closest to you and add 2 others that you’ve thrown away recently.
  • Circle the things in this picture that are worth keeping, and put an X over the things that should be thrown away.
  • List a few rituals that you repeat daily.
  • Explain how you would “talk back” to a thought that is stuck in your brain.

What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck book cover What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold book cover What to Do When You Worry Too Much book cover What to Do When You Dread Your Bed book cover What to Do When You Grumble Too Much book cover What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake book cover
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Subtitle A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Negativity A Kid’s Guide to Accepting Imperfection
Short Description If it's hard for you to feel safe or sure of yourself because certain thoughts have gotten stuck, this book is for you. If you have a habit that's hard to stop and embarrasses you or gets you in trouble, this book is for you. If your worries have grown so big that they bother you almost every day, this book is for you. If you're a kid who is convinced that nothing short of magic will make nighttime easier, this book is for you. If you're a kid who feels so frustrated by life's tricky spots that it's hard to enjoy the good things, this book is for you. If you try to be right all the time, or if you worry about being less than the best, this book is for you!
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“This is a great book that will motivate and educate.”—Portland Book Review

"Dr. Huebner tackles OCD in a way that is comprehensive, developmentally appropriate, and fun. This guide is an invaluable tool to demystify OCD and help children heal."—Michelle Saidel, MD, Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

"My first impression from this book is that a few more simple tools could have helped me nip this disorder in the bud BEFORE I reached adulthood."—The OCD Diaries

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Magination Press; Illustrated edition (February 15, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591478057
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591478058
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 11 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.25 x 11 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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    Dawn Huebner, PhD, is a psychologist, parent coach, and the author of 18 books (and growing) including the bestselling What to Do When You Worry Too Much and Outsmarting Worry.

    Dr. Huebner recognized the need for lively, easy-to-read take-home materials to help children practice the strategies they were learning in her office. She created a format effective for 6-12-year olds – the What to Do Guides for Kids - teaching complex psychological concepts using metaphors, language, and humor easily understood by children. Her newer books maintain her distinctive voice while adding a layer of detail and sophistication appreciated by older children.

    All of Dr. Huebner’s books echo her philosophy - that children can and should be taught to help themselves, and that they are capable of overcoming even stuck-seeming challenges. Dr. Huebner’s books sell briskly around the world, and have been translated into 23 languages. She has been featured on the TODAY Show, CNN, WebMD and many other news and information outlets, and is frequently interviewed by popular parenting magazines. Dr. Huebner’s TEDx talk on Rethinking Anxiety has been viewed over a million times.

    Dr. Huebner enjoys hearing from readers. She is always at work on her next book...

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    Bonnie Matthews has illustrated many children's books. Her whimsical characters have also appeared in more than 100 magazines worldwide, as well as on greeting cards, gift wrap, can labels, and even the cover of the Land's End Kids catalog. She lives in Baltimore.

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tiredNhangryMOM
5.0 out of 5 stars Effective and easy read
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This works. It’s easy to read and easy to understand. Perfect for younger kids. Huge help. Buy it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book.
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This workbook is not just for children but it's good for adults.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource to help children/early teens
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2007
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My daughter has Tourette's, which has both an OCD component and an anxiety/worry component to the disorder (as well as other aspects). We first purchased from this author the book on Worry and used it during her sessions aloud with her psychologist. It was WONDERFUL and really helped her UNDERSTAND the worry bully, which is so important once kids reach an age of concrete understanding. But when we saw that the same author had written a book on OCD, we were VERY excited to take it to our daughters sessions and begin work right away! The wording in the book is absolutely perfect for the older child and preteen age group in a way that I've not seen written before. There are many resources for parents, and several resources for very young (5 year old) kids, and many resources for older teens. But this was an age group that didn't have many resources to begin their own self-understanding of what was going on with their own thoughts and bodies in relationship to OCD and then what to do about it. This book taught ME so much about this also!!! And also how to word it and THEN HELP my daughter. The psychologist had not received information flyers about these books and so she is now recommending this author's books to other families in her practice. I highly recommend this book for any parent and child with Tourettes with and OCD component or OCD alone. Please let me know what you think also! Angie E.
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Sharon K. Farber Ph.D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Chlid therapist recommends this wonderful book for kids and even adolescents and adults
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2014
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This is a wonderful book for not only for kids but adults as well, written in a charming style. . I am a psychotherapist with a specialty in child/adolescent treatment. I do not specialize in cognitive-behavioral treatment, which is what people with OCD usually need, but when I began seeing children with PANDAS, sudden onset of OCD and/or tics associated with strep, I found this book. It is a wonderful guide that helps people start to feel a sense of strength and control in talking back to OCD. I have used it with older patients, just explaining that while it was written for younger kids, it is very sound and can be enormously useful to them in conquering their OCD. Patietnts have the experience of changing their brain and not feeling at the mercy of its dysfunctioning.

medication; try this instead.

I used it with an 11 year old girl who had become dangerously anorexic. Had she not improved she would have had to be hospitalized. She had obsessive-compulsive thoughts about chewing and swallowing foods with certain textures or colors. It took two weeks of use before there was any detectable change but when it began, it took off like a rocket, She is no longer anorexic.
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Ben
5.0 out of 5 stars Best OCD book ever, and not just for kids!
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2017
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This is the best OCD book ever and not just for kids. When my daughter developed OCD suddenly, we urgently wanted books for our whole family. We read this book first with my daughter and it explained OCD in such a wonderful way as to really understand the causes, and provided good tools to try to manage/overcome the compulsions. My wife and I started using the examples in the book that night when our daughter would have her episodes. They seemed to be the only rational ideas we could give her without making her get more upset. I still can't get her to name the little furry OCD monster though. :)

When I started reading the three other adult books on OCD, most of it was filled with so much unnecessary detail and tried to keep things so general, or incorporate so many different types of OCD, that they were difficult to read and understand. I am educated (Master's Degree), so it is definitely the way the books were written and not that they are just above my reading and comprehension level.

Our whole family would highly recommend this book to adults, children, relatives, and basically anyone looking to understand OCD.
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Hartman
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Overview for Your Child
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2019
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This is a good book to simplify the concept of OCD for your child. Even though it focuses on some of the more common forms of OCD and didn't specifically target my child's compulsions/rituals, it helped explain a lot about OCD for her. A great starting point for kids to start taking control of their OCD. She's 10 and recently diagnosed. I've caught her re-reading through this workbook and am hoping she starts practicing "Talking Back" to her OCD soon.
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Jennifer L. Chu
5.0 out of 5 stars My 10 year old daughter devoured this book in one day....
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2021
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I bought this book for my 10 year old daughter who is dealing with some OCD. She briefly started it the night before on her own and told me. So we spent about 20 min reading it together while she did the exercises just before bed. Turns out instead of going to bed she finished the book. I think it gave her a good paradigm to understand the obsessive thoughts and fears she has been dealing with. Of course, having some tools and suggestions are helpful but I feel like in her case, reading a book and understanding that she is not the only child dealing with OCD was helpful. It is too early to tell if the tools will really work but just by the way she couldn't put the book down, it was worth the investment. AND as a parent, I found it helpful to go back and read what her concerns and thoughts are from her point of view.
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5.0 out of 5 stars So engaging
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I love this! It is easy to follow. My daughter and I read together. It is large print and easy to understand. Highly recommend to anyone struggling with OCD.
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Annie
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Helpful
Reviewed in Canada on October 26, 2023
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This book helped so much from both parent and child perspective. We didn't realize so many things were OCD. Helped our family immensely
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Mrs Julia Priestley
5.0 out of 5 stars What to do when your brain gets stuck: a kid's guide to overcoming OCD (What to do guides).
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This book is fantastic for adults and children alike, thank you so much. It offers practical, helpful and realistic advice which can be put into practise. I have bought this for several members of my family who have all found it extremely valuable and useful. My nephew has an autism spectrum condition and chronic OCD at present. I have purchased this book for his mom to work through with him to help his OCD rituals. He wants to use this book with his mom in order to help himself, which is fantastic news as they have been really struggling with this horrendous condition. I would definitely recommend this book to others, it's well worth it, as well as the other excellent books in this series.

Thank you very much. Mrs Julia Priestley, Kingswinford.
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5.0 out of 5 stars In Englisch!
Reviewed in Germany on September 16, 2023
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Arbeitsbuch für Kinder mit Angst- und Zwangstörungen in Englisch. Nur mit besseren Englischkenntnissen möglich. Es ist sehr gut, ich übersetze die Seiten gemeinsam mit den Pt.. Echt hilfreich!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book to work against OCD
Reviewed in Mexico on November 23, 2019
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2023
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Anxiety in kids is on the rise - as an educator I see this on the ground, particularly after covid. We all have an amount of anxiety. It's healthy. But sometimes it can either get too much or we just dont know how to manage with the fedlings. This can be especially true for children. Its a skill that needs to be taught, and for some, they need a bit more help than others. Anxiety and worries can be talked about, strategies learned, and confidence built. Dawn Heubner has written a whole series of these - all equally fabulous depending on what the area of need is. Very child friendly but it is important to be done with an adult that's familiarised themself with the book beforehand.
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