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Is This Your Child's World? How You Can Fix the Schools and Homes That Are Making Your Children Sick
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.9298
EAN: 9780553378672
ISBN: 0553378678
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: August 04, 1997
Publisher: Bantam
Studio: Bantam
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IS YOUR CHILD ALLERGIC TO SCHOOLS?Find out whether your child's unexplained illnesses, behavioral problems, or learning difficulties are actually being caused by a sensitivity to substances commonly found in schools. Leading pediatric allergist Dr. Doris J. Rapp gives you fast, easy, inexpensive solutions in this practical and comprehensive guide to environmental illness.ò How to tell if environmental illness is causing your child's common physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms......p. 19ò Why every parent of a child diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder should have the child tested for food allergies......p. 20ò What to do if your child comes home from school with red earlobes, dark eye circles, or puffiness below the eyes......p. 45ò Why you should watch for distinctive reactions like nose-rubbing, skin-scratching, a spacey "out of it" look, and various throat sounds......p. 68ò How changes in your child's handwriting can provide vital clues......p. 80ò Problem areas to look for in your child's school building......p. 119ò What to do if the culprit is indoor air pollution......p. 127ò How to determine if your child's illness is chemical--from cleaning agents and carpets to chemical-laden construction materials and pesticides--and what you can do about it......p. 177ò How a change in diet could improve your child's life in 3 to 7 days......p. 206ò Lessons learned from other sick schools--how parents, teachers, and administrators solved the problem......p. 277ò How to test air and carpet samples from your child's school for chemicals that are causing a reaction in your child......p. 359ò Ten major treatment options that may prove helpful to your child--from avoidance and allergy extract treatment to detoxification......p. 399ò What you need to know about legal assistance and insurance matters......p. 447
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Rating: - Absolute Must Read
This book is incredible and I have given a copy to my son's principal. We had already incorporated a lot of her suggestions based on appointments with our Environmental Physician. Her book was instrumental in helping me replace cleaners in my son's classroom. Also, her other book, Our Toxic World is worth reading as well. We have seen some wonderful changes for the entire family by changing cleaners, eliminating pesticides, and identifying triggers for us. This should be required reading material ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent work!
Dr. Rapp hits another home run with this work. If you have school age children who have experienced behavioral problems at school, then you want to read this book.
This book also gives the reader suggestions on things that can be changed at home, with diet and nutrition to improve your child's well being.
Don't be surprised if school officials try to discredit this work. After all, "traditional thinking", while outdated, has prevailed for years. We gave a copy of the book to the ... Read More
Rating: - Help
Actually I am trying to find where I could contact Dr. Rapp. We have been living in a house with stachybotrys for two years and my son has developed ADD with mood swings. If anyone can help me please e-mail me.
Thanks
Rating: - Awesome review for parents and educators
This is a great book that details how environmental hazards along with food allergies affect children. It analyzes schools and homes to inform people of the chemicals, paint, carpeting, spices, etc. cause symptoms of Learning Disabilities or behavior problems. The chapters in this book are broken down specifically to help you target your concerns. I loved the pictoral and writing samples given in this book. As a special educator, I found this book extremely helpful in my school building and with my ... Read More
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