Children and OCD
For Children with OCD and Their Parents
Updated 19-Jul-2009
Education
Resources for Children
This page is an attempt to collect links of interest to children who suffer
from OCD and to their parents. There a number of children-related links
scattered throughout my other OCD pages and I'll
gradually include them here as I expand this page.
Education
- Maryland
- Internet Special Education
Resources - "a nationwide directory of professionals who serve the
learning disabilities and special education communities".
- Learning Disabilities Association of
America
- "Obsessive-Compulsive
Disorder (OCD) in Young People" - factsheet 26 from the Royal
College of Psychiatrists.
- Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of
Metropolitan Chicago:
- Tourette Syndrome
"Plus" - Dr. Leslie Packer. An incredible, very big, but
well-organized site that covers Tourette Syndrome, OCD, ADHD, "rage
attacks", mood disorders, and autistic/Asperger's disorder. For each
disorder, you'll find original writings by Dr. Packer (coming out of
her clinical practice and from her own experience raising a child with
TS), information on diagnosis and treatment, extensive
bibliographies, and links to other resources. If you are the parent of
a child with one or more of the above disorders, please take note of the
Education
page. The articles on this page, some aimed at parents and some
aimed at teachers, should prove invaluable to parents seeking to get
the educational help for their children that the children need,
deserve, and are legally entitled to.
Resources for Children
Books
- Blink,
Blink, Clop. Clop: Why Do We Do Things We Can't Stop? - by
E. Katia Moritz,
Ph.D. and Jennifer Jablonsky; illustrations by
Rick Geary.
A storybook aimed at helping young children to understand and manage
OCD. (The publisher,
Childswork/Childplay, has
books and games for other disorders as well.)
- I
Can't Stop: A Story about Tourette Syndrome - by Holly L.
Niner; illustrated by Meryl Treatner. "Useful in most libraries and
critical at schools where there are children struggling with TS
(Tourette syndrome)." (Quote from Booklist) (Author's site)
- Joshua
and Carrie - "the story of two teens who deal with having obsessive
compulsive disorder". (Paperback or eBook download)
- Kissing
Doorknobs - by Terry Spencer Hesser. A young adult novel
told from the point of view of a 14-year-old who has developed OCD.
(Review and discussion)
- Mr.
Worry: A Story about OCD - by Holly L. Niner; illustrated by
Greg Swearingen. "Soft soothing artwork accompanies a quiet story about
a young boy trying to overcome the terrors of obsessive-compulsive
disorder (OCD) in his daily life." (Quote from Booklist)
(Author's site)
- The School of
OCD - by Kirk
Stacey and Susan Goater. Not really a book per se, but
an on-line series of illustrations of different types of OCD.
- The
Secret Problem - is a cartoon book about OCD for children,
written and illustrated by Drs. Chris Wever and Neil Phillips, two
psychiatrists in Australia. They have also written similar books
about panic disorder and ADD; see
Shrink-Rap Press.
- A
Thought Is Just a Thought - by Leslie Talley, with a foreword
by Dr. Michael Jenike. (Publisher's site)
- Up
and Down the Worry Hill - by Dr. Aureen Wagner.
(Publisher's site)
- "Wanda's
Secrets: A Story About a Girl with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder" -
by Cherry Pedrick, R.N.
Computer
Movies
Theater