Raising Your Spirited Child: Newly Revised Edition
	Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GREETINGS!

PART ONE
UNDERSTANDING SPIRIT

  1: WHO IS THE SPIRITED CHILD?
  2: A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: BUILDING ON THE STRENGTHS
  3: WHAT MAKES KIDS SPIRITED: WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DO
  4: MATCHES AND MISMATCHES — PARENTS AND KIDS FITTING TOGETHER

PART TWO
WORKING WITH SPIRIT

  5: EXTRAVERT OR INTROVERT: FINDING THE ENERGY TO COPE
  6: INTENSITY: DIFFUSING THE STRONG REACTIONS
  7: PERSISTENCE: CHOOSING YOUR BATTLES
  8: SENSITIVITY: UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY FEEL
  9: DISTRACTIBLE OR PERCEPTIVE: HELPING THEM HEAR OUR INSTRUCTIONS
10: ADAPTABILITY: MAKING TRANSITIONS EASIER
11: REGULARITY, ENERGY, FIRST REACTION, AND MOOD: UNDERSTANDING THE “BONUS TRAITS”
12: TANTRUMS: SPOTTING THE TRIGGERS

PART THREE
LIVING WITH SPIRIT

13: PLANNING FOR SUCCESS: PREDICTING AND PREVENTING THE TROUBLE SPOTS
14: BEDTIME AND NIGHT WAKING
15: MEALTIME
16: GETTING DRESSED

PART FOUR
SOCIALIZING WITH SPIRIT

17: GETTING ALONG WITH OTHER KIDS
18: HOLIDAY AND VACATION HOT SPOTS
19: SUCCESS IN SCHOOL

PART FIVE
ENJOYING SPIRIT

EPILOGUE: THE ROSE IN MY GARDEN