Kristen Lavallee & Silvia Schneider 
What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart 
A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Separation Anxiety

Imagine you are a hot air balloon pilot flying high in the sky.
Where would you want to go?
What do you think the view would be like from up high?



Hot air balloon pilots have wonderful adventures, where they get to see things they have never seen before and learn all about the world outside. Flying a hot air balloon sounds like a lot of fun to some kids. But for other kids, the idea of flying off on their own, away from their parents or homes, doesn’t sound like fun at all.




What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart guides children and their parents through the emotions underlying separation anxiety using strategies and techniques based on cognitive-behavioral principles. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to overcome separation anxiety—so they can become the confident pilots of their very own hot air balloons!



Includes an Introduction to Parents and Caregivers.



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 olds 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to Parents and Caregivers….page 4

CHAPTER ONE: Flying Your Hot Air Balloon….page 6

CHAPTER TWO: How Does Anxiety Make You Feel?….page 14

CHAPTER THREE: Check Your Visibility….page 22

CHAPTER FOUR: Turn Up the Heat….page 28

CHAPTER FIVE: Untie the Sandbags….page 36

CHAPTER SIX: Take Your Time….page 48

CHAPTER SEVEN: Create Your Flight Plan….page 58

CHAPTER EIGHT: Take Off and Accrue Your Flight Hours!….page 72

CHAPTER NINE: Enjoy the View and Stay Brave!….page 78

CHAPTER TEN: You Can Do It!….page 86

Über den Autor

Kristen Lavallee, Ph D, co-author of What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart,  is a developmental and school psychologist, and has worked with children in the U.S. and Switzerland. She has coauthored empirical studies and a book chapter on treatment for separation anxiety, and is managing editor of the scientific journal European Psychologist. She lives with her family in Providence, RI. Silvia Schneider, Dr. rer. nat.,  co-author of What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart, is a professor of child clinical psychology at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. She has conducted several studies on childhood separation anxiety disorder (SAD), and authored a treatment manual in German for SAD. Janet Mc Donnell’s illustrations combine traditional media and digital techniques. In addition to illustrating books, magazines, and puzzles, Janet has both taught and written for children from preschool to high school ages. She is the illustrator of numerous books for children including Bye Bye Pesky Fly, What to Do When You Don’t Want to Be Apart, and Blossom Plays Possum. Visit www.janetmcdonnell.com and follow Facebook: @janetmcdonnell.illustrator Twitter: @dcdonnelldoodle Instagram: @janetmcdonnellillo.