Children with Essential Tremor: A Guide for Parents and other Caring Adults and Important Information for Teachers

GROWING UP WITH ESSENTIAL TREMOR
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Most children button a shirt, tie a shoelace, and color a picture with ease. For children with essential tremor (ET), daily tasks like these can become a test of will, ingenuity, and stamina. The normal challenges of growing up are magnified by ET.

As children mature, they learn increasingly complex ways of moving, thinking, feeling and relating to others. From birth to age 12, children experience a wide range of physical, emotional, and intellectual change. In addition, children with ET often feel different from their peers and the resulting low self-esteem can affect their ability to function well with others.

Children with ET may withdraw from peer groups. They may refuse to try even the simplest tasks. They may be sad and angry.

Although parents and other caregivers of children with ET are the first line of support, every adult who touches children�s lives�from teachers to physicians to activity leaders�can provide additional care and support. Armed with accurate information, caring adults can identify problems and find solutions, educate others, and become advocates for children with ET.

Visit www.essentialtremor.org/Free-ET-Publications to download the free IETF Guide for parents and other caring adults of children with ET.

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