Help With The Hard Stuff: Type 1 Diabetes

Workbooks for Teens With Type 1 Diabetes and Their Parents

Help With the Hard Stuff is a workbook designed for teens diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and their parents. Living with Type 1 diabetes is difficult enough for adults, but for teenagers it adds to the already increased stress of social pressures, self-awareness, and responsibility.

This workbook can:

help the whole family understand basic diabetes information
provides evidence based cognitive-behavioral strategires that help facilitate health behavior changes
assist in making the transition in care from parent to adolescent smoother
address key factors such as self-monitoring of blood glucose, gaining social support, and improving family communication
glossary of commonly used terms
section with resources for more information