Child category: 4509 books
Clinical Perspectives on Reflective Parenting
Keeping the Child's Mind in Mind
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Clinical Perspectives on Reflective Parenting: Keeping the Child’s Mind in Mind describes the Center for Reflective Parenting and techniques developed at the Center for helping parents to be able to understand and reflect on their children’s emotional states, as a way of helping them to be more...
The Spirit of the Child
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2006
Spirituality is increasingly acknowledged to be an essential part of child development. David Hay argues for the inclusion of spiritual awareness as a cross-curricular element in the school syllabus to promote the development of morality and social cohesion.
While culturally constructed pressures...
Psychotic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
Assessment, Differential Diagnosis, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2006
Psychotic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents demystifies the interviewing diagnostic process of psychosis in children and adolescents and provides a valuable resource for treatment. Psychotic symptoms have traditionally been rationalized and disregarded as products of the child’s imagination....
Children and the Environment in an Australian Indigenous Community
A psychological approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Aboriginal children represent one of the fastest growing population segments in Australia, yet the lives of Aboriginal children in their environment has rarely been subjected to systematic and in-depth study. In this book, Angela Kreutz considers the relationship between the environment, attachment...
by Edward Glover
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
This book is written by the eminent British psychoanalyst, Edward Glover. It is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all psychologists and historians of the study. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Dialogues with Children and Adolescents
A Psychoanalytic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Psychoanalytic work with children is popular, but the sophisticated language used in psychoanalytic discourse can be at odds with how children communicate, and how best to communicate with them. Dialogues with Children and Adolescents: A Psychoanalytic Guide shows how these aims can be achieved for...
Play and Art in Child Psychotherapy
An Expressive Arts Therapy Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2014
Ellen G. Levine draws on her extensive experience in clinical settings to present a series of case studies that demonstrate how art-making and imaginary play can provide a space for children to metabolize their experiences. Each study is followed by an arts-based research discussion of the themes...
The Constitutional Parent
Rights, Responsibilities, and the Enfranchisement of the Child
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
In this bold and timely work, law professor Jeffrey Shulman argues that the United States Constitution does not protect a fundamental right to parent. Based on a rigorous reconsideration of the historical record, Shulman challenges the notion, held by academics and the general public alike, that parental...
by Brenda-Krause Eheart, Ellen Townsend, Elspeth Webb
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
This book provides a model which offers guidance on effective and appropriate therapeutic interventions and services for vulnerable children and young people (commonly children who have experienced trauma, abuse, domestic violence or neglect).
By addressing practice, theory and policy, the...
Children and the Law
An Interdisciplinary Approach with Cases, Materials and Comments
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
The study and practice of juvenile law is inherently interdisciplinary--a successful practitioner must understand not only the legal implications in the field, but also have a solid grounding in child psychology, child development, neuroscience, sociology, criminology, and social work. The best child-advocates...
by Okey Eni
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2017
Underaged female marriage is rampart in Africa, some part of Asia, and in Middle East. This book examines the occurance of child marriage in Africa, with Nigeria as the focal point. It begins with true live stories of underaged female marriages in Nigeria, as case studies. Then delves into our laws...
by Jeannine Hill
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Contents
What To Look For When Choosing A Daycare 8
What Extra Training Is Necessary To Become A Licensed Day Care Provider? 10
How To Prepare Your Child For Daycare 12
How Children Benefit From Childcare 14
Day Care Safety 16
Day Care Costs Don’t Have To Send You To The Poorhouse 18
Why Child...
In Celebration of Play
An Integrated Approach to Play and Child Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Play is the child’s way of learning about, adapting to and integrating with his or her environment. In addition to adequate sports and recreation facilities children need a wide variety of opportunities, choices and raw materials that they can use as they see fit for free constructive creative play....
The Therapeutic Powers of Play
20 Core Agents of Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
"Focusing on the specific ingredients that activate clinical change, this book is enhanced by current research, more ample scope, and an array of contributions in contemporary and relevant topic areas. It is full of inspiration, direction, and grounding. This is a stunning contribution to the field...