Child Development category: 2058 books
The Baby In The Mirror
A Child's World From Birth To Three
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2010
For Charles Fernyhough, the birth of his daughter Athena was an opportunity to re-evaluate much of what he had learned as a researcher in developmental psychology. Drawing on the detailed notes he made during her infancy, Fernyhough uses Athena's story to explain how a child's mind develops before...
Rural Ethnic Minority Youth and Families in the United States
Theory, Research, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
This book explores the risk and protective factors of rural life and minority status for youth and their families. It provides innovative perspectives on well-documented developmental challenges (e.g., poverty and lack of resources) as well as insights into the benefits of familial and cultural strengths....
Integrated Early Childhood Behavioral Health in Primary Care
A Guide to Implementation and Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
This book provides a step-by-step guide to integrating early childhood behavioral health care into primary care with hands-on advice for creating, implementing, and evaluating programs. It discusses the unique advantages of pediatric primary care as a setting for mental health services from birth...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Originally published in 1978, the contributors to this volume offer here chapters and position papers concerned with children’s memory. The chapters represent in-depth reports on children’s sensory memory, rehearsal processes, and organizational processes, as well as treatments of constructive...
Aberrant Development in Infancy
Human and Animal Studies
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
Originally published in 1975, this volume deals with animals and human infants. The chapters reflect a mixture of issues and problems ranging from the significance of sucking responses in the newborn, the development of memory, effects of rearing conditions in monkeys, and brain damage in animals,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
When I organized a symposium on the development of nonverbal behavior for the 1980 meeting ofthe American Psychological Association, I was faced with an embarrassment of riches. Thinking about the many people who were doing important and interesting research in this area, it was hard to narrow down...
by John Newson, Elizabeth Newson
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
John and Elizabeth Newson’s long-term investigation of child up-bringing attracted intense interest from its earliest beginnings: ‘pathbreaking’ and ‘seminal’ were adjectives that greeted their first report. The study is now established as one of the major projects of the seventies.
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by Johanna Turner
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Children think in a different way to adults. They also think differently at different ages. This book, originally published in 1984, studies the growth of those processes by means of which thinking evolves from infancy through childhood and adolescence into adulthood. It covers perception, memory,...
Emerging Themes in Cognitive Development
Volume I: Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Emerging Themes in Cognitive Development, Volumes I and II offer the full spectrum of current knowledge and research trends in cognitive developmental psychology. The first volume provides a foundation by describing key discoveries in new areas of research and by thoroughly examining fundamental aspects...
Parents and Children
A First Book on the Psychology of Child Development and Training
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
By his wide influence as author and teacher C.W. Valentine had established himself as a leading authority in this country on child psychology applied to early training. Originally published in 1953, this was a book for parents who need help and advice in bringing up their children and who were puzzled...
by Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn, Doug Abrams
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2009
The Essential Parenting Guide- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED AND EXPANDED!
In 1982, child development experts Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., discovered that babies can communicate with simple signs-even before they're able to talk. The result: Baby Signs, the groundbreaking technique...
The Therapeutic Eye
How Rudolf Steiner Observed Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Rudolf Steiners extraordinary ability to perceive the inner nature and development of children provided insights at many levels and areas of the creative learning process. He spoke of this ability as a precondition for all forms of healthy childhood educationincluding special educationand suggested that...
Baby Prodigy
A Guide to Raising a Smarter, Happier Baby
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
ENHANCE YOUR BABY’S POTENTIAL!
Winner of thirteen national awards, the Baby Prodigy Company’s DVDs and CDs have opened up an exciting new world for babies to explore. Now the creator of this landmark series presents a simple, straightforward guide no parent should be without. This fascinating...
Hold On to Your Kids
Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with bestselling author Gabor Maté, M.D., to tackle one of the most disturbing trends of our time: Children today looking to their peers for direction—their values, identity, and codes of behavior. This “peer orientation”...