Child Development category: 2058 books
Modern Educational Psychology
An Historical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Many contemporary issues in educational psychology become clearer when set against the perspective of their historical antecedents. Originally published in 1969, this book provides a survey of the most important ideas and experiments in educational psychology at the time, showing how they have helped...
Handbook of Social Skills and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Assessment, Curricula, and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This handbook identifies the various social deficiencies widely associated with children and youth diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It discusses possible causes as well as the lifelong effects if these deficiencies are not addressed. The handbook presents current behavioral and curriculum-based...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
This book provides an extensive overview of curricula and instructional strategies for teaching children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It offers an empirically solid framework for designing and developing interventions for learners along the autism spectrum by reducing skill deficits and enhancing...
Comprehensive Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment
Points of Divergence and Convergence
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This book presents proceedings from the joint conference, Evidence and Rationales for Comprehensive Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder Treatment: Divergence and Convergence, sponsored by the Council on Autism Services and the Autism Partnership. It addresses the growing need for, and current lack...
by Giacomo Vivanti, Ed Duncan, Geraldine Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
This book examines a group-based adaptation of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) designed for use with preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It describes the principles and procedures of the Group-Based Early Start Denver Model (G-ESDM) and provides practical and empirical guidelines...
Promoting Child and Parent Wellbeing
How to Use Evidence- and Strengths-Based Strategies in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2016
Informed by a wealth of research, this accessible book focuses on a strengths-based approach to promoting children's wellbeing and giving them the best opportunities to succeed.
By identifying risk factors and the protective factors which can be used to counter them, this book stresses the...
Child Maltreatment and the Law
Returning to First Principles
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2009
Dramatic cases of child abuse and neglect are featured with tragic regularity in the news. The stories vividly demonstrate both the urgent need for improved child protection services and the unwieldiness and ineffectiveness of the systems charged with the task. To complicate matters further, the original...
Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities
A Step-By-Step Workbook for Parents and Carers
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Achieving good behavior and social skills in a child with developmental disabilities can often be very difficult, and methods that improve behavior in other children are often unsuitable or ineffective. Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities is an accessible workbook...
Treating Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
A psychoanalytic and developmental approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Treating Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Psychoanalytic and Developmental Approach outlines a unique model, the product of over twenty years of experience in working with children with this diagnosis within "Shaked" - a multi-professional educational-therapeutic day-car unit...
The Learning Brain:Memory and Brain Development in Children
Memory and Brain Development in Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Despite all our highly publicized efforts to improve our schools, the United States is still falling behind. We recently ranked 15th in the world in reading, math, and science. Clearly, more needs to be done. In The Learning Brain, Torkel Klingberg urges us to use the insights of neuroscience to improve...
You Are a Genius Child
An empowering and lovely book, containing your feelings for your child, in the form of words, which your child would love and be delighted to hear from you
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2016
This empowering and lovely book brings out your feelings for your child, in the form of words. Those feelings are inside you but might or might not have come out or coming out. But when you get the exact words to express your feelings, you will be able to speak out to your child very easily. ...
Emergent Literacy and Language Development
Promoting Learning in Early Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2009
This concise, accessible book explores the connection between language acquisition and emergent literacy skills, and how this sets the stage for later literacy development. Chapters address formative early experiences such as speaking and listening, being read to, and talking about print concepts...
Your Self-Motivated Baby
Enhance Your Baby's Social and Cognitive Development in the First Six Months through Movement
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
A hands-on guide for communicating with babies in their first six months and nurturing their physical, social, and cognitive development, Your Self-Motivated Baby shows parents and other caregivers how to interact with very young infants and understand what they are expressing in their movements....
by Judie O. Michael
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Children are a big responsibility but they fail to come with a manual or a guidebook. They teach you how to change their diaper and how to feed them, but then you get sent home and now what? New parents, and even old parents, can feel lost and overwhelmed about how to raise their children. It is easy...