Child Development category: 2058 books
Teach Your Child to Sleep
Solving Sleep Problems from Newborn Through Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
The highly-acclaimed Millpond Children's Sleep Clinic has a 97 per cent success rate in resolving children's sleep problems. Discover how to get your baby or child to settle easily and sleep through the night with step-by-step advice that gets right to the heart of the problem.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
The premise of this book is that individuals and societies have an inexorable urge to morally develop by challenging the assumptions of the previous generation in terms of what is right and wrong. The focus is on the nature and functional value of conflicts and challenges to the dominant moral and...
The Dyslexic Brain
New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
The Dyslexic Brain: New Pathways in Neuroscience Discovery offers a state-of-the art examination of the neural components and functions involved in reading and in the possible sources of breakdown. Suggestions for intervention are introduced throughout the book.
The book is based on presentations...
Mental Health in Children and Young People
Spotting Symptoms and Seeking Help Early
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
"I'm worried that my child is depressed and anxious."
"I'm worried that my child has an eating disorder."
"I'm worried about drugs."
Mental health difficulties affect about 1 in 10 children and young people, ranging from fears, phobias and panic attacks to obsessions,...
Exploring Developmental Psychology
Understanding Theory and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2008
`This is a beautifully written account of the most important ways in which developmental psychologists go about their business, illustrated with carefully chosen articles which are carefully described in order to make the designs, methodologies, analysis and interpretation of the results readily accessible...
Raising a Secure Child
How Circle of Security Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom to Explore
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2016
Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect. But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful "Circle of Security" parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert Powell have...
Well-Being of Youth and Emerging Adults across Cultures
Novel Approaches and Findings from Europe, Asia, Africa and America
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
The current volume presents new empirical data on well-being of youth and emerging adults from a global international perspective. Its outstanding features are the focus on vast geographical regions (e.g., Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America), and on strengths and resources for optimal well-being....
by Theresa A. Thorkildsen, Herbert J. Walberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Despite often simplistic, black-and-white portrayals of good and evil, children and adolescents face complicated moral issues that can raise more questions than answers. Becoming aware of what constitutes morality is only the first step in determining a course of action, identifying and avoiding problems,...
by Juan Santos
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
This practical and compassionate book provides step-by-step recommendations for parents on how to effectively communicate with your child. The author provides case studies that speak directly to Hispanic families dealing with parent-child issues. Parents are provided with suggestions and fresh insights...
Rorschach Assessment of Adolescents
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
This book serves as an up-to-date Rorschach primer and elaborates on the various applications of Rorschach assessment for adolescents with respect to differential diagnosis, forensic consultation, and therapeutic assessment. It opens with three chapters that provide readers with a basic overview and...
by Robert F. Marcus
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
This book highlights the developmental changes in aggression and violence during adolescence from a uniquely psychological perspective. Developmental changes and risk factors as direct causes for violence and psychopathy have started to receive increased recognition over the last few years, and in...
Psychological Theory and Educational Practice
Human Development, Learning and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Originally published in 1971, this book was a critical introduction to the psychology of human development, learning and assessment. It was written with special attention to the needs of students of education and teachers, keeping in view the practical implications of psychological evidence. The author’s...
Child Refugee Asylum as a Basic Human Right
Selected Case Law on State Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
This book addresses the intersection of various domains of international law (refugee law, human rights law including child rights international law and humanitarian law) in terms of the implications for State obligations to child refugee asylum seekers in particular; both as collectives and as individual...
Researching Families and Children
Culturally Appropriate Methods
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Researching Families and Children: Culturally Appropriate Methods highlights methodological issues that arise while conducting research on human development in India. This compilation deals with the dynamics of transacting research in the field, instead of providing formalized instructions on how...