Child Development category: 2058 books
by Sandra Jarvie, Chrissie Rogers, Mirna E. Carranza
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Mothers of Adult Children elucidates what happens when children come of age and leave home, creating new lives in the realms of work and relationships. Mothers from around the world learn that this is the point in which their relationships with their children must drastically change. Mothers often...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Juvenile justice centers have a long tradition as an unfortunate stop for young offenders who need mental health care. Reports estimate that as many as 70% of the youth in detention centers meet criteria for mental health disorders. As juvenile justice systems once again turn their focus from confinement...
Dawn of Memories
The Meaning of Early Recollections in Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Dawn of Memories is a journey into the realm of early recollections of childhood and a search for the meaning of the remembrances. Since 1894, first memories have been a subject of hundreds of investigations around the world. The age of a person’s initial recollections, the content of the memories...
Observing Children with Attachment Difficulties in School
A Tool for Identifying and Supporting Emotional and Social Difficulties in Children Aged 5-11
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Emotional difficulties in children aged 5-11 can display themselves in a range of different behaviours, and it is important for staff in schools to be able to identify and address these problems, and to provide appropriate help.
This easy-to-use tool provides an observation checklist which...
by Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is arguably the most effective psychotherapy model for children and adolescents with emotional disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders, trauma and stress-related disorders, etc.). Emotional disorders in youth frequently overlap or co-occur,...
The Myth of Executive Functioning
Missing Elements in Conceptualization, Evaluation, and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Executive functioning: we measure it, assess it, document its development in youth, track its decline in age and use it as a basis for diagnoses, treatment planning and-of course-theories. Could it be possible that science has spent decades chasing a cognitive phantom?
Noting the lack of consensus...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Infancy is a time of rapid growth, when brain plasticity is at a maximum. Event-related potentials (ERPs) are one of the few methods that can easily and safely be used to study this process, and have led to exciting discoveries about human brain functioning and the neural basis of cognition.
Over...
Promoting School Readiness and Early Learning
Implications of Developmental Research for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Grounded in cutting-edge developmental research, this book examines what school readiness entails and how it can be improved. Compelling longitudinal findings are presented on the benefits of early intervention for preschoolers at risk due to poverty and other factors. The volume identifies the cognitive,...
Handbook of Socialization, Second Edition
Theory and Research
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
This highly regarded handbook remains the leading reference and advanced text on socialization. Foremost authorities review the breadth of current knowledge on socialization processes across the life span. Extensively revised with the latest theory and research, the second edition reflects exciting...
Youth On Religion
The development, negotiation and impact of faith and non-faith identity
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Globalisation has led to increasing cultural and religious diversity in cities around the world. What are the implications for young people growing up in these settings? How do they develop their religious identities, and what roles do families, friends and peers, teachers, religious leaders and wider...
Other People's Kids
Social Expectations and American Adults? Involvement with Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
According to the study conducted by Gallup Organization, only a minority of Americans experience consistent normative motivation for engaging with other people's children. Social norms theory suggests that adults are more likely to get deeply involved if that involvement is viewed as highly important,...
by Susan Louise Peterson
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Early Childhood Report Writing is written to help professionals and college students with report writing on young children. The focus of the book, Early Childhood Report Writing is to help professionals and college students have some examples of how the child’s personal information can be described...
Framing a Family
Building a Foundation to Raise Confident Children
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Framing A Family will guide you to giving your children a childhood they do not need to recover from! This book will strengthen your family, inspiring you to build your home with encouragement, empowerment, forgiveness, and most important love. You will:
Gain proven tips and tools to empower,...
Television and the Aggressive Child
A Cross-national Comparison
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
The research presented in this book, originally published in 1986, looks to pinpoint the psychological processes involved in the media violence-aggression relation. Expanding on earlier studies, the compilation of essays here delves deeply into aggression study and compares results about media influence...