Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Evaluating Systems of Care
The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program. A Special Issue of children's Services: Social Policy, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
This issue consists of five articles profiling different aspects of the national evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program. Over the last eight years, this program provided grants to develop community-based systems of care for children...
Learning to Breathe
A Mindfulness Curriculum for Adolescents to Cultivate Emotion Regulation, Attention, and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Disruptive behavior in the classroom, poor academic performance, out-of-control emotions: if you work with adolescents, you are well-aware of the challenges this age group presents. What if there was a way to calm these students down and arm them with the mindfulness skills needed to really excel...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Emerging adulthood has been identified as an important developmental stage, characterised by identity exploration, instability and open possibilities, in which young people are no longer adolescents but have not yet attained full adult status. This ground-breaking edited collection is the first book...
Emerging Adults and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Developmental Considerations and Innovative Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Emerging Adults and Substance Use Disorder Treatment addresses how a societal shift in the timing of developmental tasks affects treatment outcomes for substance use disorders, which are among the most highly prevalent and costly mental health problems in the United States. It presents readers with...
Young People and the Care Experience
Research, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
The care system looks after the most vulnerable young people in society – those who are, for a variety of reasons, unable to live with their parents. Young People and the Care Experience examines what can be done to support young people to remain at home, and if this is not possible, how they can...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
The introduction of the psychological construct of selfefficacy is widely acknowledged as one of the most important developments in the history of psychology. Today, it is simply not possible to explain phenomena such as human motivation, learning, selfregulation, and accomplishment without discussing...
Teen Pregnancy and Parenting
Rethinking the Myths and Misperceptions
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Whether glamorised or stigmatised, teenage parenthood is all too often used to stand for a host of social problems, and empirical research results ignored. Identifying core controversies surrounding teen pregnancy and parenting, this book resolves misperceptions using findings from large-scale, longitudinal,...
Adolescence and Adulthood
Transitions and Transformations
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
From the teenage years to retirement, each phase of life presents different challenges and new experiences.
Examining the patterns of development throughout the lifespan, the authors provide key insights into how we experience the world, and they examine how established theories have been challenged...
Parenting as Partners
How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in, through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media, oftentimes it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on parenting. The reality is that so many families struggle....
Family-Centered Treatment With Struggling Young Adults
A Clinician’s Guide to the Transition From Adolescence to Autonomy
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Family-Centered Treatment With Struggling Young Adults is an indispensible guidebook to the unique set of problems and opportunities that families face when young adults are experiencing difficulty pulling anchor and setting sail. Renowned clinician Brad Sachs, PhD, provides both a conceptual framework...
Dialogue of Touch
Developmental Play Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1997
Touch is essential for life, and what Viola Brody calls capable touching is the core of developmental play therapy, building both the self of the hurt child and his or her appreciation of the nurturing other. It thus makes way for dialogue between them and - as the dialogue becomes an organizing force...
Handbook of Student Engagement Interventions
Working with Disengaged Students
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2019
Handbook of Student Engagement Interventions: Working with Disengaged Students provides an understanding of the factors that contribute to student disengagement, methods for identifying students at risk, and intervention strategies to increase student engagement. With a focus on translating research...
by Iva Buresová
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
The author discusses the subject of self-harm in adolescence, considering the historical context of the development of its classification system. She presents an overview of theoretical fundamentals as well as models of behavior derived from them. Within the context of current research studies, she...
Infancy
Development from Birth to Age 3
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
The Third Edition of Infancy is a comprehensive and accessible core text for courses in infant development and early childhood development. Dana Gross’s sensitive and engaging teaching voice seamlessly weaves together research and theory with current issues of diversity and culture. This latest...