Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Directive Play Therapy
Theories and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Structured, therapist-led approaches to play therapy are becoming increasingly popular due to their time-limited nature and efficacy for such specific disorders as trauma and attachment issues. This is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of numerous directive play therapy techniques that...
After-School Programs to Promote Positive Youth Development
Integrating Research into Practice and Policy, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
The first volume of this SpringerBrief presents a series of papers compiled from a conference about how after-school programs may be implemented to promote positive youth development (PYD) hosted by Youth-Nex, the University of Virginia Center to Promote Effective Youth Development. This volume reviews...
Letting Go of Perfect
Overcoming Perfectionism in Kids and Teens
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Proven strategies for helping kids and teens break free of the bonds of perfectionism.
Letting Go of Perfect: Overcoming Perfectionism in Kids and Teens pinpoints a crippling state of mentality among many kids and teens today - the need to be absolutely perfect - and gives parents and teachers...
Family Investments in Children's Potential
Resources and Parenting Behaviors That Promote Success
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2004
The papers in this volume bring together a cross-disciplinary mix of researchers--developmental psychologists, evolutionary biologists, economists, anthropologists, and sociologists--working on the common theme of investments in children. The interdisciplinary conceptual framework adopted by this...
Inclusive Instruction
Evidence-Based Practices for Teaching Students with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
This accessible book presents research-based strategies for supporting K-8 students with high-incidence disabilities to become accomplished learners. The authors clearly describe the core components of effective inclusive instruction, showing how to recognize and respond to individual students' needs...
Effective School Interventions, Third Edition
Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
This indispensable course text and practitioner resource, now fully revised, has helped tens of thousands of readers implement evidence-based interventions to improve students' academic achievement and behavior in PreK–12. The volume presents best-practice guidelines and step-by-step procedures...
Self-Regulation Interventions and Strategies
Keeping the Body, Mind & Emotions on Task in Children with Autism, ADHD or Sensory Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Keeping children bodies, minds and emotions on task just got easier with this new book from self-regulation expert Teresa Garland. Featuring more than 200 practical and proven interventions, strategies and adaptation for helping children gain more control over their lives. Each chapter provides rich...
by Robyn Hart, Judy Rollins
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year 2011 (Category: Maternal And Child Health)
Building on children's natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood. This book is the only one of its kind...
by Heidi Kaduson, Charles Schaefer
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2010
This book is an amazing resource for play therapy techniques. The contributors come from a diverse group including child-centered, cognitive-behavioral, gestalt, Jungian, psychodynamic, and prescriptive play therapy.
The Special Needs SCHOOL Survival Guide
Handbook for Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, ADHD, Learning Disabilities & More!
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
The Special Needs SCHOOL Survival Guide is the handbook that will answer your questions about school accommodations, how to work with school personnel for government assisted programs, autism, Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) in the classroom, learning disabilities, handwriting, ADHD, Individual...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
Separated into seven categories for easy reference, the techniques within each chapter are applied to practice situations in a concise format for easy reference and use. The interventions illustrated include Storytelling, to enhance verbalizations in children; Expressive Art, to promote children's...
Nurture Your Child's Gift
Inspired Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
What if the purpose of living is to fulfill a vision or dream we brought with us into this life? Any parent or person working with children knows that each child, when nurtured and encouraged, develops according to his or her unique temperament and abilities. Nurture Your Child's Gift asks us to see...
What Kids Buy
The Psychology of Marketing to Kids
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
If you're in the business of marketing or developing products and programs for kids, What Kids Buy and Why belongs in your office.
How can you create outstanding products and programs that will win in the marketplace and in the hearts of kids and parents? Dan S. Acuff and Robert H. Reiher have...
Minimalist Parenting
Enjoy Modern Family Life More by Doing Less
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
We're in the midst of a parenting climate that feeds on more**.** More expert advice, more gear, more fear about competition and safety, and more choices to make about education, nutrition, even entertainment. The result? Overwhelmed, confused parents and overscheduled, overparented kids.
In...