Child Adolescent category: 2820 books
Welcome to Your Child's Brain
How the Mind Grows from Conception to College
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries--and difficulties--of parenthood. The marketplace is full of gadgets and tools that claim to make your child smarter, happier, or learn languages faster, all built on the premise that manufacturers know something about your child's brain that...
Got An Angry kid?
Parenting Spike, A Seriously Difficult Child
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Does your family live in conflict?
Does your child have a psychiatric label (such as ADHD, oppositional defiance, conduct disorder, bi-polar disorder) or the behavior that would get him/her one?
Have you lost (or nearly lost) control of your child?
If you answered YES to any of...
Child's Play
Sport in Kids' Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. Child’s Play presents a more nuanced...
by Usha Goswami
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
This Very Short Introduction provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible guide to modern child psychology, from birth to early adolescence. Beginning with infancy, Usha Goswami considers the process of attachment and 'bonding', showing how secure attachments enable the development of self-understanding....
Sexuality in Adolescence
The digital generation
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Sexuality in Adolescence: The Digital Generation provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of research and theory about adolescent sexuality in today’s world. The book examines biological, social and health-related approaches and reviews qualitative and quantitative research from psychology,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
How can we ensure that adolescent research is really assisting the optimal developmental transitions of young people, now and in the near future?
Reframing Adolescent Research suggests that what is needed is a ‘paradigm-shift’, a movement towards implementing more systemic, innovative and...
Interwoven Lives
Adolescent Mothers and Their Children
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Despite a growing body of scholarship on the phenomenon of adolescent parenting, minimal attention has been given to investigating systematic changes in adolescent mothers' and their children's psychological functioning over time. This book reports on a longitudinal study conducted to examine the...
Adolescents and Their Families
An Introduction to Assessment and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This comprehensive book introduces and integrates adolescent developmental themes and family system theory into a coherent assessment and intervention model. Author Mark Worden views the adolescent as active in shaping the family interactions as much as the family is influential in shaping the adolescent’s...
by Robert P. Archer
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Originally published in 1987, the objective of this volume was to provide a clear and comprehensive review of the literature in the area of adolescents and the MMPI based on the research studies that had occurred in the previous 40 years. It was written to provide the reader with an appreciation and...
The Adolescent Brain
Changes in learning, decision-making and social relations
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
In recent years there have been tremendous advances in understanding how brain development underlies behavioural changes in adolescence. Based on the latest discoveries in the research field, Eveline A. Crone examines changes in learning, emotions, face processing and social relationships in relation...
Smart Parenting, Smarter Kids
The One Brain Book You Need to Help Your Child Grow Brighter, Healthier, and Happier
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Every week new discoveries about the brain make the news, often promising parents the latest “right” way to nurture their kids’ developing brains and behavior. And every day there’s a new technology that demands your child’s attention, a new game or toy that purports to make your kid smarter,...
Child Trauma Handbook
A Guide for Helping Trauma-Exposed Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Originally published in 2005, the Child Trauma Handbook is a user-friendly manual that teaches a comprehensive, research-based, phase-model approach to trauma-informed treatment for children and adolescents. Both new and experienced clinicians will find clear explanations and tips for making the connection...
Surviving Your Child's Puberty
And Other Death Defying Acts of Excellent Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
A groundbreaking, expert guide to successful and effortless parenting by Celebrity entertainment Child Talent Manager and Developer Meredith M. Day. The book is designed for busy parents who want solid results. An easy read with slap your head no brainer solutions for all the gauntlets of parenthood. A must have for any parent who wants to build an excellent child.
Metaphorical Stories for Child Therapy
Of Magic and Miracles
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Therapeutic metaphor and stories have long been used within modalities such as hypnotherapy, play therapy, narrative therapies, and expressive therapies. Metaphorical interventions reduce client defensiveness. They provide an 'aha' that leads to insight and change, as the client's identification with...