Child Adolescent category: 2820 books
Decisive Parenting
Strategies That Work with Teenagers
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
Decisive Parenting teaches parents concrete skills for quickly and permanently altering their teenagers' problem behaviors, ranging from argumentativeness and neglecting chores or homework to more serious issues such as shoplifting, underage drinking, and drug use. Michael Hammond provides clear,...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Cognitive Therapy with Children and Young People
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Post traumatic stress disorder develops after exposure to one or more terrifying events that have caused, or threatened to cause the sufferer grave physical harm. This book discusses how trauma-focused cognitive therapy can be used to help children and adolescents who suffer from post traumatic stress...
The Children Who Lived
Using Harry Potter and Other Fictional Characters to Help Grieving Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Harry Potter’s encounters with grief, as well as the grief experiences of other fictional characters, can be used by educators, counselors, and parents to help children and adolescents deal with their own loss issues. The Children Who Lived is a unique approach toward grief and loss in children....
by George Isaac
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2001
This book is a unique, short, and practical guide to doing psychiatric evaluations of children for clinical purposes. The author uses his experience as a child psychiatrist during the past three decades, in United States, India, and Canada to provide practical insights into the art of doing excellent...
Handbook of Cognitive-Behavior Group Therapy with Children and Adolescents
Specific Settings and Presenting Problems
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
This Handbook offers a much-needed resource of theoretical knowledge, evidence-based interventions, and practical guidelines for professionals providing group psychotherapy to youth clients.
Written by leading professionals in the field of child and adolescent cognitive-behavioral therapy,...
Help Me, I'm Sad
Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Depression
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Until the early 1980s, there was no official diagnosis for depression in children. But children can, and do, become depressed. In fact, the National Institute of Mental Health now estimates that 2.5 million youngsters under eighteen have experienced clinical depression--and the real number may be...
Attachment-Focused Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents
Phase-Oriented Strategies for Addressing Complex Trauma Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Attachment-Focused Trauma Treatment for Children and Adolescents brings together two powerful treatment directions that exponentially expand the knowledge and skills available to child and adolescent trauma therapists. The book provides theoretical knowledge, clinical approaches, and specific, detailed...
Asperger Syndrome, Second Edition
Assessing and Treating High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Completely revised with the latest research and clinical strategies, this is the authoritative volume on Asperger syndrome (now part of DSM-5 autism spectrum disorder). Considered the definitive reference since its initial publication, the book focuses on how to assess each child or adolescent's needs...
by Peter Mitchell, Fenja Ziegler
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
This new edition of the highly successful Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the exciting new findings in the thriving area of developmental psychology.
The book addresses a number of fascinating questions including:
Are...
Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children and Adolescents
A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children and Adolescents provides an innovative perspective on developmental disorders in youth, one focused on embracing and working with the "messiness" and many variables at play in child and adolescent development. The volume’s approach is aligned with...
by Katharina Manassis, MD, FRCPC
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Highly practical and accessible, this book shows how to synthesize complex information about child and adolescent mental health problems into clinically useful, dynamic case formulations. Strategies and tools are provided for analyzing the biological, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual, and...
The Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents
A Practitioner's Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
This book highlights assessment techniques, issues, and procedures that appeal to practicing clinicians. Rather than a comprehensive handbook of various tests and measures, The Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents is a practitioner-friendly text that provides guidance for test selection,...
by Travis Breeding
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2019
Travis has a chance to redeem himself after struggling with years of mental illness that led to him having a negative attitude toward autism. Thinking he could never get a girlfriend having autism he wanted to cure his autism. After help from a friend with a Sonrise program to challenge his beliefs...
Coming Out, Coming In
Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2007
Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society describes the process of “coming in” to a welcoming and nurturing family, from both the teen's and the parents' perspective. Linda Goldman draws on her personal and professional experience as a school...