Child Adolescent category: 2820 books
Handbook of Culturally Responsive School Mental Health
Advancing Research, Training, Practice, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
Schools across the United States – as well as much of the world – are experiencing widespread change. Students are more diverse ethnically, academically, and emotionally. More attention is being paid to abuse and neglect, violence and bullying, and the growing inequities that contribute to student...
Inspiring Greatness in Education
A School of the 21st Century Model at the Independence School District
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
One of the major domestic policy issues of our time is whether our nation can provide a more effective educational experience for our children. Economists have stressed that the quality of our educational system eventually defines the ability of our workforce, which in turn affects our competitive...
Promoting Youth Sexual Health
Home, School, and Community Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Promoting Youth Sexual Health, written for preventionists and interventionists who work with children and adolescents across home, school, or community settings, offers guidance on how to promote sexual health among youth. The reader is first introduced to the state of the field, including sexual...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Children
Treating Complex and Refractory Cases
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009
"For clinicians involved with exigent pediatric cases, this book takes therapy to the next level by addressing the real-world challenges that arise with an expansive range of disorders. It will undoubtedly provide clinicians with novel ideas and approaches to advance their therapeutic skills and may...
Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders in Children and Adolescents
A Step-by-Step Treatment Manual
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Bringing together leading authorities, this volume synthesizes the breadth of current research on child and adolescent treatment into a practical handbook for students and clinicians. The book was inspired by the preeminent work on adult disorders, Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders (now...
Girls at Risk
Swedish Longitudinal Research on Adjustment
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012
Until recently, boys and men provided the template by which problem behaviors in girls and women were measured. With the shift to studying female development and adjustment through female perspectives comes a need for knowledge of trajectories of at-risk girls’ behavior as they mature. Girls at...
Handbook of Australian School Psychology
Integrating International Research, Practice, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
This handbook addresses the current state and practice of school psychology with a focus on standards unique to Australia, including historical, legal, ethical, practical, and training factors. It provides a compilation of the most current research-based practices as well as guidelines for evidence-based...
Diagnostic and Behavioral Assessment in Children and Adolescents
A Clinical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
This comprehensive volume shows how to use both diagnostic and behavioral assessment knowledgeably and effectively throughout the process of treatment. The two traditions have developed along separate paths--each with its own conceptual underpinnings and psychometric strengths. Used together, they...
by Catherine P. Cook-Cottone, PhD, Laura M. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
This unique, user-friendly text distills essential and up-to-date guidelines for students and practitioners of child and adolescent counseling. Featuring concise, step-by-step protocols supported by evidence-based practice, the book is organized in a logical sequence, from setting the stage for the...
A Question of Technique
Independent Psychoanalytic Approaches with Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
A Question of Technique focuses on what actually happens in the therapy room and on the technical decisions and pressures that are faced daily.
Coming from the Independent tradition in British psychoanalysis, the contributors, a range of experienced practitioners and teachers, describe how...
Immigrant Stories
Ethnicity and Academics in Middle Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2009
Immigrant Stories portrays the contexts and academic trajectories of development of three unique immigrant groups: Cambodian, Dominican and Portuguese. The children of immigrant families - or second generation youth - are the fastest growing population of school children in the US. However, very little...
African American Boys
Identity, Culture, and Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
This book discusses current research on identity formation, family and peer influences, risk and resilience factors, and concepts of masculinity and sexuality in African American boys. Sorting out genuine findings from popular misconceptions and misleading headlines, this concise and wide-ranging...
by Renée M. Tobin, Alvin E. House, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Thousands of practitioners using prior editions of the DSM have relied on this key resource to optimize their diagnostic practices in PreK-12 settings. Now significantly revised for DSM-5, the book cuts through the overwhelming length and complexity of the diagnostic manual by focusing thematically...
Interrupting Cycles of Early Loss, Trauma and Abuse
Therapeutic Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
This volume offers rich and detailed illustrations of the complex emotional needs of the children and parents in vulnerable families. The chapters also highlight the psychological toll that working with at risk groups takes on therapists and others charged with providing care for children and families...