Child Adolescent category: 2820 books
by John Gottman, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Intelligence That Comes from the Heart
Every parent knows the importance of equipping children with the intellectual skills they need to succeed in school and life. But children also need to master their emotions. Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child is a guide to teaching children to understand...
Freeing Your Child from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
A Powerful, Practical Program for Parents of Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
If you're a parent of one of the more than one million children in this country with obsessive-compulsive disorder, you know how confusing, even frightening, the symptoms of OCD can be. You're terrified of losing your child and angry about the havoc this disorder has wreaked in your family. More than...
He's Not Lazy
Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
“Clinical psychologist Price offers one of the most significant books of the year in this new look at an old problem—the underperforming teenage boy… Price’s book brings an important voice to a much needed conversation.” —Library Journal (Starred review)
On the surface, capable teenage...
Masterminds and Wingmen
Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
A landmark book that reveals the way boys think and that shows parents, educators and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common and difficult challenges -- by the bestselling author who changed our conception of adolescent girls.
Do you constantly struggle to pull information...
The Untouched Key
Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
As in her former books, Alice Miller again focusses on facts. She is as determined as ever to cut through the veil that, for thousands of years now, has been so meticulously woven to shroud the truth. And when she lifts that veil and brushes it aside, the results are astonishing, as is amply demonstrated...
by Sylvie Naar, PhD, Mariann Suarez
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
This pragmatic guide spells out how to use motivational interviewing (MI) to have productive conversations about behavior change with adolescents and young adults in any clinical context. Filled with vivid examples, sample dialogues, and "dos and don'ts," the book shows how conducting MI...
Boys Adrift
The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it.
Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation...
The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans
How to Decode Their Behavior, Develop Unshakable Trust, and Raise a Respectable Adult
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Nautilus Gold Award Winner: Parenting & Family
A practical guide to understanding teens from bestselling author and global youth advocate Josh Shipp.
In 2015, Harvard researchers found that every child who does well in the face of adversity has had at least one stable and committed...
Cyber Bullying No More
Parenting a High Tech Generation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Electronic Media Can Endanger As Well As Empower Your Kids
Cyber bullying is rampant. Every day children are being humiliated, violated, and degraded through the use of electronic devices. Young people are frightened and don't know where to turn. Parents are frustrated and unsure how to help...
Group Work with Adolescents, Third Edition
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
A trusted course text and professional resource, this comprehensive book delves into all aspects of planning and conducting strengths-based group work with adolescents. In an accessible, down-to-earth style, Andrew Malekoff spells out the principles of effective group practice. Extensive clinical...
by Michael Gurian
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Raising boys today can be a joyful experience at times but immensely difficult at others. Boys, families, schools, and communities are challenged in the new millennium in ways they have not been before. Technology, medication, food, nutrition, schooling, family, peer groups, and broader social and...
by Chris Davies, Rebecca Eynon
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
The popular media often presents a negative picture of young people and technology. From addiction to gaming, the distractions of the Internet, to the risks of social networking, the downsides of new technology in the lives of teenagers are often over-blown.
Teenagers and Technology presents...
Rebels with a Cause
Working with Adolescents Using Action Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2005
Rebels with a Cause is a comprehensive guide to working with adolescents using action techniques and drama therapy.
Drawing on years of experience working with adolescents and of training practitioners in the field, Cossa provides a tried-and-tested model for working with adolescents in groups....
by Madison J. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
The difficult boy stands clearly differentiated in my mind from the backward-minded or irresponsible boy, although there are grounds on which they may become merged. The difficult boy, as I conceive him, is one endowed with normal impulses, usually overstrong, which, because of defects of early guidance,...