Child Adolescent category: 2820 books
Engaging Autism
Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
An essential guide to the highly recommended Floortime approach for treating children with any of the autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
From the renowned child psychiatrist who developed the groundbreaking Floortime approach for children with autism spectrum disorder, Engaging Autism is a clear,...
Delinquent Girls
Contexts, Relationships, and Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
Traditionally, delinquent girls were considered an anomaly, a rare phenomenon attracting little scholarly notice. Today, more than one in four youth offenders is female, and researchers and practitioners alike are quickly turning their attention and resources to address this challenging situation....
by Parenting Magazine Editors
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
A guide to discipline grounded in love and respect.
Savvy parents have come to rely on PARENTING magazine for its focused advice and expert guidance on all the tough issues of raising children. Now PARENTING readers are delighted to find the same winning blend of upbeat writing, quick information,...
by Larry Waldman
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
What sets this classic child-raising book apart from other books is Dr. Larry Waldman's ability to tell you why your child is misbehaving--then, step-by-step, in easy-to-understand language he tells you how to use proven methods to reverse that behavior. Over 24,000 families have been helped...
by Daniel A. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
An expert clinician brings attachment theory into the realm of parenting skills.
Attachment security and affect regulation have long been buzzwords in therapy circles, but many of these ideas—so integral to successful therapeutic work with kids and adolescents— have yet to be effectively...
Spare the Kids
Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
A challenge to the cultural tradition of corporal punishment in Black homes and its connections to racial violence in America
Why do so many African Americans have such a special attachment to whupping children? Studies show that nearly 80 percent of black parents see spanking, popping, pinching,...
by Becky A Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
I Love You Rituals offers more than seventy delightful rhymes and games that send the message of unconditional love and enhance children's social, emotional, and school success.Winner of a 1999 Parent's Guide Children's Media Award, these positive nursery rhymes, interactive finger plays, soothing...
Your Child's Growing Mind
Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
The completely updated and expanded version of the 1987 classic hailed by parents and educators everywhere.
Counselling Children, Adolescents and Families
A Strengths-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2003
`I recommend this book to anyone who lives or works with families, children or teenagers' - Nurturing Potential
`This is a valuable book, worth attention in every child and family service. My own agency has ordered a copy!' - Robert Cumming, Nurturing Potential
`John Sharry's book is...
Kids Who Laugh
How to Develop Your Child’s Sense of Humor
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
While some children are born with an innate sense of humor, for most kids, humor is a learned behavior. Kids Who Laugh is the first book to examine the psychology of humor in children and explore the many benefits that this characteristic has to offer, including self-confidence, coping skills, creativity,...
Kids
How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Raise Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
To what extent do our parenting practices help or hinder our children? As parents, how much influence do we have over what kind of people our children will grow up to be? In the follow-up to her critically acclaimed Our Babies, Ourselves, Cornell anthropologist Meredith Small now takes on these and...
New Hope for Children and Teens with Bipolar Disorder
Your Friendly, Authoritative Guide to the Latest in Traditional and Complementar y Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
With proper diagnosis and early intervention, there is unlimited hope for children and teens diagnosed with bipolar disorder to lead fulfilling and enjoyable lives, starting today.
Inside, you’ll discover compassionate and informative methods to help manage the diagnosis and develop the natural...
What does it mean to be three?
A practical guide to child development in the Early Years Foundation Stage
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
What Does It Mean To Be Three, from child psychologist Jennie Lindon, will give you the tools you need to ensure that your work with children, whether in a school, nursery or home setting, is relevant to their individual stages of development.This books looks at the six areas of learning in the EYFS...
The Secret Lives of Toddlers
A Parent's Guide to the Wonderful, Terrible, Fascinating Behavior of Children Ages 1 to 3
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
Why do they rub food in their hair? Why do they want to hear the same book over and over? Why do they love being naked?
Between the ages of one and three, children can be delightful, affectionate, intelligent explorers of their newfound world. They can also be holy terrors. Grounded in up-to-date...