Child Adolescent category: 2820 books
Problems of Youth
Transition to Adulthood in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This book describes and analyzes, from an interdisciplinary point of view, those problems of youth that are currently objects of remedial action on both community and national levels. It explores the many causes of adolescent happiness and discontent, behavior and misbehavior, aspirations and aversions...
African American Girls
Reframing Perceptions and Changing Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2009
Over the past 15 years, I have had the opportunityto conduct research and interv- tion programming with African American girls. Several of my graduate students, mostly African American women, pursuing their doctorates in psychology worked closely with me in this work. We have conducted hundreds of...
The Troubled Adolescent
Challenges and Resilience within Family and Multicultural Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
This book is written for students and clinicians who want to learn about adolescent behavioral health and psychosocial development. It focuses on the experiences of culturally diverse adolescents and families including, but not limited to, diversity based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual...
Rest, Play, Grow
Making Sense of Preschoolers (Or Anyone Who Acts Like One)
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Foreword by Gordon Neufeld
Based on the work of one of the world’s foremost child development experts, Rest, Play, Grow offers a developmental road map to adults and is what every toddler, preschooler, and kindergartner wished their adults understood about them.
Baffling and beloved,...
Getting to 30
A Parent's Guide to the 20-Something Years
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
“This is the book parents have been waiting for”—Michael Thompson, coauthor of Raising Cain. The book that is “helpful, hopeful, and engaging”—Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D., Columbia University. It is the book that addresses the new reality for parents of kids in their 20s and the issues that...
Letting Go with Love and Confidence
Raising Responsible, Resilient, Self-Sufficient Teens in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
A parenting guide to adolescence - a sensible and considerate resource for navigating your teen to adulthood, transforming a traditional time of strife into an opportunity for positive growth for both you and your child.
For parents, nurturing their teens to become healthy, well-adjusted adults...
The Ultimate Guide to Raising Teens and Tweens
Strategies for Unlocking Your Child’s Full Potential
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Are you concerned or frustrated with the choices your child makes when it comes to their peer groups, study habits, and use of social media?
Do you feel your child is pushing you away and your connection is weakening?
Are you unsure of the next steps you should take to help your child...
Problem Solving in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
A Skills-Based, Collaborative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
This highly accessible book presents clear steps for helping children and adolescents to develop and test out new solutions to specific social, emotional, or behavioral challenges. The author demonstrates how therapists of any orientation can implement problem solving as a stand-alone intervention...
Patterns of Child Abuse
How Dysfunctional Transactions Are Replicated in Individuals, Families, and the Child Welfare System
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Interpret the hidden meaning of family roles to help children at risk!
Because dysfunctional patterns are closed systems that serve a secret purpose, they are almost impossible to change from the outside. Patterns of Child Abuse helps you recognize the purpose behind the patterns and offers...
Childhood and Adolescence: Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Applications, 2nd Edition
Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
This comprehensive reference analyzes psychological and anthropological studies concerning child and adolescent development across cultures, digging into often-forgotten topics like street children, child soldiers, and parenting in war-torn countries.
• Considers parenting and childhood development...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
This leading text and clinical guide offers best-practice recommendations for assessing a comprehensive array of child and adolescent mental health problems and health risks. Prominent authorities present evidence-based approaches that can be used in planning, implementing, and evaluating real-world...
by Sue Bailey, Mike Shooter
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Sadly, millions of children today are affected by mental health problems, almost a doubling of the number of sufferers in just one generation.
Now, in this timely new book, mental health experts provide invaluable information and guidance for concerned parents, teachers and young adults. With...
by Kenneth Barish
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
An integrative approach for child therapists of all disciplines and at all levels of training and experience.
How to Be a Better Child Therapist is an innovative contribution to the theory and practice of child therapy. Drawing on several decades of experience, Kenneth Barish presents a comprehensive,...
by Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is arguably the most effective psychotherapy model for children and adolescents with emotional disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders, trauma and stress-related disorders, etc.). Emotional disorders in youth frequently overlap or co-occur,...