Child Psychology category: 2885 books
The Essential Child
Origins of Essentialism in Everyday Thought
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2005
Essentialism is the idea that certain categories, such as "dog," "man," or "intelligence," have an underlying reality or true nature that gives objects their identity. Where does this idea come from? In this book, Susan Gelman argues that essentialism is an early cognitive bias. Young children's concepts...
Cyberbullying through the New Media
Findings from an international network
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
Cyberbullying is one of the darker and more troubling aspects to the growing accessibility of new media technologies. Children in developed countries engage with cyberspace at younger and younger ages, and the use of the internet as a means to bully and harass has been greeted with alarm by educationalists,...
Regulatory Disorders in Infants
Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
This innovative book discusses current findings on regulatory disorders in infants and offers practical guidelines for diagnosis and intervention. Focusing on core infant and toddler concerns including crying, sleeping, feeding, clinginess, and aggression, it presents a developmental continuum from...
Children's Literacy Development
A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Learning to Read and Write
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
In the thoroughly updated second edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride examines how the languages we know help structure the process of becoming literate. Taking an ecological and distinctively cross-cultural perspective, the book looks at reading and writing development and impairment across...
Inspiring Wonder, Awe, and Empathy
Spiritual Development in Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Inspiring Wonder, Awe, and Empathy offers a series of thoughtful practices for child care providers to nurture a child’s spiritual development—an extension of social-emotional learning. The book helps educators introduce young children to a system that begins with love and leads to a strong sense...
The Emotional Lives of Animals & Children
Insights from a Farm Sanctuary
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
In 2008, Bill Crain, a professor of psychology at The City College of New York, and his wife Ellen, a pediatrician, opened Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary in Poughquag, New York. The sanctuary provides a permanent home to over 70 animals rescued from slaughter and abusive situations, including goats, sheep,...
Play and Development
Evolutionary, Sociocultural, and Functional Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Children's play is a universal human activity, and one that serves a significant purpose in personal development.Throughout this volume, which is an extension of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, the editors and contributors explore assumptions about play and its status as a unique and universal activity in humans.As a whole, Play
Parenting Without Guilt
A Parent's Guide To Practical Problem Solving
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
There are times when what a youngster does or says is absolutely baffling to mom or dad. How can 15-year-old Sarah spend hours prepping her hair and not give one second to cleaning her room? Likewise, what’s wrong with 10-year-old Mark who knows he shouldn’t bully his little brother but does so...
by Sharon L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Modeled on the author's bestselling Therapist’s Guide to Clinical Intervention, this new book on child clinical intervention presents much of the material in outline or bullet point format, allowing easy understanding of complex material for the busy therapist. This clinician’s guide to diagnosing...
Assessment and Intervention with Children and Adolescents Who Misuse Fire
Practitioner Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
It's surprisingly common for children and adolescents to play with fire and to actually set fires. A single fire has the potential to cause a cascade of serious consequences to children, families, and their community, sometimes with devastating impact. Yet, there is limited practical information and...
Modern Families
Parents and Children in New Family Forms
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Modern Families brings together research on parenting and child development in new family forms including lesbian mother families, gay father families, families headed by single mothers by choice and families created by assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF), egg donation,...
Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives
A Handbook for Professionals in Applied Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives captures the diversity and complexity of the executive system that underlies children's everyday life experiences. Acquisition of executive functions, such as interpreting communication cues and the perspectives of others, is foundational to and a function...
The Hungry Mind
The Origins of Curiosity in Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Despite American education’s recent mania for standardized tests, testing misses what really matters about learning: the desire to learn in the first place. Curiosity is vital, but it remains a surprisingly understudied characteristic. The Hungry Mind is a deeply researched, highly readable exploration...
Revealing the Inner World of Traumatised Children and Young People
An Attachment-Informed Model for Assessing Emotional Needs and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Bringing together the latest research and theory about a child's inner world and the impact of the world around them, this is a guide to understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatised children.
Founded on the principle that traumatised children do not have a secure sense...