Child Psychology category: 2885 books
by Clark Moustakas
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1997
Renowned child therapist Clark Moustakas demonstrates how play can be used to affirm and liberate children_children who suddenly become troubled in their school or family lives and can work out their anger and fear in just a few sessions, as well as children who are seriously disturbed and must struggle to achieve emotional maturity, respect for others, and faith in themselves.
Basic Concepts in Family Therapy
An Introductory Text, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Gain confidence and creativity in your family therapy interventions with new, up-to-date research!
Basic Concepts in Family Therapy: An Introductory Text, Second Edition, presents twenty-two basic psychological concepts that therapists may use to understand clients and provide successful services...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
From Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health has been shaped to reflect the mental health needs of children and adolescents in low and middle income countries of the world. It also includes chapters on topics based on research and practice in high income countries which may have...
The Child and the World
How the Child Acquires Language; How Language Mirrors the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
The Child and the World! There is nothing more wonderful to watch than a small child, 2 or 3 years old, speaking to its mother, holding a conversation with its mother. It seems miraculous that in such a short period a child can reach so far in its use of this most precious of human possessions, language....
An Ounce of Prevention
How to Know When Your Children Will Outg
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Most parents understand the importance of prevention when it comes to the physical health and safety of their children. But what many parents don't realize is that it is also possible to use preventive measures for emotional and behavorial problems. As child psychologist Dr. Lawrence E. Shapiro explains...
When Your Child Hurts
Effective Strategies to Increase Comfort, Reduce Stress, and Break the Cycle of Chronic Pain
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Parents of a child in pain want nothing more than to offer immediate comfort. But a child with chronic or recurring pain requires much more. His or her parents need skills and strategies not only for increasing comfort but also for helping their child deal with an array of pain-related challenges, such...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Asian Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This is a comprehensive volume on issues and concerns relating to child and adolescent mental health in Asia, which includes contributions from experts in child psychiatry from Asia and other parts of the world. The chapters provide accurate and detailed accounts of the current state of knowledge...
Assessing Impairment
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Impairment and disability are widely used terms, yet considerable disagreement exists as to their relationship—especially when impairment means different things to different professionals in the fields of mental health, medicine, and education. Although diagnostic criteria for various disorders...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
This handbook examines policy research on school counseling across a wide range of countries and offers guidelines for developing counseling research and practice standards worldwide. It identifies the vital role of counseling in enhancing students’ educational performance and general wellbeing,...
Fidelity of Implementation in Assessment of Infants and Toddlers
Evaluating Developmental Milestones and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
This book examines the challenges in developmental assessment of infants and toddlers and provides best practices for implementing standardized assessments in early intervention settings. It starts with an overview of standardized assessment practices and discusses how specific tools can be used...
Born Reading
Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age -- From Picture Books to eBooks and Everything in Between
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
A program for parents and professionals on how to raise kids who love to read, featuring interviews with childhood development experts, advice from librarians, tips from authors and children’s book publishers, and reading recommendations for kids from birth up to age five.
Every parent wants...
A Fighting Chance
Supporting Young Children Experiencing Disruptive Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Covers a variety of types of disruptive change including homelessness, incarceration, multiple parent relationships, death, foster care, natural disasters, medical diagnoses, and more
Lends practical solutions and approaches that will give children facing disruptive change tools for life
Addresses...
To Hold and Be Held
The Therapeutic School as a Holding Environment
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Drawing on the teachings of D.W. Winnicott and John Bowlby, who helped revolutionize thinking about relational psychology, To Hold and Be Held integrates the concepts of the ‘holding environment’ and attachment theory and describes how they are applied in a clinical setting. It also uses metaphor...
The Resilience Doughnut
The Secret of Strong Kids
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
This thoughtful, accessible, inspirational and well written book outlines a model that can provide ourselves and our children with the capacity to face, overcome and be transformed by adversity. In Seven bite size chunks, the Resilience Doughnut model represents the outside influences that build resilience...