Child Psychology category: 2885 books
by Paris S. Strom, Robert D. Strom
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
The tools of communication technology have transformed socialization and education of adolescents. They are the first generation to be growing up with the Internet, cell phones, iPods, computers, electronic hand helds and satellite television. Building friendships and social networks are common experiences...
by T.M. Caufield
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Whether you're in a court-ordered foster home, group home, boot camp, juvenile detention facility, or at home on probation, (among other places), here's your guide to getting out of "The System." Don't graduate and go on to the adult criminal justice system like many. Stay out, and experience inner peace. Written BY someone who has done that very thing.
When No One Understands
Letters to a Teenager on Life, Loss, and the Hard Road to Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2007
When Amanda first came to Dr. Sachs for treatment, she had attempted suicide more than once. Withdrawn and cynical, she refused to speak during her therapy sessions. Determined to connect, Dr. Sachs tried something unconventional: he wrote letters to Amanda between sessions and invited her to write...
School Bullying and Mental Health
Risks, intervention and prevention
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Bullying amongst young people is a serious and pervasive problem, and recent rapid advances in electronic communication technologies have provided even more tools for bullies to exploit. School Bullying and Mental Health collates current research evidence and theoretical perspectives about school...
School-Based Mental Health
A Practitioner's Guide to Comparative Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2008
This volume provides school-based practitioners with a comprehensive and comparative guide to the strategic interventions, therapeutic modalities, and treatment approaches that are most commonly and effectively used in educational settings. Three main sections of the text present a foundation of...
by Ann Cattanach
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Play therapy is a popular and important intervention for many children with psychological problems and traumatic life experiences. Written by a renowned expert in the field, Introduction to Play Therapy provides a basic grounding in play therapy intervention, answering questions such as:
· Who can...
Friendship and Other Weapons
Group Activities to Help Young Girls Aged 5-11 to Cope with Bullying
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Long before most school programs begin anti-bullying campaigns, young girls are getting a full education in social aggression. Girls as young as age five are experiencing acts of bullying, disguised as friendship, that shake the carefully laid foundations of their self-image, personal values, and...
Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
A Developmentally Focussed Psychotherapy for Young People
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Developmentally Focussed Psychotherapy for Young People will be an indispensable clinician’s guide to the practice of Time-Limited Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (TAPP), providing comprehensive instruction on the theory and delivery...
Cutting it Out
A Journey through Psychotherapy and Self-Harm
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2005
Cutting it Out is a largely autobiographical account of a young woman's battle with self-harm.
Carolyn's story documents her own challenging journey, offering unique insights into her feelings about self-harming and also her attitudes towards the therapy sessions commonly employed to help people...
by Carol Fitzpatrick
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2015
Anxiety is an increasingly common problem in young people, but there are many different causes and types, and it can be difficult to know where to start in order to understand it and know how best to help.
This easy-to-read guide provides information about the different types of anxiety and...
Duct Tape Parenting
A Less is More Approach to Raising Respectful, Responsible and Resilient Kids
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
There's a new set of 3Rs for our kids-respect, responsibility, and resilience-to better prepare them for life in the real world. Once developed, these skills let kids take charge, and let parents step back, to the benefit of all. Casting hover mothers and helicopter parents aside, Vicki Hoefle encourages...
Assessment for Intervention, Second Edition
A Problem-Solving Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Problem-solving assessment is an essential component of multi-tiered systems of support such as response to intervention (RTI) and positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS). This authoritative work provides a complete guide to implementing a wide range of problem-solving assessment methods:...
by Lisa L. Weyandt
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Filled with current, practical, and useful information for professionals and individuals, this second edition of An ADHD Primer summarizes the literature concerning ADHD across the lifespan. It offers a better understanding of the disorder by addressing the potential causes of ADHD, the developmental...
Practical Handbook of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Building Academic and Behavioral Success in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Accessible and comprehensive, this book shows how to build a schoolwide multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) from the ground up. The MTSS framework encompasses tiered systems such as response to intervention (RTI) and positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS), and is designed to help...