Child Psychology category: 2885 books
by Paris S. Strom, Robert D. Strom
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Until recently educators were expected to provide all the knowledge students would need to ensure their future. However, the Internet has altered conditions of learning in ways that motivate students to be more selfdirected and less dependent on direct instruction. Neuroscience discoveries about brain...
Academic Skills Problems, Fourth Edition
Direct Assessment and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
This popular practitioner guide and text presents an effective, problem-solving-based approach to evaluating and remediating academic skills problems. Leading authority Edward S. Shapiro provides practical strategies for working with students across all grade levels (K–12) who are struggling with...
Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy
A Clinician's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
Working with Video Gamers and Games in Therapy moves beyond stereotypes about video game addiction and violence to consider the role that games play in psychological experiences and mental health. Chapters examine the factors that compel individual gamers to select and identify with particular games...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Presents 100+ interventions using creative and expressive arts counseling techniques in school settings
Expressive arts therapies are a rich resource for use with children and adolescents, who are often unresponsive to traditional talk therapy, and highly useful to school counselors who must...
La intervención estratégica en los contextos educativos
Comunicación y "problem-solving" para los problemas escolares
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 20, 2012
El libro se presenta como un manual completo y detallado del enfoque estratégico en los contextos educativos: un instrumento operativo para maestros, educadores y operadores sociales, que proporciona orientación acerca de qué hacer y cómo resolver de forma efectiva y en tiempo breve los problemas...
Mandela's Children
Growing Up in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Elijah C. Nealy
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
A comprehensive guide to the medical, emotional, and social issues of trans kids.
These days, it is practically impossible not to hear about some aspect of transgender life. Whether it is the bathroom issue in North Carolina, trans people in the military, or on television, trans life has become...
Overcoming Chronic Fatigue in Young People
A cognitive-behavioural self-help guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Overcoming Chronic Fatigue in Young People provides an effective evidence-based, step-by-step guide to managing and overcoming chronic fatigue. The highly-experienced experts Katharine Rimes and Trudie Chalder, present an accessible and practical manual aimed at young people, with downloadable material...
Social Skills for Teenagers with Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorders
The PEERS Treatment Manual
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
This book is essential reading for any clinician or researcher working with teens with autism spectrum disorders. This parent-assisted intervention for teens is based on a comprehensive, evidence-based, 14-week program at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, the manualization...
by Sam Himelstein
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working With High-Risk Adolescents is an accessible introduction to a new model of therapy that combines the Buddhist concept of mindfulness with modern trends in psychotherapy. Drawing on years of experience working with at-risk adolescents, the chapters explore ways...
Youth at Risk
A Prevention Resource for Counselors, Teachers, and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
In the latest edition of this best-selling text, David Capuzzi and Douglas Gross, along with 24 experts in the field provide a prevention–intervention paradigm to address contemporary issues facing today’s youth. Written from a systemic perspective, this book offers guidance in helping teens who...
Anxious Kids
How children can turn their anxiety into resilience
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Anxious Kids offers parents a new perspective on their children's anxiety, encouraging them to view each episode as an opportunity to empower their kids with the skills to manage anxiety, and thrive.
Bestselling parenting author Michael Grose and wellbeing expert Dr Jodi Richardson explain...
Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents
A 12-Session Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents is a group-based curriculum incorporating mindfulness, self-awareness, and substance-abuse treatment strategies for use with adolescents dealing with substance use. The evidence-based, how-to format provides a curriculum for professionals...
The First Year and the Rest of Your Life
Movement, Development, and Psychotherapeutic Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
The movement repertoire that develops in the first year of life is a language in itself and conveys desires, intentions, and emotions. This early life in motion serves as the roots of ongoing nonverbal interaction and later verbal expression – in short, this language remains a key element in communication...