Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
by A. Morris-Dadson
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012
Bullied into Jail is based upon the true story of fourteen-year-old Jane, a Canadian girl who was the victim of vicious bullying at school and online. Concerned that her daughter was depressed and possibly suicidal due to relentless bullying, Jane's mother sought help for her at a hospital. This set...
A Tribe Apart
A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
For three fascinating, disturbing years, writer Patricia Hersch journeyed inside a world that is as familiar as our own children and yet as alien as some exotic culture--the world of adolescence. As a silent, attentive partner, she followed eight teenagers in the typically American town of Reston,...
Darla the Elephant has Bipolar Disorder
What Mental Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Often when people are given a mental health disorder diagnosis the weaknesses are clear and overwhelmingly emphasized, while the strengths are ignored or forgotten. The mental health children's book series 'What Mental Disorder?' challenges the stigma against therapy and diagnosis. It enlists the...
Parenting Teens: Raising Balanced Teenagers and Helping them Become Extraordinary Adults
A+ Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Have you wondered if you're making the right decisions when it comes to raising your teenager?
Over the last years, there has been a lot of confusion about the role of boys and girls in our society. It's easy to see why parents are left with lots of unanswered questions when they're raising...
Welcome to Your Child's Brain
How the Mind Grows from Conception to College
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries--and difficulties--of parenthood. The marketplace is full of gadgets and tools that claim to make your child smarter, happier, or learn languages faster, all built on the premise that manufacturers know something about your child's brain that...
Lost Boys
Why our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 1999
In the first book to help parents truly understand youth violence and stop it before it explodes, national expert Dr. James Garbarino reveals how to identify children who are at risk and offers proven methods to prevent aggressive behavior.
After more than a decade of relentless increase in the urban...
Life Lessons for the Teenage Girl
Quotes, Inspiration and Advice for Women by Women
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Being a teenage girl is hard. Admit it-frequently it's downright terrible. They are constantly bombarded with suggestions about how to best live their lives from everyone they know. It becomes a challenge just to know whose suggestions to follow and whom to ignore. Their parents and teachers are "too...
Hear My Silence
Surviving Depression
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Dublin journalist Karina Colgan was rescued from the apartment she had barricaded herself into by her husband Gerry and son Karl, who feared for her life. Karina – like one in four people in Ireland – found herself unexpectedly fighting depression and for a long time did not know how to win the...
Summary: Boys Adrift - Leonard Sax
The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Complete summary of Leonard Sax's book: "Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men".This summary of the ideas from Leonard Sax's book "Boys Adrift" examines the five factors that are critical for the development of underachieving boys....
Summary of The Whole-Brain Child
by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Summary of The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson | Includes Analysis Preview: The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson offers recommendations for a whole-brainapproach to parenting. This approach emphasizes the importance...
It's Complicated
The Social Lives of Networked Teens
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens’ lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert danah boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social media....
Why Good Kids Act Cruel
The Hidden Truth about the Pre-Teen Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Why do many good children treat one another so badly?
This is a question parents eventually face and most start thinking about as their children prepare for high school. But the hard truth is, high school is too late. The pre-teen years are actually when it begins, when the cruelty is even worse,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
There is mounting interest in services to strengthen families and, if possible, to keep them together, preventing unnecessary and costly out-of-home placements. Unfortunately, although these programs are proliferating throughout the country, many are developing without the benefit of existing historical,...
Mental Health Practice with Children and Youth
A Strengths and Well-Being Model
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Use a strengths perspective for working with your younger clients!
Mental Health Practice with Children and Youth: A Strengths and Well-Being Model presents new insights into successfully working with children by concentrating on their capabilities and resilience. This book explores the continuum...