Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
by Jerome Kagan, Norbert Herschkowitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human development during its first decade and what has been learned about brain growth. This volume proposes that development is the process of experience working...
by Michael Gurian
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Dr. Michael Gurian has studied and served children for thirty years. In the Wonder of Girls (2002), he presented a science-based approach to raising healthy and successful daughters. In the Minds of Girls, he pioneers new and intuitive approaches to health and wellness in all three important areas...
Positive Psychotherapy
Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
For over a century the focus of psychotherapy has been on what ails us, with the therapeutic process resting upon the assumption that unearthing past traumas, correcting faulty thinking, and restoring dysfunctional relationships is curative. But something important has been overlooked: the positives....
by Michael O'Loughlin, Ana Archangelo, Derek Bunyard
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2012
With the push toward accountability and test performance in schools there has been a decline in emphasis on creativity, imagination, and feelings in schools. Psychodynamic Perspectives on Working with Children, Families, and Schools is designed for students and professionals who are interested in...
What Children Need to Be Happy, Confident and Successful
Step by Step Positive Psychology to Help Children Flourish
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
What makes children happy, confident and successful? How can you help a child to flourish? Their environment is important, but the real difference is in your hands – every adult has the tools to help a child achieve psychological wellbeing.
This book provides a practical model for helping...
Moral Development
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2014!
This class-tested text provides a comprehensive overview of the classical and current theories of moral development and applications of these theories in various counseling and educational settings. Lively and accessible, this text engages students...
Childhood Autism
A Clinician's Guide to Early Diagnosis and Integrated Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Childhood Autism provides clinicians with a comprehensive guide for working with autistic children and their families. It offers practical assistance with early diagnosis, cutting edge treatment options and goals, interdisciplinary insights, and available resources. Empirical research findings are...
Children With Multiple Mental Health Challenges
An Integrated Approach to Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
"...[T]his book provides valuable information on taking care of children with complex mental health challenges. Chapters present information in tabular format, which makes the book easy to use in practice. The case vignettes are practical and helpful in understanding a child as a unique case...
Cognitive Development
An Advanced Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
This new text consists of parts of Bornstein and Lamb’s Developmental Science, 6th edition along with new introductory material that as a whole provides a cutting edge and comprehensive overview of cognitive development. Each of the world-renowned contributors masterfully introduces the history...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
For young children, two of the most important tasks they face are learning how to communicate and learning how to think about themselves and the social world around them. The premise of this book is that these two tasks are inherently linked. The communicative routines and language that children learn...
Attachment, Play, and Authenticity
Winnicott in a Clinical Context
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Donald Winnicott, the first pediatrician to become a child psychoanalyst, was the most influential and important child therapist in the field of child clinical psychiatry and psychology. Having consulted with over 30,000 mothers and children as part of his work in London city hospitals over 40 years,...
Theory of Mind
How Children Understand Others' Thoughts and Feelings
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Most of us are continually aware that others have thoughts and feelings – but are children? When? This book is a concise and readable review of the extensive research into children’s understanding of what other people think and feel, a central topic in developmental psychology known as "Theory...
Nadia Revisited
A Longitudinal Study of an Autistic Savant
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
This book re-examines the case of Nadia, discovered as a child aged six, who had been drawing with phenomenal skill and visual realism from the age of three, despite having autism and severe learning difficulties. The original research was published in 1977 and caused great international interest....
Applied Developmental Psychology
Theory, Practice, and Research from Japan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
With a Foreword by Hiroshi Azuma.