Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
Understanding Developmental Language Disorders
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Developmental language disorders (DLD) occur when a child fails to develop his or her native language often for no apparent reason. Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the most common reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of their family doctor. Although...
Parental Involvement in Childhood Education
Building Effective School-Family Partnerships
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Parental participation has long been recognized as a positive factor in children’s education. Research consistently shows that parents’ contributions to their children’s education lead to improvements in their academic and behavioral outcomes, from elementary through middle and secondary school....
Psychodynamics Commencing in Early Childhood
The Case for an Additional Tripartite Complex
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2018
Psychodynamics Commencing in Early Childhood: The Case for an Additional Tripartite Complex defines, delineates, and demonstrates the usefulness of an earlier variant of the Oedipus Complex, a complex first manifesting itself with the onset of separation-individuation and ending around the age of...
Child Psychotherapy, War and the Normal Child
Selected Papers of Margaret Lowenfeld
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Essential reading for anyone those involved in the psychology of children, this work details how Margaret Lowenfeld developed new forms of communication with children—primarily through the use of play and specifically through sand play—allowing psychotherapists to locate and address behavioral problems resulting from trauma, especially as from the result of war.
by Marjorie H. Charlop, Russell Lang, Mandy Rispoli
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
This book discusses the deficits in the development and presentation of play behavior and social skills that are considered central characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The book explains why play provides an important context for social interactions and how its absence can further exacerbate...
Becoming a School Consultant
Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Most consultation courses in school psychology focus heavily on theoretical models of consultation and associated intervention procedures. Little time is devoted to developing communication and process skills. Yet these process skills are key to properly identifying student problems and selecting...
by Virginia M. Axline
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
In 1947, Virginia Axline introduced professional psychotherapists to a new way of working with children called Nondirective Play Therapy. In 1964, she introduced the rest of the world to “Dibs”. Dibs is silent. Dibs is a mystery to his parents and teachers. Dibs cannot be reached no matter how...
Biology and Knowledge Revisited
From Neurogenesis to Psychogenesis
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Based on the Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Biology and Knowledge Revisited focuses on the classic issue of the relationship between nature and nurture in cognitive and linguistic development, and their neurological substrates.
Contributors trace the history of ideas concerning...
Social Work in Schools
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
This accessible and authoritative text gives social workers the tools they need for effective and ethical practice in school settings. Readers learn practical skills for observation, assessment, intervention, and research that will enable them to respond to the needs of diverse students from preschool...
Group Counseling and Psychotherapy With Children and Adolescents
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Many children and adolescents face developmental or situational difficulties in areas where they live most of their meaningful experiences-at home, at school, and in the community. While adults who struggle with life events and stressors may look to professional help, young individuals are quite alone...
Ferenczi's Language of Tenderness
Working with Disturbances from the Earliest Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2010
Ferenczi identified the presence of a child in every analysis or therapy and distinguished between the languages of tenderness and passion in their appropriateness for such work. Using Ferenczi's insights, Robert W. Rentoul draws on and integrates the subsequent work of the British Independents and...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
This volume covers several perspectives on autism which bring together the most recent scientific views of the nature of this disorder. A number of themes organize major developments and emerging areas in autism:
Cognitive and neural systems development: how autism arises in the behavior and...
School Consultation
Conceptual and Empirical Bases of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
Since its emergence during the 1960s, school consultation has become an important vehicle for delivering psychological and educational services. Cooperative efforts between skilled consultants and teachers, rooted in the principles of problem solving, social influence, and professional development,...
The Developing Child in the 21st Century
A global perspective on child development
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Offering a sociocultural approach to education and learning, this fascinating exploration of childhood provides an in-depth understanding of how children make sense of the world and the people in it. Examining the ways in which children express their thoughts, feelings and actively generate meaning...