Adolescent Psychology category: 2820 books
So the Witch Won't Eat Me
Fantasy and the Child's Fear of Infanticide
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 1977
In So the Witch Won't Eat Me Bloch draws on 25 years of psychoanalytic practice. Her book is both a summary of her experience as a therapist and a disclosure of what she has learned about the inner workings of the human mind. She believes that the fear of infanticide, which originates in our vulnerability...
by Esther Fine
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Clinical Applications of Psychoanalytic Theory provides in-depth descriptions of past and present analytic concepts, with accompanying examples of how these theories affect clinical interventions. A wide range of psychopathology is described, including child abuse, ADHD, autism, and hostile acts performed...
Made for Life (PLE: Emotion)
Coping, Competence and Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Originally published in 1980, this title considers the relationship between feeling able to cope and being able to learn – that is, the interdependence of affect and cognition in children under five. It argues that in order to make full use of his cognitive capacities the child must first develop...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This volume represents major research issues in language production today, presenting readers with a picture of the breadth of current research in the field. Contributors have focused on models of visual word processing, aphasic speech, object recognition and language production in children. Many...
Action Meets Word
How Children Learn Verbs
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
Although there has been a surge in our understanding of children's vocabulary growth, theories of word learning lack a primary focus on verbs and adjectives. Researchers throughout the world recognize how our understanding of language acquisition can be at best partial if we cannot comprehend how...
Recess
Its Role in Education and Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Writing a book about recess could be a very questionable endeavor for a serious academic psychologist. At first blush it seems to be a pretty trivial topic. It's the time during the school day where there's a break from what's typically considered the most serious work of the day--reading, writing,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2012
As the cornerstone of applied behavior analysis, functional assessment is supported by a burgeoning literature that focuses on identification of and interventions for aggressive, self-injurious, and other challenging behaviors. Although the number of research studies continues to grow, full-length...
Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Critical Issues in Clinical, Forensic and School Settings
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
This book offers clear best-practice guidelines for the assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. It discusses both the rising rates of autism and the growing need for appropriate, effective treatments and services. The book examines measures and methods used in assessing for core symptoms of ASD as...
Caring for Children With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Their Families
An Innovative Approach to Interdisciplinary Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2004
Children with neurodevelopmental disabilities such as mental retardation or autism present multiple challenges to their families, health care providers, and teachers. Professionals consulted by desperate parents often see the problems from their own angle only and diagnosis and intervention efforts...
Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents
Assessment, Intervention, and Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Although generally considered adult disorders, anxiety and depression are widespread among children and adolescents, affecting academic performance, social development, and long-term outcomes. They are also difficult to treat and, especially when they occur in tandem, tend to fly under the diagnostic...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
This handbook discusses early childhood special education (ECSE), with particular focus on evidence-based practices. Coverage spans core intervention areas in ECSE, such as literacy, motor skills, and social development as well as diverse contexts for services, including speech-language pathology,...
Construction and Reconstruction of Memory
Dilemmas of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
"Those who study memory find no essay answers when they try to validate the authenticity of human memories. Editor Prozan provides a fresh, unbiased look at the issues involved in the false memory debate. She neither endorses nor discards the "false memory syndrome" in this book. Embracing...
Stress, Trauma, and Children's Memory Development
Neurobiological, Cognitive, Clinical, and Legal Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2008
Few questions in psychology have generated as much debate as those concerning the impact of childhood trauma on memory. A lack of scientific research to constrain theory has helped fuel arguments about whether childhood trauma leads to deficits that result in conditions such as false memory or lost...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Frances Tustin Today explores some of the ways and means by which Tustin’s work has enabled psychoanalytic clinicians to enter into the elemental domain of sensation: what Bion called the ‘proto-mental’ area of the psyche-soma. Through detailed clinical contributions of several of her exponents...