Child Development category: 2058 books
by Elly Singer
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Are child-care centres good for children? How can we provide good day-care? Feminists have long argued for the provision of day-care facilities so that mothers may be free to work outside the home. The call had enjoyed little support from politicians and experts, however. Feminists had been seen to...
Challenges to Implementing Effective Reading Intervention in Schools
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 154
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
This special issue is a "how to" on overcoming the many systems-level challenges in K–12 public education to implement effective reading interventions for the vast numbers of students reading below grade level. It emphasizes building researcher–practitioner partnerships, providing ongoing professional...
by
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Since the 1970s researchers in the communicative development of infants and small children had rejected traditional models and began to explore the complex, dynamic properties of communicative exchanges. This title, originally published in 1993, proposed a new and advanced frame of reference to account...
by Vita Krall, Sherman C. Feinstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Originally published in 1991, this monograph presents pioneering work on the growth and development of triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. Twelve years were spent researching the effects of multiple caregiving, low birthweight and intra-uterine conditions on the personality development of multiple...
by Katharine M. Banham Bridges
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Originally published in 1931, the study reported in this book was undertaken as part of the research programme of the Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene. It represents a systematic inquiry into the social and emotional behaviour of pre-school children as observed from day to day in a nursery...
Help Him Make You Smile
The Development of Intersubjectivity in the Atypical Child
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2007
Intersubjectivity refers to the motivation and capacity to connect and share one's own inner world with that of another person. This book addresses the questions: how does this precious human communication develop in infancy, and what can or should be done when it does not develop? The author presents...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
I acknowledge a deep debt of gratitude to my coeditors: my wife Irene, and my friend and colleague Tom Draper. They have worked with diligence and insight to bring this work to completion. They have delegated the task of writing the Preface to me. As the scientific study of human development matures...
How to Build Up Your Child Instead of Repairing Your Teenager
25 Secrets You Wish Your Parents Knew Before They Raised You
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
"This book should be given to every parent as they leave the hospital with their first child..." -- Review by Noelle J
"What the co-author revealed about himself in the 'A personal Note from the co-author...' was very heart-warming and I could relate so well to it..." -- Review by S Laney...
by Christopher Handy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Empowering the Child, Encourage, Strengthen and Nourish Your Child with these Powerful Concepts. Teaching a child to have a strong positive self image will also help to keep the child from having future behavioral problems. Building self esteem in a child will be the creating factor in the makings...
The Yes Brain
How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
From the authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, an indispensable guide to unlocking your child’s innate capacity for resilience, compassion, and creativity.
When facing contentious issues such as screen time, food choices, and bedtime, children often act out or shut down,...
by Victoria Hazlitt
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Originally published in 1933, this volume was the result of many years’ careful first-hand study of child psychology enriched by the author’s unusually wide experience in dealing with the subject with students. It was intended to follow the development of children from infancy to adolescence,...
Stress and Your Child
Helping Kids Cope with the Strains and Pressures of Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
GIVE YOUR CHILDREN BACK THEIR CHILDHOOD.
We like to think of childhood as a carefree, relaxed time of life, but the truth is, children today experience more stress than ever before: parents' fast-paced lifestyles, the frequent breakup of families, urban crime, schools in turmoil, and a host of other...
by Peter Mitchell, Fenja Ziegler
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
This new edition of the highly successful Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the exciting new findings in the thriving area of developmental psychology.
The book addresses a number of fascinating questions including:
Are...
The Youth Development Handbook
Coming of Age in American Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2003
What are the types of environments in which youth thrive? How do we cultivate such environments to promote optimal development and positive behavior in youth? The Youth Development Handbook: Coming of Age in American Communities provides youth and development practitioners access to current theory...