Child Development category: 2058 books
Observing and Developing Schematic Behaviour in Young Children
A Professional’s Guide for Supporting Children’s Learning, Play and Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Observing and understanding schematic behaviour confidently is vital for anyone working with or looking after young children. This guide explains what schemas are, stripping back the technical language often used to describe them, and how to interpret and extend schematic behaviour to benefit the...
How Imitation Boosts Development
In Infancy and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
It was Plato who famously stated that 'imitation is dangerous because it stifles creativity, hampers the development of personal identity and disrupts the perception of other people as unique beings'. There are some who still feel this way, and perhaps this explains why imitation has received less...
Developing Destinies
A Mayan Midwife and Town
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
Born with the destiny of becoming a Mayan sacred midwife, Chona Pérez has carried on centuries-old traditional Indigenous American birth and healing practices over her 85 years. At the same time, Chona developed new approaches to the care of pregnancy, newborns, and mothers based on her own experience...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Future Directions in Infant Development Research bears wit- ness to the significant shifts that have occurred in infancy research in the recent past. While fundamental issues have tended to remain the same, the emphasis and ways of address- ing these issues have changed. This book is the first step toward a much richer and fuller understanding of infant development.
Reading Rehabilitation for Individuals with Low Vision
Research and Practice in the Czech Republic
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
This book presents an emerging rehabilitation program for improving the reading abilities of individuals with low vision who undergo therapy for visual impairment. Its interdisciplinary framework for visual training through reading skills development aligns its goals with those of special education...
African American Boys
Identity, Culture, and Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
This book discusses current research on identity formation, family and peer influences, risk and resilience factors, and concepts of masculinity and sexuality in African American boys. Sorting out genuine findings from popular misconceptions and misleading headlines, this concise and wide-ranging...
Learning to Live Together
Preventing Hatred and Violence in Child and Adolescent Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2004
With a view to deepening our understanding of sources of hatred and prejudice, this book uses a developmental and evolutionary perspective to explore and explain the process by which our beliefs are conveyed to the youngest members of society. Discussing the psychological obstacles to peaceful relations...
Magic and the Mind
Mechanisms, Functions, and Development of Magical Thinking and Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Magical thinking and behavior have traditionally been viewed as immature, misleading alternatives to scientific thought that in children inevitably diminish with age. In adults, these inclinations have been labeled by psychologists largely as superstitions that feed on frustration, uncertainty, and...
by Pamela Ebstyne King, Dr. Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Dr. Linda M. Wagener
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2005
The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence breaks new ground by articulating the state of knowledge in the area of childhood and adolescent spiritual development. Featuring a rich array of theory and research from an international assortment of leading social scientists in...
Mary D. Sheridan's Play in Early Childhood
From Birth to Six Years
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Mary D. Sheridan’s Play in Early Childhood is a classic introductory text to play and development – key topics for all those who work with young children. Drawing on the most up-to-date evidence, it explains how children’s play develops and how they develop as they play.
With over 100...
Child Sexual Abuse
Its Scope and Our Failure
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
Child sexual abuse has become a prevalent topic of study and discussion in the fields of Child Psychology, Pediatrics, Law Enforcement, and Social Work. But even with the widespread knowledge of identifiable behavior in its victims and abusers, society's response to child sexual abuse is failing profoundly.
Rebecca...
The Uses of Enchantment
The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Winner of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award
"A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales."—John Updike, The New York Times Book Review
Bruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century...
Mind in the Making
The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
“Ellen Galinsky—already the go-to person on interaction between families and the workplace—draws on fresh research to explain what we ought to be teaching our children. This is must-reading for everyone who cares about America’s fate in the 21st century.”
— Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent...
Child's Journey Out of Autism
One Family's Story of Living in Hope and Finding a Cure
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Told with the intensity of a medical thriller, the extraordinary story of how Clay Whiffen and his family conquered autism.
"Leeann Whiffen's fight for her son is a poignant, intimate story of perseverance and love - a reminder to all of us that a mother is the greatest ally a child with...