Child Development category: 2058 books
by Susanne A. Denham, Rosemary Burton
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
- Theoretical foundations, explanations and practical guides for implementation of social and emotional programming in early childhood settings
- Review of all extant programming for both in-class and parenting applications to further social and emotional development during early childhood
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by Oana A. David, Raymond DiGiuseppe
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This brief but potent reference combines cognitive-behavioral and rational-emotive theory and techniques in an effective group program for parents of children with externalizing disorders. The Rational Positive Parenting Program (rPPP) addresses irrational emotions and their underlying beliefs that...
Bullying in School
Perspectives from School Staff, Students, and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
This book posits that multiple perspectives of key school staff (such as teachers, principals, school resource officers, school psychologists and counselors, nurses, and coaches) can provide a deeper understanding of bullying, which remains an immediate and pressing concern in schools today. In turn,...
Adoption Beyond Borders
How International Adoption Benefits Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
International adoptions have decreased dramatically in the last decade, despite robust evidence of the tremendous benefits that early placement in adoptive families can confer upon children who are not able to remain with birth families. Adoption Beyond Borders integrates evidence from a range of...
Temperament
Infancy through Adolescence The Fullerton Longitudinal Study
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The Fullerton Longitudinal Study, launched in 1979, chronicled the development of over 100 children and their families from the children's first birthday through their high school completion using a cross-informant/cross-context methodology. In this volume, the developmental course and sequelae of...
Resilience in Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Translating Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Resilience in Children, Adolescents, and Adults: Translating Research into Practice recognizes the growing need to strengthen the links between theory, assessment, interventions, and outcomes to give resilience a stronger empirical base, resulting in more effective interventions and strength-enhancing...
Problems of Youth
Transition to Adulthood in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This book describes and analyzes, from an interdisciplinary point of view, those problems of youth that are currently objects of remedial action on both community and national levels. It explores the many causes of adolescent happiness and discontent, behavior and misbehavior, aspirations and aversions...
Social Exclusion
Psychological Approaches to Understanding and Reducing Its Impact
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
From ostracism on the playground to romantic rejection, bullying at work, and social disregard for the aged, individuals are at constant risk of experiencing instances of social exclusion, including ostracism, rejection, dehumanization, and discrimination. These phenomena have a powerful impact as...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
This comprehensive edited volume synthesizes the current state of research and practice in psychological, medical, and motor disorders as they affect individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). It examines how these disorders exist across this population, sometimes confound diagnosis, and often...
by Michael Wyness
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2019
The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful, authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on the sociological study of childhood. The book explores the ways these theories inform key themes, including education, work, identity and agency.
The...
by Gail Hugman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2015
It’s wonderful the way children are constantly asking ‘why?’ about the world, but it can be very exhausting for adults.
This book offers a way for teachers, parents and carers of primary aged children to improve the quality of life not only for themselves but more importantly for the...
Handbook of Cognitive Aging
Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
"Provides a unique perspective. I am particularly impressed with the sections on innovative design and methods to investigate cognitive aging and the integrative perspectives. None of the existing texts covers this material to the same level."
—Donna J. La Voie, Saint Louis University
"The...
Sustaining Early Childhood Learning Gains
Program, School, and Family Influences
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
How gains from early childhood experiences are initiated, increased, sustained, and affect life-course development are fundamental to science and society. They also have increasing policy relevance, given public investments in early learning programs and the need to measure their effectiveness in...
In the Middle
The adolescent brain, behaviour and learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In the Middle: The adolescent brain, behaviour and learning explores current research into brain development in adolescence and the changes in the brain as humans move into adulthood. This book seeks to use neuroscience to help parents, teachers and adults better understand the changes that occur...