Child Development category: 2058 books
Childhood and Adolescence in Society
Selections From CQ Researcher
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
About CQ Researcher Readers
In the tradition of nonpartisan and current analysis that is the hallmark of CQ Press, CQ Researcher readers investigate important and controversial policy issues. Childhood and Adolescence in Society aims to promote in-depth discussion, facilitate further research,...
Assessing Impairment
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Impairment and disability are widely used terms, yet considerable disagreement exists as to their relationship—especially when impairment means different things to different professionals in the fields of mental health, medicine, and education. Although diagnostic criteria for various disorders...
Childhood and Sexuality
Contemporary Issues and Debates
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This book explores how children engage with sex and sexuality. Building on a conceptual and legal grounding in sexuality studies and the new sociology of childhood, the authors debate the age of consent, teenage pregnany, sexual diversity, sexualisation, sex education and sexual literacy, paedophilia,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
This handbook examines policy research on school counseling across a wide range of countries and offers guidelines for developing counseling research and practice standards worldwide. It identifies the vital role of counseling in enhancing students’ educational performance and general wellbeing,...
Handbook of Accessible Instruction and Testing Practices
Issues, Innovations, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
The Second Edition of this handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the concept of accessibility and its application to the design and implementation of instruction and tests with all students. It updates and expands on its original contents and responds to the increasing demand for research-based...
Emerging and Young Adulthood
Multiple Perspectives, Diverse Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The most distinctive feature of the Second Edition is its theoretical orientation coupled with a focus on understanding emerging and young adulthood from multiple perspectives. The updated and expanded book offers readers an opportunity to “listen to the voices” of emerging and young adults, parents,...
Handbook of Positive Psychology in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Translating Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
This handbook examines the wide-ranging applications of positive psychology in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. It discusses the change in perceptions of disability and the shifting use of traditional deficit-based treatments. It presents evidence-based approaches and strategies...
by Brandon K. Schultz, Steven W. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
This innovative volume details counseling interventions for secondary students with ADHD and its associated academic and conduct problems, particularly focusing on youth at risk for developing serious disruptive behaviors. It addresses the continuing debate over counseling for youths with ADHD by...
by Jason E. Harlacher, Tami L. Sakelaris, Nicole M. Kattelman
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
The educators are dedicated and concerned. The curriculum is successful. Yet some students aren't reading at grade level, and meetings air problems without making progress. Many students continue to flounder, leading to more meetings with the same lack of meaningful results.
The...
Toddlers and Parents
A Declaration of Independence
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Life with a toddler can be perplexing. Parents sorely need the practical advice Dr. Brazelton offers for surviving - and enjoying - the struggles and triumphs of their child at this age. In this careful revision of his classic work, he emphasizes the special strains on working parents, the role of fathers, and the needs of toddlers in day-care centers.
You Are a Genius Mother
A wonderful book full of sentences praising a mother, her multi skills, her contributions and her unconditional love for her family
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2016
It is near to impossible to define the word “mother”, as it is not just one word, but a whole phenomenon of affection, dedication, care, comfort, friendship, sacrifice, and unconditional love. A mother’s love and support invigorate her child to ascend impossible mountains successfully and move...
Understanding Williams Syndrome
Behavioral Patterns and Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2003
Comprehensive and readable, Understanding Williams Syndrome: Behavioral Patterns and Interventions is an essential guide for all those professionally, scientifically, or personally involved with this so frequently misunderstood and underserved population--psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers,...
A Fighting Chance
Supporting Young Children Experiencing Disruptive Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Covers a variety of types of disruptive change including homelessness, incarceration, multiple parent relationships, death, foster care, natural disasters, medical diagnoses, and more
Lends practical solutions and approaches that will give children facing disruptive change tools for life
Addresses...
To Hold and Be Held
The Therapeutic School as a Holding Environment
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Drawing on the teachings of D.W. Winnicott and John Bowlby, who helped revolutionize thinking about relational psychology, To Hold and Be Held integrates the concepts of the ‘holding environment’ and attachment theory and describes how they are applied in a clinical setting. It also uses metaphor...