Child Development category: 2058 books
The Resilience Doughnut
The Secret of Strong Kids
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
This thoughtful, accessible, inspirational and well written book outlines a model that can provide ourselves and our children with the capacity to face, overcome and be transformed by adversity. In Seven bite size chunks, the Resilience Doughnut model represents the outside influences that build resilience...
by Charlotte Mason
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
School Education, the third volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling Series, consists of thoughts about the teaching and curriculum of children aged 9-12, either at school or at home. She suggests that parents should practice what she calls "masterly inactivity"-not neglectful or permissive parenting,...
Handbook of Accessible Achievement Tests for All Students
Bridging the Gaps Between Research, Practice, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
The Handbook of Accessible Achievement Tests for All Students: Bridging the Gaps Between Research, Practice, and Policy presents a wealth of evidence-based solutions designed to move the assessment field beyond “universal” standards and policies toward practices that enhance learning and testing...
Icon Power for Kids
Self-Empowerment Psychology for Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
This is a 2-Book Set. includes: Parent-Teacher's Instruction Manual and the Children's SLAMBOOK. Illustrated in color. Spiral bound for easy handling. The primary purpose of this ICON PWER for KIDs Program is to give parents and teachers a better opportunity to work with children. It offers children...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Children treat play as an end in itself while adults treat it as a means which may serve several developmental functions. Although traditional educational thinking had emphasised academic work rather than play as the important learning tool at the time, opinion was changing rapidly. Originally published...
by Jennifer B. Ganz
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Just as autism is a continuum of disorders, it is associated with a broad range of neurodevelopmental, social, and communication deficits. For individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) has a major impact on their daily lives, often reducing...
Lonely Children and Adolescents
Self-Perceptions, Social Exclusion, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
From texting and social networking sites to after-school activities, young people have many opportunities to interact with one another, and yet loneliness and isolation trouble today’s youth in increasing numbers. Many children and teens report feeling lonely even in the midst of family and friends,...
Parenting as Partners
How to Launch Your Kids Without Ejecting Your Spouse
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in, through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media, oftentimes it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on parenting. The reality is that so many families struggle....
Children and Disasters
A Practical Guide to Healing and Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2002
Today, one in every three Americans will be affected by trauma, and the most vulnerable among these victims are children. Children and adolescents in our communities are exposed to disastrous and devastating events, including natural disasters, violence, accidents, and, most recently, terrorist attacks,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
The Handbook of Crisis Intervention and Developmental Disabilities synthesizes a substantive range of evidence-based research on clinical treatments as well as organizational processes and policy. This comprehensive resource examines the concept of behavioral crisis in children and adults with special...
by Ingrid Wild
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Our chaotic world is out of balance. It should come as no surprise that our planet is rebelling. We have treated the earth with shortsightedness and without respect. To get it back in balance we must first learn to get ourselves in balance. To attain world peace we must work on inner peace. We must...
La valutazione sociale delle cure parentali. Manuale per l'operatore
Manuale per l'operatore
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Questo manuale è rivolto agli operatori impegnati nei servizi di protezione dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza nel difficile compito di valutare, per sostenere, le capacità genitoriali nei casi di rischio evolutivo e di pregiudizio. Il suo scopo è quello di fornire strumenti evidence-based attraverso...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
The relationships between children and their parents are the building blocks for f- ily relationships throughout life. The nature of the parent-child relationship begins with parenting—the practices and strategies that parents engage in as they raise their children. Parenting during childhood sets...
Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology
An Evaluation of Current Status and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
The first volume of its kind, this provocative book evaluates the construct of cultural competence from multiple perspectives. At the intersection of diverse disciplines and domains, contributors argue for greater clarity in understanding the cultural competence construct, a deeper level of analysis...