Child Development category: 2058 books
by Jean Piaget
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This book was first published in 1979.
by Judith Rustin
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Translating recent neuroscience and infant research to clinical practice.
By decoding the scientific data, this book explains how recent findings from brain and infant research can expand a clinician’s understanding of the therapist-client relationship and, in turn, improve how therapy is...
Scared Sick
The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
The first years of human life are more important than we ever realized. In Scared Sick, Robin Karr-Morse connects psychology, neurobiology, endocrinology, immunology, and genetics to demonstrate how chronic fear in infancy and early childhood- when we are most helpless-lies at the root of common diseases...
by R.M. Beard
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Happiness in Children
Measurement, Correlates and Enhancement of Positive Subjective Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
This briefs summarizes the research on positive well-being in children, with a particular focus on their happiness. It starts with a discussion of the constructs of positive psychology (i.e., well-being, happiness and life satisfaction), and then outlines the research that shows the importance of...
My Growth Mindset Journal
A Teacher’s Workbook to Reflect on Your Practice, Cultivate Your Mindset, Spark New Ideas and Inspire Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Authors of the bestselling The Growth Mindset Coach which has shipped over 120,000 copies since August 2016
The follow up book, The Growth Mindset Playbook, shipped 10,000 copies in its first 5 weeks
A unique and interactive companion book that allows teachers to reflect and journal...
The Auditory Cortex
A Synthesis of Human and Animal Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2005
Understanding human hearing is not only a scientific challenge but also a problem of growing social and political importance, given the steadily increasing numbers of people with hearing deficits or even deafness. This book is about the highest level of hearing in humans and other mammals. It brings...
Raising Great Kids
Practical advice and sensible solutions for parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
by Linda Alchin
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Many people experience sleeping trouble and sleep disorders that involve dreaming. Sleeping trouble or sleep disorders which involve dreaming include Nightmares, Sleep or Night Terrors and REM sleep behavior or REM sleep disorders.There are also other forms of sleeping trouble, sleeplessness...
by Brian P. Daly, Ronald T. Brown, Annette U. Rickel
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Management of chronic illness in children and adolescents often is a multifaceted challenge that requires the attention and expertise of individuals from a variety of disciplines that include psychology, psychiatry, social work, and medicine. The aim of this book is to provide readers with a practical...
Not In Your Genes
The real reasons children are like their parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Professor Robert Plomin, the world’s leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: ‘I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don’t have any’.
Using a mixture of famous and ordinary people, Oliver James drills deep...
Too Safe for Their Own Good
How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
Canadian children are safer now than at any other time in history. So why are we so fearful for them? When they’re young, we drive them to playdates, fill up their time with organized activity, and cocoon them from every imaginable peril. We think we are doing what’s best for them. But as they...
by Vladimir Megre
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Our civilization will be the first in the entire history of the planet to unite the opposites: the technocratic world and the achievements of the divine creations. This is not a fantasy, it is the great future. We can sense it already, today. Tens of thousands of Russian citizens have already...
Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension
A Guide for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
How do K-12 students become self-regulated learners who actively deploy comprehension strategies to make meaning from texts? This cutting-edge guide is the first book to highlight the importance of executive skills for improving reading comprehension. Chapters review the research base for particular...