Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books
Life with a Superhero
Raising Michael Who Has Down Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Over twenty years ago, in a small Israeli town, a desperate mother told a remarkable lie. She told her friends and family that her newborn child had died. That lie became the catalyst for the unfolding truth of the adoption of that same baby—Michael —who is, in fact, very much alive and now twenty-two...
Human Development and Faith (Second Edition)
Life-Cycle Stages of Body, Mind, and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
This book, now in its second edition, brings together the best available understandings of human development from a multidisciplinary perspective. Uniquely inclusive of the moral and faith dimensions of context and life-cycle development, Human Development and Faith examines the interplay of mind,...
by Corinne Aves
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2006
What challenges do 6-7-year-olds face as they learn new skills and face different social situations? How do their perceptions of the world change? How can we best support them in their move towards greater independence?
This accessible book provides a wealth of information to help parents, educators...
by Jenny Salaman Manson
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
This book is about being alone in our heads. It gives a rare glimpse of what other people feel like: to read it is to reflect on our own experience of being. People hide behind their appearance in order to get by in the world. In this book men and women alike of all ages reach beneath their skin to reveal...
by lashonda Renee
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
I believe that when you have found yourself in a great place mentally and physically you have already reached success. Being empty handed only means the world has yet to see what is aready inside of you.
Health Promotion and Aging, Seventh Edition
Practical Applications for Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
The seventh edition of this classic text champions healthy aging by demonstrating how to prevent or manage disease, and make large-scale improvements toward health and wellness in the older adult population. The text synthesizes state-of-the-art research findings—providing convincing evidence that...
Introduction to Aging
A Positive, Interdisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
"This new textbook creates a paradigm shift with a very practical approach to problem solving. Aging is an asset. Its focus on well care rather than just sick care by understanding physical fitness, sexual fitness, consumer fitness, nutritional fitness and social fitness among others, all point...
The Defining Decade
Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Our "thirty-is-the-new-twenty" culture tells us the twentysomething years don't matter. Some say they are a second adolescence. Others call them an emerging adulthood. Dr. Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, argues that twentysomethings have been caught in a swirl of hype and misinformation, much of...
New Aging
Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Aging is a gift that we receive with life—and in New Aging,the architect Matthias Hollwich outlines smart, simple ideas to help us experience it that way.
New Aging invites us to take everything we associate with aging—the loss of freedom and vitality, the cold and sterile nursing homes,...
Mining Your Client's Metaphors
A How-To Workbook on Clean Language and Symbolic Modeling, Basics Part Ii: Facilitating Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
If you've completed Campbell's first workbook of this pair, you know without a doubt that personal metaphors matter. Resourceful ones can empower and sustain clients. Problematic ones can prevent clients from making the internal shifts they desire. Is there more you can do to help your clients when...
How to Be a Grown Up
The Ten Secret Skills Everyone Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
“How to Be a Grown Up should be required reading for anyone wishing to be (or trying to raise) an emotionally-fit, responsible adult in the modern world. In clear and simple language this book provides everything you need to know to have a successful life.” — Arielle Ford, author of The Soulmate...
Ready or Not
Why Treating Children as Small Adults Endangers Th
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
"Children today grow up so fast!" How often we hear those words, uttered both in frustrated good humor and in dumbfounded astonishment. Every day the American people hear about kids doing things, both good and bad, that were once thought to be well beyond their scope: flying airplanes, running companies,...
Special Needs Families in the Military
A Resource Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
The saying 'it takes a village to raise a child' is especially true for families with special needs children. It takes an 'army' of therapists, doctors, nurses, counselors, and educators. Special needs families in the military often find the task even more daunting, compounded by the unique circumstances...
Your Journey to Self-Redefinition
A Woman's Guide to Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
The Heroine’s Journey to Self-Redefinition is an invitation to explore how women can develop their self-identity consciously by journeying within to identify their source of power. It is a personal development book that uses storytelling and reflective activities to help identify personal values...