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Pediatric Collections offers what you need to know - original, focused research in a snapshot approach. LGBTQ youths report experiencing more bullying than their non-LGBTQ peers. Bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youths stems from stigma, which is the social devaluation and discrediting that occurs when several processes co-occur and are reinforced by power, including labeling, stereotyping, separation, status loss, and discrimination. Part 1 of this first-of-it...

Sharing the experience of bringing up a child with nonverbal learning disability (NLD), this warm and accessible book offers advice on subjects ranging across diagnosis and therapy, children's interaction with each other, suitable activities for a child with NLD and how to discuss NLD with children. An essential guide, this book will reassure, advise and inform parents and professionals who work with children with NLD.

This is a step-by-step guide to achieving optimal health with diabetes for young people with type 1 diabetes and their parents, as well as health care professionals, teachers, schools, counsellors and many others. It offers straightforward guidance on blood glucose, hypos, healthy eating, exercise, illness, smoking, travel and many other topics. It includes practical checklists, and stories from young people with diabetes. It also includes an extensive glossary defining over 165 medical terms 42...

This book is essential reading for all those involved in the Psychology of the Child.

Liam Creed seemed like a lost cause. He was excluded from school more times than he can remember, his outbursts got him into trouble, he faced a constant struggle with medication, and his family were driven to despair. All because he was born with an inability to sit still and concentrate: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Liam thought his life was destined for failure. Until, one life-changing day, he met a mischievous bundle of energy called Aero. Aero and Liam developed a special bond...

Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human and fiscal consequences of child abuse and neglect are not relegated to the victims themselves—they also impact their families, future relationships, and society. In 1993, the National Research Council (NRC) issued the report, Under-standing Child Abuse and Neglect, which provided an overview of the research on child abuse and neglect. N...

Schools across the United States - as well as much of the world - are experiencing widespread change. Students are more diverse ethnically, academically, and emotionally. More attention is being paid to abuse and neglect, violence and bullying, and the growing inequities that contribute to student dropout. Within this changing landscape, cultural competence is imperative for school-based professionals, both ethically and as mandated by educational reform. The Handbook of Culturally Responsiv...

While both positive and negative peer interactions have long been a focus of scientific interest, much less attention has been given to children who tend to refrain from interacting with peers. This volume brings together leading authorities to review progress in understanding the development, causes, and consequences of shyness and social withdrawal. Compelling topics include: *The interplay of biological, psychological, family, and interpersonal processes in shyness and social withdrawal...

Mentalization--based treatment promotes clients’ ability to interpret the meaning of others’ behavior by considering their underlying mental states and intentions, as well as clients’ capacity to understand the impact of their own behaviors on others.  This book is the first comprehensive clinical introduction to using this approach with children, 5--12 years old, who experience emotional and behavioral problems including anxiety and depression.  Chapters examine problem assessment and case form...

The challenges of providing mental health services to school children are numerous and diverse, ranging from staffing shortages to insufficient funding to family resistance to administrative indifference. Yet with the U.S. Surgeon General estimating that approximately 20% of young people display signs of psychological problems, the need for such services - particularly for interventions that not only address mental health issues but also reinforce protective factors - is considerable. Evidence-...

Pediatricians and other health care professionals will find this text to be an invaluable resource for all health care professionals. While some progress has been made in recent years, substance abuse among children, adolescents, and expectant mothers continues to be a major problem in the United States. Pediatricians and other health care professionals will find this newly updated text to be an invaluable resource for identifying, assessing, treating, referring, and helping prevent substance ab...

Chapters include perspectives on assessment, prevention, and intervention from a wide variety of professionals, including: Medical personnel in hospital and primary care settings; Clinical, developmental, and school psychologists; Early childhood special educators; Occupational and physical therapists o Speech pathologists and audiologists; Early interventionists, and parents. It incorporates assessment methods derived from psychometric, developmental, educational, and medical theory, and it dis...

A new volume in the bestselling Pocket Notebook series, Pocket Addiction Medicine delivers highly relevant coverage of this widespread and increasing health care problem in an easily portable source. Edited by physician leaders in Addiction Medicine, Drs. Sarah E. Wakeman, Joshua D. Lee, and Anika Alvanzo and co-published with the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), this handbook provides must-know information on everything from screening for and diagnosis of substance use disorder to...