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A book in the Psychoeducational Intervention SeriesShows how to develop programs to help learning-impaired, handicapped, and other students within the regular classroom and avoid costly and often ineffective special education classes.

The kindergarten years, when children are aged between about three and seven years, can be some of the most formative in their development. At the heart of early years Steiner-Waldorf education is the concept of 'life forces', or an 'ether body'. For a child to grow into a healthy adult, fulfilling their potential, these forces must be recognised and properly nurtured. Teachers in particular must understand and work with their own ether bodies, to best help the children develop.This book, which...

This text is designed to provide an accessible introduction to Piaget's theory of child development and its relevance to classroom teaching. The theory is shown to emphasize the role of affective development and social interaction, as well as cognitive aspects of development.

This authoritative text provides a thorough awareness and a thoughtful appreciation of children's play for perspective teachers in early childhood education programs. As the primary text for courses in children's play and early childhood methods, or as a supplemental text for courses in child development, human development, and child psychology, it offers a skillful blend of research and practical teaching strategies. The many roles of the adult are discussed: preschool teachers, day care specia...

Il libro Children's Minds esce nel 1978. Con un linguaggio semplice, ma supportato da dati di ricerche condotte con rigore metodologico, Margaret Donaldson attacca molti luoghi comuni ispirati alle teorie di Piaget. Come sostiene l'autrice "Nello svolgimento di questo libro, io sostengo che oggi esistono prove che ci costringono a respingere certi aspetti della teoria di Jean Piaget sullo sviluppo intellettuale". Il libro fu quasi subito tradotto in italiano e pubblicato da EMME Edizioni, ma usc...

An exploration of the newfound connections between mental illness and trauma For decades, the idea that serious mental illnesses (SMIs) are almost exclusively biologically-based and must be treated pharmacologically has been commonplace in psychology literature. As a result, many mental health professionals have stopped listening to their clients, categorizing their symptoms as manifestations of neurologically-based disturbed thinking. Trauma and Serious Mental Illness is the groundbreaking seri...

Combining theory and practice, David A. Sousa helps educators understand what is happening in the brains of students with behavior problems and offers practical, effective intervention strategies compatible with current findings in neuroscience. In easy-to-understand language, the author presents current information on brain development and function and highlights factors that affect social and emotional decision-making and negative behaviors like impulsivity, defiance, and violence. Comprehens...

This book is not a complete treatise on child-psychology, but deals with certain aspects of childhood that are of interest: play, imagination, language, fear, morality and discipline. The book is presented in a manner which should attract other readers than students of psychology, particularly parents and young teachers.

Die Publikation diskutiert Chancen und Gefahren des Wandels von Kindheit in postindustriellen westlichen Gesellschaften. Dem Trend zur Funktionalisierung, der sich gegenwartig beispielsweise in Kompetenzorientierung und Biologisierung zeigt, wird ein Begriff von Kindheit gegenubergestellt, der auf 'Fruheres' (Moratorium) produktiv Bezug nimmt, ohne in eine einseitige Kulturkritik zu munden. Erziehung und kindlicher Eigensinn, Vernunft und Sinnlichkeit bedurfen eines offenen Randes, um nicht simu...

Creative Therapy 2: Working with Parents aims to increase the creativity of therapists who are working with children and need to involve the parents. It aims to enable therapists to help parents be more creative in their own approach to helping their children overcome emotional and behavioural difficulties. This very practical book outlines ways of gaining rapport, working with parents and creating useful resource materials. It includes example activities, worksheets and handouts that cover a wi...

Designed to help you comprehend the complexity of child development, DEVELOPMENTAL PROFILES: PRE-BIRTH THROUGH ADOLESCENCE, Eighth Edition, highlights major characteristics for each of the developmental domains in a concise, non-technical, point-by-point format. The book covers the full range of stages in child and adolescent development, highlighting important safety considerations at each developmental stage. This edition provides extensive information that teachers, families, and service prov...

A book in the Psychoeducational Intervention Series For specialists in early childhood education, this book offers practical strategies for stopping behavior and learning problems before it's too late, and provides specific, research-based home and school interventions.

In this work the unhappiness felt by children suffering from various handicaps or disadvantages is described, and outlined are methods of recognizing this unhappiness and dealing with it. It is stressed that unhappiness in children cannot be assessed in isolation from its context.