Working with Adolescents (Clinical Practice with Children, Adolescents, and Families)
by Julie Anne Laser and Nicole Nicotera
Noted for its multisystemic-ecological perspective, this accessible text and practitioner resource has now been revised and expanded with 60% new material. The book provides a comprehensive view of adolescent development and explores effective ways to support teens who are having difficulties. The authors examine protective and risk factors in the many contexts of adolescents' lives, from individual attributes to family, school, neighborhood, and media influences. Assessment and intervention str...
Wicked stepmothers and beautiful princesses ... magic forests and enchanted towers ... little pigs and big bad wolves ... Fairy tales have been an integral part of childhood for hundreds of years. But what do they really mean?In this award-winning work of criticism, renowned psychoanalyst Dr Bruno Bettelheim presents a thought provoking and stimulating exploration of the best-known fairy stories. He reveals the true content of the stories and shows how children can use them to cope with their ba...
An accessible account of recent theoretical developments in the psychology of children's drawings. Well illustrated and up to date, this book reports on new developments such as neuropsychological and information processing models of drawing and picture perception, provides links with research into the child's theory of mind, as well as providing good clear expositions of, and new insights into such classical positions as Piaget's epistemological approach and Vygotsky's sociocultural theories. C...
Keeping Children from Harm's Way
by Evvie Becker-Lausen and Annette U. Rickel
Large numbers of America's children are damaged by substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and homelessness and a lack of health care. Yet the public's interest in preventive programmes is at an all time low. Drawing on their behind-the-scenes experience as Congressional Fellows, the authors of this book make a case for well-designed, economical prevention programmes. They discuss how family dynamics affect parenting; genetic, pre- and perinatal, and environmental risk factors affecting children; model...
Child and Adolescent Suicidal Behavior (Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools)
by David N. Miller
This comprehensive resource--now revised and expanded--provides school practitioners with an evidence-based framework for preventing and effectively responding to youth suicidal behavior. David N. Miller guides readers to understand, screen, and assess for suicide risk in students in grades K-12. He presents collaborative strategies for intervening appropriately within a multi-tiered system of support. The book also shows how to develop a coordinated plan for postvention in the aftermath of a su...
Reminiscences of Anna Lathrop Clary, Written for Her Children
by Anna Lathrop Clary
Helping Students Succeed in the Regular Classroom (Social & Behavioural Sciences S.)
by Joseph E Zins and etc.
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 revised second edition of "Your Baby's Mind" offers a balanced and accessible program for infant development based on the six recognized stages of early intellectual growth.
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...
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive and Affective Development/Foundations of Constructivism
by Barry J. Wadsworth
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.
Play and Early Childhood Development
by James E. Johnson, James Christie, and Thomas D. Yawkey
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...
Helping Children with ADHD – A CBT Guide for Practioners, Parents and Teachers
by Susan Young and Jade Smith
Combining the latest research evidence with the authors' practical expertise, Helping Children with ADHD offers a complete intervention programme for flexibly delivering behavioural and cognitive interventions to children aged 6-12 with ADHD and associated conditions. Redefines and develops best practice in the application of cognitive and behavioural techniques to help children aged 6-12 with ADHD and associated comorbid conditions, including learning difficultiesOffers a range of engaging res...
This book brings together major research findings and theories on the development of children's thinking from infancy to adolescence, and also considers the subsequent practical implications. It examines the processes through which development occurs, as well as the nature of the changes that mark cognitive development in language, perception, memory, conceptual understanding and problem-solving. This new edition includes a chapter on problem-solving, highlights major new theories of cognitive d...
Explore the unique social and educational laboratory known as the Israeli kibbutz!This valuable book examines state-of-the-art innovations in services for children and youth happening today in the kibbutz in Israel. It brings to light the latest developments in integrated services for clients inside and outside the kibbutz society, services for detached and troubled individuals and groups from outside the kibbutz, and regional services that include kibbutz and non-kibbutz children who live at ho...
Fathers and Developmental Psychopharmacology (Wiley Series on Personality Processes)
by Vicky Phares
Although much has been written about how mothers influence their children's behavioral and emotional problems, the role of fathers in both the normal and abnormal development of children has long been neglected. This book is the first to explore theory and research on the father's role in children's maladjustment.
School-Based Behavioral Assessment (Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools)
by Sandra M Chafouleas, Austin H Johnson, T Chris Riley-Tillman, and Emily A Iovino
Revised and expanded with the latest tools and strategies, this concise book offers guidance for effectively conducting social, emotional, and behavioral assessments in today's K-12 schools. The expert authors present foundational knowledge on assessment and data-based decision making at all levels--whole schools, small groups, or individual students--within a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS). Chapters describe when, why, and how to use extant data, systematic direct observation, direct beh...
Trauma and Serious Mental Illness
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...
Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood outlines the main areas of developmental psychology, following a thematic approach and offering a broad overview of contemporary interest in the subject. Straightforward language and ample illustrations introduce the reader to the key areas in child development. The material is carefully organized to be as student-friendly as possible. Each chapter addresses a topic, such as perception, verbal communication, and theory of mind. Therefore,...
Future Orientation (The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality)
by Rachel Seginer
By contemporary I mean a present with an anticipated future, for we must do our best to overcome clinical habits which make us assume that we have done our part if we have clari?ed the past. (Erikson, 1968, pp. 30-31). The scope of time ahead which in?uences present behavior, and is therefore to be regarded as part of the present life-space, increases during development. This change in time perspective is one of the most fundamental facts of development. Adolescence seems to be a period of parti...