Convenient and reliable, AEPS is a curriculum-based assessment/evaluation system designed for use with children from birth to 6 years who have special needs or are at risk for developmental delays. Developed and refined through more than 10 years of field-testing, the two measurement volumes track six key AEPS domains -- fine motor, gross motor, adaptive, cognitive, social-communication, and social development -- and provide a framework for developing IEP/IFSP objectives. The two curriculum volu...
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.
Babies, Kids and Dogs: Creating a Safe and Harmonious Relationship
by Vickie Davenport and Melissa Fallon
Children and dogs both benefit mentally and physically from a harmonious relationship. Dogs help to develop empathy and social skills in children, as well as build their confidence. It is, however, important to also develop this confidence in our dogs, and prepare them to be around babies and children. Bite prevention is vital, and, therefore, we need to teach our dogs and children how to behave correctly around and with each other.'Babies, Kids and Dogs' will help you to create safe, positive a...
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 (Oxford India Paperbacks)
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...
How Children Learn to Draw
by Walter Sargent and Elizabeth Miller Lobingier
Proceedings of the NATO workshop held in Athens, Greece, Jan. 20-24, 1988. Twenty-four contributions address a wide range of topics: genetic aspects of development; sociological approaches to childhood and development; intrauterine and neonatal factors; the impact of the social environment and the f
Psych Online is a 130 page annotated reference guide written by Patricia M. Wallace, head of Information Technologies at University of Maryland College University. This updated revision provides ratings for each site with a brief discription of the site. It is an excellent resource for students, professors, and professionals who are serious about using the Internet for research in psychology. It comes in the Total Learning Curve combination package and is a stand-alone salable item as well.
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...
Designing Interventions for Preschool Learning & Behavior Problems (The Jossey-Bass education)
by Barnett
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.
Coping with Unhappy Children (Cassell Education)
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.
New Coloring Books for Adults (40 Complex and Intricate Coloring Pages) (New Coloring Books for Adults, #21)
by James Manning
The Personal and Social Assessment of Children
by D.W. Barnett and Karl Zucker
This work presents theories concerning the role that professional judgement plays in the process of the assessment of children. The theories focus on how-to-think methodologies rather than on how-to-do methodologies.
Pedagogisch Kader Kindercentra 4-13 Jaar
by Liesbeth Schreuder, Marianne Boogaard, Ruben Fukkink, and Josette Hoex
Psychoanalytic Psychology of Normal Development (The International psycho-analytical library, No 112)
by Anna Freud