Child category: 4509 books
Welcoming Consciousness
Supporting Babies' Wholeness from the Beginning of Life–An Integrated Model of Early Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology has been studying our earliest development from the baby's point of view for over 30 years. Findings reveal we are conscious, aware beings who already have a sense of self as we begin human life. This book explores the mysteries of our multidimensional nature and...
Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology
An Evaluation of Current Status and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
The first volume of its kind, this provocative book evaluates the construct of cultural competence from multiple perspectives. At the intersection of diverse disciplines and domains, contributors argue for greater clarity in understanding the cultural competence construct, a deeper level of analysis...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2008
This volume brings together behavioral, medical, and public health approaches and provides the knowledge necessary for a wide range of practitioners to effectively address the current obesity epidemic among children and adolescents. The book addresses several themes in pediatric and adolescent obesity....
Winnicott's Children
Independent Psychoanalytic Approaches With Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Winnicott’s Children focuses on the use we make of the thinking and writing of DW Winnicott; how this has enhanced our understanding of children and the settings where we work, and how it has influenced the way in which we do that work. It is a volume by clinicians, concerned about how, as well...
Fun Games and Physical Activities to Help Heal Children Who Hurt
Get On Your Feet!
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Develop children's brains and bonds with this collection of no-tech, physical games, strategies and activities. Ideal for children who have experienced neglect, abuse and trauma, these "real-world" experiences draw on therapeutic, trauma-focused-care play principles and promote positive...
Goal Setting and Motivation in Therapy
Engaging Children and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Drawing together motivational theory, research-based evidence and guidance for best practice, this book presents innovative models for goal-setting and goal pursuit in therapy with children.
Setting goals not only allows children, and their families, to engage with the overall therapeutic process,...
Beyond Nature-Nurture
Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
Beyond Nature-Nurture: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Bates is a very special tribute to the University of California at San Diego psycholinguist, developmental psychologist, and cognitive scientist Elizabeth Ann Bates, who died on December 14, 2003 from pancreatic cancer. Liz was a force of nature;...
by Alyce Desrosiers, LCSW
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This book is an essential guide providing you with all the tools needed to choose a Nanny with the right characteristics, skills and knowledge to provide safe, reliable and trustworthy care for your child! So many mothers struggle with finding the right person to take care of their children and many...
Right From Wrong
Instilling A Sense Of Integrity In Your Child
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
Integrity is not simply something that happens as a result of family stability, unconditional love, healthy genes, or good luck; it emerges, if it does, because parents make it important and because they choose to exercise influence in this arena. Combining stories of children in their natural settings...
Handbook of Preschool Mental Health, Second Edition
Development, Disorders, and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Comprehensively exploring the development of psychiatric disorders in 2- to 6-year-olds, this authoritative handbook has been thoroughly revised to incorporate important scientific and clinical advances. Leading researchers examine how behavioral and emotional problems emerge and can be treated effectively...
Bomji and Spotty's Frightening Adventure
A Story About How to Recover from a Scary Experience
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
One sunny day, Bomji the rabbit and his friend Spotty the cat meet something very scary while picking flowers in the woods.
The friends manage to escape, but afterwards Bomji just doesn't feel safe anymore. His body feels a bit different and he starts to have bad dreams. His friend Spotty is...
Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents, Third Edition
A Casebook for Clinical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Thousands of clinicians and students have turned to this casebook--now completely revised with 90% new material--to see what cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) looks like in action with the most frequently encountered child and adolescent disorders. Concise and accessible, the book is designed for...
The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
Claiming the Baby
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
The Practice of Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant Psychotherapy is a comprehensive handbook, addressing the provision of therapeutic help for babies and their parents when their attachment relationship is troubled and a risk is posed to the baby's development. Drawing on clinical and research data from...
Finding Your Way with Your Baby
The emotional life of parents and babies
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Finding Your Way with Your Baby explores the emotional experience of the baby in the first year, and that of the mother, father and other significant adults. It does so in a way that is deeply informed by psychoanalytic understandings, infant observation, developmental science and decades of clinical...