Child category: 4509 books
Assessing Impairment
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Impairment and disability are widely used terms, yet considerable disagreement exists as to their relationship—especially when impairment means different things to different professionals in the fields of mental health, medicine, and education. Although diagnostic criteria for various disorders...
Childhood and Sexuality
Contemporary Issues and Debates
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This book explores how children engage with sex and sexuality. Building on a conceptual and legal grounding in sexuality studies and the new sociology of childhood, the authors debate the age of consent, teenage pregnany, sexual diversity, sexualisation, sex education and sexual literacy, paedophilia,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
Packed with creative, effective ideas for bringing mindfulness into the classroom, child therapy office, or community, this book features sample lesson plans and scripts, case studies, vignettes, and more. Leading experts describe how to harness the unique benefits of present-focused awareness for...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
This handbook examines policy research on school counseling across a wide range of countries and offers guidelines for developing counseling research and practice standards worldwide. It identifies the vital role of counseling in enhancing students’ educational performance and general wellbeing,...
Prevention Science in School Settings
Complex Relationships and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
This straightforward volume makes a strong, practical, research-based case for integrating prevention programs into middle and high schools. Written by experts in prevention science and education, it examines educational goals and prevention of risky behaviors as parallel and complementary processes...
Communimetrics
A Communication Theory of Measurement in Human Service Settings
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2009
Measurement in human services means one thing: how well the effort serves clients. But the data doesn’t exist in a vacuum and must be communicated clearly between provider and client, provider and management, and across systems. During the past decade, innovative communimetric measures have helped...
Assessment and Intervention for English Language Learners
Translating Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
This book presents evidence-based practices for appropriate assessment of and school-based services for young English language learners. It identifies and addresses the challenges of assessing and intervening with these students at the curricular, instructional, environmental, and individual levels,...
by Caroline I. Magyar
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2010
Recent years have witnessed a marked increase both in the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and those placed alongside their typically developing peers in general education classrooms. These events bring with them a plethora of challenges, particularly in the areas...
Innovative Mental Health Interventions for Children
Programs That Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Children and families are in increasing need of mental health services that are more effective and less costly. Are you prepared to make this happen?
This vital book for clinical psychiatrists and trainers examines uniquely successful prevention programs addressing the most challenging mental...
Fidelity of Implementation in Assessment of Infants and Toddlers
Evaluating Developmental Milestones and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
This book examines the challenges in developmental assessment of infants and toddlers and provides best practices for implementing standardized assessments in early intervention settings. It starts with an overview of standardized assessment practices and discusses how specific tools can be used...
Handbook of Accessible Instruction and Testing Practices
Issues, Innovations, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
The Second Edition of this handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the concept of accessibility and its application to the design and implementation of instruction and tests with all students. It updates and expands on its original contents and responds to the increasing demand for research-based...
Emerging and Young Adulthood
Multiple Perspectives, Diverse Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The most distinctive feature of the Second Edition is its theoretical orientation coupled with a focus on understanding emerging and young adulthood from multiple perspectives. The updated and expanded book offers readers an opportunity to “listen to the voices” of emerging and young adults, parents,...
Handbook of Positive Psychology in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Translating Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
This handbook examines the wide-ranging applications of positive psychology in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. It discusses the change in perceptions of disability and the shifting use of traditional deficit-based treatments. It presents evidence-based approaches and strategies...
by Brandon K. Schultz, Steven W. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
This innovative volume details counseling interventions for secondary students with ADHD and its associated academic and conduct problems, particularly focusing on youth at risk for developing serious disruptive behaviors. It addresses the continuing debate over counseling for youths with ADHD by...