Child Development category: 2058 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
First published in 1986, this authoritative book contains a selection of original, research based, reports of studies conducted in Australia and New Zealand in the field of Child Development. The topics have been arranged into four major sections – cognitive issues in development, language and reading...
Biomental Child Development
Perspectives on Psychology and Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2012
Biomental Child Development: Perspectives on Psychology and Parenting coins the novel term “biomental” to denote the interaction of the actual and gradually integrating body and mind from conception through development over infancy, childhood, and adolescence. This innovative approach presents...
The Child as Musician
A handbook of musical development
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
The new edition of The Child as Musician: A Handbook of Musical Development celebrates the richness and diversity of the many different ways in which children can engage in and interact with music. It presents theory - both cutting edge and classic - in an accessible way for readers by surveying research...
Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain
Neurologically Based Interventions for Troubled Children
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Explore interventions and treatment methods designed to help curb the alarming trend toward violence in today's youth!
Written in jargon-free lucid prose, Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain: Neurologically Based Interventions for Troubled Children specifically shows how positive...
A Good Start in Life
Understanding Your Child's Brain and Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
The social and cognitive development of children is a complex yet crucial process for parents to understand, and though there are numerous books on child development, A Good Start in Life stands out from the rest as an acclaimed and important work on the connections between childhood brain and behavioral...
Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2011
Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field which summarises important current thinking on child development and applies it directly to practice.
The book covers key issues such as resilience...
Child Development
Understanding A Cultural Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Every child is born into a community, a society with a culture, in which he or she will live, grow and develop. Cultures lead to differences in children’s development, but equally important, culture is an essential component of every child’s psychological development.
Child Development...
Child Rights Education for Participation and Development
Primary Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2018
The aims of child rights education are to make children and their primary duty-bearers aware of child rights so that they both can be empowered to together advocate for and apply them at their family, school and community levels. This sourcebook focuses on child rights education for primary prevention...
The Intuitive Parent
Why the Best Thing for Your Child Is You
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
You already have everything you need to raise a healthy, happy, intelligent child
Parenting today is practically a competitive sport, and marketers are all too happy to cash in. Scare tactics and scientific-sounding jargon make it seem like parents are in constant danger of hard-wiring their...
Child and Adolescent Development in Latin America
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 152
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
Explore the multiple dimensions of child and adolescent development in Latin America, and get acquainted with the research from this region and how it relates to the international scientific literature. This special issue presents a collection of reviews developed by leading scholars in Latin America...
by Sidney Bijou, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1993
First published in 1961, Sidney Bijou's Behavior Analysis of Child Development is a seminal work in the field of child development. Intended for the student with a limited background in psychology who is embarking on a study of child development, the book offers a concise introduction to the natural...
Child Development
Concepts and Theories
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Understanding child development is essential to ensuring a full and rounded psychological grounding, but given the complex nature of the topic it can be a real challenge.
**Child Development: Concepts and Theories **takes a step back to focus just on the key concepts of child development...
The Resilient Child
Preparing Today's Youth For Tomorrow's World
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2007
If you try to identify the basic qualities of a child "most likely to succeed" as an adult, what words might first come to mind? Independent? Likable? Creative? Disciplined? According to Dr. Joanne Joseph, the essence of a productive and healthy personality is a positive and secure self-image and...
Rest, Play, Grow
Making Sense of Preschoolers (Or Anyone Who Acts Like One)
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Foreword by Gordon Neufeld
Based on the work of one of the world’s foremost child development experts, Rest, Play, Grow offers a developmental road map to adults and is what every toddler, preschooler, and kindergartner wished their adults understood about them.
Baffling and beloved,...