Child Psychology category: 2885 books
by Richard M. Lerner, Marc H. Bornstein, Tama Leventhal
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
The essential reference for human development theory, updated and reconceptualized
The Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, a four-volume reference, is the field-defining work to which all others are compared. First published in 1946, and now in its Seventh Edition, the Handbook...
by Laura L. Smith, Charles H. Elliott
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
A complete and comprehensive guide to why kids behave and think the way they do-and how to bring out the best in them.
In the U.S., more than 10% of children are diagnosed with psychiatric disorders, while countless others remain undiagnosed. Defining what is "normal" and what is...
Child Abuse and Neglect
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Child abuse and neglect are examined in this new edition -- the latest research, what it entails, and how to recognize and report it. Federal law mandates the reporting of suspected child maltreatment by many professionals. This book will appeal to those who one day find themselves in the role of...
Mental Health and Wellbeing through Schools
The Way Forward
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Mental Health and Wellbeing through Schools brings together international experts from various disciplines to identify and address a range of current challenges in this rapidly-developing field of endeavour.
The opening chapter details lessons learned from research and practice,...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychology
The Science of Young Minds—Clear, Complete, and Current
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Simplifying a complex subject.
Child psychology is required for college level psych and elementary education majors. It is a complex subject that can include developmental psychology, biology, sociological psychology, and various schools of theory and therapies. The only sources of information...
Clinical and Educational Child Psychology
An Ecological-Transactional Approach to Understanding Child Problems and Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Clinical and Educational Child Psychology: An Ecological-Transactional Approach to Developmental Problems and Interventions explores developmental milestones in early childhood and adolescence and provides intervention strategies in both clinical and educational contexts.
Currently one of the...
Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology
A Developmental Perspective, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
Written from a developmental perspective, Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology is organized around five prominent and recurring themes: the course of normal development proceeds in an orderly and predictable direction; maladaptive behaviors represent deviations from the normal path; maladaptive...
by Richard M. Lerner, Michael E. Lamb
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
The essential reference for human development theory, updated and reconceptualized
The Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, a four-volume reference, is the field-defining work to which all others are compared. First published in 1946, and now in its Seventh Edition, the Handbook...
Attachment, Play, and Authenticity
Winnicott in a Clinical Context
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Donald Winnicott, the first pediatrician to become a child psychoanalyst, was the most influential and important child therapist in the field of child clinical psychiatry and psychology. Having consulted with over 30,000 mothers and children as part of his work in London city hospitals over 40 years,...
Manual of Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors
A Psychodynamic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Manual of Regulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) with Externalizing Behaviors: A Psychodynamic Approach offers a new, short term psychotherapeutic approach to working dynamically with children who suffer from irritability, oppositional defiance and disruptiveness. RFP-C enables clinicians...
Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
A Clinician's Guide to Effective Psychosocial and Pharmacological Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2004
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary guidebook is designed for the mental health practitioner seeking to utilize proven and effective interventions with children and adolescents suffering from significant anxiety and phobic disorders. Each chapter is co-authored by a clinical child psychologist and...
by Richard M. Lerner, Willis F. Overton, Peter C. M. Molenaar
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
The essential reference for human development theory, updated and reconceptualized
The Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, a four-volume reference, is the field-defining work to which all others are compared. First published in 1946, and now in its Seventh Edition, the Handbook...
by Nick Midgley
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
What place do Anna Freud’s ideas have in the history of psychoanalysis? What can her writings teach us today about how to work therapeutically with children? Are her psychoanalytic ideas still relevant to those entrusted with the welfare of infants and young people?
Reading Anna Freud provides...
When Children Refuse School
A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2007
Many children and teenagers refuse to attend school or have anxiety-related difficulties remaining in classes for an entire day. School refusal behavior can contribute to a child's academic, social, and psychological problems, impact a child's chances for future educational, financial, and personal...