Child Psychology category: 2885 books
Making Sense (Routledge Revivals)
The Child's Construction of the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
The growing child comes to understand the world, makes sense of experience and becomes a competent social individual. First published in 1987, Making Sense reflected the way in which developmental psychologists had begun to look at these processes in increasingly naturalistic, social situations. Rather...
Child Maltreatment in Residential Care
History, Research, and Current Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
This data-rich volume reviews short- and long-term consequences of residential or institutional care for children across the globe as well as approaches to reducing maltreatment. Up-to-date findings from a wide range of developing and developed countries identify forms of abuse and neglect associated...
Adolescence, Sexuality, and the Criminal Law
Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Gain an understanding of the threat to freedom that is posed by state regulation of adolescent sexual behavior
Sexual autonomy encompasses both the right to engage in wanted sexual activity and the right to be free and protected from unwanted sexual aggression. Only when both aspects of adolescents’...
Social Exclusion
Psychological Approaches to Understanding and Reducing Its Impact
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
From ostracism on the playground to romantic rejection, bullying at work, and social disregard for the aged, individuals are at constant risk of experiencing instances of social exclusion, including ostracism, rejection, dehumanization, and discrimination. These phenomena have a powerful impact as...
Children’s Contact with Incarcerated Parents
Implications for Policy and Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
This Brief explores the potential effects of parent-child contact during incarceration on child and adult relationships, well-being, and parenting as well as corrections-related issues, such as institutional behavior and recidivism. It presents a literature review on what is currently known about...
by Hayne W. Reese
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 1994
Advances in Child Development and Behavior is intended to ease the task faced by researchers, instructors, and students who are confronted by the vast amount of research and theoretical discussion in child development and behavior. The serial provides scholarly technical articles with critical reviews,...
Assessing and Communicating the Spiritual Needs of Children in Hospital
A new guide for healthcare professionals and chaplains
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
What is meant by 'spiritual care'? How can we assess and communicate the needs of a child in hospital effectively if we each have conflicting interpretations of 'spiritual'? This book proposes that we use a language of 'connectedness', which can fully express a child's feelings about, and understanding...
Recovering My Kid
Parenting Young Adults in Treatment and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
National expert Dr. Joseph Lee explains the nature of youth addiction and treatment, and how families can create a safe and supportive environment for their loved ones during treatment and throughout their recovery.
National expert Dr. Joseph Lee explains the nature of youth addiction and treatment,...
The First Years Last Forever
Parental guide to early childhood behavior and development
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
In this thought-provoking book, the author examines the behavior of young children in a developmental context, taking into consideration the changes as young children grow and develop. The book will show parents and caregivers ways to deal with the kids in the various stages of their life, starting from...
by David Elkind
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
"David Elkind [is] one of psychology's leading lights."--Washington Post
With the first edition of The Hurried Child, David Elkind emerged as the voice of parenting reason, calling our attention to the crippling effects of hurrying our children through life. He showed that by blurring...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
Identity is one of the most extensively studied constructs in the social sciences. Yet, despite the wealth of findings across many disciplines, identity researchers remain divided over such enduring fundamental questions as: What exactly is identity, and how do identity processes function? Do people...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
The second edition of Play Therapy Techniques includes seven new chapters in addition to the original twenty-four. These lively chapters expand the comprehensive scope of the book by describing issues involved in beginning and ending therapy, using metaphors, playing music and ball, and applying the...
by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, Marietta McCarty
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Learn about the joys and pitfalls of parenting—from infancy to adolescence—and strategies for raising well-adjusted, competent children with open minds and big hearts, from two of Tarcher/Penguin’s favorite authors. Now only $25.99!
Parenting from the Inside Out by Dr. Daniel Siegel
How many...
Quiet at School
An Educator's Guide to Shy Children
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Compared to their more sociable counterparts, shy children are at greater risk for a variety of difficulties in elementary school, including internalizing problems, difficulties with peer relationships, and poorer academic performance. Written by a developmental and an educational psychologist with...