Child Psychology category: 2885 books
Social-Emotional Prevention Programs for Preschool Children's Behavior Problems
A Multi-level Efficacy Assessment of Classroom, Risk Group, and Individual Level
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
This book is aimed at exploring the relevance of social-emotional competencies for preventing preschool children’s behavior problems. The content provides an overview of how evidence from fundamental research on social-emotional competencies can be translated in applied research for developing prevention...
Temperament
A Psychological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Temperament is the first monograph in 40 years to present theories and basic findings in the field of temperament from a broad international and interdisciplinary perspective. The text, based on the author's four decades of personal study and data collection, thoroughly explores the physiological,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
This volume presents the latest research from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners on language, literacy and numeracy, cognition, and social and emotional development of deaf learners. In their contributions, authors sketch the backgrounds and contexts of their research, take interdisciplinary...
Excluded From School
Systemic Practice for Mental Health and Education Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Excluded From School exposes the reasons why, despite many national and local initiatives, large numbers of children continue to tax the education system to such a degree that they become permanently excluded from school.
Sue Rendall and Morag Stuart draw on their experience in psychology and...
Empowering Engagement
Creating Learning Opportunities for Students from Challenging Backgrounds
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
This book examines promoting engagement for children and adolescents from challenging contexts or who are dealing with challenging conditions. The volume concentrates on three vulnerable groups: marginalized youths who have experienced repeated exclusion and sought their second chance in alternative...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
This volume analyzes recent technological breakthroughs in aiding children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Chapters offer practical guidance in such areas as assessment, treatment planning, and collaborative intervention. The book also presents findings on hardware and software innovations and...
Applied Behavior Analysis
Fifty Case Studies in Home, School, and Community Settings
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2016
This textbook offers real-world case studies for using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to create, implement, and appraise behavior intervention programs across a variety of client situations. Its chapters are formatted for ease of use and retention and organized to focus on the core components of...
The Rape of Childhood
Developmental, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
The Rape of Childhood: Development, Clinical, and Sociocultural Aspects of Childhood Sexual Abuse details the dark realm of childhood sexual abuse. While lived experience, memory, subjectivity, and affect cannot be classified into neat categories, this collection is divided into four core sections—epidemiology,...
Handbook of School-Based Mental Health Promotion
An Evidence-Informed Framework for Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality
Series Editors: Donald H. Saklofske and Moshe Zeidner
Handbook for School-Based Mental Health Promotion
An Evidence-Informed Framework for Implementation
Alan W. Leschied, Donald H. Saklofske, and Gordon L. Flett, Editors
This...
Emotional Intelligence in Education
Integrating Research with Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
This book highlights current knowledge, best practices, new opportunities, and difficult challenges associated with promoting emotional intelligence (EI) and social-emotional learning (SEL) in educational settings. The volume provides analyses of contemporary EI theories and measurement tools, common...
Immigrant Stories
Ethnicity and Academics in Middle Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2009
Immigrant Stories portrays the contexts and academic trajectories of development of three unique immigrant groups: Cambodian, Dominican and Portuguese. The children of immigrant families - or second generation youth - are the fastest growing population of school children in the US. However, very little...
African American Boys
Identity, Culture, and Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
This book discusses current research on identity formation, family and peer influences, risk and resilience factors, and concepts of masculinity and sexuality in African American boys. Sorting out genuine findings from popular misconceptions and misleading headlines, this concise and wide-ranging...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
The second edition of this comprehensive volume presents methods for nonverbal assessment of diverse individuals, such as persons with speech or hearing deficits, limited English skills, or emotional problems. Chapters provide a contemporary context for nonverbal evaluations, accompanied by descriptions...
Thinking Developmentally from Constructivism to Neuroconstructivism
Selected Works of Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.
This influential volume of papers,...