Guilford Publications: 631 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
The importance of therapeutic play in helping children recover from adversity has long been recognized. This unique volume brings together experts on resilience, trauma, and play therapy to describe effective treatment approaches in this key area. The book begins by providing guiding principles for...
Psychodynamic Techniques
Working with Emotion in the Therapeutic Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
Helping therapists navigate the complexities of emotional interactions with clients, this book provides practical clinical guidelines. Master clinician Karen J. Maroda adds an important dimension to the psychodynamic literature by exploring the role of both clients' and therapists' emotional experiences...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Providing a complete overview of art therapy, from theory and research to practical applications, this is the definitive handbook in the field. Leading practitioners demonstrate the nuts and bolts of arts-based intervention with children, adults, families, couples, and groups dealing with a wide range...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The definitive reference in the field, this volume synthesizes current knowledge on writing development and instruction at all grade levels. Prominent scholars examine numerous facets of writing from sociocultural, cognitive, linguistic, neuroscience, and new literacy/technological perspectives. The...
The Psychology of Reading
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Incorporating cognitive, neuropsychological, and sociocultural perspectives, this authoritative text explains the psychological processes involved in reading and describes applications for educational practice. The book follows a clear developmental sequence, from the impact of the early family environment...
Pivotal Research in Early Literacy
Foundational Studies and Current Practices
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
This reader-friendly text examines the key foundational studies in early literacy. It addresses such essential questions as how research informs current practices and where the field still needs to go to provide the best learning opportunities for all children. Each chapter describes the methods and...
Handbook of Language and Literacy, Second Edition
Development and Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
An acclaimed reference that fills a significant gap in the literature, this volume examines the linkages between spoken and written language development, both typical and atypical. Leading authorities address the impact of specific language-related processes on K-12 literacy learning, with attention...
Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students
Flexible Approaches in an Era of New Standards
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Recent educational reform initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) largely fail to address the needs--or tap into the unique resources--of students who are developing literacy skills in both English and a home language. This book discusses ways to meet the challenges that current...
Empowering Struggling Readers
Practices for the Middle Grades
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
This book provides classroom-tested methods for engaging struggling middle grade readers--even those who appear to have given up--and fostering their success. The emphasis is on constructing respectful, encouraging learning environments that incorporate students' diverse literacies, cultural interests,...
Teaching Advanced Literacy Skills
A Guide for Leaders in Linguistically Diverse Schools
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
In our knowledge-based society, K–8 students need to develop increasingly sophisticated skills to read, write, and speak for a wide variety of purposes and audiences. Including an extended case example from a linguistically diverse school (nearly 75% English learners), this book guides school leaders...
Interviewing for Qualitative Inquiry
A Relational Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Engagingly written, this book builds the reader's skills for conducting in-depth interviews designed to address a particular research question. With an emphasis on the dynamics of the research relationship, Ruthellen Josselson artfully demonstrates the steps of a successful interview. Each step is...
Over the Influence, Second Edition
The Harm Reduction Guide to Controlling Your Drug and Alcohol Use
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
"Just say no" just doesn't work for everyone. If you've tried to quit and failed, simply want to cut down, or wish to work toward sobriety gradually, join the many thousands of readers who have turned to this empathic, science-based resource--now thoroughly revised. A powerful alternative...
Mommies, Daddies, Donors, Surrogates
Answering Tough Questions and Building Strong Families
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
If you need help having a baby, reproductive technology can supply the answer. But it also raises a host of questions that won’t arise until after the child is born: What will you say to “Where did I come from?” when the answer includes a donor or surrogate? Will knowing the truth about how...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
This widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups. Each chapter demonstrates how ethnocultural factors may influence the assumptions of both clients and therapists, the issues people bring to the clinical context, and their resources for coping and problem solving.