Developmental

How can clinicians help vulnerable young families overcome barriers to secure, reciprocal, and joyful parent-infant relationships? This book provides a flexible framework for promoting reflective parenting "from the ground up." Described are effective...

The story of how Germans came to embrace the Third Reich. Germany in early 1933 was a country ravaged by years of economic depression and increasingly polarized between the extremes of left and right. Over the spring of that year, Germany was...

All kids occasionally space out, get sidetracked, run out of time, or explode in frustration--but some do it much more often than others. If you have a "smart but scattered" child, take heart. This encouraging guide is grounded in research on the crucial...

A Marginal Revolution Book of the Year"Brings the groundbreaking research of the top developmental psychologists of the past quarter-century to a wider audience...A masterpiece!"-Dante Cicchetti, Institute for Child Development at the University of...

In 1994 the American Psychiatric Association published the groundbreaking diagnostic criteria for autism ('Autistic Disorder'). Since then, the reported numbers of people with autism have increased from one in every 2,000 children to one in every 50--a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623365981Author Louise GreenspanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Rodale Press Inc.Publisher Rodale Press Inc.Weight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 226mm...

Understand early childhood as a unique culture to improve the quality of care provided to children.View the culture of childhood through a whole new lens. Identify age-based bias and expand your outlook on and understanding of early childhood as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985949907Author Judith DuerkFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Tosi & Associates, IncorporatedPublisher Tosi & Associates, IncorporatedWeight(grams)...

This book offers a comprehensive study of language development. The contributors, all well-known psychologists, represent a very broad range of theoretical persuasion. Each chapter summarises research on a major problem and relates results to fundamental...

Every 20 minutes a child is diagnosed with a disease on the autism spectrum. While the medical establishment treats autism as a psychiatric condition and prescribes behaviorally based therapies, Dr. Julie A. Buckley argues that it is a physiological...

Learn the art of growing old from the supercentenarians living life to the fullest.It's said that life begins at 40 - but that number is constantly revised upwards as we live longer and longer. With the number of centenarians having quadrupled in the...

This 2003 book comprehensively covers all major topics of Vygotskian educational theory and its classroom applications. Particular attention is paid to the Vygotskian idea of child development as a consequence rather than premise of learning experiences...

The use of ultrasonic scans in pregnancy makes it possible to observe the fetus undisturbed in the womb. Dr Alessandra Piontelli has done what no one has done before: she observed eleven fetuses (three singletons and four sets of twins) in the womb using...

An updated edition of the definitive handbook on the physical basis for learning for professionals involved in education and child development, written by the respected author of acclaimed titles in the field. A comprehensive overview of the relationship...

Family relations are undergoing dramatic changes globally and locally. At the same time, certain features of family life endure. This popular book, now in a fully updated second edition, presents a comprehensive assessment of recent research on 'family',...

What is parental control? Is it positive or negative for children? What makes parents controlling with their children, even when they value supporting children's autonomy? Are there alternatives to control and how might we apply them in important domains...

Drawing upon extensive interviews and assessments of school-age children who have lost a parent to death, this book offers a richly textured portrait of the mourning process in children. The volume presents major findings from the Harvard Child...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780449906293Author Mic HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 282gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 130mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618918096Author Martin E. P. SeligmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, Inc

Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life course. Preeminent researcher Dan P. McAdams traces the development of three...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952043031Author Al CarlisleFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Carlisle Legacy Books, LLCPublisher Carlisle Legacy Books, LLCWeight(grams)...

This book traces the evolution of the concept of the unconscious from an intangible, metapsychological abstraction to a psychoneurobiological function of a tangible brain. An integration of current findings in the neurobiological and developmental...

In this classic work on early childhood development, Karl Koenig explores the first three years of a child's life by examining the three major achievements that occur during this stage: learning to walk, speak and think. These are three core faculties...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807061046Author Stacey PattonFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679771357Author Diane AckermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782958528317Author Gerard PapeFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint UteurpPublisher Uteurp

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374532215Author Sara Lawrence-LightfootFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux...

The EPDF and EPUB are available open access under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This publication was supported by the University of Essex's open access fund. How do young people transitioning from care plan their future lives? Planning is usually thought of as...

Child and Adolescent Psychology provides an accessible and thorough introduction to human development by integrating insights from typical and atypical development. This integration cements understanding since the same processes are involved. Knowledge...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805210873Author Paula Polk LillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 276gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826107978Author Linda SilvermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Springer Publishing Co IncPublisher Springer Publishing Co IncWeight(grams) 456g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614273660Author Jean Jean PiagetFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Martino Fine BooksPublisher Martino Fine BooksWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm)...

Drawn from a brilliant array of voices primarily from psychology, but also from other social sciences and humanities, this unique reader of creative and intellectually provocative essays investigates the social construction of gender. For the past...

Once children hit adolescence, it seems as if overnight "I love you" becomes "leave me alone" and any question from a parent can be dismissed with one word: "fine." But while they may not show it, teenagers benefit from their parents' curiosity, delight...

This book investigates the experiences of severely troubled children and their families, teachers, and child psychoanalytic psychotherapists working together in primary schools.The book begins by looking at children's emotional life during the primary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062961525Author Mary Sheedy KurcinkaFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 272g

Developmental Psychology: A Student's Handbook is a major textbook that provides an up-to-date account of theory and research in the rapidly-changing field of child development. Margaret Harris and George Butterworth have produced an outstanding volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983199519Author Elizabeth WageleFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Pli MediaPublisher Pli MediaWeight(grams) 386g

In this seminal new study of resilience, Meg Jay tells the stories of a diverse group of people who have overcome trauma in their childhoods to go on and live successful lives as adults. These are the 'supernormal', who having shouldered greater than...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140175677Author Olga SilversteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 196mm...