Developmental

The first book to look seriously at the practical issues facing older adults with autism spectrum conditions (ASC), Wenn Lawson's groundbreaking handbook offers support, advice, and sensible ways in which to look at the issues.Informed by current...

Contains many features to aid learning and teaching: Activities and Reflections provide additional ideas for lessons and homework tasks. Case studies and Theory in Practices add the important real-world focus, so you don't have to spend time looking for...

New York Times Bestseller! Becoming Brilliant offers solutions that parents can implement right now. Backed by the latest scientific evidence and illustrated with examples of what's being done right in schools today, this book introduces the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385414265Author David M. BrodzinskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing...

Parental participation has long been recognized as a positive factor in children's education. Research consistently shows that parents' contributions to their children's education lead to improvements in their academic and behavioral outcomes, from...

This sensitive guide for carers and professionals working with children and young people explains the serious issues of sexual content and harm that children face online. Covering technologies used by children aged two through to adulthood, it offers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400051281Author Justin RichardsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 362gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806731Author Celine AlvarezFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Research has shown...

Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children and young people. Mary Turner explains the various aspects and stages of bereavement and offers useful insights into the...

"Making Human Beings Human tells the remarkable scientific story of Urie Bronfenbrenner's journey toward 'a bioecology of human development'- a dynamic perspective of individuals in ever-changing, multi-level contexts. Building upon years of...

This book provides an in-depth overview of the current research on sexual grooming. It explores the process by which an individual seeking to commit a sexual offense skillfully manipulates a potential victim into situations in which abuse can be more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641520133Author Megan MaccutcheonFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Althea PressPublisher Althea PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 191mm *...

The Ontogeny of Information is a critical intervention into the ongoing and perpetually troubling nature-nurture debates surrounding human development. Originally published in 1985, this was a foundational text in what is now the substantial field of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047357Author Emily WeinsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

"Not only one of the frankest of autobiographies, but also a brilliantly written book, Leiris' Manhood mingles memories, philosophic reflections, sexual revelation, meditations on bullfighting, and the life-long progress of self-discovery."-Washington...

Becoming a Reader argues that, whatever our individual differences of personality and background, there is a regular sequence of attitudes we go through as we mature, which affect how we experience fiction, from the five-year-old child absorbed in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455559138Author Meg JayFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint FaithWordsPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 206mm *...

Bringing together the latest research and theory about a child's inner world and the impact of the world around them, this is a guide to understanding and responding to the emotional needs of traumatised children. Founded on the principle that...

Filled with comprehensive, balanced coverage of classic and contemporary research, relevant examples, and engaging applications, this text shows you how psychology helps you understand yourself and the complex social world around you. It also uses...

The third edition of this essential book presents a comprehensive and accessible overview of contemporary theory and research about young children's developing thinking and understanding. Sue Robson's detailed exploration of the ideas and theories is...

Organisation and Everyday Life with Dyslexia and other SpLDs is the second book in the series Living Confidently with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs). This book is about the wide impacts of dyslexia/ SpLD on everyday life. All dyslexic/ SpLD...

Children choose their heroes more carefully than we think. From Pokemon to the rapper Eminem, pop-culture icons are not simply commercial pied pipers who practice mass hypnosis on our youth. Indeed, argues the author of this lively and persuasive paean...

How can we help heal children who have been abused or neglected? Healing Child Trauma Through Restorative Parenting details how children can be helped to recover with the use of Restorative Parenting, an innovative model informed by psychological and...

This book provides a refreshingly rational guide to the many issues involved in psychological assessment, taking dyslexia to be a remedial cognitive deficit. The author reviews the major tests in use for children and adults, while keeping the scientific...

Contributions from early childhood educators, teachers, psychologists, music therapists, occupational therapists, and psychotherapists highlight the crucial role that early relationships and interactions in group settings play in the development of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140235159Author Fred RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627344791Author Chris Van CampFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Universal PublishersPublisher Universal PublishersWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783723515273Author Christof WiechertFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Verlag am GoetheanumPublisher Verlag am Goetheanum

This 2007 book considers how agencies are currently figured at the human-machine interface, and how they might be imaginatively and materially reconfigured. Contrary to the apparent enlivening of objects promised by the sciences of the artificial, the...

With the number and variety of mental health issues affecting kids on the rise, and as more clinicians and counsellors are pushed to the front lines of defence, there is an acute need for a comprehensive, practical resource that guides professionals...

This vital, sensitive guide explains the serious issues children face online and how they are impacted by them on a developmental, neurological, social, mental health and wellbeing level. Covering technologies used by children aged two through to...

A New York Times Bestseller There are more older people in America today than ever before. They are our parents and grandparents, our aunts and uncles and in-laws. They are living longer, but in a culture that has come to worship youth--a culture in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683734710Author Phifer Lisa WeedFormat PaperbackPage Count 195Imprint Pesi, IncPublisher Pesi, IncWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 272mm * 211mm * 15mm

Seventy-five years after Vygotsky's death, scholarship exploring developmental relations between language and thought continues to be strong. This edited volume compiles contributions from international leaders in the field on the roles of language and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911585985Author Carole laFavorFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Cinder HousePublisher Cinder HouseWeight(grams) 129g

All children are born with emotional talent. But if left untended, those talents can wane during the first five years of life. Children are sensitive and social beings from birth, exhibiting an innate enthusiasm for communication that must be satisfied...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400097852Author Deepak ChopraFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 125gDimensions(mm) 192mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262013598Author Michael TomaselloFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 114mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784231958Author MacmillanFormat HardbackPage Count 10Imprint Dref WenPublisher Dref WenDimensions(mm) 160mm * 160mm * 30mm