Developmental

Writing is challenging for the majority of learners. For students with language problems, difficulties with written expression are considered one of the most common learning challenges. There is much to learn about the ways in which oral language skills...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904881209Author Simone T Costa ErikssonFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Summertime PublishingPublisher Summertime PublishingWeight(grams)...

Since the publication of Dr. Leonard Shengold's highly acclaimed book Soul Murder in 1989, issues of child abuse have become the subject of much public debate. Now Dr. Shengold offers his latest reflections on the circumstances in which the willful abuse...

Moral Development and Reality explores the nature of moral development, human behavior, and social interconnections. The exploration elucidates the full range of moral development, from superficial perception to a deeper understanding and feeling through...

How does cognition develop in infants, children and adolescents? This handbook presents a cutting-edge overview of the field of cognitive development, spanning basic methodology, key domain-based findings and applications. Part One covers the...

Understanding Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiance Disorder offers parents, caregivers and practitioners a concise, accessible introduction to the science behind CD and ODD and popular treatments, together with practical advice on how to approach...

With contributions from prominent experts, this pragmatic book takes a close look at the nature of complex psychological trauma in children and adolescents and the clinical challenges it presents. Each chapter shows how a complex trauma perspective can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190057657Author Professor of Psychology Philippe RochatFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University...

An antidote to our stressed-out mother culture, MotherStyles validates the notion that good mothering comes in many styles and explains how understanding how you most often react to your child and why is the most important step toward working through...

Stress, Risk, and Resilience in Children and Adolescents recognizes the complexity of the developmental processes that impact on coping and resilience and the importance of sociocultural factors. In this respect, the relation between a stressor and an...

The volume's topic was chosen in part because of the rapidly growing salience of dyadic research perspectives in developmental psychology, but also in social psychology and in fields such as communication and family studies. It provides the most complete...

This book will help parents understand and cope with the obstacles they face in raising a gifted child, and help them make the best choices for their son's or daughter's growth and happiness.While it can be rewarding to raise an extremely bright child --...

Many nonverbal behaviors-smiling, blushing, shrugging-reveal our emotions. One nonverbal behavior, gesturing, exposes our thoughts. This book explores how we move our hands when we talk, and what it means when we do so.Susan Goldin-Meadow begins with an...

This book presents cutting-edge research on adult attachment together with a complete overview of the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP), the authors' validated developmental assessment. In addition to identifying attachment classification...

In a companion volume to their highly acclaimed book Overcoming the Odds, Emmy E. Werner and Ruth S. Smith continue their longitudinal study of approximately five hundred men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A third of...

In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning environments. Many children start learning two languages from birth (Bilingual First Language Acquisition). In early childhood hitherto monolingual children start...

Give your child the best start in life with this fun, practical book. Packed with simple play activities to do with your child - there is one for every week from birth to age five - 'Fun Start' will help you maximize his or her emotional, intellectual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307886859Author Paul BloomFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Nurturing Babies explores the key processes behind how a child's mind and body develop in their first year, underpinned by the latest research in the fields of child development, psychology, health and well-being. It shows how the choices practitioners...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593736166Author Janet LansburyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Rodale BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Equipping school and child psychologists, and neuropsychologists with critical information on the role of working memory in learning and achievement, Working Memory and Academic Learning offers guidance on assessment tools, interventions, and current...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641375023Author Holly WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint New Degree PressPublisher New Degree PressWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Do you fear that growing old means being trapped in a body filled with aches, pains, sags, and losses? Too many of us do-especially women. Though our youth-obsessed society is partly to blame, Dr. Susan Sands explains there is a deeper and unrecognized...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593577639Author Ruth WhippmanFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Harmony BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

An important work from a leading scholar, this book explores self-development from early childhood to adulthood. Susan Harter traces the normative stages that define the emergence of many self-processes, including self-esteem. She also addresses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593420966Author Devorah HeitnerFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1g

What is the role of parents, peers and teachers in shaping school experiences and informing the career choice of males and females? Does the school context matter, and to what extent do educational experiences influence young people's self-concept,...

Salman Akhtar presents three rich essays brimming with psychoanalytic theory on personality development and how such knowledge enhances treatment. Essay 1 starts at the earliest infancy and takes the reader all along the path past adolescence. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975425060Author Retirement Coaches Association MembersFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Robert LauraPublisher Robert LauraWeight(grams)...

This book sets out the psychological basis of musical development in children and adults. The study has two major objectives: to review the research findings, theories and methodologies relevant to the developmental study of music; and to offer a...

For almost a century, educational theory and practice have been influenced by the view of behavioural psychologists that learning is synonymous with behaviour change. In this book, the authors argue for the practical importance of an alternate view, that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307731685Author Gregory JantzFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A...

The teasing, squabbling, competition, and ferocious fights of brothers and sisters can drive any parent to frantic desperation. At the same time, Drs. Brazelton and Sparrow point out, siblings are learning from one another and deep, close relationships...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547248035Author Richard WeissbourdFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm)...

What do young children, as they grow from infancy to childhood, understand of others and of their social world? How does this understanding change, and what influences its development? The Beginnings of Social Understanding draws on detailed studies of...

This Element overviews recent research on children's adjustment to adoption and its relevance for key questions addressed in developmental science. First, a historical perspective on trends in adoption practice and adoptive family life is offered...

Do humans start life with the capacity to detect and mentally represent the objects around them? Or is our object knowledge instead derived only as the result of prolonged experience with the external world? Are we simply able to perceive objects by...

Winner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award"This engaging and well-written book is a significant advance in our understanding of when and how mentoring matters...[It] lays the foundations for an approach to mentoring that is both rigorous and rich in new...

This authoritative manual presents an accessible 18-step program widely used by clinicians working with challenging teens. Steps 1-9 comprise parent training strategies for managing a broad range of problem behaviors, including those linked to...

This book offers clear best-practice guidelines for the assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. It discusses both the rising rates of autism and the growing need for appropriate, effective treatments and services. The book examines measures and methods...