Developmental

Encouraging people on the autism spectrum to foster positive emotions and character traits can dramatically improve their lives in every way, and help to strengthen their ability to cope with everyday challenges and setbacks.Drawing on the key concepts...

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to genes, fetal development and early brain development. It integrates insights from typical and atypical development to reveal fundamental aspects of human growth and development, and common...

Parenting expert Carl E. Pickhardt brings his considerable experience to tackling the most pervasive and difficult problems parents face in childrearing. Whereas many books on family conflict focus on the prickly teenage years, Pickhardt takes the long...

Erickson postulates that a space-time orientation provided by a viable worldview is, complimentary to the inner work of the individual psyche and is attuned to its multiple functions. In a central chapter, the author links the phylogeny and the ontogeny...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914901126Author Marisa Pelella MelegaFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint The Harris Meltzer TrustPublisher Karnac BooksWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)...

Although most children learn language relatively quickly, as many as 10 per cent of them are slow to start speaking and are said to have developmental language disorder (DLD). Children with DLD are managed by a variety of different professionals in...

Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for Non-fictionA poignant, complex and hugely resonant memoir about the shift from being a daughter to a guardian and caregiver, by a prizewinning author.From Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250080912Author Jonathan RauchFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 23mm

Frequently cited in scholarly books and journals and praised by students, this book focuses on developmental changes and processes in adolescence rather than on the details and problems of daily life. Major developmental changes associated with...

Long before they can make any sounds approaching language, infants can share in communication, though what this means is the subject of much scrutiny. This 1979 volume deliberately draws on people whose different backgrounds have brought them to explore...

Children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems who are referred to mental health services for assessment often have undiagnosed mild learning disabilities, and this guide is written for clinicians involved in making such assessments.It...

Music therapy is an internationally recognised field of professional evidence-based practice. Qualified music therapists use the engaging, non-verbal aspects of music to create relationships in which therapeutic goals can be pursued and needs of clients...

Achieving good behavior and social skills in a child with developmental disabilities can often be very difficult, and methods that improve behavior in other children are often unsuitable or ineffective. Achieving Best Behavior for Children with...

A flurry of best-selling works has recently urged us to rescue and protect boys. They have described how boys are failing at school, acting out, or shutting down emotionally. Lost in much of the ensuing public conversation are the boys themselves-the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789873931Author Franz BoasFormat HardbackPage Count 172Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914081446Author Connor WhiteleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CGD PublishingPublisher CGD PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922391339Author Kari SuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Michael Hanrahan PublishingPublisher Michael Hanrahan Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639233823Author Alfred AdlerFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Lushena Books IncPublisher Lushena Books IncWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The introduction of the psychological construct of self-efficacy is widely acknowledged as one of the most important developments in the history of psychology. Today, it is simply not possible to explain phenomena such as human motivation, learning,...

This book introduces Casual Agency Theory as a framework for defining self-determination and describing its development and essential characteristics. It synthesizes the research on promoting and enhancing self-determination and explores implications for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692653500Author Mario AlvezFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Red Leaf PressPublisher Red Leaf PressWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

From the famed Harvard psychologist and an expert on the impact of digital media technologies, a riveting exploration of the power of apps to shape our young people-for better or for worse No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth...

This text introduces students to the key issues in the study of childhood, from infancy through to adulthood, from an interdisciplinary and multi-professional perspective. A broad-ranging introductory guide to key issues in the study of childhood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846829758Author Terence DooleyFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 700gDimensions(mm)...

The purpose of this essay is to illustrate how the phenomenon of early childhood autism may cast light on issues that are central to our Understanding Of Normal Child Development - Issues Such As The Emotional origins of social experience and social...

Drawing attention to the pivotal ideas associated with 'the science of the cultural mind', this book centres on the idea that the human mind should be considered a sociocultural, rather than a natural or biological, phenomenon. Far from being purely...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385496285Author Meredith SmallFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 270gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062998989Author Rainesford StaufferFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

If there was a new wonder drug on the market that got kids to behave better, improve their grades, feel happier, and avoid risky behaviors, many parents around the world would be willing to empty their bank accounts to acquire it. Amazingly, such a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785421228Author Bernard StieglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Open Humanities PressPublisher Open Humanities Press

Advice about how to be a great parent from the co-host of Parental Guidance What does it mean to be a good parent? Are you a good parent when your child is compliant, but a bad parent when they're not? What if they're perfect at age three and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805041569Author MontessoriFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

Human development doesn't occur in a vacuum. Rather, it is deeply rooted in, and affected by, culture. This textbook examines how culture affects several domains of development, including cognition, emotion, sociolinguistics, peer relationships, family...

Frank Laskier was born 1912 and lived his early years in the suburbs of Liverpool. As a teenager, Frank was an avid reader of Conrad and Masefield and had a romantic view of the "call of the sea". One day he decided to lie about his age and run away from...

A nonverbal learning disability (NLD) is a developmental disorder that impairs a person's capacity to perceive, express, and understand nonverbal (nonlinguistic) signs. The dysfunctions affect behaviors, social interactions, perceptions and feelings...

The Nature/Nurture Debate: The Essential Readings provides students with a selection of some of the key articles by key researchers in this core area of developmental psychology.About the AuthorStephen J. Ceci holds a lifetime endowed chair in child...

Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in, through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media, oftentimes it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on...

The original and vastly influential ideas of Erik H. Erikson underlie much of our understanding of human development. His insights into the interdependence of the individuals' growth and historical change, his now-famous concepts of identity, growth, and...

This book addresses the need to view specific learning disorders (SLDs) within a mental health framework, as supported by their placement alongside autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the Diagnostic and...

This book has brought together leading international experts to explore the similarities and the differences between autism and blindness. Current research with children as well as adults is described comparing early psychological development from a...