Developmental

*** WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 ***'fascinating, informative and revealing' Mail on SundayBeloved bestselling author and golf aficionado Rick Reilly channels his insatiable curiosity,...

'There are few situations in life which are more difficult to cope with than an adolescent son or daughter during the attempt to liberate themselves' Anna Freud was one of the most creative and innovative thinkers in the history of psychoanalysis, whose...

In a society obsessed with living longer and looking younger, what does middle age mean today? Spurred by her own brutal propulsion into menopause, Marina Benjamin's clear-eyed account of our middle years takes inspiration from literature and...

As featured in Grazia's 21 of the Best Parenting Books in 2020'Joanna's books give you every answer to every question you have as a parent with practical methods to tackle every obstacle and connect with your child and help them flourish.' Madeleine Shaw...

Child development expert Dr Rebecca Chicot shares with you the secrets to calm and stress-free toddler parenting. Based on her unique parent-toddler approach, she reveals that by understanding how your toddler thinks and what changes he is going through,...

Fully updated and revised, this new edition of a highly successful text provides students, clinicians, and academics with a thorough introduction to aging and mental health. The third edition of Aging and Mental Health is filled with new updates and...

Ruby hates herself so much that she often feels more like a piece of rubbish than a little girl. Children at school bully her. Sometimes Ruby feels so miserable that she wants to sleep and sleep and never wake up again. Then one day, Ruby meets Dot the...

Adolescence is the most formative yet misunderstood period of our lives. At a time of heightened concern about teenagers, Coming of Age draws on a decade of expert research to get beneath the stereotypes, expose the myths and reveal the important reasons...

This practical guide enables those working with young children to better understand, manage and support children's relationship with food. Revealing the different ways in which children can relate to food, it gives accessible guidance and advice about...

The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development is a carefully curated conversation that brings together the top researchers in child and adolescent sexual development to redefine the issues, conflicts, and debates in the field. The Handbook is organized...

Social play is about relating to others, playing and making friends - all of which are key elements for social inclusion, adjustment and well-being. The Social Play Record is a practical resource for assessing and developing social play in children with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593191866Author Jennifer Breheny WallaceFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 493gDimensions(mm) 236mm...

Madeline Levine has been a practicing psychologist for 25 years, but it was only recently that she began to observe a new breed of unhappy teenager. When a bright, affluent 15-year-old girl, a seemingly unlikely candidate for emotional problems, came...

Getting older doesn't matter. Keeping active does. Sod turning sixty, make those small changes now and reap the rewards in your later decades! In the bestselling Sod Seventy! Sir Muir Gray demanded a 'bonfire of the slippers' and a reframing of what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594205538Author Pamela DruckermanFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999215811Author Lindsay MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Nicholas O'NeilPublisher Nicholas O'NeilWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Stanley Greenspan, internationally known for his work with infants, young children, and their families, and his colleague, nationally recognized child psychologist Serena Wieder, have for the first time integrated their award-winning research and...

Discover the inspirational coming-of-age memoir about modern poverty in Britain and the liberating power of education.'An astonishing tale, well structured and punchily told.' - Sunday Times'Impossible not to read in one sitting.' - Stylist, Best Books...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683731733Author Tracy Turner-BumberryFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint PESI PublishingPublisher PESI PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 249mm...

W. R. D. Fairbairn (1889-1964) challenged the dominance of Freud's drive theory with a psychoanalytic theory based on the internalization of human relationships. Fairbairn assumed that the unconscious develops in childhood and contains dissociated...

Positive emotional health in a child's earliest years can be a critical factor in their future development. Offering practical suggestions for games, activities and exercises designed to promote emotional wellbeing in young children, this essential guide...

A selected guide to the finest coastal paddling trips around Scotland. This completely revised and updated 2nd edition is packed with great photography and detailed route maps, alongside descriptions and anecdotes revealing Scotland's rich tapestry of...

This book is a complete guide to child development from birth to 16 years. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject it will take you through all the perspectives on the subject, covering physical, cognitive, moral and behavioural aspects of a child's...

In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of children and young people who diagnose themselves as gender dysphoric, or trans. In the UK, and worldwide, there is a growing tendency to refer them on to 'specialist' gender services almost...

An essential guide to understanding a child's emerging language from the first days of babbling through a five-year-old's mastery of reading.Book InformationISBN 9780393332391Author Diane McGuinnessFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint WW Norton &...

The Frog Who Longed for the Moon to Smile is a story for children who yearn for someone they love. Frog is very much in love with the moon because she once smiled at him. So now he spends all his time dreaming about her. He waits and waits for her to...

An Introduction to Child Development, Third Edition provides undergraduate students in psychology and other disciplines with a comprehensive survey of the main areas of child development, from infancy through to adolescence, in a readily accessible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780449905494Author Leonard ShengoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 383gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Assessing Disorganized Attachment Behaviour in Children lays out an evidence-based model for working with and assessing children with disorganized attachment and their adult carers: families whose extreme, erratic and disturbing behaviour can make them...

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 9781581129045Author Alma H BondFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Universal PublishersPublisher Universal PublishersWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Right after "Is it a boy or a girl?" and "What's his/her name?," the next question people invariably ask new parents is "Are you getting any sleep?" Unfortunately, the answer is usually "Not much." In fact, studies show that approximately 25% of young...

Renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence.Parents have an...

Children and young people in care who have been traumatized need a therapeutic environment where they can heal and which meets their emotional and developmental needs.This book provides a model of care for traumatized children and young people, based on...

In an unprecedented series of studies, Harvard Medical School has followed 824 subjects-men and women, some rich, some poor- from their teens to old age. Harvard's George Vaillant now uses these studies, the most complete ever done anywhere in the world,...

Nurturing Attachments combines the experience and wisdom of parents and carers with that of professionals to provide support and practical guidance for foster and adoptive parents looking after children with insecure attachment relationships.It gives an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556439407Author Lisbeth MarcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

'Essential reading for everyone' - Marian KeyesIt's time for us to start talking about the menopause. Cracking the Menopause, from straight-talking broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and health journalist Alice Smellie, has all the information you need,...

A groundbreaking book that will expand your thinking, whether you are a trauma survivor, a clinician, someone who loves a survivor, or someone seeking to understand abuse. In Reclaim, expert forensic and clinical psychologist Dr Ahona Guha explores...

Screen time. Daycare. Praise. Sleep training. Spanking and time-outs. Helicopter versus "old school" parenting. There are a lot of questions facing parents of young children but consistent and reliable science-based answers can be hard to find. Parenting...