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'As soon as I began to read, I was filled with that kind of engrossed blossoming that happens somewhere inside of you when you start a really nourishing book.' - Pandora SykesA conversation-changing look at the social, familial, neurological, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767908726Author Elaine N. AronFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A...

An authoritative, up-to-date guide for psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians and other professionals working with vulnerable and at-risk children Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Third Edition is an indispensable resource for psychologists and...

D.W. Winnicott's remarkable books, including The Piggle, Home Is Where We Start From and The Child, Family and the Outside World (all published by Penguin) are still read, valued and argued with over thirty years after his death. Adam Phillips's short...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307345578Author Jane NelsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 232mm *...

This bestselling textbook provides social science students with an accessible introduction to neuroscience and the implications for our understandings of child development, considering the links between brain development and social and cultural issues. ...

This updated edition of The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy reflects the many changes in the profession. It includes: additional chapters on neuroscience, work with 'looked after children' and with foster parents, working in...

Practical support for how to overcome childhood traumaMany psychological and emotional problems faced by adults have their roots in childhood trauma, and this invaluable self-help guide offers advice and techniques based on cognitive behavioural therapy...

This book makes explicit connections between young children's spontaneous repeated actions, and their representations of their emotional worlds. Drawing on the literature on schemas, attachment theory and family contexts, the author takes schema theory...

Asha Phillips writes as both a child psychotherapist and a mother, using case studies as well as informal anecdotes from family and friends as illustrations. She strips away the negative associations surrounding the word 'no' and celebrates change and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062225931Author David FlinkFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint William Morrow & CompanyPublisher William Morrow & CompanyWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780961307394Author Aletha Jauch SolterFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Shining Star PressPublisher Shining Star PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

Ambition-the want, the hunger, the need to achieve-is woven into America's fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first gold star assignment to acceptance at the "right" college to hustle and grinding our lives, we celebrate our...

This popular book provides a compelling introduction to thinking about childhood in rigorous and critical ways. Karen Wells offers a unique global perspective on children's lives, showing how the notion of childhood varies widely and is continuously...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385040204Author Dorothy BriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 323gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

A collection of writings by leading developmental psychologist Patricia M Crittenden, highlighting her vast contribution to attachment theory and research. It includes her observation of compulsive A, coercive C, and combined A/C patterns; application of...

Daniel Stern's pathbreaking video-based research into the intimate complexities of mother-infant interaction has had an enormous impact on psychotherapy and developmental psychology. His minute analyses of the exchanges between mothers and babies have...

This enriching book describes the value of learning about the development of the human personality through the experience of observing a baby in the context of the family. It is distinctive in the field of infant observation literature, for it shows how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451497772Author Leonard SaxFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Harmony BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm)...

The groundbreaking book that puts the focus on teens and young adults with social challenges This book offers parents a step-by-step guide to making and keeping friends for teens and young adults with social challenges-such as those diagnosed with autism...

Takes the first in-depth look at the New York City adoption agency that separated twins and triplets in the 1960s, and the controversial and disturbing study that tracked the children's development while never telling their adoptive parents that they...

Every child knows what it means to play, but the rest of us can merely speculate. Is it a kind of adaptation, teaching us skills, inducting us into certain communities? Is it power, pursued in games of prowess? Fate, deployed in games of chance?...

The foremost resource for parents and caregivers seeking ways to help their child increase comfort and overcome chronic pain Parents of a child in pain want nothing more than to offer immediate comfort. But a child with chronic or recurring pain...

This introductory guide to ABA demystifies the often complex terminology, the underlying principles, and commonly-used procedures of ABA using accessible, everyday language.This revised and updated edition reflects recent developments and introduces new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937661373Author Jean EichFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Pesi, IncPublisher Pesi, Inc

This concise, accessible guide explores the different models behind the concept of giftedness, examining the criteria for evaluating and identifying gifted children, in order to provide a deeper understanding of the lives of children and young people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471296447Author WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999512029Author Heidi SchausterFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Heidi SchausterPublisher Heidi SchausterWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578648088Author Morgan Bcba Van DiepenFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Studio van Diepen, LLCPublisher Studio van Diepen, LLCWeight(grams)...

Children: The Challenge gives the key to parents who seek to build trust and love in their families, and raise happier, healthier, and better behaved children. Based on a lifetime of experience with children-their problems, their delights, their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955985215Author Mike MisterFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint PYP Academy PressPublisher PYP Academy PressWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

AutPlay Therapy is a behavioral play-based treatment approach to working with children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. This innovative new model contains a parent-training component (wherein the...

The standard reference in the field, this acclaimed work synthesizes findings from hundreds of carefully selected studies of mental health treatments for children and adolescents. Chapters on frequently encountered clinical problems systematically review...

The mental health field has seen a significant shift in the past decade toward including a neuroscience perspective when designing clinical interventions. However, for many play therapists it has been challenging to apply this information in the context...

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

This highly readable book provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical guide to non-directive play therapy, which is an effective and ethically sound method of helping troubled children and adolescents with their emotional difficulties. It draws...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385483629Author Meredith SmallFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm)...

We all know people who talk with their hands-but do they know what they're saying with them? Our gestures can reveal and contradict us, and express thoughts we may not even know we're thinking.In Thinking with Your Hands, esteemed cognitive psychologist...

Observing young children at play is an everyday and often fascinating and pleasurable experience for many of us. It also has a great pedigree in the development of psychoanalysis from Freud's observation of his grandson's game with the cotton-reel...

Using a developmental perspective, the authors offer a new, integrated model for supporting people with intellectual disability (ID). This concept builds upon recent advances in attachment informed approaches, by drawing upon a broader understanding of...