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The call for trauma-informed education is growing as the profound impact trauma has for the children's ability to learn in traditional classrooms is recognized. For children who have experienced abuse and neglect their behavior is often highly reactive,...

`Heat breaks up charcoal and puts sulphur dioxide in'; `The air pulls faster on heavy masses.' These and other similar statements by school-aged children untutored in physics carry two messages. First, children's pre-instructional conceptions of the...

Originally published in 1975, this volume reports a multidisciplinary, longitudinal study of the precursors of intelligence, as measured by Stanford-Binet IQ scores, of 4-year-old children. Over 26, 000 children (more than 12, 000 whites and 14,000...

Infant Play Therapy is a groundbreaking resource for practitioners interested in the varied play therapy theories, models, and programs available for the unique developmental needs of infants and children under the age of three. The impressive list...

Psychoanalytic Reflections on Parenting Teens and Young Adults explores the rich, multi-layered parent-child interactions that unfold during the period of separation and launching. While this is a necessary transitional time, parents inevitably...

First published in 1923, this book explores the impact on development that heredity and environment has on children. Chaplin argues that too much reliance is placed on education and in fact parents, physicians and teachers should equally be taking into...

First published in 1986, this authoritative book contains a selection of original, research based, reports of studies conducted in Australia and New Zealand in the field of Child Development. The topics have been arranged into four major sections -...

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...

In recent years fewer young people make a smooth and linear transition to adulthood, and their lives seem to be characterized by instabilities and lack of commitment. However, when approaching the age of 30, the majority of people are likely to have...

Most parents start out wanting to raise healthy eaters. Then the world intervenes. In Kid Food, nationally recognized writer and food advocate Bettina Elias Siegel explores one of the fundamental challenges of modern parenting: trying to raise...

Becoming a Digital Parent is a practical, readable guide that will help all parents have confidence to successfully navigate technology with their children. It accessibly presents evidence-based guidance to offer an overview of the digital landscape,...

- Provides designers, educators and therapists with the practical information required to remove inequity in outdoor spaces - The first of its kind, co-written by an occupational therapist and landscape architect both with proven expertise in inclusive...

1. This book presents an original analysis of sexual difference, emphasising the psychoanalytic experience and its effects upon how a subject experiences the difference between being a body and having a body; 2. Yusin elucidates this potentially muddied...

Why do teenagers stay up late and struggle to get up in the morning? Do teenagers really take more risks? What is happening with teenagers’ hormones?The Psychology of the Teenage Brain offers all those involved in teenagers’ lives insight into what’s...

This engaging book is a comprehensive exploration of children's happiness and success covering a wide range of factors influencing positive functioning. It offers a holistic view of children’s well-being, identifying both threats and catalysts to...

1. This book presents an original analysis of sexual difference, emphasising the psychoanalytic experience and its effects upon how a subject experiences the difference between being a body and having a body; 2. Yusin elucidates this potentially muddied...

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...

This introduction to child psychotherapy describes carefully controlled therapeutic techniques by which children can make sense of their experiences. It explains how therapists must develop an understanding of how children think, interact, communicate...

Experimental Study of the Emotional Sphere of Children, Adolescents and Early Adulthood in Ukraine examines the factors that influence emotional development of young people between 4 and 17 years old. It explores the impact on development of the social...

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to perceptual development and motor development from infancy to adolescence. It integrates insights from typical and atypical development to reveal fundamental aspects of human growth and development,...

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...

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to the key theoretical perspectives and methodologies in developmental psychology. It integrates insights from typical and atypical development to reveal fundamental aspects of human growth and...

Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infants' development. It takes the reader from the moment an infant comes into the world seemingly unable to do much but eat and sleep, through the...

In a rapidly changing world, children have more of a voice than ever before. In The New Power of Children and Young People, David Cohen explores how this has happened, what the consequences might be and how we can best engage with our young people. ...

It is universally accepted that sensitive and responsive caregiving leads to positive cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes for children. While several intervention approaches exist, this text brings together the rationale and current evidence base for...

Timely and authoritative, this unique handbook explores the breadth of current knowledge on temperament, from foundational theory and research to clinical applications. Leaders in the field examine basic temperament traits, assessment methods, and what...

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to social development, social relations, identity development and self-awareness from childhood to adolescence. It integrates insights from both typical and atypical development to reveal the...

This book examines disproportionality in education, focusing on issues of social justice for diverse and marginalized students. It addresses disproportionality as an indicator of biased practices and uses social justice as the frame for conceptualizing...

Advances in the fields of psychology and psychiatry have bolstered the perspective that infants are not the passive recipients of sensory stimulation as it was once thought. Built on T. Berry Brazelton s paradigm-shifting work on the individuality of...

The Psychology of Supremacy brings a developmental, philosophical and psychological lens to understanding the systems embedded within the socially constructed aspects of our intersectional identities. Offering a philosophical understanding of supremacy...

This book examines evidence-based practices that facilitate effective teaching to ensure optimum educational achievement for school-age students. It identifies key strategies with extensive research evidence that confirms their effectiveness in improving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781462549771Author Linda A CamrasFormat HardbackPage Count 386Imprint Guilford PublicationsPublisher Guilford PublicationsWeight(grams) 152g

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

Katherine Nelson re-centers developmental psychology with a revived emphasis on development and change, rather than foundations and continuity. She argues that children be seen not as scientists but as members of a community of minds, striving not only...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446504133Author Po BronsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Warner Books IncPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250132253Author Alison GopnikFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 20mm

Originally published in 1933, this volume was the result of many years' careful first-hand study of child psychology enriched by the author's unusually wide experience in dealing with the subject with students. It was intended to follow the development...

* Written by leading experts * Highlights applied research * Reviews parent training programs * Details parent-child interaction therapy * Addresses controversial issues * Includes downloadable tools This book is essential reading for psychologists,...

Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development 2002 provides the most current research and scholarship available in the field of child psychiatry and child development. It is a benchmark against which all other contributions to the literature...

Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropsychologically Compromised Children: Understanding Clinical Applications Post Luria and Reitan defines what executive functions are, discusses differences in executive functioning between normative children and those...