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Each spring millions of teenagers-and their parents -start thinking about what they'll do over the summer. Many need to earn money for school or a car, while others want to gain experience through internships, volunteer opportunities, or travel. But...

This practical book describes the latest collaborative clinical work, research, and teaching between psychologists and pediatricians in medical settings during the 1990s. The author and his colleagues thoroughly detail the benefits and pitfalls of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525535307Author Diane Benoit MDFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 599g

Dramatic cases of child abuse and neglect are featured with tragic regularity in the news. The stories vividly demonstrate both the urgent need for improved child protection services and the unwieldiness and ineffectiveness of the systems charged with...

As reflected in the title, the purpose of this book is to guide clinicians in understanding and treating youth with severe antisocial behavior. Children and adolescents with conduct disorders operate at quite a high cost to society. In many opinion...

I have often wondered if the opposition to women's choosing to abort a pregnancy masks a fear of women choosing to have and raise children on their own. When a woman separatesmotherhood from marriage, she claims a freedom in the realm of intimate rela...

This volume is designed to provide an overview of Asperger's Syndrome/High Functioning Autism for professionals, parents, and others concerned about these conditions. It is part of the library series that has been created for the many people interested...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648091608Author Meg WardlawFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Growing Stronger PublishingPublisher Growing Stronger PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

Pain is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon, with physiological, behav ioral, emotional, cognitive, and developmental aspects (Zeltzer, Barr, McGrath, & Schechter, 1992). To effectively evaluate and manage pain in children, the clini cian must be...

. . . provides rich and interesting detail about the conditions, values, and experiences of children and those who rear them - Contemporary PsychologyBook InformationISBN 9780893918330Author Jaan ValsinerFormat HardbackPage Count 302Imprint Praeger...

This work presents one of the first thorough applications of the Rorschach Test to preschool children. The findings are analyzed in terms of age, sex, mental ability, and various other measurable aspects of personality.Book InformationISBN...

This volume presents a balanced survey of children and violence in the United States-specifically those children who commit acts such as murder, rape, and assault. The physical, cultural, social, economic, and legal aspects of this pressing issue are...

And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such...

Perhaps no other challenge is more pressing in creating "developmentally - tentive community and society" (the theme of this book series) than mobilizing adultstoplayactive,constructiverolesinthelivesofchildrenandadolescents.In a society that too easily...

This study examines the problem of how culture is integrated through the medium of personality processes and the influence both of culture upon personality and of personality upon culture. The research methods are also detailed.Book InformationISBN...

Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biographies of Disease series...

International adoptions have decreased dramatically in the last decade, despite robust evidence of the tremendous benefits that early placement in adoptive families can confer upon children who are not able to remain with birth families. This book...

In today's fast-paced, often-dehumanizing world, this book brings together the advice and expertise of leading scholars dedicated to affecting positive youth development. Providing a multifaceted, multidisciplinary blueprint for social change the book...

Recommendations for infant and toddler care and development based on current brain research and its implications How much do children's early experiences affect their cognitive and social development? How important is the parent's role in child...

By contemporary I mean a present with an anticipated future, for we must do our best to overcome clinical habits which make us assume that we have done our part if we have clari?ed the past. (Erikson, 1968, pp. 30-31). The scope of time ahead which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authornson /f Hazel /i B.Book InformationISBN 9780313214899Author Hazel B. BensonFormat HardbackPage Count 398Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

A comprehensive and practical guide to the important areas of development-biological, physical, emotional, intellectual, social, psychological, and sexual-taking place during the early adolescent years and what concerned parents can do to help their...

A myriad of models are available to guide practice before, during, and following disasters. As emphasized in this book, we value the role of research in informing our assessment, education, and intervention efforts in this area. Keeping an eye on those...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525518829Author Dr Diane BenoitFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 599g

"School is so boring!I hate it!" "Why do I have to learn this stuff? I'll never use it!" "What does this class have to do with anything?" As school psychologists and school counselors, how often do you hear this? Chances are many of the students referred...

Tapping into the therapeutic potential of groups, this volume presents the theory and practice of cognitive-oriented group-centered counseling - combining intrinsic motivation, efficacy retraining, and targeted play therapy and social role-playing - that...

Child sexual abuse has become a prevalent topic of study and discussion in the fields of Child Psychology, Pediatrics, Law Enforcement, and Social Work. But even with the widespread knowledge of identifiable behavior in its victims and abusers, society's...

Over the past two decades, the assessment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) has evolved into a sophisticated balance of science and clinical judgement essential for arriving at reliable and valid diagnostic de- sions. Because of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893914875Author Jaan ValsinerFormat HardbackPage Count 262Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Special care babies are at the centre of a complex system of relationships involving both family members and professionals. Prematurity, disability and life-threatening situations create a crisis which is likely to have a different meaning for each...

The author proposes that the four earliest British North American colonies in the United States promoted the development of distinct regional identities and that this cultural legacy affected identity development as well as behavioral patterns...

As the pastPresident ofthe Israel Society forAutism, it gives me great pleasure to c- gratulate Professor Schopler and his colleagues on the publication of their new book concerning the relationship between scientific research and treatment. When we in...

We were motivated to edit this book when we began to hear stories of exceptional students who were struggling with reading, writing, or math, but who could solve seemingly any problem with computers, or build the most intricate structures with Legos, or...

Ever since the advent of the intelligence test we have thought of exceptional achievement in terms of cognitive attributes. We have words and phrases like "genius," "above average intelligence," "average" and "mentally deficient" to describe different...

Schreibman presents a concise yet comprehensive discussion of autism for the reader who has little or no knowledge of the disorder while keeping the discussion sophisticated in terms of child psychology and research issues. She discusses the history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978780364Author Jerry KirkpatrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Kirkpatrick BooksPublisher Kirkpatrick BooksWeight(grams) 304g

Children are being diagnosed with psychopathologies at alarming rates. Not surprisingly, their behavioral and educational outcomes are increasingly compromised. The financial costs of treating childhood disabilities are spiraling out of control, and the...

With the publication of Running on Ritalin in 1998, Dr. Lawrence Diller established himself as the country's leading expert on the use of psychiatric drugs to treat children. Since then, parents have clamored for his expertise on psychological problems...

The Child in the World builds a bridge between continental philosophers, who tend to overlook child existence, and developmental psychologists, who often fail to consider the philosophical assumptions underlying their work. In this volume, author Eva M...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988911321Author Susie CaronFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Coda Grove PublishingPublisher Coda Grove PublishingWeight(grams) 71g