Educational psychology

This international survey defines mental health as a basic human right, and tracks the emergence of mental health prevention and promotion as a global priority.

This beautifully illustrated and sensitively written storybook has been created to be used therapeutically with children experiencing loss.

Supporting Student Mental Health is a guide to the basics of identifying and supporting students with mental health challenges.

With contributions from leading international researchers, Contemporary Perspectives on Reading and Spelling offers a critique of current thinking on the research literature into reading, reading comprehension and writing.

Public school systems are central to a flourishing democracy, where children learn how to solve problems together, build shared identities, and come to value justice and liberty for all.

Not long ago, conventional wisdom held that ADHD was a disorder of childhood only-that somewhere during puberty or adolescence, the child would outgrow it.

Scientific concepts are abstract human constructions, invented to make sense of complex natural phenomena.

Following her distinguished earlier career as a concert pianist and later as a music theorist, Jeanne Bamberger conducted countless case studies analysing musical development and creativity the results of which were published in important scientific journals.

The twentieth century witnessed not only the devastation of war, conflict, and injustice on a massive scale, but it also saw the emergence of social psychology as a discipline committed to addressing these and other social problems.

Developing Children's Communication from Birth to Four Years is an encouraging guide for practitioners and students working with young children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, which will also appeal to parents and family carers.

This book is about the formation of identity, primarily in adolescents, and the danger inherent in creating that identity in the context of a hyperconnected world.

Originally published in 1979, this title is based upon Professor Stones' extensive work with practising and student teachers.

How can you ensure students are engaged and learning at deeper levels?

Now in its third edition, The Heart of Counseling is a key resource helping students to understand the importance of therapeutic relationships and to develop the qualities that make the therapeutic relationships they build with clients the foundation of healing.

Offering the broadest review of psychological perspectives on human expertise to date, this volume covers behavioral, computational, neural, and genetic approaches to understanding complex skill.

This beautifully illustrated, therapeutic picture book tells the story of Stan the Giraffe.

This volume is dedicated to examining various points of view of what leadership is, and how the leader supervises those whom he trains.

This book posits that multiple perspectives of key school staff (such as teachers, principals, school resource officers, school psychologists and counselors, nurses, and coaches) can provide a deeper understanding of bullying, which remains an immediate and pressing concern in schools today.

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In 2007, the Monash-Kings College London International Centre for the Study of Science and Mathematics Curriculum edited a book called The Re-emergence of Values in Science Education.

This book presents the historical, theoretical and empirical foundations of educational practices involving dialogue and argumentation.

Within an increasingly multimedia focused society, the use of external representations in learning, teaching and communication has increased dramatically.

The acquisition of speech and language represent significant achievements for all children.

Why have the minutiae of how parents raise their children become routine sources of public debate and policy making?

Are you sick of classroom management advice that doesn't match your daily existence or address the realities of the classroom?

Assessment provides rich opportunities for understanding the needs of children and adolescents, yet reports are often hard for parents, teachers, and other consumers to comprehend and utilize.

This text is for regular classroom teachers who work with special needs learners in their classrooms, and the specialists and administrators who support these populations.

The Psychology of Starting School offers a highly accessible, practical guide to cutting-edge research from developmental science to guide parents and professionals through this exciting but sometimes tricky period.

Conceptualising Child-Adult Relations focuses on how children conceptualise and experience child-adult relations.

This book presents ground-breaking research on the ways the Arts fosters motivation and engagement in both academic and non-academic domains.

Originally published in 1986, the volume is organized into three parts: Basic Issues, Models and Settings, and Evaluation and Development.

Learning for Uncertainty explores technology's role in education, specifically unpacking the question: How should educators prepare today's children for a world that has yet to be made?

This handbook addresses the delivery of high quality pediatric behavioral healthcare services that are multitiered, evidence-based, and integrated, involving interprofessional collaboration across child serving systems, such as pediatrician offices and schools.

Practical Ethics for Effective Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition is for behavior analysts working directly with, or supervising those who work with, individuals with autism.

Practitioners today are confronted by a bewildering array of therapies as 'cure alls.

Consent in the Childhood Classroom challenges typical premises of social and emotional learning, self-regulation, and putative misbehavior by centering the theme of consent in the experiences of young children and their teachers.

The 4th edition of the Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology expands upon the previous 3 versions, providing a comprehensive update on research pertaining to new and emerging educational technologies.

'This extraordinarily comprehensive book authored by the leading international authority in the field integrates research, theory and practice on the topic of school bullying.

This book responds to the pressing and increasingly recognized need to cultivate social wisdom for addressing major problems confronting humanity.

Technology Applications in School Psychology Consultation, Supervision, and Training explores the ways in which the field of school psychology is using technological innovations to support and improve graduate student training and supervision, as well as school consultation.

The Ways We Think critiques predominant approaches to the development of thinking in education and seeks to offer a new account of thought informed by phenomenology, post-structuralism and the ordinary language philosophical traditions.

A multilayered analysis of how the dynamics of local politics, emotions, discourses and classroom practices can shape peace education initiatives.

Now in its seventh edition, Creativity in the Classroom helps teachers link creativity research and theory to the everyday activities of classroom teaching.

How can teachers help students develop the literacy and problem-solving skills critical to becoming independent learners ready to tackle not only their immediate academic challenges but also the real-world problems they will face as adults?

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 differently in each region.

With a view to deepening our understanding of sources of hatred and prejudice, this book uses a developmental and evolutionary perspective to explore and explain the process by which our beliefs are conveyed to the youngest members of society.

The Teacher and the Teenage Brain is essential reading for all teachers and students of education.

How can you ensure students are engaged and learning at deeper levels?

As Manny Scott travels the world speaking to students and educators, he meets young people whose stories sound a lot like his own-a childhood that was marked by poverty, instability, violence, and despair until a few caring educators showed him how to find meaning in the classroom and gave him a glimpse of his own possibilities.