Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

How can parents and teachers most effectively support the language development and academic success of deaf and hard-of-hearing children?

This book examines opportunities and obstacles in achieving the digital inclusion of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Information Processing in Children is a collection of papers from the Seventh Annual Series of Symposia in the Area of Cognition.

If teachers want to educate deaf learners effectively, they have to apply evidence-informed methods and didactics with the needs of individual deaf students in mind.

The concept of self-esteem is a fixture in the psychological and moral landscape of American society.

Understanding how young children begin to make sense out of the social world has become a major concern within developmental psychology.

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Il volume si pone l’obiettivo di scoprire, affrontare e analizzare un tema, l’ultima creatività, che la psicologia, le neuroscienze e la medicina non hanno mai pienamente esaminato.

Neural Plasticity Across the Lifespan reviews the recent scientific developments which are transforming our understanding of the human brain.

In 100 years as a nation-state, Finland has become the world's benchmark for quality in school education.

What drives us to make decisions?

Remote Fieldwork Supervision for BCBA(R) Trainees prepares BCBAs for supervising certification candidates, providing structure, scope, and sequence for supervision, as well as tactical recommendations for providing independent fieldwork supervision in a distance context.

This book explores social media and technology across the lifespan.

This concise guide introduces the importance of executive function for social and emotional well-being and effective learning.

Advances in the Psychobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms features international experts from the fields of psychobiology, sleep research and chronobiology to address and review cutting-edge scientific literature concerning recent advances in the psychobiology of sleep, sleep disorders, such as sleep apnoea and insomnia, and circadian rhythms, across the lifespan.

Revisionist Revolution in Vygotsky Studies brings together recent critical investigations which examine historical and textual inaccuracies associated with received understandings of Vygotsky's work.

Suizid – ein Tabuthema, über das wir sprechen müssenDer Verlust eines geliebten Menschen gehört zu den schwersten Erfahrungen, die man machen kann.

Gratitude, a virtue, develops during childhood and adolescence.

If mathematics is the purest form of knowledge, the perfect foundation of all the hard sciences, and a uniquely precise discipline, then how can the human brain, an imperfect and imprecise organ, process mathematical ideas?

Multiculturalism is a prevalent worldwide societal phenomenon.

This book provides a clear framework for conducting participatory research with children and young people supported with practical examples from international research studies.

This book offers comfort and psychoeducation to readers as well as psychological explanation of concepts to mental health and medical professionals.

The Teacher Toolkit Guides turn the theory of education into practical ideas for your classroom.

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Here is a disguised but tragically accurate account of a 7-year-old boy who was repeatedly victimized by two uncles who penetrated him, required him under threat of violence to act upon them, and forced him to have sexual contact with his sister for their entertainment.

What physical and psychological changes can I expect when going through the menopause?

It seems the mind has evolved into such a powerful form that we are able to go beyond knowing the world and move towards knowing the mind itself.

Each child is spoken to by genetic heritage and by the rich current set of interactional environments -- familial, local community, and broader cultural voices.

This book describes some of the most critical issues in gifted education, i.

In Narratives of Positive Aging, Amia Lieblich presents a qualitative study that explores the life narratives of elderly men and women who engage in practices of "e;positive aging.

In an era when teachers commonly report that up to half of the children in their classes come from multiple homes and have multiple caretakers, the special psychological challenges of stepparenting have never been in greater need of examination.

Published in 1978, Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology is a valuable contribution to the field of Developmental Psychology.

Training Teachers in Emotional Intelligence provides pre- and in-service teachers with foundational knowledge and skills regarding their own and their students' emotions.

Educational psychology applies psychological theories, ideas and methods to education and to understandings of teaching and learning, both in the classroom and beyond.

This book provides medical care givers with detailed information on those aspects of adolescence that are of significance in the setting of congenital heart disease (CHD), from anatomic and physiologic changes to behavioral issues.

In the intricate landscape of childhood emotional and behavioral challenges, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) stands as one of the most daunting.

Originally published in 1996, and now with a new preface, Growing Critical is an introduction to critical psychology, focusing on development.

This book is about exploring and finding the best ways of matching educational and psychological means and methods for each gifted child.

This innovative, timely text introduces the theory, research, and classroom application of critical approaches to the teaching of minoritized heritage learners, foregrounding sociopolitical concerns in language education.

The last decade has seen a rapid growth in our understanding of the cognitive systems that underlie mathematical learning and performance, and an increased recognition of the importance of this topic.

This handbook addresses evidence-based training practices for individuals providing applied behavior analysis (ABA) interventions for individuals on the autism spectrum.

Identifies how human judgment and decision making may evolve, develop and be learned or trained.

A guide for families in teaching infants through age 8, this insightful book showcases how both parents and grandparents can support greater family success, and how creative collaboration can produce benefits for each generation.

Effective clinical practice requires a thorough understanding of how turning points surface in the play therapy process.

Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use?

This book assembles a diverse group of scholars working within a new, pathbreaking paradigm of sexual science, fusing perspectives from history, sociology, and psychology.