Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

Typical and Atypical Language Development in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity brings together state-of-the-art studies in both typical and atypical language development.

Understanding Early Childhood is a comprehensive textbook which offers broad and insightful perspectives across a range of themes on the ways in which we understand and study young children.

A perennial bestseller from a leading authority, this book provides an effective 10-step program for training parents in child behavior management skills (ages 2 to 12).

Lifespan Development provides an introduction to developmental science that's geared around helping you apply your understanding of development to your own life.

A practically focused guide to effective counseling of all clients Human Development Across the Life Span is a practical guide to human growth and development, moving beyond theory to include real-world applications for counselors who work with clients.

Widely used to assess socialemotional and behavioral referral concerns in grades PreK12, systematic direct observation is an essential skill for school psychologists and other educators.

Transforming Learning Through Tangible Instruction offers a transformative, student-centered approach to higher education pedagogy that integrates embodied cognition into classroom practice.

There's a new set of 3Rs for our kids-respect, responsibility, and resilience-to better prepare them for life in the real world.

This guide for professionals working with students with autism spectrum conditions (ASCs) in further education meets the increasing demand for information and support on this subject.

Learning and the E-Generation examines the impact of new and emerging digital technologies from computers and tablets to social media and video games on learners in formal and informal settings.

The Anti-Authoritarian Personality is a seven-chapter book that first explains the anti-authoritarian personality.

Kann sich der Mensch ein Leben lang entwickeln?

Family storytelling offers many of the same advantages as book reading - and some new ones - for children's language and emotional development, coping skills, and sense of belonging.

Jacqui Jackson has seven children.

This new book reviews the most current global research and highlights the challenges, possibilities, and dynamics of stepfamily households.

First published in 1987.

In this beautifully illustrated storybook, part of the School Start series, children with language needs can explore the story of Bozo the Clown as he tries to make a new friend.

In the second edition of his unique study of peer relationships in childhood, Dr Barry Schneider re-examines this fundamental aspect of childhood.

Experts agree that America is in the midst of a disturbing epidemic of what has thus far been diagnosed as autism.

Video modeling takes visual learning to the next level by using new technologies to create an effective teaching tool.

Die Pubertät: eine Zeit rascher und umfassender Veränderungen für die Eltern, die Jugendlichen und die Familie.

Personality and National Character analyses the underlying factors that contribute to the national character of a people from the point of view of modern psychology.

Originally published in 1987, this book introduces the reader to work on the intellectual development of adolescents relevant to the secondary school teacher.

Special Needs Advocacy Resource Book: What You Can Do Now to Advocate for Your Exceptional Child's Education is a unique handbook that teaches parents how to work with schools to achieve optimal learning situations and accommodations for their child's needs.

This book was first published in 1967.

When a professional states, "e;Your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)"e;, it is enough to make your whole world fall apart.

Children's curiosity about their lives and worlds motivates many interests.

- Renommierte Autoren in einem Handbuch: Grundlagen und Praxis vereint- Relevant: Suizid ist weltweit eine der häufigsten Todesursachen und stellt laut WHO eines der größten Gesundheitsprobleme der Welt dar- Thematisch breit gefächert: Hilfe bei akuter Suizidalität, Behandlung von Suizidalität, Begleitung von Suizidhinterbliebenen, Suizid am Arbeitsplatz, Suizid und Persönlichkeitsstörungen, Tabuthema Suizid bei Kindern, bei besonderen Gruppen wie schwer kranken und alten Menschen, erweiterter Suizid, Amok, HomizidWer im Gesundheits- und Sozialbereich tätig ist, sieht sichwiederkehrend mit Menschen in krisenhaften Situationen betraut.

This book explores the dynamics in children''s everyday lives as they move between the school and the family.

Leading American psychologist and educator Howard Gardner has assembled his most important writings about education.

Work hard in school, graduate from a top college, establish a high-paying professional career, enjoy the long-lasting reward of happiness.

Author of Could It Be Autism?

Sexual exploitation of children is a major social problem in the United States and around the world.

Many dimensions of family life have changed.

Since the early 20th century, parenting books, pediatricians, and other health care providers have dispensed recommendations regarding children's sleep that frequently involved behavioral and educational approaches.

This volume explores unschooling as a growing phenomenon within the broader field of home education and considers the unique position of parents who engage in this self-directed form of education with their children.

This book provides an in-depth understanding of how children's development at different stages of their lives interfaces with the kind of education and support they need at school and home.

This book presents a theory of autistic subjectivity from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective.

This book is the outcome of a long and passionate debate among world experts about two of the most pivotal figures of psychology: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotksy.

Addressing the pervasive longing for meaning and fulfillment in this time of crisis, Nature and the Human Soul introduces a visionary ecopsychology of human development that reveals how fully and creatively we can mature when soul and wild nature guide us.

With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade.

This volume brings together leading scholars on immigrant youth to discuss current research and its implications for policy and intervention.

This book is a way of sharing insights empirically gathered, over decades of interactive media development, by the author and other children's designers.

For many centuries scientists and philosophers have endeavoured to solve the baffling problem of human language.

The Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment brings together, for the first time, leading clinical researchers to provide empirically based recommendations for assessment of social-emotional and behavior problems and disorders in the earliest years.

The twin problem of helping students synthesise separate aspects of psychology and, as research workers, familiarising each other with our own thinking - prompted the series of seminars on which this volume is based.

This essential guide is a research-based practical handbook for assessing global developmental delay and other neurodevelopmental disorders in young children.