Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

Uses evolutionary psychology and cultural evolutionary theory to explain the mysteries of the human mind to an alien scientist.

How can we help heal children who have been abused or neglected?

This edited volume explores a range of causes for separation of children and young people from family, the impact of these causes, and methods that both professionals and families may employ to build or rebuild these relations.

Should we take the idea of play seriously?

This volume covers state-of-the-art research in the field of crosslinguistic approaches to the psychology of language.

Finding Meaning in Later Life: Gathering and Harvesting the Fruits of Women's Experience is an exploration in understanding the psychological tasks inherent for women in creating and maintaining purpose as they mature and enter their later years.

This comprehensive resource offers a detailed framework for fostering resilience in families caring for their older members.

In this ground-breaking collection, leading experts in the field address the problems of parents, intervenors, and professionals who work with people who have been deafblind since birth or from a very early age.

The past fifteen years have witnessed an increasing interest in the cognitive study of the bilingual.

First published in 1987.

This is one of the standard international textbooks on child and adolescent mental health.

Over recent years, it has become clear that group-based approaches cannot directly be used to understand individual adolescent development.

This book explores research on processes that influence family-school partnerships in support of student learning and education.

Wie nehmen Babys die Welt wahr?

Readers will be introduced to the three core approaches of counselling, coaching and mentoring, and shown how they work across a variety of settings, including therapy, teaching, social work and nursing.

First published in 1997.

Pädagogischen Fachkräften in Kindergarten, Krippe und Hort kommen vielfältige und anspruchsvolle Aufgaben in der Bildung, Betreuung und Erziehung unserer Kinder zu.

This book re-examines the case of Nadia, discovered as a child aged six, who had been drawing with phenomenal skill and visual realism from the age of three, despite having autism and severe learning difficulties.

The theory of information integration provides a unified, general approach to the three disciplines of cognitive, social, and developmental psychology.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Mental Health in Pandemics: A Computational Approach provides a comprehensive guide for public health authorities, researchers and health professionals in psychological health.

This handbook provides a comprehensive discussion of the key elements which should be part of any successful program tailored to the needs of children with diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorders.

First published in 1980.

This is a classic edition of Andrew Ellis' acclaimed introduction to the scientific study of reading, writing and dyslexia, which now includes a new introduction from the author.

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

There has been a major shift in the way we conceptualize and provide services to children and adolescents with mental health needs.

This book collects the lifelong research on boredom by American psychologist Augustin de la Pena (1942-2021).

Published in August of 2008, WAIS-IV is the most widely used intelligence test for adults in the world.

This thought-provoking volume offers psychological perspectives on the formation of empathy and how this determines both antisocial and prosocial behaviors in individuals.

Mental and Behavioral Health of Immigrants in the United States reviews research on immigrant mental health, acculturation, and multicultural psychology.

»JEDER MENSCH IST EIN UNIKAT«Über sein eigenes Leben, seine Liebe zum Glarnerland, seine Jugend in der Schweiz und die Erlebnisse mit  seiner Familie hat der berühmte Kinderarzt und Entwicklungsforscher Remo Largo meist – in aller  Bescheidenheit – geschwiegen.

Toutes les émotions, la joie, la colère, la tristesse, la peur, sont indispensables à l’enfant pour se développer, communiquer, exprimer ce dont il a besoin ou envie, ce qu’il aime ou ce qu’il n’aime pas.

This book provides a dynamic and contextualized account of how young people''s lives are shaped by economic instability and uncertainty.

The handbook synthesizes the comprehensive interdisciplinary research on the psychological and behavioral dimensions of life before, during, and immediately after birth.

Stories and storytelling help children to develop emotional literacy, make sense of their world and appreciate different points of view.

Like most parents, Amy and Jeffrey Olrick left the hospital with their first child desperate to know, "e;What do we do?

"e;I wish I had not had to write this book because then my lovely son Reuben would still be alive,"e; says David Cohen.

This book examines disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) during childhood and adolescence.

This book investigates the relationship between our present and future selves.

Parents often disagree with their children over their choice of partner.

Etwa jedes fünfzehnte Kind wird in Deutschland wegen einer Sprachentwicklungsstörung behandelt.

Many people seem to be searching for answers to help explain their past, understand their current way of being, and create a happier, more satisfying future.

This book contributes to the understanding of first-language loss in both immigrant and indigenous communities in (at least) three ways.

Much of the groundbreaking work in many fields is now occurring at the intersection of traditional academic disciplines.

Flexible Applications of Cognitive Processing Therapy: Evidence-Based Treatment Methods provides a detailed roadmap on how to apply therapy to a wide-range of complex patients.

This illuminating book offers an up-to-date introduction to the psychology of language, exploring aspects of language processing that have previously not been given centre stage such as the role of body and brain, social aspects of language use, and mental models.

Social and Personality Development looks at the processes by which we come to be who we are.

How does culture affect child-rearing practices?

This book presents the Proceedings of the Fourth High Point Hospital Symposium on Attention Deficit Disorder.

Im Rahmen der Pädagogischen Psychologie (insbesondere bei der universi­ tären Ausbildung von Lehramtskandidaten und -kandidatinnen) stellt der Bereich der Lehrer-Schüler-Interaktion ein zentrales Lehr-und Forschungs­ gebiet dar.

First published in 1984.