Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

Using the case study of "e;Eddie"e; as his framework, Professor Miller challenges the prevailing notion that musical savants are essentially phenomenal tape recorders and deals with the issue of "e;idiot savants"e; in a detailed, empirical investigation.

Many counter-productive behaviours in children may be anxiety-related and in this book, originally published in 1988, the authors proposed that a disabling level of tension and stress experienced by many children frequently goes unrecognised.

Does your child struggle to know how their body is feeling?

First Published in 1985.

This volume examines the role that culture plays in the acquisition of cognitive, linguistic, and social skills.

The Progress in Infancy Research Series is dedicated to the presentation of innovative and exciting research on infants, both human and animal.

This book offers a unique perspective on clinical supervision, foregrounding experiential techniques, and a refreshing, playful approach to professional development.

A first synthesis of work done in sociolinguistic superdiversity, this volume offers a substantial introduction to the field and the issues and state-of-the-art research papers organized around three themes: Sketching the paradigm, Sociolinguistic complexity, Policing complexity.

Es ist noch keine fünfzig Jahre her, dass Entwicklungspsychologen im Säugling ein geschlossenes, von der Umwelt abgeschnittenes System gesehen haben.

How can we ensure that adolescent research is really assisting the optimal developmental transitions of young people, now and in the near future?

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.

First published in 1931, The Nature and Treatment of Stammering looks at the theories and causes of stammering as they were understood at the time.

The seven articles in this special issue represent a sampling of the exciting findings that are beginning to emerge from studies of executive control in young children.

Presenting a revolutionary lifestyle approach for the whole family, this step-by-step guide will help you to reduce your child's stress and anxiety levels by regulating their environment, eating and nutrition, energy, and encouraging emotional self-regulation.

Play Therapy: A Psychodynamic Primer for the Treatment of Young Children provides a contemporary, comprehensive exploration of the theory and technique of psychoanalytically oriented play therapy, addressing both the dearth of writings on these topics and the frequent lack of in-depth education on the basic principles and practice of psychodynamic play therapy offered by contemporary training programs for child clinicians.

This book offers a general introduction to reaction time research as relevant to Second Language Studies and explores a collection of tasks and paradigms that are often used in such research.

This book examines the role of Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and follow-up clinics in addressing the complex developmental, behavioral, social, and medical needs of at-risk infants through early intervention and medical subspecialties.

When young children are showing signs of difficulty, parents, childcare providers, and teachers often approach practitioners for guidance on how to best support healthy development.

Navigating Speech Sound Disorders in Children is an easy-to-read resource which gives an overview of the whole area of speech sound disorders (SSDs) in children, covering assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management, underpinned by the latest research in the field.

Psychology of Emotion reviews both theory and methods in emotion science, exploring findings about the brain; the function, expression, and regulation of emotion; similarities and differences due to gender and culture; the relationship between emotion and cognition; and emotion processes in groups.

This multidisciplinary book shows how to foster meaningful relationships between therapists and vulnerable children, through exploring the concept of communicative musicality and creating rhythms of connection.

Now with a new introduction by Howard Gardner, Ph.

This bestselling textbook provides an engaging introduction to 11 major theories about human development that continue to guide research, intervention, and practice.

The volume aims to shift the foundation of youth conflict study from the more typical focus on maturation, behavior, and personality to a characterization of youth as participants in society.

There are few scholarly books about toys, and even fewer that consider toys within the context of culture and communication.

This book illuminates the conversations that parents and children have about right and wrong, and how these conversations affect children''s moral development.

Warum sind die ersten Lebensjahre so entscheidend für die Entwicklung unseres Gehirns?

This book studies the psychology surrounding the development of owning and sharing in humans across different cultures.

Attaching in Adoption is a comprehensive guide for prospective and actual adoptive parents on how to understand and care for their adopted child and promote healthy attachment.

In Play=Learning, top experts in child development and learning contend that in over-emphasizing academic achievement, our culture has forgotten about the importance of play for children's development.

This book utilizes quantitative research methods to identify the relationship between the level of mindfulness and demographic factors among university students in Malaysia.

A Sunday Times Best Book of 2025'A brilliant book.

Early Childhood and Neuroscience is a practical guide to understanding the complex and challenging subject of neuroscience and its use (and misapplication) in early childhood policy and practice.

Are child-care centres good for children?

The human figure is one of the earliest topics drawn by the young child and remains popular throughout childhood and into adolescence.

Das Denken und Erkennen strebt laut Jean Piaget nach Widerspruchsfreiheit und objektiver Erkenntnis.

This gripping memoir about what it means to face uncertainty details the plans Janine had for her family and her life that were gutted by her then 10-year-old son Mason's diagnosis of a cancerous brain tumor, only to be followed by her own cancer diagnosis.

This is the first book to provide a multidisciplinary, critical, and global overview of evidence-based parenting education (PEd) programs.

The most important emphasis is the focus on children''s lives, which combines child and parent depressive contexts.

Contemporary Issues in Childhood provides undergraduate students with a comprehensive introduction to the current influences and challenges that surround childhood, families and communities.

Adopted children who have suffered trauma and neglect have structural brain change, as well as specific developmental and emotional needs.

Winner of the 2011 Kenneth W.

Advances in Experimental Moral Psychology brings together leading scholars in the field to provide fresh theoretical perspectives on research in philosophy and psychology.

A representative and authoritative 'state of the art' account of human development from conception to adolescence.

Deaf People and Society is an authoritative text that emphasizes the complexities of being D/deaf, DeafBlind, Deaf-Disabled, or hard of hearing, drawing on perspectives from psychology, education, and sociology.