Thoroughly examining brain-behavior relationships in atypically developing children, this important volume integrates theories and data from multiple disciplines.
In a world where the global engagement and international dialogue intensifies, some areas of cultivated knowledge suffer from this dialogue and this has consequences for people and communities.
A four-stage programme for parents and families looking to introduce a dog into their home for the therapeutic and practical benefits that can be brought to a child with autism, including development of communication skills and toilet training.
The Classic Edition of this foundational text includes a new preface from Miguel Perez-Pereira, examining how the field has developed since first publication.
The Effective Anger Management for Children and Youth manual and workbook are specially designed for teachers, counsellors, social workers, psychologists, and other mental health professionals who assist in various capacities in working with children who exhibit anger and aggression problems.
The diverse challenges that clinicians and children's workers tasked with safeguarding babies and young children face are complex, and this unique book looks at effective, practice-based and evidence-informed approaches to working across a wide range of issues.
Reflecting author ,gdem Kagit,asi's influential work over the last two decades, this new edition examines human development, the self, and the family in a cultural context.
The field of positive psychology has blossomed over the past fifteen years due to its uplifting perspective as well as research findings demonstrating the effectiveness of its practical applications for enhancing individual and organizational well-being.
Touch is essential for life, and what Viola Brody calls capable touching is the core of developmental play therapy, building both the self of the hurt child and his or her appreciation of the nurturing other.
This essential guide is a research-based practical handbook for assessing global developmental delay and other neurodevelopmental disorders in young children.
Clinician's Guide to Sexuality and Autism: A Guide to Sex Education for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders is the first book to provide clinicians with comprehensive curriculum of sexuality education skills for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).
This volume provides practitioners with clear, helpful information about the process of understanding and engaging a wide array of boys and adolescent males in counseling.
Im schulischen Kontext sind die (Un-)Gerechtigkeitserfahrungen mit dem Handeln der LehrerInnen von besonderer Bedeutung, da diese das System Schule stellvertretend verkörpern und Schule wiederum als Exempel für Gesellschaft funktioniert.
People with dementia need increasingly specialised support as they approach the end of life, and so too do their families and the professionals working with them.
Statistical and Process Models for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging addresses methodological techniques for researching cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, the biophysics and structure of the nervous system, the physiology of memory, and the analysis of EEG data.
Despite a growing body of scholarship on the phenomenon of adolescent parenting, minimal attention has been given to investigating systematic changes in adolescent mothers' and their children's psychological functioning over time.
Optimize the delivery of school psychology services with this book:- Presents a unique consultation and intervention model- Interlinks primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and intervention applications- Addresses specific student and school-level needs- Online resources and handoutsMore about the bookThis volume written by leading psychology practitioners and academics has been designed to meet the ever-growing challenges faced by educational systems to address the mental health, learning, and socialization needs of students.
The relationship between the cognitive and social spheres of human functioning and their context has long been regarded by social and behavioural scientists as a central theoretical issue.
Erik Erikson and the American Psyche is an intellectual biography which explores Erikson's contributions to the study of infancy, childhood and ethical development in light of ego psychology, object-relations theory, Lacanian theory and other major trends in psychoanalysis.
Pediatric Anxiety Disorders provides a critical, updated and comprehensive overview of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents based on the current state of empirical research.
Behaving presents an overview of the recent history and methodology of behavioral genetics and psychiatric genetics, informed by a philosophical perspective.
Throughout history there have been efforts to help deaf children develop spoken language through which they could have full access to the hearing world.
