Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

In the 1980s work with elderly people was making up an increasing proportion of the workload of speech therapists, due to the overall increase in the elderly population.

Drawing on historical writings about mental health consultation and on contemporary research and theory, Jonathan Sandoval lucidly explains the consultee-centered approach to consultation.

Child prodigies have been observed in a range of disciplines - particularly music, mathematics, chess, and art.

Take an in depth look at the field of child and adolescent development.

This handbook explores ways to unify the study and application of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) across multiple fields and disciplines, including clinical child and adolescent psychology, school psychology, pediatrics, social work, public health, education, and other health and human services.

Affect and emotion have come to dominate discourse on social and political life in the mobile and networked societies of the early 21st century.

A great deal has been written on how children learn to speak, but development of language comprehension has been a relatively neglected topic.

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.

Sponsored by the Adolescent Mental Health Initiative of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania and the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands Trust, Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders, Second Edition, provides a major update since the first edition in 2005.

School-aged children in the U.

As the field of counseling continues to experience major growth, the need for clinical supervisors is growing proportionally.

"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.

Current research into the psychology of children's mathematics is extremely diverse.

Die Umgestaltung des Systems der vorschulischen und schulischen Bildungsinstitutionen zu mehr Inklusion für alle Kinder und Jugendlichen, unabhängig davon, ob sie von Behinderungen betroffen sind oder sonderpädagogische Förderbedarfe haben, ist in Deutschland seit mehr als 10 Jahren in vollem Gange.

As many as one in four children experiences problems with reading.

This unique text encourages young adults to reflect on their prospective longevity for setting goals and making decisions, become aware of the aspirations and concerns of other generations, and consider personal direction in relation to peer group norms.

Research and theory on self-esteem have flourished in recent years.

There is commonly-held belief that some people learn better than others because they are born that way.

Understanding Intellectual Disability: A Guide for Professionals and Parents supports professionals and parents in understanding critical concepts, correct assessment procedures, delicate and science-infused communication practices and treatment methods concerning children with intellectual disabilities.

This major new textbook by Jaan Valsiner focuses on the interface between cultural psychology and developmental psychology.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

How do you feel when you bite into a pear.

This book examines the human proclivity to resist changing our beliefs.

Perceiving the Affordances is a personal history and intellectual autobiography of Eleanor Gibson, the groundbreaking research psychologist who was influential in the founding of the theory of perceptual development.

EBOOK: Developmental Psychology, 2e

One of the most important advances in the study of emotion regulation is understanding it as a dynamic process that develops across the life span.

A Therapist's Guide to Adolescent Development is a practical guide to understanding adolescent development and applying that knowledge in therapeutic practice.

Released in 2014, this was the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing students to a range of philosophical topics and debates such as: what is moral motivation?

Parents these days are under a great deal of pressure to be "e;perfect.

Intended to bridge the gap between the latest methodological developments and cross-cultural research, this interdisciplinary resource presents the latest strategies for analyzing cross-cultural data.

Originally published in 1999, this title covers the entire empirical cycle in adolescent health research and education.

Published in the year 2006, Success and Understanding is a valuable contribution to the field of Major Works.

Children learn in contexts, and the spaces, places and people they come into contact with have a deep influence on their development.

This major new textbook by Jaan Valsiner focuses on the interface between cultural psychology and developmental psychology.

Secret Identities and Double Lives on Tween TV in introduces readers to the concepts of tweenhood and television (TV) tropes by providing historical and theoretical contexts and reviewing the history of TV targeted to tweens.

This book presents a unique exploration of common myths about autism by examining these myths through the perspectives of autistic individuals.

This book presents the Maternal Sensitivity Program (MSP), an eight-session home-delivered intervention designed to enhance overall maternal sensitivity to infant behavior between the third and the tenth month of life using video feedback and live modeling strategies.

Although integrative conceptions of development have been gaining increasing interest, there have been few attempts to bring together the various threads of this emerging trend.

Help your daughter fulfil her potential and achieve success in a challenging world.

Why do some children take up music, while others dont?

The first volume in this ground-breaking series focuses on the origins and early development of numerical cognition in non-human primates, lower vertebrates, human infants, and preschool children.

Perceiving the Affordances is a personal history and intellectual autobiography of Eleanor Gibson, the groundbreaking research psychologist who was influential in the founding of the theory of perceptual development.

The Handbook of Parenting brings together in a single volume much of the theoretical and empirical knowledge and aspects of professional activity within the broadly defined field of parenting.

First published in 1985.

Up to the 1990s, the influence of brain function disturbances and causes of dementia in the elderly had mostly been overlooked as a possible explanation for antisocial or unusual behaviour.

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During the last 10 years, more and more linguistic and psycholinguistic research has been devoted to the study of discourse and written texts.

Learning is a lifelong process and we are the result of our own learning.