Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

When asking how cognition comes to take its mature form, learning seems to be an obvious factor to consider.

Although federal and state support for childcare has increased dramatically in response to welfare work requirements, low-income families are still facing difficulties balancing work and family obligations.

The Primer on Autism Spectrum Disorder provides a quick yet comprehensive overview of clinically-relevant topics related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for the medical or mental health student, trainee, or recent graduate who seeks efficient learning.

Child Discourse contains papers presented in a symposium on child discourse at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Mexico City in November 1974.

This timely volume addresses issues related to the mental health and health-related quality of life of adolescents through a study with three groups: those with physical, intellectual, and other developmental disabilities, specifically fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

The fourth edition of Teaching Culture and Psychology (previously Cross-Cultural Explorations) provides an array of carefully designed instructor resources and student activities that support the construction and implementation of courses on culture and psychology.

Seeing Babies in a New Light: The Life of Hanus Papousek presents the first in-depth examination of the scientific contributions and life of Hanus Papousek (1922-2000), a leading figure in modern infancy research.

Wir sind so gern in der Natur, weil diese keine Meinung über uns hat.

Picturebooks, understood as a series of meaningful text-picture relations, are increasingly acknowledged as an autonomous sub-genre of children's literature.

By regarding children as actors and conducting empirical research on children's agency, Childhood Studies have gained significant influence on a wide range of different academic disciplines.

How do children's early physical experiences influence their future health and well-being?

This innovative, timely text introduces the theory and research of critical approaches to language assessment, foregrounding ethical and socially contextualized concerns in language testing and language test validation in today's globalized world.

A day at the seaside sounds magical to Sally, who brings her bucket and spade for a sandcastle making adventure.

Although experts agree that various types of learning disabilities do exist, few attempts have been made to classify learning disabled children into subtypes.

This insightful book presents and discusses the dialogues that took place in the New Directions in Middle Level Education Research session at the 2022 Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) conference.

The new edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research on stress and health, moving beyond the former deficit model to a resource growth model.

This is an invaluable source for educating professionals and families about helping children regain security in times of trauma.

Effective Teaching Strategies for Dyscalculia and Learning Difficulties in Mathematics provides an essential bridge between scientific research and practical interventions with children.

This workbook provides hands-on Activities, Strategies, planning sheets and progress trackers for use with children with selective mutism at home, at school and in the wider community.

The establishment of frank and honest communication is one of the most important early goals of psychotherapy.

Children's play is a universal human activity, and one that serves a significant purpose in personal development.

Timely and authoritative, this unique handbook explores the breadth of current knowledge on temperament, from foundational theory and research to clinical applications.

Auf dem Höhepunkt der strukturalistischen Welle in Frankreich veröffentlicht Jean Piaget im Jahre 1968 eine Einführung in das Themenfeld, die zu einem Bestseller wird.

Originally published in 1984, this was the first volume on this topic to appear in an emerging area of study at the time.

Data generated from longitudinal studies allow researchers to better understand how context and experience interact with stable characteristics of the developing person over time.

This timely volume explores the impact of dramatic social change that has disrupted established patterns of family life and human development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

In this volume leading researchers offer an interesting and accessible overview of what we now know about risk and protective factors for family functioning and child adjustment in different kinds of families.

The first love in our lives is our mother.

Thinking and reasoning are key activities for human beings.

How do we understand numbers?

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of youth development and protection in the Indian context.

Understanding the roots of anger and encouraging appropriate and acceptable ways of expressing this are essential skills for anyone working with young people.

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to perceptual development and motor development from infancy to adolescence.

This exciting new book brings fresh knowledge of affective pedagogies in early childhood education and care.

In recent linguistic theory, there has been an explosion of detailed studies of language variation.

Archetype, Attachment, Analysis is a well-researched presentation of new material that offers a revision and reinterpretation of Jung's archetypal hypothesis.

Volume III of the Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning, like Volumes I and II, is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current research into social contexts of second language (L2)/foreign language (FL) teaching and learning; language policy; curriculum; types of instruction; incremental language skills such as listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar; international communication; pragmatics; assessment and testing.

The third volume in the successful Theatre Caf series contains three contemporary European plays in English translation.

The Life-Course of Serious and Violent Youth Grown Up addresses significant gaps in the literature on youth involved in chronic, serious, and violent offending.

This book offers empirically based approaches to assessment, treatment, and prevention of certain childhood disorders encountered by psychologists and other practitioners in child clinical and pediatric psychology settings.

The study of speech errors, or "e;slips of the tongue,"e; is a time-honored methodology which serves as a window to the representation and processing of language and has proven to be the most reliable source of data for building theories of speech production planning.

Innerhalb der Erziehungs- und Bildungswissenschaft, der pädagogischen Praxis und auch der Bildungspolitik setzt sich immer stärker die Ansicht durch, dass die Unterrichtung, Förderung und Therapie von Kindern und Jugendlichen auf Grundlage fundierter empirischer Erkenntnisse erfolgen sollte.

Written by experienced teachers and educational researchers Phillip Adey and Michael Shayer, Really Raising Standards analyses attempts to teach children to think more effectively and efficiently.

New Perspectives on Happiness and Mental Wellbeing in Schoolchildren presents a revolutionary approach to handling social rejection during the latency period.

This work is intended to portray the interrelationship of heredity, individual development, and the evolution of species in a way that can be understood by nonspecialists.

Many individuals worldwide initiate sexual activity during their adolescent and young adult (AYA) years and are in need of safe and effective contraceptive services.

Dynamic Thinking: A Primer on Dynamic Field Theory introduces the reader to a new approach to understanding cognitive and neural dynamics using the concepts of Dynamic Field Theory (DFT).

As the first text to present, in one place, a comprehensive and systematic overview of Spanish language acquisition research, The Acquisition of Spanish: A Research Overview in Multilingual Learning Contexts discusses a range of theoretical perspectives that outline issues surrounding language learning and the gaps in its research and teaching.

This book explores the topic of family obligations following changes in family structure caused by divorce and remarriage.