Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

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

Can a sense of belonging increase life satisfaction?

This highly practical book has helped thousands of clinicians make the most of limited resources to support children and families struggling with chronic, multiple adversities.

In the early 1980s incest was ceasing to be a taboo subject.

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

Social relationships play a central role in the evolution and development of human culture and cognition.

Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are arguably the two most influential figures in psychological research.

Interest in cognitive development has been resurgent in recent years as a result of continuing improvements in technology and the new methods of research these enable.

This timely text provides a comprehensive overview of the research methods used by the Generative Second Language Acquisition framework.

Thousands of practitioners using prior editions of the DSM have relied on this key resource to optimize their diagnostic practices in PreK-12 settings.

Ethical predicaments are endemic for mental health professionals working in schools.

Parenting Kids With OCD provides parents with a comprehensive understanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder, its symptoms, types, and presentation in children and teens.

Chronic diseases and premature death can often be linked to social, environmental, and behavioral factors that are subject to modification, especially during adolescence when many habits--both good and bad--are formed.

Immigrant Stories portrays the contexts and academic trajectories of development of three unique immigrant groups: Cambodian, Dominican and Portuguese.

This book seeks to break new ground in the way in which adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse is understood.

How does culture affect child-rearing practices?

More than 75 empowering and healing classroom activitiesChildren living with uncertainty and insecurity often have difficulty focusing on learning.

On the Frontier of Adulthood reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends.

Seit Jahrhunderten faszinieren sie die Menschheit: Vampire und Werwölfe, Wesen der Dunkelheit, die die Grenzen zwischen Mensch und Monster verwischen.

This volume addresses salient theoretical issues concerning the validity of research methods in second-language acquisition, and provides critical analysis of contextualized versus sentence-level production approaches.

Child and Adolescent Development is a rich and continuously evolving field that offers a wealth of career opportunities.

The title is an effective, manualized parent education programme'- Educational Book ReviewThis ground-breaking training programme has been developed in response to a real need for evidence-based early interventions for very young autistic children.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the complex, growing mental health challenges faced by culturally diverse populations of children and adolescents.

Emotional Development is a topic that embraces a range of disciplines, including, psychology, neuroscience, sociology, primatology, philosophy, history, cognitive science, computer science, and education.

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neuro-developmental disorder that affects one in every twenty children.

First published in 1984.

This book is the supporting guide for Speech Bubbles 2, an exciting series created for speech language therapists and pathologists, parents and caregivers, teachers and other professionals working with children who have delayed or disordered speech sound development.

Dale Goldhaber reframes the nature-nurture debates, providing fresh insight into old and persistent questions of human behavior and development.

What are ethnic groups?

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

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Though many factors can influence the likelihood that we remember a past experience, one critical determinant is whether the experience caused us to have an emotional response.

In Zeiten von multiplen Krisen wie der Klima- und Biodiversitätskrise, dem Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine, den Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie, Inflation und Energiekrise berichten Kinder und Jugendliche eine deutliche höhere psychische Belastung.

This textbook aims to provide a selective, but representative, review of work in cognitive development, grouped around themes that are familiar from textbooks of adult cognition.

The volume opens a new frontier in parent-child communication research as it brings together veteran researchers and newcomers to explore the communication of parents and children as they create relationships outside the family.

This volume studies age as a basis for social organization by uniting research from the social science disciplines while implementing both cross-cultural and historical perspectives.

Are humans unique in having self-reflective consciousness?

From an infant's first grasp of quantity to Einstein's theory of relativity, the human experience of number has intrigued researchers for centuries.

Innovative Skills to Support Well-Being and Resiliency in Youth emphasizes the step-by-step procedures readers will need to implement evidence-based, innovative techniques and skills that emphasize well-being and resilience in youth.

Social Development provides a comprehensive introduction to the multiple factors that shape a child's behavior, interaction with others, feelings about themselves, and how and why behaviors change over time.

The purpose of this book is to promote the value of translanguaging in EFL teaching contexts.

Twenty years after its first publication, Susan M.

Ann Boushey's teenage son Jon was diagnosed with high-functioning autism in kindergarten.

First published in 1985.

Now in its sixth edition, this bestselling textbook remains the cornerstone for the study of second language acquisition, providing a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to SLA.

Stories and storytelling are one of the primary ways that families and family members make sense of both everyday and difficult events, create a sense of individual and group identity, remember, connect generations, and establish guidelines for family behavior.

Tales from the Table is a practitioner's account of the successes and limitations of using Lovaas/ABA home education with five young boys on the autistic spectrum.