Child, developmental and lifespan psychology

This updated study of sports and recreation utilizes the most current research, introducing the latest innovations and analyses in new chapters while revising and expanding chapters from the previous edition.

After decades of focusing on the mother's role in parenting, family studies researchers have turned their attention to the role of the father in parenting and family development.

Jugendliche sehen sich mit zahlreichen Entwicklungsaufgaben konfrontiert.

Many people seem to be searching for answers to help explain their past, understand their current way of being, and create a happier, more satisfying future.

Historically, children were often understood in relation to their development towards adulthood, but the 'new paradigm' of childhood studies has since shown how they should be taken more seriously as active participants in their own lives.

Decisive Parenting teaches parents concrete skills for quickly and permanently altering their teenagers' problem behaviors, ranging from argumentativeness and neglecting chores or homework to more serious issues such as shoplifting, underage drinking, and drug use.

According to the Sentencing Project, between 1980 and 2017, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 750%, rising from a total of 26,378 in 1980 to 225,060 in 2017 and the number continues to rise.

The second edition of Screenwise offers a refreshed, realistic, and optimistic perspective on how to thoughtfully guide kids in the digital age.

Despite their popularity, online video games have been met with suspicion by the popular media and academic community.

This volume covers several perspectives on autism which bring together the most recent scientific views of the nature of this disorder.

This book offers a critical examination of the ethical and moral challenges in conducting research about domestic abuse or sexual violence from the perspectives of studentpractitioners and novice researchers within various professional disciplines, offering rich insights based on the experiences of each author.

Effective Programs for Treating Autism Spectrum Disorder is written for teachers, parents, and the many service providers who work with individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

This text brings together two significant domains of educational practice: foreign language education and critical pedagogy--linking them in a way that can help foreign language educators develop a critical awareness of the nature, purposes, and challenges facing foreign language pedagogy.

Family relations are undergoing dramatic changes globally and locally.

Sprache ist das wichtigste Kommunikationsmittel des Menschen: Wie lernen Kinder Sprache?

Originally published in 1983, this cross-national study had three aims.

This book investigates the relationship between our present and future selves.

The Neuroscience of Autism provides a comprehensive accounting of autism spectrum disorders by integrating scientific findings from behavioral, cognitive and neurobiological research.

Originally published in 1974, a wide and interesting set of intellectual abilities in children are examined here.

This book brings together recent UK studies into children's experiences and practices around food in a range of contexts, linking these to current policy and practice perspectives.

Vor dem Hintergrund unserer gesellschaftlichen Situation, die gekennzeichnet ist durch Globalisierung, Beschleunigung und Unsicherheiten, ist jeder mehr denn je auf sich selbst zurückgeworfen.

The treatment described in this Therapist Guide is specifically designed for adolescents with panic disorder and agoraphobia.

Throughout her entire career, Judge Polier continually fought for the rights and needs of the poor.

Educational psychology applies psychological theories, ideas and methods to education and to understandings of teaching and learning, both in the classroom and beyond.

This exciting new edition is an engaging and accessible introduction to understanding human behaviour and development from a psychological perspective.

Handbook of Social Media in Education, Consumer Behavior and Politics explores the impact of social media within these systems.

This book is a guide for child psychotherapists interested in applying clinical behavioral analysis to their work and for clinical behavior analysts working with children.

This book presents an examination of whether early childhood is a critical period for language acquisition.

The study of adolescence in the field of psychology has grown tremendously over the last two decades, necessitating a comprehensive and up-to-date revision of this seminal work.

This book highlights the emerging research and policy development efforts to address child and adolescent behavioral health in Sub-Saharan Africa, where mental health policy is at an early stage and in need of context-specific attention to its successes and shortcomings.

In this volume, Elena Garralda and Jean-Philippe Raynaud aim to contribute to advancing awareness of child and adolescent mental health within an international framework that gives special consideration to problems arising in different contexts around the world and through expert views supported by empirical evidence and considering clinical implications.

This book presents the results of researches conducted with children and youth at risk for over 20 years in Brazil.

Musical Creativities in Practice explores the social and the cultural contexts in which creativity in music occurs.

People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) understand and respond to the world in a very different way from people without this condition.

In the 1980s families other than those made up of the natural mother, father, and siblings were increasing in number.

Fully revised and updated, Body Image 4th Edition provides a comprehensive summary of research on body image in men, women, and children drawing together research findings from the fields of psychology, sociology, and gender studies.

Arnheim, Gestalt and Art is the first book-length discussion of the powerful thinking of the psychologist of art, Rudolf Arnheim.

This leading resource is a specifically designed curriculum for family child-care providers.

A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2014!

Empowering Children through Art and Expression examines the successful use of arts and expressive therapies with children, and in particular those whose lives have been disrupted by forced relocation with their families to a different culture or community.

It is one thing to understand theoretically how we build our reality (Part 1 of the trilogy), but something very different to step out of "e;consensus reality,"e; stop the world and enter a completely different one.

Intersubjectivity refers to the motivation and capacity to connect and share one's own inner world with that of another person.

Your Child's Social and Emotional Well-Being provides a practical guide full of proven strategies for promoting social and emotional learning (SEL) skills in children aged 4-16.

This volume presents the most comprehensive, balanced, and up-to-date coverage of theory and research on cognitive, thinking, and learning styles, in a way that: * represents diverse theoretical perspectives; * includes solid empirical evidence testing the validity of these perspectives; and * shows the application of these perspectives to school situations, as well as situations involving other kinds of organizations.

This book offers a new standpoint to understanding tolerance to human diversity by approaching it from the perspectives of cognitive, developmental and prosocial psychology.

This book is intended for psychotherapists working with depressed clients.

The problem of the out-of-control teenager demands immediate and effective attention from clinicians.