Age groups and generations

How do individuals perceive the experience of aging?

This volume explores film and television for children and youth.

The Development of Children's Thinking offers undergraduate and graduate students in psychology and other disciplines an introduction to several core areas of developmental psychology.

Anne's sister Becky was born in 1958, long before most people had even heard of autism.

The New York Times–bestselling author of At Seventy returns with a memoir about advancing age, including her experience with a series of strokes.

This book explains the role of ethnicity in group differences across social and psychopathological settings.

Explores the importance of considering how adolescents coordinate different types of activities in their interactions and in development.

This book is an in-depth study of the ageing problem in China from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Children born and raised on the religious fringe are a distinctive yet largely unstudied social phenomenon.

Race, Ethnicity, and the Participation Gap begins with the argument that political institutions in settler and culturally diverse societies such as Australia, the United States, and Canada should mirror their culturally diverse populations.

This encyclopedia defines and contextualizes the Baby Boomer generation and the wide-reaching contributions of its members throughout modern American history.

This accessible book takes a unique person-centred approach to working with older people and provides an introduction to the legislation, policy, theory and research needed by social workers.

This state-of-the-art handbook will keep researchers and practitioners in gerontology abreast of the newest theories and models of aging.

When a child talks about a vivid nighttime dream, it can be difficult for adults to know how to respond.

Whilst assessment has long been central to the counselling process, with the recent moves towards evidence-based practice and increased regulation it is taking an increasingly pivotal role in service provision.

Third in the series, this book addresses the social implications of architectural and interpersonal environments for older people.

This book explores the significance of reggae and hip hop in Southern Italy from the beginning of the 1980s to the present.

A groundbreaking guide for parents to help protect the mental health of children aged four to twenty-one.

This book provides new theoretic and applied material with focus on quantitative methods and data analysis techniques applied in demography, population studies, health issues and statistics.

Given the 2006 GREAT GERONTOLOGY AWARD for outstanding contribution to gerontological research by the Swedish Gerontological SocietyReceived a VALUE GROUND AWARD from the journal Aldreomsorg (Old Age Care)Expanding upon his earlier writings, Dr.

When Barbara Hanawalt's acclaimed history The Ties That Bind first appeared, it was hailed for its unprecedented research and vivid re-creation of medieval life.

Independent children's rights institutions (ICRIs) have been established across the world.

With 70 per cent of its people under the age of 30, Africa is the world's youngest continent.

Some children's 'difficulties' do not present in an obvious way, which makes diagnosis problematic, and access to help unforthcoming.

This memoir of being raised on a commune in the late 1960s and early 1970s is "e;a fascinating, evenhanded view of counterculture life"e; (Booklist).

For the uninitiated, the quinceaera celebrates the passage of a fifteen-year-old girl into adulthood: It's a bit bat mitzvah with a dash of debutante ball, and loaded with the same potential for hilarity and adolescent angst.

Well-known authors in the field of ageing and spirituality present their considered contributions to current understandings in this fast-changing field.

Articles appear frequently about individuals whose age is noted as a feature of their activism, but the activism of seniors as a growing and influential part of the population is often otherwise overlooked.

This book highlights the importance of law, policy and rights in improving children''s lives, combining historical analysis and human rights law.

This Element examines recent documentaries depicting marginalized youth who are ostensibly redeemed by their encounters with Shakespeare.

This volume engages with the contested concept of 'active citizenship'.

This book includes CRS reports from 2017 to 2018 and is focused on children's issues, such as unaccompanied alien children (UAC) runaway and homeless youth, the DACA Program as well as recent privacy and security issues associated with the increasing number of smart toys being created for children.

This volume sets out to foreground the issues of youth identity in the context of current sociolinguistic and discourse research on identity construction.

The nineteenth century was a time when the world was becoming increasingly connected through global forces and networks.

This in-depth description of life in a nursing/care home for 70 residents and 40 staff highlights the daily care of frail or ill residents between 80 and 100 years of age, including people suffering with dementia.

Understanding Looked After Children is an accessible guide to understanding the mental health needs of children in foster care and the role of foster carers and support networks in helping these children.

"e;This sensitive and well-written anthropological study of the aged deaf describes a vital subculture of disabled persons .

Many young people rely on music to guide them through the good and bad times of their lives.

How do children construct, negotiate and organize space?

An exploration of the fascinating and controversial history of girls' education in America from the colonial era to the computer age.

Few terms elicit such strong and varied feelings and yet have so little clarity as "e;democracy.

Children in the Marshall Islands do many things that adults do not.

This book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents social development in the context of the family.

Der Kindheit kommt eine grundlegende Bedeutung für den weiteren Verlauf des Lebens zu.

In the eye-opening New York Times bestseller, The Mirror Effect, widely respected addiction and behavior specialist and producer/host of Celebrity Rehab with Dr.

In this thought-provoking text, a collection of respected authors with a wealth of academic and practice experience come together to challenge some of the prevailing ideas serving as the foundation for the current child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) structure.