Child and Adolescent Studies Books
The Origins, Prevention and Treatment of Infant Crying and Sleeping Problems: An Evidence-Based Guide for Healthcare Professionals and the Families They Support
Babies who cry a lot, or are unsettled in the night, are common sources of concern for parents and, consequently, costly problems for health services. In this book, Ian St James-Roberts summarises... (more)
Mothers, Infants and Young Children of September 11, 2001: A Primary Prevention Project
The group of papers presented in this volume represents ten years of involvement of a group of eight core therapists, working originally with approximately forty families who suffered the loss of... (more)
Starving the Anger Gremlin: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Anger Management for Young People
Meet the anger gremlin: a troublesome pest whose favourite meal is your anger, and the more he eats the angrier you get! There's only one way to stop him: starve him of angry feelings and behaviours,... (more)
AD/HD Homework Challenges Transformed!: Creative Ways to Achieve Focus and Attention by Building on AD/HD Traits
Homework time can be an ordeal for children with AD/HD. After a long day at school, the child often struggles to concentrate and becomes restless, and the parent is left feeling helpless. With the... (more)
Looking and Listening: Work from the São Paulo Mother-Baby Relationship Study Centre with a Supervision Seminar by Esther Bick
‘Marisa Pelella Melega came to Rome in 1988 to celebrate the foundation of the first Centro Studi Martha Harris, and to establish a link between the Centro Studi and her initiative in São Paulo. The... (more)
Little Volcanoes: Helping Young Children and Their Parents to Deal with Anger
Young children can erupt like little volcanoes when they are feeling angry. It can be overwhelming and difficult to deal with, and can produce angry feelings in the parent or caregiver too. This book... (more)
Everyday Activities to Help Your Young Child with Autism Live Life to the Full: Simple Exercises to Boost Functional Skills, Sensory Processing, Coordination and Self-Care
Does your child struggle with brushing their teeth? Is it difficult to get them dressed and undressed each day? Do they struggle to understand their body's relationship to the world? This book is... (more)
Connecting with Kids Through Stories: Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children: Second Edition
Adopted children whose early development has been altered by abuse or neglect may form negative beliefs about themselves and parents, and may resist connecting with others. This book outlines how... (more)
The Buddha and the Baby: Psychotherapy and Meditation in Working with Children and Adults
These dialogues with child, adolescent and adult psychotherapists and child psychiatrists focus on their personal as well as professional experiences. All the contributors have a long-standing... (more)
Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship: Third Edition
Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship is a text for graduate-level counseling students in play therapy courses. It provides comprehensive and detailed information for creating therapeutic... (more)
Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools: Enabling Creativity, Sociability, Communication and Learning
Dramatherapy with Children, Young People, and Schools is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced... (more)
The Course of Life: A 1979 Lecture by Anna Freud (DVD)
Anna Freud delivered the lecture that is the basis for this film in the library of the Hampstead Centre in London, now the Anna Freud Centre. The year was 1979, she was 84 years old, and this was her... (more)
Relational Child, Relational Brain: Development and Therapy in Childhood and Adolescence
Relational Child, Relational Brain continues the development of the paradigm shift that places human development in a field that is deeply complex and fundamentally one of interconnection, taking us... (more)
Waiting To Be Found: Papers on Children in Care
This book is about children in State care and its title – Waiting to be Found – is derived from an observation about such children by the child psychotherapist Hamish Canham.
In one of his... (more)
Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged 4 to 11 to Feel Supported and Understood
Children experiencing bereavement are often confused, unprepared, and in need of help and support from those around them. It is important that school teachers and staff know how to respond to... (more)
Music Therapy in Schools: Working with Children of All Ages in Mainstream and Special Education
The majority of music therapy work with children takes place in schools. This book documents the wealth and diversity of work that music therapists are doing in educational settings across the UK. It... (more)
Trauma-Informed Practices with Children and Adolescents
A sourcebook of practical approaches to working with children and adolescents that synthesizes research from leading trauma specialists and translates it into easy-to-implement techniques. The... (more)
Thriving on the Front Lines: A Guide to Strengths-Based Youth Care Work
Youth and Family Services (YFS) are part of residential and group homes, schools, social service organizations, hospitals, and family court systems. YFS include prevention, education, positive youth... (more)
Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Clinical Handbook
Bringing together leading authorities, this comprehensive volume integrates the best current knowledge and treatment approaches for eating disorders in children and adolescents. The book reveals how... (more)
Child and Adolescent Therapy: Cognitive-behavioral Procedures: Fourth Edition
Widely regarded as the definitive clinical reference and text in the field, this authoritative volume presents effective cognitive-behavioral approaches for treating frequently encountered child and... (more)
Dealing with Feeling: An Emotional Literacy Curriculum for Children Aged 7-13 Second Edition
This new combined edition of the bestselling Dealing with Feeling and Dealing With More Feeling provides teachers of children aged 7-14 with structured opportunities to develop their emotional... (more)
Children with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties and Communication Problems: There is Always a Reason: Second Edition
Children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) are far more likely to have communication problems than their peers. Exploring the ways in which children's... (more)
Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential - and Endangered
From birth, when babies' fingers instinctively cling to those of adults, their bodies and brains seek an intimate connection, a bond made possible by empathy-the ability to love and to share the... (more)
From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood
'By focusing on the transition from late adolescence to young adulthood, this innovative book makes a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of a neglected area of development. Drawing... (more)
The Role of Sisters in Women's Development
This book provides useful recommendations for therapeutic understanding of the significance of sisters in everyday life, integrating diverse perspectives in order to address the ways clinicians can... (more)
Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical Guide: 3 Volume Box Set
Rewritten with the new primary care environment in mind, this greatly expanded and updated edition extends the structured approach of the first edition to adolescent mental health. As in the first... (more)
Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical Guide: Volume 3
Rewritten with the new primary care environment in mind, this greatly expanded and updated edition extends the structured approach of the first edition to adolescent mental health. As in the first... (more)
Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical Guide: Volume 2
Rewritten with the new primary care environment in mind, this greatly expanded and updated edition extends the structured approach of the first edition to adolescent mental health. As in the first... (more)
Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health: a Practical Guide: Volume 1
Rewritten with the new primary care environment in mind, this greatly expanded and updated edition extends the structured approach of the first edition to adolescent mental health. As in the first... (more)
Communicative Musicality: Exploring the Basis of Human Companionship
Communicative Musicality explores the intrinsic musical nature of human interaction. The theory of communicative musicality was developed from groundbreaking studies showing how in mother/infant... (more)