Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Critical Perspectives on Safeguarding Children
This book offers a critical and evidence-based review of current and future child protection policy and practice. It provides evidence-based perspective with an up-to-date overview of policy and... (more)
Child Protection, Domestic Violence and Parental Substance Misuse: Family Experiences and Effective Practice
This book draws on a wide range of evidence to explore the facts about the relationship between substance misuse and domestic violence and their effect on children, and examines the response of... (more)
Ordinary Families, Special Children: A Systems Approach to Childhood Disability: Third Edition
New in paperback. Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this popular clinical reference and text provides a multisystems perspective on childhood disability and its effects on family life. The... (more)
Preventing Child Maltreatment
Many child abuse prevention programs have targeted factors within the family, such as parenting skills. This book describes the next wave of prevention: the promotion of safer, healthier childrearing... (more)
Enhancing the Well-being of Children and Families Through Effective Interventions: International Evidence for Practice
Services for families and children are rightfully the focus of intense scrutiny and debate, and there is a clear need to establish a knowledge of which services work well. This volume provides a... (more)
Self-Harm in Young People: A Therapeutic Assessment Method
Self-harm is a distressing and all too common presentation to emergency departments, and yet there is no clear understanding of what it represents, and success rates of interventions to prevent... (more)
Helping Kids and Teens with ADHD in School: A Workbook for Classroom Support and Managing Transitions
This fun and interactive workbook is aimed at actively engaging young people with ADHD and supporting them as they negotiate the pitfalls of growing-up, and the transition to secondary or high... (more)
Help Your Child or Teen Get Back on Track: What Parents and Professionals Can Do for Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Offers specific self-help interventions and a wide-ranging, practical discussion of the types of professional help available for a child or adolescent with emotional and behavioral problems. The book... (more)
Creative Coping Skills for Children: Emotional Support Through Arts and Crafts Activities
Everyone has different needs when it comes to coping with lifes stressors, and children are no different. This book covers projects that include making wish fairies, dream catchers, and mandalas;... (more)
Safeguarding Children: A Shared Responsibility
This book features a multi-professional approach to safeguarding children, which accompanies the Department of Health's new training courses. It focuses on the methods of identifying children at risk... (more)
Peer Groups and Children's Development
This book focuses on the peer group experiences of children attending school in Western societies, from five years of age through to adolescence; considers peer groups in classrooms, friendships made... (more)
Developing Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: A Toolkit for Clinicians
There is an ever-increasing obligation on child and adolescent mental health services to meet the needs of children and young people with learning disabilities. This practical and concise book is a... (more)
Clinical Manual for Management of Bipolar Disorder in Child and Adolescents
Aimed at providing clinical information about diagnosis and management, this manual offers a comprehensive collection of empirical evidence, case studies, and the number of evidence-based reports on... (more)
Putting on the Brakes: Activity Book for Kids with ADD or ADHD: Second Edition
"Putting on the Brakes Activity Book for Kids with ADD or ADHD" is an expanded and updated edition of APA's classic, best-selling workbook. The activities are comprehensive and cover practically... (more)
My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic
Anxiety can make everything seem unmanageable from dealing with family and friends to managing schoolwork and extracurricular activities. Its been estimated that between 9 and 15 million teens in the... (more)
Attention, Girls!: A Guide to Learn All About Your AD/HD
This is the first book written for 'tween' girls (ages 7-11) who have ADD/ADHD. It offers girls, their parents, and professionals practical tips and techniques for managing attention disorders and... (more)
Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Realistic Strategies for Schools
Grounded in research and extensive experience in schools, this engaging book describes practical ways to combat bullying at the school, class, and individual levels. Step-by-step strategies are... (more)
Treatments for Adolescent Depression: Theory and Practice
Depression is one of the most common mental health problems in adolescence. Up to 20% of adolescents suffer from depression at some point in their lives. This comprehensive and authoritative book... (more)
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD: Teen Workbook
The treatment program is based on the principles of prolonged exposure and emotional processing for use with those individuals who suffer from PTSD. In vivo and imaginal exposure comprise the core of... (more)
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Adolescents With PTSD: Emotional Processing of Traumatic Experiences: Therapist Guide
Traumatic events, including sexual abuse, experiencing or witnessing violence, and natural disasters, are common among adolescents. A significant number of adolescents go on to develop posttraumatic... (more)
Learning and the Infant Mind
When asking how cognition comes to take its mature form, learning seems to be an obvious factor to consider. However, until quite recently, there has been very little contact between investigations... (more)
Family-based Treatment for Young Children With OCD: Workbook
Young children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often require professional help to overcome their symptoms. This workbook corresponds to a treatment program specifically designed for children... (more)
Relationship Counselling for Children, Young People and Families
Presents a practical skills-based introduction to relationship counselling. This title covers couple counselling for parents, whole family counselling and counselling for children and young people... (more)
Understanding Children's Social Care: Politics, Policy and Practice
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of children's social care in England following the introduction of Every Child Matters and the 2007 Children's plan.... (more)
Practical Interventions for Young People at Risk
This book responds to the urgent need for practical intervention approaches targeting young people at risk. It provides a much needed practical resource for practitioners and students from a variety... (more)
Through Assessment to Consultation: Independent Psychoanalytic Approaches with Children and Adolescents
Drawing from the Independent tradition in psychoanalysis, this book explores the application of psychoanalytic thinking to this work, reflecting on what is actually done and why. It provides a... (more)
What Every Man Should Know About Being a Dad
When a man becomes a father, it can be a very daunting time. He is suddenly thrust into a new and emotional world. He can feel unprepared (despite the preceding nine months of build-up), useless... (more)
Parenting with Reason: Evidence-Based Approaches to Parenting Dilemmas
Parenting with Reason cuts through the masses of often confusing and contradictory advice found in parenting self-help books to provide a rich common-sense manual on evidence-based parenting.... (more)
Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD: Assessment and Accomodation
Most of the literature on learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) focuses on the needs of elementary-age children, but older students with these conditions also... (more)
Anna Freud: A Biography: Second Edition
The second edition of Elisabeth Young-Bruehl's definitive biography of pioneering child analyst Anna Freud includes a major retrospective introduction by the author, an updated bibliography, and new... (more)