Child and Adolescent Studies Books
The ADHD Toolkit
Are you struggling with students who have ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)? There is likely to be at least one student in any mainstream class with ADHD, an evolving concept that... (more)
The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life
For most of us, having a baby is the most profound, intense, and fascinating experience of our lives. Now scientists and philosophers are starting to appreciate babies, too. The last decade has... (more)
Infant Losses; Adult Searches: A Neural and Developmental Perspective on Psychopathology and Sexual Offending
An innovative view of the development of psychopathology and sexual offending. In an exciting synthesis of neuroscience, developmental, and social psychology with forensic and criminal literature, it... (more)
The Behavioral Neuroscience of Adolescence
Recent research confirms that the brain undergoes major development during adolescence. This book reviews the neuroscience of the adolescent brain and how this knowledge is revolutionising our... (more)
From Rage to Courage: Answers to Readers' Letters
Alice Miller has received countless letters from readers all over the world. From Rage to Courage assembles the most recent, illuminating the issues and consequences of childhood abuse. Whether... (more)
How to Talk to Families About Child and Adolescent Mental Illness
When a young person suffers from an anxiety disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia, the entire family supporting that young person suffers, too.
This is a practical and accessible... (more)
Play Therapy with Traumatized Children
Introduces a practical model of play therapy for traumatized children. Some of the most rewarding work a therapist can do is help a child recover from a traumatic event. But where to begin? A growing... (more)
ADHD - Living Without Brakes
This concise and highly accessible book contains everything that parents and busy professionals need to know about ADHD. The author describes the spectrum of ADHD, the co-occurring symptoms, and... (more)
Cognitive Therapy Techniques for Children and Adolescents
Providing a wealth of practical interventions and activities - all organized within a state-of-the-art modular framework - this invaluable book helps child clinicians expand their intervention... (more)
The Adolescent in Family Therapy: Harnessing the Power of Relationships: Second Edition
Offers a comprehensive framework for treating adolescent problems in the family context. "This valuable second edition is an essential text for anyone working with adolescents. Students in family... (more)
Treating Bulimia in Adolescents: A Family-Based Approach
An indispensable clinical resource, this groundbreaking book is the first treatment manual to focus specifically on adolescent bulimia nervosa. The authors draw on their proven approach to treating... (more)
Understanding and Assessing Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Measures, Methods, and Youth in Context
A guide to the complex process of assessment in youth and child trauma. This book covers various methods and measures for assessing trauma, including case examples to illustrate the integration of... (more)
The Child's World: The Comprehensive Guide to Assessing Children in Need: Second Edition
This expanded and updated second edition of The Child's World is the accessible and comprehensive multidisciplinary guide to assessing children in need and their families. The book not only provides... (more)
Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death: What Children Need to Know
Death is never an easy subject for discussion and adults often struggle to find the right words when talking about it with children. This book explores children's thoughts and feelings on the subject... (more)
Children and Adolescents in Trauma: Creative Therapeutic Approaches
Presents a variety of creative approaches to working with young people in residential childrens homes, secure or psychiatric units, and special schools. The contributors describe a wide range of... (more)
The Infant's World
What do infants know? What do they feel, and how do they come to understand what's happening around them? How do they begin to construe others as persons with feelings and intentions? These questions... (more)
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: A Clinical Perspective
Nonverbal learning disabilities broadly affect a childs behaviour, thoughts and feelings. This book presents descriptive, social and interpersonal perspectives on these brain-based disorders. It... (more)
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)
A Special Book About Me: A Book for Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
This book offers a fun and accessible introduction for a child diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (AS). Intended as a support tool in the initial period after diagnosis, "A Special Book About Me" is... (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)
First Steps in Intervention with Your Child with Autism: Frameworks for Communication
One of the major difficulties for children with autism is in developing social empathy in the same way as other children. The earlier this problem is addressed, the more effectively these skills can... (more)
Fathering Your Special Child: A Book for Fathers or Carers of Children Diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome
This book offers a fun and accessible introduction for the father or carer of a child diagnosed with AS. Intended as a support tool in the initial period after diagnosis, "Fathering Your Special... (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)