Child and Adolescent Studies Books
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)
Scripts and Strategies in Hypnotherapy with Children: For Young People Aged 5 to 15
A handbook for therapists using hypnotherapy with children and young people. In addition to providing a collection of hypnotic scripts for children from six to sixteen, it offers an easy to follow,... (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)
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)
Infant/Child Mental Health, Early Intervention, and Relationship-Based Therapies: A Neurorelational Framework for Interdisciplinary Practice
A groundbreaking neuroscientific understanding of infant and child development. The fields of infant mental health and early intervention have expanded rapidly, contributing to fragmentation across... (more)
Healing Power of Emotion: Affective Neuroscience, Development and Clinical Practice
We are hardwired to connect with one another, and we connect through our emotions. Our brains, bodies, and minds are inseparable from the emotions that animate them.
Normal human development relies... (more)
Why School Antibullying Programs Don't Work
This book serves as a guide for readers interested in improving school climate. Using fifteen years of consultation and research in a variety of United States and foreign schools, the authors strip... (more)
Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence
In this book, Gregory Elliott explores the effects of mattering to ones family on adolescent behavior. He presents evidence that those who feel that they matter to their families are much less likely... (more)
Supervision Can Be Playful: Techniques for Child and Play Therapist Supervisors
This book focuses on the dynamic nature of the clinical supervisory relationship when the supervisee is a mental health professional working with children. The contributors focus on the unique issues... (more)
Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May Be Best for Your Child
An important book that shows how parental fears have been stoked and families harmed as a consequence. It ought to be read by every sensible individual interested in regaining a sane viewpoint that... (more)
Living with Alcoholism and Drug Addiction: Teen's Guides
This is an essential guide for teens struggling with alcoholism and addiction. In 2006, nearly 11 million young people from the ages of 12 to 20 reported using alcohol in the past month, and nearly... (more)
Safeguarding Children Living with Trauma and Family Violence: Evidence-Based Assessment, Analysis, and Planning Intervention
Offering a systematic approach to evidence-based assessment and planning for children living with trauma and family violence, this practical book shows how to assess and analyse the needs of the... (more)
Play as Therapy: Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions
While paediatric healthcare professionals view play as the treatment tool of choice for children under school age, the theory and practice underpinning play-based therapeutic approaches often remain... (more)