Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Early Childhood: A Guide for Students - Second Edition
Designed for the needs of the foundation degree and early childhood studies student, this easy-to-use text gives comprehensive coverage of all aspects of your early childhood course. Written by... (more)
Engaging Children in Family Therapy: Creative Approaches to Integrating Theory and Research in Clinical Practice
Counseling a child in the context of a family therapy session is a specific skill that has not received the attention that it deserves. This book, intended for both novice and experienced counselors... (more)
Working with Children: Assessment, Intervention and Representation
Written for professionals working with children and young people who require support, assessment or intervention at home or in school, this book explores everything from the legislative background... (more)
The Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents: A Practitioner's Handbook
This book highlights assessment techniques, issues, and procedures that appeal to practicing clinicians. Rather than a comprehensive handbook of various tests and measures, "The Clinical Assessment... (more)
Prologue to Violence: Child Abuse, Dissociation, and Crime
"Prologue to Violence" reveals what happens to those who survive horrific childhoods, only to commit terrifying crimes of their own. Interning on a hospital prison ward, Abby Stein listened to... (more)
Working with Anger and Young People
From attachment anxieties and feelings of powerlessness, to frustration at difficult family relations, this book considers the common reasons for young people's anger during this difficult stage of... (more)
Handbook of Gestalt Play Therapy: Practical Guidelines for Child Therapists
This book is an introduction to gestalt play therapy, a technique which combines the principles of gestalt theory with play techniques, so that children are able to use play to address their needs... (more)
Attention, Genes and ADHD
The first book to bring together both behavioural genetic and molecular genetic advances in the study of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and related conditions. An international set of... (more)
Working with Gangs and Young People: A Toolkit for Resolving Group Conflict
Concern about gang culture is on the increase, but remains surrounded by myths. While gangs may lead young people into dangerous situations and breed community division, distrust and fear, the... (more)
Residential Child Care: Collaborative Practice
Residential Child Care: Collaborative Practice is an innovative book which addresses the specific context of modern residential child care whilst promoting collaborative practice within a wider... (more)
Talking to My Mum: A Picture Workbook for Workers, Mothers and Children Affected by Domestic Abuse
Talking To My Mum is an activity pack for 5-8-year-olds whose families have experienced domestic abuse to help and encourage them to open up to their mothers about their distressing experiences.... (more)
Talking About Domestic Abuse: A Photo Activity Workbook to Develop Communication Between Mothers and Young People
Talking About Domestic Abuse is an activity pack for children of 9 years and above and adolescents where families have experienced domestic abuse, to help and encourage them to open up to their... (more)
An Introduction to Dyslexia for Parents and Professionals
This practical guide provides basic need-to-know information for parents and professionals and answers frequently asked questions about dyslexia. Using illustrative case studies, Alan M. Hultquist... (more)
Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Why Teens Experiment and Strategies to Keep Them Safe
This book focuses on the crucial role that relationships play in the lives of teenagers. The authors particularly examine the ways that healthy relationships can help teenagers avoid such common risk... (more)
Supporting Children with Speech and Language Impairment and Associated Difficulties: Second Edition
Children with SLI are a challenging yet stimulating group to work with. To be successful in teaching them you need enthusiasm, patience, flexibility and a large bank of ideas. This book offers... (more)
The Neurobehavioral and Social-Emotional Development of Infants and Children
A major collection of writings from an internationally acclaimed researcher. Ed Tronick, who has been teaching at Harvard for twenty years, has authored some of the key studies in infant and child... (more)
Sex, Therapy and Kids: Addressing Their Concerns Through Talk and Play
A responsible, realistic, and sex-positive to sexuality in youth. In "Sex, Therapy, and Kids", Sharon Lamb demonstrates how to be sex-positive in a way thats responsive to the developmental stage of... (more)
Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention: A Book for Kids About ADHD: Third Edition
In this new third edition of 'Slow Down and Pay Attention', the authors have made a number of changes to reflect changes in understanding of ADHD and in our approach to its treatment. For example, in... (more)
Critical Voices in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
There is a crisis of credibility within child and adolescent psychiatry. Child and adolescent mental health theory and practice have come to be dominated by a narrow biomedical frame. Rising numbers... (more)
Children in Family Contexts: Perspectives on Treatment
Now in a fully revised and updated second edition, this widely used text and professional resource provides a practical guide to family-based therapy for childhood emotional and behavioral problems.... (more)
Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity (Hardback)
See catalogue number 27515 for the paperback edition. "Shattered Lives" bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic... (more)
Youth Justice and Child Protection
With ever-increasing new policies on 'anti-social behaviour' and ongoing public concern over the care of children, juvenile crime and law breaking, this new book is a timely examination of recent... (more)
Talking with Children and Young People About Death and Dying: A Resource Book
Talking with Children and Young People about Death and Dying is a popular resource designed to help adults talk to bereaved children and young people. Mary Turner explains the various aspects and... (more)
The Social Toddler: Understanding Toddlers and Why They Do the Things They Do: VHS Video
Following the success of the widely acclaimed "The Social Toddler" - described by the "Journal of Child Psychotherapy" as a 'groundbreaking publication' - The Children's Project now publish the video... (more)
The Social Toddler: Understanding Toddlers and Why They Do the Things They Do: DVD
Following the success of the widely acclaimed "The Social Toddler" - described by the "Journal of Child Psychotherapy" as a 'groundbreaking publication' - The Children's Project now publish the video... (more)
A Developmental Systems Approach to Early Intervention: National and International Perspectives
This book guides decision-making for professionals and communities working to create and maintain state-of-the-art early intervention programs. The book presents a comprehensive early intervention... (more)