Child and Adolescent Studies Books
How and Why Children Fail
Intended for students and practitioners in psychology, psychiatry, education and social work, the essays in this book explore the reasons for a child's failure from a range of disciplines. Topics... (more)
Bullying at Schools: What We Know and What We Can Do
Discusses bully/victim problems in school and suggests effective ways of counteracting and preventing such problems. The book examines a new intervention programme that has been scientifically... (more)
Personal Relationships During Adolescence
The ways in which critical interpersonal bonds are forged and maintained are the focus of this interdisciplinary volume. Parent-teenager relations, the impact of cultural diversity on social... (more)
Children's Minds
Margaret Donaldson's seminal work on child development, first published in 1978, has become a classic inquiry into the nature of human thought. In this concise and brilliantly readable book, Margaret... (more)
Child psychotherapy: the initial screening and the intensive diagnostic review:
A diagnosis is not simply a label; rather, it is a body of knowledge about the patient that serves as the foundation for the treatment. This book provides the reader with a thorough diagnostic... (more)
101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques
Building on children's natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood. 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques... (more)
Bright Splinters of the Mind: a Personal Story of Research
This is a study that not only describes what autistic savants do but how they do it. The author has drawn on 20 years of research and has collaborated with others in order to gain an understanding of... (more)
The Invulnerable Child
'The goal of the editors is to assemble a state-of-the-art report on research and clinical issues that center on topics of vulnerability, invulnerability, coping and defense, resilience and risk, and... (more)
Treating Abused Adolescents
The first book to explore the issue of abuse in adolescents - both the residual effects of earlier child abuse and current or cumulative abuse. This volume provides a sensitive account of how to... (more)
Not trauma alone: Therapy for child abuse survivors in family and social context
This work addresses the particular problems associated with treating adult survivors of child abuse. Trauma-focused treatment is dismissed as inappropriate for dealing with the lack of life skills... (more)
Child analysis and therapy:
This book is an encyclopedia of child analysis and analytically oriented psychotherapy. The chapters cover a wide range of topics which should be of great interest to all psychoanalysts, but... (more)
When toys come alive: Narratives of animation, metamorphosis, and development
In this work the author studies the role of toy characters in works ranging from older classics such as "Pinocchio" and "Winnie the Pooh" to modern texts such as "The Mouse and his Child" and the... (more)
Making research work: Promoting child care policy and practice
This volume examines issues associated with policy and practice in child care research. It aims to help professionals and researchers recognise and respond to specialist issues which arise as... (more)
Child Adoption: A Guidebook for Adoptive Parents and Their Advisors
This guide, aimed at both adoptive parents and professionals, covers both the practical and emotional issues, and practical problems, which affect child and parents in adoption, such as preparation... (more)
Encouraging Children to Learn
This work argues that the use of encouragement helps children, previously disengaged from learning, to believe in themselves and contribute to society. It provides parents, teachers and mental health... (more)
Psychosomatic Health: The Body and the Word
An exploration of the relationship between physical and psychological wellbeing. It draws on postmodern and narrative theory to consider the psychosomatic processes which underpin and enhance health.... (more)
Case Studies in Non-Directive Play Therapy
These seven case studies provide a detailed account of play therapy undertaken with children and an adolescent, all of whom experienced emotional problems and/or abuse. Each study details the child's... (more)
Parenting Girls
The aim of this book is to help parents and professionals to raise happy girls. It tackles issues raised during the child's development, stretching from infancy to adolescence. The contributors come... (more)
Surviving child sexual abuse: A handbook for helping women challenge their past
This is the second edition of a handbook for survivors of child sexual abuse and their helpers, featuring added material on the acknowledgement of survivors' strengths, the effect of sexual abuse on... (more)
Psychotic disorders in children and adolescents
This book will provide mental health professionals with a resource that contains specific information to better assess the exact nature of what is affecting their young patients, and to help to avoid... (more)