Child and Adolescent Studies Books
12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD
From his decades of research and work with thousands of families, leading authority Russell A. Barkley knows how overwhelming the everyday challenges of ADHD can be. This unique book guides parents... (more)
Hypnotherapy Scripts to Promote Children's Wellbeing
Hypnotherapy Scripts to Promote Children's Wellbeing is a collection of tried-and-tested scripts that will aid hypnotherapists in developing and implementing treatment plans for promoting the... (more)
The Island and Storybook Manual: For Children With A Parent Living With Depression
This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children whose parents are going through a separation. With... (more)
The Storm and Storybook Manual: For Children Growing Through Parents' Separation
This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children with a parent who is suffering from depression. With... (more)
The Night Crossing and Storybook Manual: A Lullaby For Children On Life's Last Journey
This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children with an untreatable illness. With gentle and colourful... (more)
Therapeutic Fairy Tales: For Children and Families Going Through Troubling Times
Therapeutic Fairy Tales are a series of short, modern tales, dedicated to supporting young children through challenging situations of life and loss, covering diverse themes such as family breakdown,... (more)
The Night Crossing: A Lullaby For Children On Life's Last Journey
This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children with an untreatable illness. With engaging, gentle and... (more)
The Storm: For Children Growing Through Parents' Separation
This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children whose parents are going through a separation. With... (more)
Toward a Theory of Child-Centered Psychodynamic Family Treatment: The Anna Ornstein Reader
Toward a Theory of Child-Centered Psychodynamic Family Treatment: The Anna Ornstein Reader offers a clear introduction to Anna Ornstein's ground-breaking work on psychoanalytic child orientated... (more)
Mentalization in the Family: A Guide for Professionals and Parents
Mentalization in the Family draws upon the latest research on child development, parenting, and mentalization theory to provide a comprehensive guidebook for parents, teachers, social workers, and... (more)
Working with Children and Youth with Complex Needs: 20 Skills to Build Resilience
This new edition of Working with Children and Youth with Complex Needs provides detailed descriptions of techniques, ample case studies, fascinating and easy to understand explanations of research,... (more)
Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents: Fourth Edition
The leading parent resource about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment has now been revised and updated with the latest information and resources. Prominent authority... (more)
The Island: For Children With A Parent Living With Depression
This beautifully illustrated and sensitive storybook is designed to be used therapeutically by professionals and caregivers supporting children with a parent who is suffering from depression. With... (more)
The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them
15-20% of children are Highly Sensitive - and they are often labelled shy, introverted, fussy or faddy. The real story is very different though and this intelligent, practical book helps parents know... (more)
DSM-5® Diagnosis in the Schools
This key resource helps practitioners optimize their diagnostic practices in PreK-12 settings. Now significantly revised for DSM-5, the book cuts through the overwhelming length and complexity of the... (more)
Parent-Infant Psychotherapy for Sleep Problems
Sleep problems are among the most common, urgent and undermining troubles parents meet. This book describes Dilys Daws' pioneering method of therapy for sleep problems, honed over 40 years of work... (more)
Children in Care in Colombia: Disturbed Family Contexts and Psychic Structure
This book documents research and therapeutic work carried out with children and adolescents living in social care or disturbed family circumstances in Bogota, Colombia. The children, aged from two... (more)
Principle-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents: The FIRST Program for Behavioral and Emotional Problems
Presenting a fresh approach to child and adolescent therapy, this book identifies five principles at the heart of the most potent evidence-based treatments--and shows how to apply them. Clinicians... (more)
OCD in Children and Adolescents: The "OCD Is Not the Boss of Me" Manual
In a large-size format for easy photocopying, this user-friendly manual presents a tested treatment protocol for children and adolescents (ages 6 to 18) struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder... (more)
Youth Mental Health: A Paradigm for Prevention and Early Intervention
Experts discuss the potential of early intervention to transform outcomes for people with mental disorders.
Mental illness represents one of the largest disease burdens worldwide, yet treatments... (more)
Trauma-Informed Mindfulness With Teens: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals
Mindfulness has grown in popularity exponentially over the past two decades, and many educators, therapists and other youth professionals are asked to teach mindfulness in a variety of public... (more)
The Little Book of Attachment: Theory to Practice in Child Mental Health
This book both explains and illustrates how the practice of child mental health professionals can be enhanced, whatever their treatment approach, to encourage engagement, resilience and development... (more)
Evaluating Educational Interventions: Single-Case Design for Measuring Response to Intervention
This innovative guide is now in a revised and expanded second edition with an even stronger applied focus. It helps educators harness the potential of single-case design (SCD) as a critical element... (more)
Infant Play Therapy: Foundations, Models, Programs, and Practice
Infant Play Therapy is a groundbreaking resource for practitioners interested in the varied play therapy theories, models, and programs available for the unique developmental needs of infants and... (more)
Reflective Practice in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: Listening to Young People
Therapy referrals for a child or young person can be motivated for a number of reasons. The parents, carers or professionals responsible for their wellbeing might describe a sudden change in... (more)
Understanding, Nurturing and Working Effectively with Vulnerable Children in Schools
In times of increasing pressure on schools and teachers, it is essential that teachers are equipped to understand the emotional and relational factors in learning and teaching. Vulnerable and... (more)
What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work: A Practical Guide for Parents and Caregivers
What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work offers parents an effective, step-by-step guide to some of the most common struggles for kids aged 5-12. Written by mental health professionals with... (more)
A for Adoption: An Exploration of the Adoption Experience for Families and Professionals
The experience of adoption, both adopting and being adopted, can stir up deep emotional pain, often related to loss and early trauma. A for Adoption provides insight and support to those families and... (more)
Neurodevelopmental Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and Mindfulness
This innovative book explains and introduces the use of mindfulness in therapeutic work with parents and babies, covering issues such as feeding, crying, sleeping and relating, as well as other... (more)
Art Therapy Practices for Resilient Youth: A Strengths-Based Approach to At-Promise Children and Adolescents
Art Therapy Practices for Resilient Youth highlights the paradigm shift to treating children and adolescents as "at-promise" rather than "at-risk." By utilizing a strength-based model that moves in... (more)