Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Parenting education and support: New opportunities
Offers an in-depth examination of parenting eduction and support in a wide range of contexts. The authors examine practice in a variety of settings and the theory underpinning these practices, where... (more)
Children, parents and teachers enjoying numeracy: Numeracy Hour success through collaboration
Written for teachers, maths coordinators and parents, this practical text: shows how best to approach written and mental maths work; illustrates the value of maths investigations; outlines the... (more)
Talking with your baby: Family as the first school
With this book, Alice Honig addresses a neglected area in child development - how to help low literacy parents and parents for whom English is a second language enchance the literacy and cognitive... (more)
Cultural approaches to parenting:
This work sets out similarities and differences in enculturation processes that help to account for the ways in which individuals in different cultures develop. Each chapter addresses a parenting... (more)
Beyond Toddlerdom
The author of "Toddler Taming" turns his attention to the 5-12 year age group. He takes full account of all the psychological, sociological and physical influences during this time as he offers... (more)
The Growth of the Mind
The text shows the close interplay between child development and the promise and risks in our evolution as a society. The author has a growing reputation and now sits on a number of commissions on... (more)
Psychological Development of Deaf Children
This text focuses on the psychological development of deaf children. The author gives particular attention to how the psychological development of deaf children is affected by their interpersonal... (more)
Young people and mental health:
This text offers an introduction to diagnosable mental disorders among children and young people. It examines the nature, causes and effects of different mental health problems and disorders among... (more)
Entering the child's mind: The clinical interview in psychological research and practice
A volume that aims to teach a technique for gaining insight into a child's way of thinking. The author presents the "clinical interview" as a tool that, when understood and used properly, can provide... (more)
Child sexual abuse: A feminist reader
An examination of child sexual abuse which evolved over two years during which the editors gained much help and inspiration from several groups including the London Women's Centre and the Incest... (more)
Stress, coping and relationships in adolescence:
The passing from childhood to adolescence and adolescence to adulthood are major developmental transitions - individuals tend to become more vulnerable during periods of biological, social and... (more)
Out of hearing: representing children in court: Representing children in care proceedings
The form and content of court proceedings is generally considered unsuitable for children. Based on a study exploring the law and practice of representation, this text examines various approaches to... (more)
Children, child abuse and child protection: Placing children centrally
This volume gives an overview of the residential care system that is in place, showing how these settings often contribute to further exploitation of children - whether through direct abuse,... (more)
Life span developmental psychology: A European perspective
This volume offers a broad coverage of all sub-fields of developmental psychology. After an introduction to the history and systems of developmental psychology, it includes chapters on: the... (more)
Caring for children away from home: Messages from research
This is a volume in a series of books based on core studies in child care research commissioned by the Department of Health. The series is introduced by this overview report summarizing the study... (more)
Child Sexual Abuse: Responding to the Experiences of Children
This text focuses on the importance of considering the experiences of children in responding to child sexual abuse. The contributors address these concerns whilst drawing on research, and legislative... (more)
Motherhood and mental health
This volume aims to display the great variety of disorders which can occur during pregnancy and the post-partum period, which make child-bearing the most complex psychological event in human... (more)
Power and compassion: Working with difficult adolescents and abused parents
A guide for professionals working with difficult adolescents and their families. The author argues against the prevailing view that parents are the main cause of their children's problems. 196 pages. (more)
Innovative psychotherapy techniques in child and adolescent therapy:
This is a comprehensive sourcebook of innovative techniques in the rapidly growing field of child and adolescent therapy. The emphasis is on clinical practice - and the techniques that have been... (more)
Making decisions about children:
Second edition. Aiming to bridge the gap between research and practice in the area of child development, this book summarizes psychological evidence relating to questions such as: "are children... (more)
The beginnings of social understanding:
Explains how children develop an understanding of the social world. 212 pages. (more)
Child sexual abuse: Informing practice from research
Written in association with the Department of Health, this guide identifies and summarizes key research findings on child sexual abuse, and emphasizes evidence-based approaches. Included are aspects... (more)
The stork and the syringe: A political history of reproductive medicine
Examines the recent history of infertility and the different ways medicine has treated it. The book traces the reluctance to allow infertility a past to a new tension that has emerged between utopian... (more)
The Moral Intelligence Of Children
125 pages. (more)
The Battered Child
This standard textbook on battered children updates and adds to the previous editions, while retaining their multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach. It contains chapters on the current treatment... (more)
Social development: An introduction
This is an up-to-date account of the knowledge of social development. It is addressed to students of psychology and other social sciences with no or only limited knowledge of child development, and... (more)
The foundations of child development:
Provides a broad and up-to-date introduction to theory and research in child development by presenting integrated research-based accounts of development in key areas of early childhood, such as... (more)