Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Helping Teens Work Through Grief
The second edition of Helping Teens Work Through Grief provides a more complete and updated manual for facilitators of teen grief groups. It includes additional background information about... (more)
Severe Emotional Disturbances in Children and Adolescents: Psychotherapy in Applied Contexts
Conveying the experiences of severely emotionally disturbed children in detailed accounts of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, this title explores the life and death struggles against severe self-harm to... (more)
The Seduction of Children: Empowering Parents and Teachers to Protect Children from Child Sexual Abuse
Guiding the reader through what constitutes age-appropriate and typical sexual development in children, Christiane Sanderson enables parents and teachers to recognize atypical sexual development and... (more)
Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders: Who They Are, How They Operate, and How we can Protect Ourselves and our Children
A nationally renowned consultant on sex offenders offers a chilling and insightful psychological profile of this particular kink in the human animal, revealing how they think and how and why they... (more)
Treating Parent-Infant Relationship Problems: Strategies for Intervention
Within a developmental framework, this book presents a range of effective approaches to treating early relationship difficulties and promoting more sensitive and responsive parenting. Experts detail... (more)
Supporting Parents: Messages from Research
"Supporting Parents" explores the range of supports that parents find effective and how those supports might be improved or better mobilized. It draws from studies on the general population as well... (more)
The Terrible Teens: What Every Parent Needs to Know
In The Terrible Teens, chapters on mood swings, how teenagers think, reducing conflict, family living, the importance of friendships, life at school, sex, drink and drugs provide parents with the... (more)
Assessing Children's Needs and Circumstances: The Impact of the Assessment Framework
Cleaver and Walker show how the principles embodied in the assessment framework have actually been applied in childcare provision. They lay out clear implications for practitioners and managers,... (more)
Sibling Relationships: Theory and Issues for Practice
The impact of sibling relationships on how we develop has been dramatically underemphasized in the literature on child development.
Mental Health Services for Minority Ethnic Children and Adolescents
Bringing together current research on mental health services for children from minority ethnic backgrounds, this much-needed resource provides guidance for both practice and policy.
Counselling Young People: Person-Centred Dialogues
This text provides insight into the work of counsellors in helping young people cope in schools, colleges, universities, surgeries and hospitals, social services and charities. It uses dialogue to... (more)
The Cultural Nature of Human Development:
This text presents an account of human development that looks at both the differences and similarities among cultures. Beyond demonstrating that "culture matters," Rogoff focuses on how culture... (more)
Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits
Recognising the different levels and kinds of giftedness, this book provides an insight into the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with attention difficulties. (more)
Twins and Multiple Births: The Essential Parenting Guide from Pregnancy to Adulthood
Having more than one baby at once can test the endurance of even the most calm and experienced parents. This inspiring and enlightening parenting guide, by a practising GP and mother of twins, will... (more)
Children Who Fail To Thrive: A Practice Guide
This book is essential reading for every professional working with children who fail to thrive, such as social workers, health visitors, nurses, paediatricians, psychologists and child care workers. (more)
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents [Handbook]
Posttraumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents is an expert guide to the most salient issues pertaining to PTSD, stress, trauma, and the concurrent conditions that affect children and... (more)
Emotional Healing and Self-Esteem: Inner-life Skills of Relaxation, Visualisation and Meditation for Children and Adolescents
How can we build children's self-esteem and sense of well being? This book aims to guide teachers, youth workers, counsellors and parents through a range of accessible personal development exercises... (more)
The Cradle of Thought: Exploring the Origins of Thinking
The author refutes the notion that thinking is turned on by biologically pre-determined "modules" in the brain, but that it arises from the nature and quality of the relationship between parent and... (more)
Anorexia and Bulimia in the Family: One Parent's Practical Guide to Recovery
This is the story of one family's struggle with a daughter with an eating disorder. Candid, insightful and informative, it details the onset and symptoms of AN/BN, the effects on family life and... (more)
Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity
Featuring contributions from an international group of experts, the "Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity" is a broad-based resource that explores the major classifications of eating disorders:... (more)
The Presence of the Therapist: Treating Childhood Trauma
The Presence of the Therapist uses clinical studies based on the author's publications over the past 18 years to illustrate work with severely distressed children. The reader is encouraged to enter a... (more)
Counselling Children, Adolescents and Families
Counselling Children, Adolescents and Families describes an innovative approach to therapeutic work which builds on the strengths of children and their parents. As the author's experience shows,... (more)
Stepping Out: Using Games and Activities to Help Your Child with Special Needs
Parents and carers of children with conditions such as autism, Down's Syndrome or other forms of developmental delay can do much to help encourage their childs development. Stepping Out provides... (more)
Doing Research with Children and Young People
Doing Research with Children and Young People introduces researchers to the key considerations involved in working with children and young people.
Key Papers from the Journal of Child Psychotherapy
Papers previously not easily attainable are grouped thematically to cover the entire range of work represented in the journal, and presented in one volume accessible to students and professionals... (more)
The Adolescent with Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD)
Amanda Kirby addresses the main difficulties encountered by adolescents with DCD, including building relationships and coping with secondary school. With a common-sense approach, she provides a... (more)
Brothers and Sisters of Disabled Children
Examining the overlooked subject of non-disabled siblings in families where there is a disabled child, this volume details the experiences of these children and explores what it means to them to have... (more)