Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Childhood Feeding Problems and Adolescent Eating Disorders
How should feeding problems arising in childhood and later eating disorders be assessed and treated? Disturbances in eating arising in infancy, early childhood and adolescence are increasingly being... (more)
Profiles of Play: Assessing and Observing Structure and Process in Play
Written by a leading child psychologist, this clearly written and practical book provides a template for interpreting change and meaning in children's lives through their play activity. It shows how... (more)
Child Care and Child Development: Results from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
This important work presents the results of the most comprehensive scientific study to date of early child care and its relation to child development. In one volume, a critical selection of material... (more)
Contentious Issues
Challenging prejudice, stereotyping and judgemental behaviour, this book consists of forty discussion stories which reflect society and the problems young people face today. (more)
Parents of Premature Infants: Their Emotional World
A study of the mother and father's internal world during the first four months of their premature baby's life. It also explains the baby's situation and the effects on staff. Most important are the... (more)
Can't Eat, Won't Eat: Dietary Difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Finding out that your child has Asperger Syndrome can be devastating enough, but when you discover that he or she won't eat 99.9 per cent of all food and drink in the known universe, the fun really... (more)
Handbook of Prevention and Treatment with Children and Adolescents: Intervention in the Real-World Context
Practical and insightful strategies to help children thrive in adverse living conditions. (more)
Baby and Toddler Learning Fun
Hands on and easy to use, this book gives you the tools to provide rewarding learning experiences for your child. (more)
Twins: From Fetus to Child
Scientifically based, but warmly human in content, this unique longitudinal study offers new insights to professionals working with mothers and families of twins and to researchers in human... (more)
Young Masculinities: Understanding Boys in Contemporary Society
How do boys see themselves? Their peers? The adult world? What are their aspirations and fears? 'Young masculinities' centres on a study in which boys talked openly about these questions and many... (more)
On the Death of a Child: Third Edition
The death of a child - whether during or following birth, through illness, through accident, or through suicide - is one of the greatest challenges families, carers, friends, and the health and... (more)
Managing Behaviour in the Early Years
A practical guide for early years practitioners on managing children's behaviour in childcare and early years settings. Brimming with tips and suggestions on how practitioners can help children to... (more)
Succeeding with Interventions for Asperger Syndrome Adolescents: A Guide to Communication and Socialisation in Interaction Therapy
This vital new book presents effective strategies to tackle the specific difficulties in social interaction and communication that are experienced by adolescents with Asperger Syndrome (AS). Focusing... (more)
Adaptive Mentalization-Based Integrative Treatment: A Guide for Teams to Develop Systems of Care
Socially excluded youth with mental health problems and co-occurring difficulties (e.g. conduct disorder, family breakdown, homelessness, substance use, exploitation, educational failure) attract the... (more)
Counselling Children: A Practical Introduction: Fifth Edition
The definitive guide to the skills and techniques used when working with children experiencing emotional problems, this book covers all you need to know about: * The goals for counselling children... (more)
Helping Babies and Children Aged 0-6 to Heal After Family Violence: A Practical Guide to Infant- and Child-Led Work
After family violence, very young children and babies benefit from child-led therapy, but how do you achieve this? Dr Wendy Bunston's guide is here to help you to meet the emotional needs of children... (more)
Innovative Therapeutic Life Story Work: Developing Trauma-Informed Practice for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
Life story work is an approach designed to enable traumatized children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives. It aims to secure their future by strengthening attachment... (more)
ADHD and Hyperkinetic Disorder: Second Revised Edition
This pocketbook serves as a concise and practical guide to the management of ADHD for child and adolescent psychiatrists and child psychologists, paediatricians, trainees, psychiatric specialist... (more)