Child and Adolescent Studies Books

Responding to Self-Harm in Children and Adolescents: A Professionals Guide to Identification Intervention and Support

by Steven Walker

Self-harm is a growing problem in children and young people but it can be hard to understand and difficult to recognise. Responding to Self-Harm in Children and Adolescent will help professionals to... (more)

Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools: Enabling Creativity, Sociability, Communication and Learning

Edited by Lauraine Leigh, Irvine Gersch

Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced... (more)

The New Authority: Family School and Community

Haim Omer builds on his previous work to present a new model of authority for parents, teachers and community workers that is suitable for today's free and ... (more)

Helping Bereaved Children: A Handbook for Practitioners: Third Edition

Edited by Nancy Boyd Webb

This acclaimed work describes a range of counseling and therapy approaches for children who have experienced loss. Practitioners and students are given practical strategies for helping preschoolers... (more)

Minding the Child: Mentalization-based Interventions with Children, Young People and Their Families

Edited by Nick Midgley, Ioanna Vrouva

What is "mentalization"? How can this concept be applied to clinical work with children, young people and families? What will help therapists working with children and families to "keep the mind in... (more)

The Origins, Prevention and Treatment of Infant Crying and Sleeping Problems: An Evidence-Based Guide for Healthcare Professionals and the Families They Support

by Ian St. James-Roberts

Babies who cry a lot, or are unsettled in the night, are common sources of concern for parents and, consequently, costly problems for health services. In this book, Ian St James-Roberts summarises... (more)

Mothers, Infants and Young Children of September 11, 2001: A Primary Prevention Project

Edited by Beatrice Beebe, Phyllis Cohen

The group of papers presented in this volume represents ten years of involvement of a group of eight core therapists, working originally with approximately forty families who suffered the loss of... (more)

Starving the Anger Gremlin: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook on Anger Management for Young People

by Kate Collins-Donnelly

Meet the anger gremlin: a troublesome pest whose favourite meal is your anger, and the more he eats the angrier you get! There's only one way to stop him: starve him of angry feelings and behaviours,... (more)

AD/HD Homework Challenges Transformed!: Creative Ways to Achieve Focus and Attention by Building on AD/HD Traits

by Harriet Hope Green

Homework time can be an ordeal for children with AD/HD. After a long day at school, the child often struggles to concentrate and becomes restless, and the parent is left feeling helpless. With the... (more)

Enabling and Inspiring: A Tribute to Martha Harris

Edited by Meg Harris Williams, Maria Rhode

Martha Harris (1919-1987) was one of the most influential and also one of the most loved psychoanalysts of the generation that trained with Melanie Klein. She also worked with Wilfred Bion, and wrote... (more)

Looking and Listening: Work from the São Paulo Mother-Baby Relationship Study Centre with a Supervision Seminar by Esther Bick

Edited by Marisa Pelella Melega, Mariângela Mendes de Almeida

‘Marisa Pelella Melega came to Rome in 1988 to celebrate the foundation of the first Centro Studi Martha Harris, and to establish a link between the Centro Studi and her initiative in São Paulo. The... (more)

Little Volcanoes: Helping Young Children and Their Parents to Deal with Anger

by Warwick Pudney, Eliane Whitehouse

Young children can erupt like little volcanoes when they are feeling angry. It can be overwhelming and difficult to deal with, and can produce angry feelings in the parent or caregiver too. This book... (more)

Everyday Activities to Help Your Young Child with Autism Live Life to the Full: Simple Exercises to Boost Functional Skills, Sensory Processing, Coordination and Self-Care

by Debra S. Jacobs, Dion E. Betts

Does your child struggle with brushing their teeth? Is it difficult to get them dressed and undressed each day? Do they struggle to understand their body's relationship to the world? This book is... (more)

Connecting with Kids Through Stories: Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children: Second Edition

by Denise B. Lacher, Todd Nichols

Adopted children whose early development has been altered by abuse or neglect may form negative beliefs about themselves and parents, and may resist connecting with others. This book outlines how... (more)

The Buddha and the Baby: Psychotherapy and Meditation in Working with Children and Adults

by Maria Pozzi Monzo

These dialogues with child, adolescent and adult psychotherapists and child psychiatrists focus on their personal as well as professional experiences. All the contributors have a long-standing... (more)

Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship: Third Edition

by Garry L. Landreth

Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship is a text for graduate-level counseling students in play therapy courses. It provides comprehensive and detailed information for creating therapeutic... (more)

Dramatherapy with Children, Young People and Schools: Enabling Creativity, Sociability, Communication and Learning

Edited by Lauraine Leigh, Irvine Gersch

Dramatherapy with Children, Young People, and Schools is the first book to specifically evaluate the unique value of dramatherapy in the educational environment. A variety of highly experienced... (more)

Relational Child, Relational Brain: Development and Therapy in Childhood and Adolescence

by Robert G. Lee, Neil Harris

Relational Child, Relational Brain continues the development of the paradigm shift that places human development in a field that is deeply complex and fundamentally one of interconnection, taking us... (more)

Waiting To Be Found: Papers on Children in Care

Edited by Andrew Briggs

This book is about children in State care and its title – Waiting to be Found – is derived from an observation about such children by the child psychotherapist Hamish Canham.

In one of his... (more)

Talking About Death and Bereavement in School: How to Help Children Aged 4 to 11 to Feel Supported and Understood

by Ann Chadwick

Children experiencing bereavement are often confused, unprepared, and in need of help and support from those around them. It is important that school teachers and staff know how to respond to... (more)

Music Therapy in Schools: Working with Children of All Ages in Mainstream and Special Education

Edited by Jo Tomlinson, Philippa Derrington

The majority of music therapy work with children takes place in schools. This book documents the wealth and diversity of work that music therapists are doing in educational settings across the UK. It... (more)

Trauma-Informed Practices with Children and Adolescents

by William Steele, Cathy Malchiodi

A sourcebook of practical approaches to working with children and adolescents that synthesizes research from leading trauma specialists and translates it into easy-to-implement techniques. The... (more)

Thriving on the Front Lines: A Guide to Strengths-Based Youth Care Work

by Bob Bertolino

Youth and Family Services (YFS) are part of residential and group homes, schools, social service organizations, hospitals, and family court systems. YFS include prevention, education, positive youth... (more)

Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Clinical Handbook

Edited by Daniel Le Grange, Dennis Lock

Bringing together leading authorities, this comprehensive volume integrates the best current knowledge and treatment approaches for eating disorders in children and adolescents. The book reveals how... (more)

Child and Adolescent Therapy: Cognitive-behavioral Procedures: Fourth Edition

Edited by Philip C. Kendall

Widely regarded as the definitive clinical reference and text in the field, this authoritative volume presents effective cognitive-behavioral approaches for treating frequently encountered child and... (more)

Dealing with Feeling: An Emotional Literacy Curriculum for Children Aged 7-13 Second Edition

by Tina Rae

This new combined edition of the bestselling Dealing with Feeling and Dealing With More Feeling provides teachers of children aged 7-14 with structured opportunities to develop their emotional... (more)

Children with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties and Communication Problems: There is Always a Reason: Second Edition

by Melanie Cross

Children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) are far more likely to have communication problems than their peers. Exploring the ways in which children's... (more)

Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential - and Endangered

by Bruce Perry, Maia Szalavitz

From birth, when babies' fingers instinctively cling to those of adults, their bodies and brains seek an intimate connection, a bond made possible by empathy-the ability to love and to share the... (more)

From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood

by David Dean Brockman

'By focusing on the transition from late adolescence to young adulthood, this innovative book makes a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of a neglected area of development. Drawing... (more)

Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding

Edited by Jane Edwards

Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding is the first title in the field of music therapy to explore the contribution that music therapy can make in the very early years, for instance in situations... (more)