Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Relationship Development Intervention with Children, Adolescents and Adults
Remove our emotional bonds with family, colleagues and friends and few of us would want to go on living. Yet establishing and maintaining such bonds is particularly difficult for people on the autism... (more)
Gifted and Talented Children: A Planning Guide
This teacher's handbook provides professional developmental support, direction and practical advice to those teachers who have children with special abilities in their classrooms. It is the result of... (more)
Rhythms of Dialogue in Infancy
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Serial No.265, Vol.66, No.2, 2001. Coordination between infant and adult is thought to be essential to development. However, evidence on... (more)
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)
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)