Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior: Second Edition
More than 100,000 families have found a way to end constant power struggles with defiant, aggressive, "impossible" kids, thanks to this accessible bestseller. Leading expert Russell A. Barkley... (more)
Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children
Many clinicians recognize that denying or ignoring grief issues in children leaves them feeling alone and that acknowledging loss is crucial part of a child's healthy development. Really dealing... (more)
Infant Observation: Creating Transformative Relationships
Seminal and representative papers have been chosen to illustrate the vital importance of infant observation in psychoanalytic training, tracing influences on the practice of infant observation and... (more)
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Proven Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
In this pioneering, practical book for parents, neuroscientist Daniel J. Siegel and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson explain the new science of how a child's brain is wired and how it matures.... (more)
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teens: A Guide to Living an Extraordinary Life
Hundreds of thousands of people have read Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life to identify the things that are most important to them and give focus and direction to their lives. Get Out of Your... (more)
Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Treatment
Recent years have seen a growing awareness of the common occurrence of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. There has been a parallel increase in the number of studies examining the risk... (more)
Guiding the Child: On the Principles of Individual Psychology
First published in 1930 this book was written under the leadership and inspiration of Alfred Adler. He and a group of physicians and educators organized 28 child guidance clinics in Vienna, Berlin... (more)
Being Taken In: The Framing Relationship
Why is love not enough for children whose early lives have been disturbing? What makes it so hard for such children to make the most of new relationships? How can we help children whose minds are... (more)
Foster Parenting Step-by-step: How to Nurture the Traumatized Child and Overcome Conflict
When parents decide to foster, they are faced with many difficult decisions, dilemmas and questions. How do you navigate the daily struggles of foster parenting? How can you nurture bonds with your... (more)
Welcoming a New Brother or Sister Through Adoption
Adoption is a big step which can change the whole dynamics of the family. It is crucial that parents understand the impact it has when new sibling relationships are forged and an adoptee becomes a... (more)
Hearing Young People Talk About Witnessing Domestic Violence: Exploring Feelings, Coping Strategies and Pathways to Recovery
At least 750,000 children a year worldwide witness domestic violence. These children grow up with an increased risk of developing symptoms associated with trauma and behavioural and mental health... (more)
Clinical Work with Traumatized Young Children
Presenting crucial knowledge and state-of-the-art treatment approaches for working with young children affected by trauma, this book is an essential resource for mental health professionals and child... (more)
Defiant Children: A Clinician's Manual for Assessment and Parent Training; Third Edition
A perennial bestseller from a leading authority, this book provides an effective 10-step program for training parents in child behavior management skills (ages 2 to 12). Professionals get proven... (more)
Diagnostic and Behavioral Assessment in Children and Adolescents: a Clinical Guide
This comprehensive volume shows how to use both diagnostic and behavioral assessment knowledgeably and effectively throughout the process of treatment. The two traditions have developed along... (more)
Emotion Regulation in Children and Adolescents: A Practitioner's Guide
Emotion regulation difficulties are central to a range of clinical problems, yet many therapies for children and adolescents lack a focus on emotion and related skills. In a flexible modular format,... (more)
The Practitioner's Guide to Child Art Therapy: Fostering Creativity and Relational Growth
Even in the face of challenging conditions, art therapy treatment offers meaningful opportunities for growth. It's not always easy, though, to navigate the complex interplay of art processes,... (more)
Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: A Guide for Working With Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth and Families
The importance of creating safe spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students in the school environment cannot be overstated. It is one of the most prominent issues... (more)
People Under Three: Young Children in Childcare Centres: Third Edition
People Under Three translates child development theory and research into everyday practice. Focusing on the childcare of very young children, it is designed specifically for those who look after them... (more)
A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working with High-Risk Adolescents
A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Working With High-Risk Adolescents is an accessible introduction to a new model of therapy that combines the Buddhist concept of mindfulness with modern trends in... (more)
Social and Academic Abilities in Children with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
A uniquely comprehensive resource for practitioners, this research-based book addresses both the social-emotional and cognitive-academic challenges faced by children and adolescents with... (more)
Friendships in Childhood and Adolescence
Highly readable and comprehensive, this volume explores the significance of friendship for social, emotional, and cognitive development from early childhood through adolescence. The authors trace how... (more)
Sibling Matters: A Psychoanalytic, Developmental, and Systemic Approach
This original book gives a timely exploration of the importance of sibling relationships from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It presents for the first time an account of the work on brothers and... (more)
Becoming Who We Are: Temperament and Personality in Development
This definitive work comprehensively examines the role of temperament in the development of personality and psychopathology. Preeminent researcher Mary Rothbart synthesizes current knowledge on... (more)
Person-Centred Therapy with Children and Young People: A Child-Centred Approach
This engaging new book presents a 'child-centred' model of therapy that is thoroughly person-centred in its values. Establishing the roots of child-centred therapy in both child development theories... (more)
The Essentials of Counselling and Psychotherapy in Primary Schools
The book is targeted at all practitioners in the helping and enabling professions working with children and young people, and is essential reading for anyone undertaking training where elements of... (more)
Childhood Denied: Ending the Nightmare of Child Abuse and Neglect
This book delves into the reasons for continuous disregard politically, legally, socially of children at risk for abuse and neglect. It examines where we've been and why we're not making more... (more)
Early Parenting and Prevention of Disorder: Psychoanalytic Research at Interdisciplinary Frontiers
This book provides insight and findings from leading psychoanalysts who are involved in early prevention research and clinical work. Advances in the sciences of early development have brought a... (more)
Therapist's Guide to Pediatric Affect and Behavior Regulation
this new book on child clinical intervention presents much of the material in outline or bullet point format, allowing easy understanding of complex material for the busy therapist. This clinician's... (more)
Treatment Planning for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Individualized, Problem-Solving Approach
Diagnoses of autism in children are on the rise, and while some clinicians have training and experience in this area, the majority does not. This book reviews a variety of interventions and... (more)
Infant Research and Neuroscience at Work in Psychotherapy: Expanding the Clinical Repertoire
By decoding the scientific data, this book explains how recent findings from brain and infant research can expand a clinician's understanding of the therapist-client relationship and, in turn,... (more)