Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Connecting with Kids Through Stories: Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children: Second Edition
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
Therapeutic Practice in Schools: Working With the Child Within: A Clinical Workbook for Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Arts Therapists
This book is an indispensable guide to providing therapy services for children and adolescents in primary and secondary school settings. The contributors have extensive experience in the field and... (more)
Dealing with Feeling: An Emotional Literacy Curriculum for Children Aged 7-13 Second Edition
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
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
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 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)
What is a Child?: Childhood, Psychoanalysis, and Discourse
Childhood is defined in different preconceived manners by different discourses. Thus the categories defined by age such as infant, child, adolescent and so on, are to some extent arbitrary divisions... (more)
Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding
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)
The Role of Sisters in Women's Development
This book provides useful recommendations for therapeutic understanding of the significance of sisters in everyday life, integrating diverse perspectives in order to address the ways clinicians can... (more)
Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical Guide: 3 Volume Box Set
Rewritten with the new primary care environment in mind, this greatly expanded and updated edition extends the structured approach of the first edition to adolescent mental health. As in the first... (more)
Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical Guide: Volume 3
Rewritten with the new primary care environment in mind, this greatly expanded and updated edition extends the structured approach of the first edition to adolescent mental health. As in the first... (more)
Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Practical Guide: Volume 2
Rewritten with the new primary care environment in mind, this greatly expanded and updated edition extends the structured approach of the first edition to adolescent mental health. As in the first... (more)
Primary Child and Adolescent Mental Health: a Practical Guide: Volume 1
Rewritten with the new primary care environment in mind, this greatly expanded and updated edition extends the structured approach of the first edition to adolescent mental health. As in the first... (more)
Communicative Musicality: Exploring the Basis of Human Companionship
Communicative Musicality explores the intrinsic musical nature of human interaction. The theory of communicative musicality was developed from groundbreaking studies showing how in mother/infant... (more)
How Not to F*** Them Up
As a mother, are you comfortable in your skin? Want to know how best to be a working or stay-at-home mum? Babies have very simple needs, yet many parents are overwhelmed with elaborate advice on how... (more)
Bringing Up Baby: The Psychoanalytic Infant Comes of Age
This is an important text that synthesises diverse literatures and theories on infant development into a coherent framework that illuminates the essence of infancy for all those who have infants,... (more)
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Young People: An Attachment and Trauma-Informed Model for Practice
Children in care who have been traumatized need a therapeutic environment where they can heal and which meets their emotional and developmental needs. This book provides a model of care for... (more)
Social Communication Cues for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Conditions: How to Give Great Greetings, Pay Cool Compliments and Have Fun with Friends
Children need effective communication skills as a foundation for successful participation in activities at home, school and in the community. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders are often unable... (more)
Forensic Issues in Adolescents with Developmental Disabilties
Adolescents with developmental disabilities are a complex population who require specialised treatment and care. This interdisciplinary text examines the processes involved in working with this... (more)