Child and Adolescent Studies Books

Safeguarding Babies and Very Young Children from Abuse and Neglect

by Harriet Ward, Rebecca Brown

Safeguarding babies and very young children is a highly complex process, involving difficult decisions surrounding their needs, care, and whether they need to be separated from their families. This... (more)

The Klein-Winnicott Dialectic: Transformative New Metapsychology and Interactive Clinical Theory

by Susan Kavaler-Adler

The Klein–Winnicott Dialectic: Transformative New Metapsychology and Interactive Clinical Theory brings together the theories of Melanie Klein and Donald W. Winnicott, two giants and geniuses of the... (more)

The Baby as Subject: Clinical Studies in Infant-Parent Therapy

Edited by Campbell Paul, Frances Thomson-Salo

This book is a collection of papers by clinicians united in their conviction about the importance of directly engaging and interacting with the baby in the presence of the parents whenever possible.... (more)

Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents

by Deborah D. Gray

A comprehensive guide for prospective and actual adoptive parents on how to understand and care for their adopted child and promote healthy attachment. This classic text provides practical parenting... (more)

Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma

by Deborah D. Gray

Adopted children who have suffered trauma and neglect have structural brain change, as well as specific developmental and emotional needs. They need particular care to build attachment and overcome... (more)

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)

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)

The Thinking Heart: Three Levels of Psychoanalytic Work in Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

by Anne Alvarez

How do we talk about feelings to children who are cut off from feeling? How do we raise hope and a sense of safety in despairing and terrified children without offering false hope? How do we reach... (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)