Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Therapeutic Engagement of Children and Adolescents: Play, Symbol, Drawing, and Storytelling Strategies
This book addresses the challenges faced when children who refuse to talk, children who lack psychological mindedness, teens who experience a strong aversion to the influence of any adult, and... (more)
Play in Childhood
'[This] is a seminal book that continues to exert a strong influence on how play is viewed today. Play is described by Lowenfeld as an essential function of childhood basically concerned with the... (more)
Childhood Mental Health Disorders
"Childhood Mental Health Disorders" is a comprehensive report, based on a thorough review of the literature, on the current effective use, sequencing, comparative risks/benefits, and integration of... (more)
Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity
Bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes. Chapters take the form of letters to a child capturing their... (more)
Rethinking ADHD: From Brain to Culture
This works offers a selection of international critiques on the role of ADHD in our society today, looking at how and why diagnoses have increased in recent years. It is the first book to offer such... (more)
Helping Students Overcome Depression and Anxiety: A Practical Guide: Second Edition
Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this popular guide provides expert information and clear-cut strategies for assessing and treating internalizing problems in school settings. More than... (more)
Assessment and Intervention for Executive Function Difficulties
Provides a unique blend of theory, research, and practice that offers clinicians an overarching framework for the concept of executive functions (EFs) in educational settings. The conceptual model of... (more)
Social Work with Young People
This comprehensive textbook provides an engaging and accessible guide to working with young people in a range of social work settings. It places clear emphasis on the development of key skills, but... (more)
Out of the Woods: Tales of Resilient Teens
Seventy deeply troubled teenagers spend weeks, months, even years in a locked psychiatric ward. They're not just failing in school, not just using drugs. They are out of control - violent or... (more)
Emotion-Regulating Play Therapy with ADHD Children: Staying with Playing
Drawing upon contemporary psychoanalytic thought, attachment theory, and the literature on children's emotional development, this book not only offers a novel conceptualization of ADHD but also a... (more)
The V-Spot: Healing the Vulnerable Spot from Emotional Abuse
Everyone knows what the "G-spot" is, of course. It is a woman's most sensitive and vulnerable physical area. Although men do not have a G-spot per se, both men and women have what Joan Lachkar calls... (more)
Harry the Hypno-potamus: More Metaphorical Tales for Children: Volume 2
This second book of metaphors for children will entertain and delight while the therapeutic message, cleverly embedded in the story, slips into the unconscious mind of the child. The tales enhance... (more)
Big Steps for Little People: Parenting Your Adopted Child
A mother of two adopted children, Celia Foster has written "Big Steps for Little People" as a personal 'insider's guide' to parenting adopted children. Drawing on the hard-won wisdom gained in her... (more)
Anger Management Games for Children
This practical handbook helps adults to understand, manage and reflect constructively on children's anger. Featuring a wealth of familiar and easy-to-learn games, it is designed to foster successful... (more)
Susan Isaacs: A Life Freeing the Minds of Children
This biography provides a critical account of the life and work of Susan Isaacs (1885-1948). This educationist, a pioneer of child-centred education in Britain was also an early and historically... (more)
Siblings in Development: A Psychoanalytic View
Siblings play an integral and essential part in our psychic development. Traditionally in psychoanalytic thinking, sibling relationships are regarded as secondary in developmental importance to the... (more)
The Janus Face of Prenatal Diagnostics: A European Study Bridging Ethics, Psychoanalysis, and Medicine
Coping with modern technology in the life sciences (biology and medicine) became a major issue for people living in the Twentieth Century, and continues to be so in the present century. Biotechnology... (more)
Let Kids be Kids: Rescuing Childhood
Asserts that childhood is much more than the years between infancy and adolescence: it is an essential time for the experiences that create happy and well-adjusted adults. In "Let Kids Be Kids", Mary... (more)
Bullying: A Complete Guide to the Support Group Method
For schools looking to evaluate their anti-bullying strategies and implement positive reform, the Support Group Method devised by George Robinson and Barbara Maines is not something that they can... (more)
The Developing Brain: Birth to Age Eight
How can early childhood teachers, administrators, and parents translate discoveries on early brain development into strategies that nurture cognitive growth? Combining information from neuroscience... (more)
Handbook of Depression in Children and Adolescents
This authoritative volume provides an integrative review of current knowledge on child and adolescent depression, covering topics from epidemiology and neurobiology to evidence-based treatment and... (more)
Family Influences on Childhood Behavior and Development: Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Approaches
Irrespective of theoretical orientation, families matter. Families are the entity in which children are introduced to words, objects, shapes, and colors. Families are the people related in a myriad... (more)
Contemporary Play Therapy: Theory, Research, and Practice
Presenting the most recent advances in play therapy, including evidence-based approaches, this current volume is clinically oriented and features numerous case examples. Its coverage includes... (more)
The Children Who Lived: Using Harry Potter and Other Fictional Characters to Help Grieving Children and Adolescents
"The Children Who Lived" is a unique approach toward grief and loss in children. Focusing on fictional child and adolescent characters experiencing grief, this book uses classic tales and the Harry... (more)
Children's Anxiety: A Contextual Approach
An introduction to anxiety in children and teenagers, emphasising the importance of understanding the life circumstances of young people. The book provides an up-to-date account of research on the... (more)
Theory of Mind: How Children Understand Other's Thoughts and Feelings
Most of us are continually aware that others have thoughts and feelings - but are children? This book is a concise and readable review of the extensive research into children's understanding of what... (more)
A Child's Journey to Recovery: Assessment and Planning for Traumatized Children
This book shows how carefully planned and assessed treatment can help traumatized children. It outlines how to set up a process for measuring a child's progress towards recovery. Uniquely, the book... (more)
Understanding Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing in Children: Management Strategies for Parents and Professionals
Children with Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing struggle to regulate their emotions and behaviors in response to sensory stimulation. This book explains how to recognize these disorders,... (more)
Understanding Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: A Common-sense Guide for Parents and Professionals
This easy-to-read guide offers a complete overview of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLDs) and the wide variety of symptoms that different types of NLD present. Maggie Mamen enables readers to... (more)
Understanding Controversial Therapies for Children with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Other Learning Disabilities: A Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Offering a balanced overview of complementary and alternative therapies, this book will be useful for parents of children with autism, ADD or other learning disabilities. The book covers a wide... (more)