Child and Adolescent Studies Books
So the witch won't eat me: Fantasy and the Child's Fear of Infanticide
From work with children and adults, the author presents clinical evidence that for many, the fear of being killed by parents is dominant in early childhood and, although diminished and unconscious,... (more)
Males at Risk: The Other Side of Child Sexual Abuse
This volume is the first book in the field devoted to the abuse of boys. The authors focus on the male's socialization and victimization and the results of various forms of sexual abuse of male... (more)
Living with Genetic Syndromes Associated with Intellectual Disability
In this text the author explores the impact of various genetic syndromes on children's lives. She describes conditions such as Down's syndrome, Williams syndrome and Angelman syndrome, discussing... (more)
Diversity in college settings: Directives for helping professionals
This text is a collection of case studies of counselling and mental health interventions with college students in the USA. Contributors examine the effects that differences such as race, ethnicity... (more)
A student dies, a school mourns: Dealing with death and loss in the school community
This work deals directly with the needs of a school community when one of its members dies. It examines the grief reactions of students and staff members, together with providing a guide for... (more)
The solution-focused school counselor: Shaping professional practice
This text highlights the indispensable role of school counsellors today, namely as change agents in an increasingly complex and fluctuating school system. It outlines practical and time-sensitive... (more)
Empowering Adolescent Girls
The girls movement of the past few years has electrified the field, producing a brand new venue for girls' emerging voices and burgeoning social science research. Empowering Adolescent Girls is the... (more)
Squiggles and Spaces (Volume 2): Revisiting the Work of D.W. Winnicott
A collection of papers from the international congress on Winnicott's work "The Psycho-Soma: From Paediatrics to Psychoanalysis" on the 25th anniversary of the publication of Playing and Reality.... (more)
Pictures of a Childhood
A study of child abuse. Through her paintings, Alice Miller confronts the truth and pain of her own childhood. She meditates on her spontaneously executed watercolours, and offers an analysis of the... (more)
Working with Children in Groups
Filled with lots of ideas, activities, games and work sheets for use in group programmes, as well as examples of complete programmes for particular problems such as domestic violence and low self... (more)
Children's Homes and School Exclusion: Redefining the Problem
This text highlights the significance of school exclusion as a pivotal process that has long-term negative effects not just on the individuals themselves but also society as a whole. (more)
A Child's Route to Language: Evolutionary and Developmental Precursors
A case study based on a detailed comparison of nonhuman primates and human infants brings together key abilities that provide the foundation for language. This link makes the case for phylogenetic... (more)
Creative Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Despite heightened media attention and the increase in professional knowledge about child abuse, many children are still being failed by the system. Using attachment theory as a foundation, this book... (more)
Untying the Knot: Working with Children and Parents
Untying The Knot sets out to present a clinical approach to cases where the referred patient is a child or adolescent, but in which the parents are intimately involved in the therapeutic... (more)
Lost childhoods: The plight of the parentified child
This work explores the forces at work in families with parentified children - and the treatment strategies that hold the promise of interrupting a cycle of destructive behaviour. The author guides... (more)
Attention, genes and ADHD:
This text brings together both behavioural genetic and molecular genetic advances in the study of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and related conditions. An international set of contributors... (more)
Innovations in Play Therapy: Issues, Process and Special Populations
This work is a compilation of discussions on current and pressing issues in play therapy. It covers topics such as: what play therapists need to know about medication; legal and ethical issues in... (more)
Grief support group curriculum: Adolescence edition: Teens Together
The Grief Support Group Curriculum provides a basis for assisting children and teenagers as they learn about mourning through facing death of a close friend. The aim of this curriculum is to... (more)
Grief Support Group Curriculum: Middle Childhood Edition: Grades 3-6
Intended for use with late elementary-school-aged and middle-school-aged children who have experienced the death of someone special, this work is for professionals who work in schools, hospitals,... (more)
Grief Support Group Curriculum: Early Childhood Edition: Grades K-2
Intended for use with elementary-school-aged children who have experienced the death of someone special, this work is for professionals who work in schools, hospitals, hospices, mental health... (more)
Grief Support Group Curriculum: Pre-school Edition: Denny the Duck stories
The grief support group curriculum provides a basis for assisting children and teenagers as they learn about mourning through facing the death of a close friend. The aim of this curriculum is to... (more)
Grief Support Group Curriculum: Facilitator's Handbook
The Grief Support Group Curriculum provides a basis for assisting children and teenagers as they learn about mourning through facing death of a close friend. The aim of this curriculum is to... (more)
Using Storytelling as a Therapeutic Tool with Children
Designed to be used in conjunction with the books in the "Storybooks for Troubled Children" series, this guide explains how storytelling therapy works, the resources needed to undertake such therapy... (more)
A Pea called Mildred (Guidebook)
The "Story Books for Troubled Children" series is designed to help children who are troubled in their lives. The stories act as vehicles to encourage children to think about and connect with their... (more)
