Child and Adolescent Studies Books
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)
A Nifflenoo called Nevermind: Helping Children Who Bottle Up Their Feelings (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)
Child Abuse Trauma: Theory and Treatment of the Lasting Effects
This volume considers the unique and overlapping long-term effects of all major forms of child maltreatment. The author integrates information on seven types of child abuse and neglect - ranging from... (more)
Psychotherapy with Young People in Care: Lost and Found
Whilst there is a wealth of literature on working with children and adolescents, very little focuses on those who are in residential or foster care. This book redresses the balance, and is a... (more)
Children and social policy:
Provides an account of British social policy since 1945 from the perspective of the child. Using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as a yardstick, the book examines a range of policy areas... (more)
Children in Residential Care: Critical Issues in Treatment
This work aims to provide expert and in-depth discussions of the most critical issues underlying effective residential treatment, and offers guidelines for dealing with these issues. The first... (more)
Helping Your Depressed Teenager: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers
Adolescence is a period of peaks and valleys. Most teens negotiate these years with relative ease; yet for some these times are treacherous with countless pitfalls. When depression ensues, it can... (more)
