Child and Adolescent Studies Books
How to Influence Children: A Handbook of Practical Child Guidance Skills: Second Edition
This handbook aims to help those working with children to foster healthy growth and development. Specific topics discussed include: understanding why children misbehave, when to ignore a child's... (more)
When your child has an eating disorder: A step-by-step workbook for parents and other caregivers
A hands-on workbook that shows parents how to intervene when they suspect their child has an eating disorder. The book shows how to recognize, confront and conquer the disorder, presenting it as a... (more)
Understanding ADHD: A Parent's Guide to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children
In his typically freindly and clear style, the ever-popular Dr Chris Green, with Dr Kit Chee, explains the causes and treatments of this distressing condition which affects the learning and behaviour... (more)
How and Why Children Fail
Intended for students and practitioners in psychology, psychiatry, education and social work, the essays in this book explore the reasons for a child's failure from a range of disciplines. Topics... (more)
Personal Relationships During Adolescence
The ways in which critical interpersonal bonds are forged and maintained are the focus of this interdisciplinary volume. Parent-teenager relations, the impact of cultural diversity on social... (more)
Children's Minds
Margaret Donaldson's seminal work on child development, first published in 1978, has become a classic inquiry into the nature of human thought. In this concise and brilliantly readable book, Margaret... (more)
Child psychotherapy: the initial screening and the intensive diagnostic review:
A diagnosis is not simply a label; rather, it is a body of knowledge about the patient that serves as the foundation for the treatment. This book provides the reader with a thorough diagnostic... (more)
101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques
Building on children's natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood. 101 Favorite Play Therapy Techniques... (more)
Bright Splinters of the Mind: a Personal Story of Research
This is a study that not only describes what autistic savants do but how they do it. The author has drawn on 20 years of research and has collaborated with others in order to gain an understanding of... (more)
The Invulnerable Child
'The goal of the editors is to assemble a state-of-the-art report on research and clinical issues that center on topics of vulnerability, invulnerability, coping and defense, resilience and risk, and... (more)
Treating Abused Adolescents
The first book to explore the issue of abuse in adolescents - both the residual effects of earlier child abuse and current or cumulative abuse. This volume provides a sensitive account of how to... (more)
Not trauma alone: Therapy for child abuse survivors in family and social context
This work addresses the particular problems associated with treating adult survivors of child abuse. Trauma-focused treatment is dismissed as inappropriate for dealing with the lack of life skills... (more)
Child analysis and therapy:
This book is an encyclopedia of child analysis and analytically oriented psychotherapy. The chapters cover a wide range of topics which should be of great interest to all psychoanalysts, but... (more)
When toys come alive: Narratives of animation, metamorphosis, and development
In this work the author studies the role of toy characters in works ranging from older classics such as "Pinocchio" and "Winnie the Pooh" to modern texts such as "The Mouse and his Child" and the... (more)
Making research work: Promoting child care policy and practice
This volume examines issues associated with policy and practice in child care research. It aims to help professionals and researchers recognise and respond to specialist issues which arise as... (more)
Child Adoption: A Guidebook for Adoptive Parents and Their Advisors
This guide, aimed at both adoptive parents and professionals, covers both the practical and emotional issues, and practical problems, which affect child and parents in adoption, such as preparation... (more)
Enabling Communication in Children with Autism
The early stages of linguistic and social interaction are crucial in the development of every child, but particularly in children with autism. This work shows how a range of social and environmental... (more)