Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Survival Strategies for Parenting Children with Bipolar Disorder: Innovative Parenting and Counseling Techniques for Helping Chi
This work contains innovative parenting and counselling techniques for helping children with bipolar disorder and the conditions that may occur with it. 236 pages. (more)
Adolescence
'Adolescence - when we are no longer children and have not yet reached adulthood - is a time of much disturbance, change and potential for growth. The adolescent is confronted with a body that... (more)
Narrative Therapies with Children and Adolescents
This work brings together an array of contributors to demonstrate how narrative and collaborative work with young people can foster unique and imaginative solutions to even the most challenging... (more)
Parenting: What really counts?
The author considers whether it is necessary to have two parents and explores the psychological processes that underlie optimal development for children, particularly the quality of the child's... (more)
Apprenticeship in thinking: Cognitive development in social context
A study of the mental development of children, which examines children's learning as an apprenticeship, a social activity mediated by parents and peers who support and challenge the child's... (more)
Special needs in the early years: Snapshots of practice
This text celebrates good practice in the area of early years and special needs by bringing together authors who are either practitioners or researchers, from a range of different and diverse early... (more)
Emerging Minds
How do children acquire the vast array of concepts, strategies, and skills that distinguish the thinking of infants and toddlers from that of pre-schoolers, older children and adolescents? In this... (more)
Alternatives to Exclusion from School
Exclusion from school is a major concern for teachers, parents and children and features in government initiatives to tackle social exclusion. This book takes a broad look at exclusion, mapping its... (more)
Emotional Development: The Organization of Emotional Life in the Early Years
In the past, researchers have treated the development of the emotions and the task of emotional regulation as two separate topics, the former emphasizing 'normative' questions and the latter... (more)
Peer support in action: From bystanding to standing by
Peer support systems are increasingly being used in schools and other youth settings to tackle problems such as bullying, rejection, social exclusion, sexual identity, self-esteem and loneliness.... (more)
Clinical Counselling in Schools
This volume aims to provide counsellors with essential information on how to understand and best work within a school context. It covers a wide range of problems encountered and includes... (more)
Bringing Up a Challenging Child at Home: When Love is Not Enough
In this account of raising Chrissy, a child with a learning disability and cyclical mental illness, Gregory relates her struggle to manage and understand Chrissy's behavioural problems and deal with... (more)
Adolescents after divorce:
This work questions why some children thrive and others falter when their parents are divorced. It follows children from 1100 divorcing families, and from a range of different backgrounds, to... (more)
Positive Parenting
Based on the belief that only when a child is convinced that its parents are on its side can it develop true self-esteem and develop into a self-confident, self-reliant and happy person, this book... (more)
Parenting Behaviour and Children's Cognitive Development
The association between parents' behaviour and children's cognitive development is at the meeting place of several prominent theories of psychological development and a range of complex... (more)
Making sense of social development:
This reader explores the nature of interactions between children and their teachers. It considers the different cultural conceptions of the teacher- learner relationship, and how this relates to... (more)
Liberating the learner: Lessons for professional development in education
Provides a framework for exploring teachers' views on a whole range of professional issues: the nature of teaching and learning; the needs of students; and their own abilities as learners. Case... (more)
Enhancing parenting skills: A guidebook and resource for professionals working with parents
This guide should help both those involved in planning and organizing, and those offering help to parents. The contents include chapters on "good enough" parenting; developing home-based parenting... (more)
Ties that stress: The new family imbalance
This text traces the roots of the postmodern family back to the failure of the modern nuclear family and its institutions to meet the needs of parents. It examines recent changes to the family due to... (more)
Self-esteem games: 300 fun activities that make children feel good about themselves
A parent's handbook for building children's self-esteem and confidence, this book integrates upbeat, positive advice with step-by-step directions. Over 300 games are included that develop children's... (more)