Child and Adolescent Studies Books
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)
Could do better: Why children underachieve and what to do about it
This work provides detailed techniques for recognizing, understanding and effectively helping under-achieving children of any age in school and at home. Opposing the conventional theory, the book... (more)
The caring child:
An account of our understanding of the motivations behind prosocial behaviours and how these motives develop in various situations. Eisenberg seeks to broaden our concept of the moral potential of... (more)
Middle Childhood
Drawing on interviews and group discussions with parents and children of primary-school age, this study examines how children perceive their social environs; what they want from their parents; and... (more)
Reparation: restoring the damaged self in child and adult psychotherapy:
Examining the clinical processes of reparation, in order to restore the damaged aspects of the self, this text documents the benefits of psychotherapy. The maintenance of emotional stability in... (more)
Raising Responsible Teenagers
Adolescence is the final stage of childhood, the springboard to adult life and a time where values are being blended into a mixture that adults can still greatly influence. This book is a survival... (more)
