Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Young children, parents and professionals: Enhancing the links in early childhood
As early education and child care increase, parents and professionals face many questions. This book proposes three dimensions of care giving behaviour, by which parents and professionals can help... (more)
The voice of the child: A handbook for professionals
This collection provides a guide to the legal requirements surrounding children's rights. The book discusses the practicalities and problems of listening to the child in educational, social and... (more)
Behaviour problems in young children: Assessment and management
This account of emotional and behavioural problems in young children is also a practical guide to the assessment and management of such children. It should prove of interest to health visitors,... (more)
Children's reflections on family life:
How important is the family for children? How do children cope when parents have to juggle child care, employment and other responsibilities? In this volume these questions, and others, are raised... (more)
Myths of childhood:
Using empirically-based research from areas including behavioural genetics and attachment, this book builds a case against the primacy of childhood. It is an important addition to the literature... (more)
The Borderline Psychotic Child: A Selective Integration
This book reviews the history and evolution of the borderline diagnosis for children, both in the UK and USA, and brings the reader up to date with current clinical opinion on the subject. 218 pages. (more)
Children and interparental violence: the impact of exposure
This text, rich with impeccable research, current theories, and treatment strategies, pays specific and unique attention to the families' ethnic backgrounds, parents' sexual orientations and forensic... (more)
The Dynamics of Adoption
This text documents experiences representative of all those involved in the adoption process - adoptee, adoptive and birth parent and the professionals. It reflects on the feelings detailed in the... (more)
Group Work with Sexually Abused Children: A Practitioner's Guide
This easy-to-follow manual presents techniques for working with groups of children who have been sexually abused.It begins with an overview of the theory and literature of group therapy with children... (more)
Resolving childhood trauma: A long-term study of abuse survivors
An engaging and compassionate book which provides a hopeful and helpful perspective for trauma survivors. The author's extensive and innovative research with child abuse survivors also provides... (more)
Letters to Children in Family Therapy: A narrative approach
Marner explains the theory behind writing to children in family therapy. He shows how using stories makes the problems of children more manageable for them. 109 pages. (more)
Anna Freud: A view of development, disturbance and therapeutic techniques
This study takes a fresh look at the relatively unknown contributions of Anna Freud's work to psychoanalytical theory and child development. The book highlights how her work is still relevant and... (more)
Early Experience and the Life Path
This text concludes on the basis of empirical evidence that theories which ascribe overriding importance to the early years are erroneous. The authors examine the wide-ranging theoretical and... (more)
Children, feelings and divorce: Finding the best outcome
A distillation of the author's 25 years experience of working with children whose parents have divorced. A positive approach suggests interventions based on knowledge and understanding can greatly... (more)
Growing Up Severely Autistic: They Call Me Gabriel
This book is written partly in diary form. It charts the life of Gabriel, a serverely autistic boy, from early childhood to the age of 17. It describes with affection how Gabriel's behaviour,... (more)
Good Grief: Vol.1: Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death with Under 11's
Catering for a variety of religious and cultural backgrounds with a practical and creative approach, this guide offers a source of information as to dealing with loss and grief within the structure... (more)
Building Solutions in Child Protective Services
The authors of this book present readers with the challenge to rethink the way we work with families to keep children safe. They have intergrated family-based practice into the protective arena while... (more)
Postpartum Depression and Child Development
This text is concerned with the impact of parental psychiatric disorder on parenting and child development. These depressions can have a profoundly negative effect on the quality of the mother-infant... (more)
Emotional and behavioural difficulties: Theory to practice
A concise guide to the major approaches to dealing with emotional and behavioural difficulties - counselling, behavioural approaches, family therapy and class management based on analysis of social... (more)
Anna Freud: The Dream of Psychoanalysis
Robert Cole's penetrating intellectual portrait gives us an entirely new view of Anna Freud. Far from the stereotype of the distant analyst, she was the warm guide, the ego ideal, the "good parent"... (more)
Helping Children to Manage Loss: Positive Strategies for Renewal and Growth
This text explores the territory of loss in childhood using the words of children who have found themselves bereft of hope. The book touches on subjects such as: helping a child prepare for loss and... (more)
Practice issues in sexuality and learning disabilities:
This aims to be a practical guide for all those who work in services for people with learning disabilities. It is an exploration of the sexual behaviour of people with learning disabilities, and... (more)
Eating an Artichoke: A Mother's Perspective on Asperger Syndrome
In 1991, Echo Fling was told by her son's teacher that his behaviour was not normal. Jimmy had failed to make friends and acted aggressively. This book tells Jimmy's story from his mother's viewpoint... (more)
Treating sexually abused boys: A practical guide for therapists and counselors
This practical, hands-on guide will be a valuable resource offering clinical guidelines for addressing the unique needs of boys who have suffered sexual abuse. It contains a wealth of exercises and... (more)
Children of Social Trauma: Hungarian Psychoanalytic Case Studies
Observing the ways in which a large group of people may experience collective trauma, which can have identifiable effects in succeeding generations, the author has pioneered individual and group... (more)
Childhood Experiences of Domestic Violence
A discussion of first-hand accounts from children and young people regarding their experiences of both domestic violence and the support services. Based on a three-year research project, it seeks to... (more)