Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Conversation-Starters for Working with Children and Adolescents After Trauma: Simple Cognitive and Arts-Based Activities
Helping children and adolescents who have experienced trauma to feel safe and confident enough to talk, let alone engage in therapeutic work, can be full of challenges - for children and for adults.... (more)
Emotional Development across the Lifespan
Unique in its dual focus on emotion and lifespan development, this text weaves together theory, research, and practical clinical implications for fostering children's emotional well-being. The author... (more)
Cutting Down: An Evidence-based CBT Workbook for Treating Young People Who Self-harm
Cutting Down provides a practical and accessible treatment programme based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) principles for young people who self-harm.
This fully revised and updated second... (more)
Treating ADHD in Children and Adolescents: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
From foremost authority Russell A. Barkley, this book presents essential principles and practices for managing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and teens. Barkley... (more)
Emerging Adults in Therapy: How to Strengthen Your Clinical Competency
Theoretical, sociocultural and clinical essays on the psychology of today’s young adults.
“Emerging adulthood” (EA) describes a developmental period between adolescence and adulthood, typically... (more)
The Dreams of a Child: A Case Study in Early Forms of Dreaming
This fascinating and highly original book presents a longitudinal systematic study of the earliest form of human dreaming in a child, from ages 4 through 10.
Claudio Colace draws upon his... (more)
Cultures of Infancy
The Classic Edition of Heidi Keller’s Cultures of Infancy, first published in 2007, includes a new introduction by the author, which describes for readers the original context of her work, how she... (more)
Supporting Young People through Everyday Chaos: Counselling When Things Fall Apart
This book provides ways to support and counsel young people struggling to adapt and live with the constant possibility of things breaking down, of normal life being overtaken by chaos.
Covering... (more)
The CWP and EMHP Handbook: CBT Essentials with Children and Young People
As an Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP), you have to think on your feet, manage a caseload, deal with emotional distress and try and not get... (more)
Silo's Sadness
Silo the lion cub has lost his grandfather due to the illness on the Savanna, El the wise elephant helps Silo explore and manage his grief. (more)
Tiana's Tale
Tiana the beautiful black and white zebra and her family move across the Savanna in an attempt to leave behind the troubles they had encountered. The wildebeest on the Southern Savanna had bought in... (more)
Hugo's Hops
Hugo’s Hops is a story about a young hippo, with a physical disability. When hearing news of a Savanna Sports Day taking place, Hugo is hopeful to join in. By sharing his feelings with his family,... (more)
The Trauma Treasure Deck: A Creative Tool for Assessments, Interventions, and Learning for Work with Adversity and Stress in Children and Adults
Dr Karen Treisman has designed this versatile and colourful card deck to enable practitioners supporting children, teens or adults who have experienced trauma, stress or adversity.
The cards are... (more)
Adolescent Portraits: Identity and Challenges
Adolescent Portraits introduces contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today through eighteen first-person accounts written by young adults. The case study approach... (more)
Executive Function Skills in the Classroom: Overcoming Barriers, Building Strategies
With insight and humor, this motivating guide shows how to bring executive functions (EF) to the forefront in K-8 classrooms--without adopting a new curriculum or scripted program. Ideal for... (more)
Climate Change and Youth: Turning Grief and Anxiety into Activism
Climate Change and Youth is a pioneering book that opens the door to understanding the profound impact climate change has on the mental health of today's young people. Chapters provide... (more)
Assessment of Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
This leading course text and practitioner reference has been extensively revised with 90% new content, covering a broader range of child and adolescent problems in more concise chapters. Prominent... (more)
Clinical Interviews for Children and Adolescents: Assessment to Intervention
Widely recognized as an authoritative resource, this book has been revised and updated with the latest research and techniques, including new material on telehealth services. Guidelines are provided... (more)
Postnatal PTSD: A Guide for Health Professionals
Postnatal PTSD, often referred to as birth trauma, is an underdiagnosed and misunderstood condition. Often mistaken for postnatal depression and with 4% of women developing the condition after giving... (more)
The Strange and Curious Guide to Trauma
'Our book about trauma features buzzy bees stuck in your tummy, yes, and also science and superheroes, carrots and lambs, lollies and, unfortunately for me, baboons...'
Join Ordinary Jo, some... (more)
Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child: Systems of Care for Strengthening Kids, Families, and Communities
How sustained disruptions to children’s safety have physical, behavioural and mental health impact that follow them into adulthood.
At its heart, polyvagal theory describes how the brain’s... (more)
Teaching Self-Compassion to Teens
Grounded in knowledge about the unique developmental challenges of adolescence, this book presents an innovative approach for teaching self-compassion to teens and young adults in clinical,... (more)
Parents as Friendship Coaches for Children with ADHD: A Clinical Guide
This book introduces Parental Friendship Coaching (PFC), an intervention that parents can use to support peer relationships in their elementary school-aged children with ADHD.
In the PFC... (more)
The Day the Sea Went Out and Never Came Back: A Story for Children Who Have Lost Someone They Love
Eric is a sand dragon who loves the sea very much. Each day, he watches it go out, knowing that it will return. But one day, Eric waits and waits, but it does not come back. He falls on the sand,... (more)
Helping Children with Loss: A Guidebook
Now in a fully updated second edition, this professional guidebook has been created to help adults provide emotional support for children who have experienced the loss of somebody they know, or... (more)
Therapeutic Assessment with Children: Enhancing Parental Empathy Through Psychological Assessment
Therapeutic Assessment with Children presents a ground-breaking paradigm of psychological assessment in which children and families collaborate with the psychologist assessor to understand persistent... (more)
Understanding Infants Psychoanalytically: A Post-Jungian Perspective on Michael Fordham's Model of Development
Focussing on infants and the relationship between child and parent, this book presents a discourse on eminent Jungian child analyst Michael Fordham's model of development that extended Jung's theory... (more)
Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies: Interventions for Working with Children, Teens, and Families
Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies offers a wide range of healing modalities and case studies that can be used in both indoor and outdoor environments.
Each chapter includes... (more)
The Essential Guide to Forest School and Nature Pedagogy
This book is a complete guide to Forest School provision and Nature Pedagogy and it examines the models, methods, worldviews and values that underpin teaching in nature. Cree and Robb show how a... (more)