Child and Adolescent Studies Books
Challenging behaviour: Principles and practice
This volume focuses on working with people who have challenging behaviours from staff from all professions, but also parents, relatives and friends. It discusses what to do in challenging situations,... (more)
Recurring themes in education:
Explores six recurring educational themes, which each generation of educators needs to address. 146 pages. (more)
The gift of a child: A guide to donor insemination
Contains clear, non-technical information about childlessness caused by male infertility, and about how this childlessness can be resolved by the use of donor insemination. This book draws on the... (more)
Working with parents of SEN children after the Code of Practice:
The aim of this text is to: identify existing good practice and present areas of developing practice; appraise the early impact of the Code in respect of partnership; and provide a forum for the... (more)
Home-school work in Britain: Review, reflection and development
This work illustrates the changing relations among teachers, governors, parents and pupils. It aims to provide a useful critique of the rhetoric of partnership and its achievements and shortcomings... (more)
Parenting education and support: New opportunities
Offers an in-depth examination of parenting eduction and support in a wide range of contexts. The authors examine practice in a variety of settings and the theory underpinning these practices, where... (more)
Children, parents and teachers enjoying numeracy: Numeracy Hour success through collaboration
Written for teachers, maths coordinators and parents, this practical text: shows how best to approach written and mental maths work; illustrates the value of maths investigations; outlines the... (more)
Talking with your baby: Family as the first school
With this book, Alice Honig addresses a neglected area in child development - how to help low literacy parents and parents for whom English is a second language enchance the literacy and cognitive... (more)
Cultural approaches to parenting:
This work sets out similarities and differences in enculturation processes that help to account for the ways in which individuals in different cultures develop. Each chapter addresses a parenting... (more)
Beyond Toddlerdom
The author of "Toddler Taming" turns his attention to the 5-12 year age group. He takes full account of all the psychological, sociological and physical influences during this time as he offers... (more)
The Growth of the Mind
The text shows the close interplay between child development and the promise and risks in our evolution as a society. The author has a growing reputation and now sits on a number of commissions on... (more)
Psychological Development of Deaf Children
This text focuses on the psychological development of deaf children. The author gives particular attention to how the psychological development of deaf children is affected by their interpersonal... (more)
Young people and mental health:
This text offers an introduction to diagnosable mental disorders among children and young people. It examines the nature, causes and effects of different mental health problems and disorders among... (more)
Entering the child's mind: The clinical interview in psychological research and practice
A volume that aims to teach a technique for gaining insight into a child's way of thinking. The author presents the "clinical interview" as a tool that, when understood and used properly, can provide... (more)
Child sexual abuse: A feminist reader
An examination of child sexual abuse which evolved over two years during which the editors gained much help and inspiration from several groups including the London Women's Centre and the Incest... (more)
Stress, coping and relationships in adolescence:
The passing from childhood to adolescence and adolescence to adulthood are major developmental transitions - individuals tend to become more vulnerable during periods of biological, social and... (more)
Out of hearing: representing children in court: Representing children in care proceedings
The form and content of court proceedings is generally considered unsuitable for children. Based on a study exploring the law and practice of representation, this text examines various approaches to... (more)
Children, child abuse and child protection: Placing children centrally
This volume gives an overview of the residential care system that is in place, showing how these settings often contribute to further exploitation of children - whether through direct abuse,... (more)
Life span developmental psychology: A European perspective
This volume offers a broad coverage of all sub-fields of developmental psychology. After an introduction to the history and systems of developmental psychology, it includes chapters on: the... (more)
Caring for children away from home: Messages from research
This is a volume in a series of books based on core studies in child care research commissioned by the Department of Health. The series is introduced by this overview report summarizing the study... (more)
Child Sexual Abuse: Responding to the Experiences of Children
This text focuses on the importance of considering the experiences of children in responding to child sexual abuse. The contributors address these concerns whilst drawing on research, and legislative... (more)
Motherhood and mental health
This volume aims to display the great variety of disorders which can occur during pregnancy and the post-partum period, which make child-bearing the most complex psychological event in human... (more)
Power and compassion: Working with difficult adolescents and abused parents
A guide for professionals working with difficult adolescents and their families. The author argues against the prevailing view that parents are the main cause of their children's problems. 196 pages. (more)
Schools for growth: Radical alternatives to current educational models
A deconstruction and reconstruction of learning, development and schooling that urges teachers to explore and create new educational opportunities for themselves and their students. The author asks,... (more)
Innovative psychotherapy techniques in child and adolescent therapy:
This is a comprehensive sourcebook of innovative techniques in the rapidly growing field of child and adolescent therapy. The emphasis is on clinical practice - and the techniques that have been... (more)
Making decisions about children:
Second edition. Aiming to bridge the gap between research and practice in the area of child development, this book summarizes psychological evidence relating to questions such as: "are children... (more)
The beginnings of social understanding:
Explains how children develop an understanding of the social world. 212 pages. (more)