Jan 17
Child Psychologists
Posted by admin on Tuesday Jan 17, 2012 Under Child Behavior
Are psychologists required to report the emotional abuse of a child?
I’m aware physical abuse has to be reported, but does emotional abuse have to be reported as well? I read an article that said in California, a psychologist MAY report emotional abuse if the victim is over 65, but they aren’t required to. However, I live in Florida.
The short answer is no.
Psychologists in Florida are held to doctor – patient confidentiality.
- Stuart
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Evolutionary Psychology, Public Policy and Personal Decisions $47.5 During the last 15 years, human sociobiology has metamorphosed into evolutionary psychology. It is concerned with the social problems and stresses hominid and primate ancestors encountered, the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with these stresses, and the way those ancient mechanisms work now. Evolutionary psychologists are making great progress in expanding the understanding of human nature, however, this knowledge has had little impact on policymakers and legislators. Supreme Court justices and managers seldom consult evolutionary psychologists to help with their deliberations. When faced with private decisions few individuals ask themselves how a Darwinian perspective might help them. This volume’s aim is to start the process of using theory and findings of evolutionary psychology to help make the world a better place to live. This book takes evolutionary psychology explicitly into applied areas in a way no other book has. It includes a reasonable scope of applications from pornography to psychopaths and from morality to sex differences in the workplace. An applications section provides concrete ideas for dealing with social and policy issues, including chapters on women in the workplace, rape, and child support. Providing good coverage of basic issues and theory of the field, this book gives lay people and law/policymakers appropriate background to fully understand the applications chapters. Part II provides information on basic psychological mechanisms for group living–including chapters on emotions, reciprocity and legal reasoning, and self deception–that impact on how well public policy and law function. The material in the first two sections providean intellectual basis for the chapters in the third part of the book which deals with the application of evolutionary psychology to a variety of substantive areas related to public policy and personal decisions. A political scientist concludes the book with a commentary on evolutionary |
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A Blueprint for the Promotion of Pro-Social Behavior in Early Childhood $76.73 It is clear that violence by youth is not to be found only on city streets, in city schools and among city youth but anywhere and everywhere wrathful, disenfranchised young people reside. In this volume, the editors share their insights on the latest research for how families can promote optimal development in children from birth to age six, so they can grow into healthy, happy and competent young adults. Topics include social-emotional learning; neighborhood and community influences; the role of teachers and other caregivers; and more. The volume includes the actual Bingham Childhood Prosocial Curriculum, so that it can be implemented at any center.A Blueprint for the Promotion of Pro-Social Behavior in Early Childhood will be a helpful resource for clinical child psychologists, school psychologists, early childhood educators, as well as for upper-level students of these areas. |
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A Parents’ Guide to Encouraging Imagination and Creativity During Early Childhood $4.99 The ability to think sets human beings apart from all other species and the capacities of imagination and creativity are what set some human beings apart from others. Many people are highly skillful and possess vast stores of knowledge. However, precious few are able to manipulate and apply skills and knowledge in truly special ways. Society needs smart, competent people in order to function smoothly; it also needs imaginative and creative people to flourish and progress.It is evident that imagination and creativity first blossom during early childhood. On the other hand, it is not clear exactly where they come from. Genetics could be a major factor – it is possible that some children are simply born more imaginative and creative than are others. The environment may be more critical. Perhaps certain types of early experience produce great amounts of imagination and creativity in children. The fact is that no one has been able to predict accurately the level of imagination and creativity a child will eventually exhibit. Nor has anyone put together a program that will reliably increase a child’s imagination and creativity.In other words, there is no known method of bestowing or teaching imagination and creativity. However, research has demonstrated that these qualities certainly can be encouraged and enhanced during early childhood. Furthermore, psychologists and educators have discovered how important it is to do so. Without adequate and appropriate nurturing, imagination and creativity will not only fail to blossom fully, indeed, they actually may be severely diminished or destroyed.Unfortunately, parents and teachers often fail to realize the significance of these qualities. Because early childhood is a time when much fundamental information must be absorbed and mastered, they concentrate exclusively on transmitting basic skills and knowledge to the children in their charge. Consequently, they focus |
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A Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect $118 A Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect Second EditionEdited by Angelo P. Giardino, Michelle Lyn, and Eileen R. Giardino The impact of child maltreatment on victims, families, and society—from immediate medical care and legal services to long-term mental health care and law enforcement—cannot be understated. And it remains a severe problem in spite of increasing public awareness and stricter laws. To keep up with growing body of professionals staying informed on this subject, the second edition of A Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect assists the reader in recognizing abuse/neglect (exclusive of sexual abuse) in children and youth, and determining its extent. Illustrated with clinical photographs, the Guide details systematic evaluation procedures, explains the tasks of an evaluation team, and expands and updates the knowledge base in these and other major areas:Specific injuries, including burns, bruises, fractures, head and abdominal injuries.Malnourishment and other forms of neglect.Medical child abuse (previously known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy).Maltreatment of children with special health care needs.Domestic partner violence.Prevention strategies, psychosocial assessment, collaborations with law enforcement and the courts, and more.The new edition of the Practical Guide to the Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse and Neglect offers expert information useful to practitioners across professional domains: public health professionals in maternal and child health and school settings; physicians and nurses; clinical social workers, child psychologists, and school psychologists; attorneys and law enforcement personnel. |
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A Young Girl’s Diary $7.32 This diary is a gem. Never before, I believe, has anything been written enabling us to see so clearly into the soul of a young girl, belonging to our social and cultural stratum, during the years of puberal development. We are shown how the sentiments pass from the simple egoism of childhood to attain maturity; how the relationships to parents and other members of the family first shape themselves, and how they gradually become more serious and more intimate; how friendships are formed and broken. We are shown the dawn of love, feeling out towards its first objects. Above all, we are shown how the mystery of the sexual life first presses itself vaguely on the attention, and then takes entire possession of the growing intelligence, so that the child suffers under the load of secret knowledge but gradually becomes enabled to shoulder the burden. Of all these things we have a description at once so charming, so serious, and so artless, that it cannot fail to be of supreme interest to educationists and psychologists. |
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A Young Girl’s Diary $28.44 This diary is a gem. Never before, I believe, has anything been written enabling us to see so clearly into the soul of a young girl, belonging to our social and cultural stratum, during the years of puberal development. We are shown how the sentiments pass from the simple egoism of childhood to attain maturity; how the relationships to parents and other members of the family first shape themselves, and how they gradually become more serious and more intimate; how friendships are formed and broken. We are shown the dawn of love, feeling out towards its first objects. Above all, we are shown how the mystery of the sexual life first presses itself vaguely on the attention, and then takes entire possession of the growing intelligence, so that the child suffers under the load of secret knowledge but gradually becomes enabled to shoulder the burden. Of all these things we have a description at once so charming, so serious, and so artless, that it cannot fail to be of supreme interest to educationists and psychologists. |
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A Young Girl’s Diary $31.46 This diary is a gem. Never before, I believe, has anything been written enabling us to see so clearly into the soul of a young girl, belonging to our social and cultural stratum, during the years of puberal development. We are shown how the sentiments pass from the simple egoism of childhood to attain maturity; how the relationships to parents and other members of the family first shape themselves, and how they gradually become more serious and more intimate; how friendships are formed and broken. We are shown the dawn of love, feeling out towards its first objects. Above all, we are shown how the mystery of the sexual life first presses itself vaguely on the attention, and then takes entire possession of the growing intelligence, so that the child suffers under the load of secret knowledge but gradually becomes enabled to shoulder the burden. Of all these things we have a description at once so charming, so serious, and so artless, that it cannot fail to be of supreme interest to educationists and psychologists. |
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A Young Girl’s Diary $15.24 This diary is a gem. Never before, I believe, has anything been written enabling us to see so clearly into the soul of a young girl, belonging to our social and cultural stratum, during the years of puberal development. We are shown how the sentiments pass from the simple egoism of childhood to attain maturity; how the relationships to parents and other members of the family first shape themselves, and how they gradually become more serious and more intimate; how friendships are formed and broken. We are shown the dawn of love, feeling out towards its first objects. Above all, we are shown how the mystery of the sexual life first presses itself vaguely on the attention, and then takes entire possession of the growing intelligence, so that the child suffers under the load of secret knowledge but gradually becomes enabled to shoulder the burden. Of all these things we have a description at once so charming, so serious, and so artless, that it cannot fail to be of supreme interest to educationists and psychologists. |
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A Young Girl’s Diary $14.02 This diary is a gem. Never before, I believe, has anything been written enabling us to see so clearly into the soul of a young girl, belonging to our social and cultural stratum, during the years of puberal development. We are shown how the sentiments pass from the simple egoism of childhood to attain maturity; how the relationships to parents and other members of the family first shape themselves, and how they gradually become more serious and more intimate; how friendships are formed and broken. We are shown the dawn of love, feeling out towards its first objects. Above all, we are shown how the mystery of the sexual life first presses itself vaguely on the attention, and then takes entire possession of the growing intelligence, so that the child suffers under the load of secret knowledge but gradually becomes enabled to shoulder the burden. Of all these things we have a description at once so charming, so serious, and so artless, that it cannot fail to be of supreme interest to educationists and psychologists. |
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ADHD $24.95 ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) is now recognized as one of the most common causes of learning and behavioural difficulties in school-aged children. Symptoms may include poor concentration, forgetfulness, poor organization, impulsivity, restlessness, poor social skills, learning difficulties, low self-esteem, and defiant behavior. Despite growing awareness of ADHD among parents and health professionals, it is still widely misunderstood.This second edition of ADHD: The Facts provides information on how ADHD is diagnosed, on conventional medical and alternative therapies, and on ways of helping children to improve their own behaviour, self-esteem, and academic results. Written by an experienced pediatrician, this book features practical advice to help parents understand their child’s difficulties and how to overcome them. With detailed explanations of the cause of ADHD, its nature, and the treatments of the condition that have proved effective over time, this new edition includes developments in the understanding of conditions that often co-exist with it, as well as the problems experienced by adults with ADHD.ADHD: The Facts will be of invaluable assistance to parents of children with ADHD and to teachers, psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and doctors wanting an authoritative, up-to-date, and practical review of the condition. |
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Academic Competence of Turkish High School Students $68 Used – Effects of parenting practices on children is a major issue both for psychologists and parents. The primary aim of this study is to discuss the effects of parenting practices on the academic competence of the Turkish high school students. Apart from parental practices,maternal employment, parental marital satisfaction,parental educational level, school attitude of the adolescents, and importance of education for the child are also considered as potential determinants of academic competenc |
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Academic Competence of Turkish High School Students $42.91 Used – Effects of parenting practices on children is a major issue both for psychologists and parents. The primary aim of this study is to discuss the effects of parenting practices on the academic competence of the Turkish high school students. Apart from parental practices,maternal employment, parental marital satisfaction,parental educational level, school attitude of the adolescents, and importance of education for the child are also considered as potential determinants of academic competenc |
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Academic Competence of Turkish High School Students $42.91 New – Effects of parenting practices on children is a major issue both for psychologists and parents. The primary aim of this study is to discuss the effects of parenting practices on the academic competence of the Turkish high school students. Apart from parental practices,maternal employment, parental marital satisfaction,parental educational level, school attitude of the adolescents, and importance of education for the child are also considered as potential determinants of academic competence |
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Academic Competence of Turkish High School Students $68 New – Effects of parenting practices on children is a major issue both for psychologists and parents. The primary aim of this study is to discuss the effects of parenting practices on the academic competence of the Turkish high school students. Apart from parental practices,maternal employment, parental marital satisfaction,parental educational level, school attitude of the adolescents, and importance of education for the child are also considered as potential determinants of academic competence |
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African American Physicians: African American Psychologists, Kenneth and Mamie Clark, Carolyn R. Payton, Francis Cecil Sumner, Robert Williams $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: African American Psychologists, Kenneth and Mamie Clark, Carolyn R. Payton, Francis Cecil Sumner, Robert Williams, Joseph White, Claude Steele, Asa Grant Hilliard Iii, Herman George Canady, William E. Cross, Jr., Francis Sumner, Alvin F. Poussaint, Byllye Avery, Na’im Akbar, Jennifer Richeson, Reginald Wilson, Ruth Howard, Kenneth Clark. Excerpt: Alvin Francis Poussaint (b. May 15, 1934 in New York City ) is a noted professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School , and the author of numerous books on child psychiatry , with a particular focus on the raising of African American children.Biography Poussaint was born in New York City’ East Harlem neighborhood, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1952. As a youth, he took ill with rheumatic fever, which left him unable to engage in the physical activities of his peers. The academic pursuits that characterized his early years led him to graduate from Columbia University in 1956, acquire a M.D from Cornell University in 1960, and complete postgraduate training from the University of California, Los Angeles , where he studied psychopharmacology and served as Chief Resident in Psychiatry.After his initial academic accomplishments, Poussaint took part in the civil rights movement , which solidified his notion that racism resides at the core of mental health problems in the black community. Later in life, Poussaint served as a consultant for the The Cosby Show and currently combines an advocacy for responsible media programming with his academic work.Along with Bill Cosby he co-authored the 2007 book Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors .References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Dr. Asa Grant Hilliard III Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III (August 22, 1933, |
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Aggressive Offenders Cognition: Theory, Research and Practice $127.34 Aggressive Offenders’ Cognition: Theory, Research and Treatment is the first book in its field to comprehensively examine offenders’ social cognition. Focusing specifically on aggressive offenders, the book collates the theory, research and practice relating to offenders’ social cognition in one authoritative volume.Edited and written by a team of established and recognised experts, this book addresses two different categories of aggressive offender. The first part of the book addresses sexual abusers, identifying sociological theory, research and practice related to child sexual abusers as well as rapists. The second part focuses on treatment-related information specific to violent offenders. This division of content offers readers a  context-specific and focussed source of information.Aggressive Offenders’ Cognition: Theory, Research and Practice is an invaluable practical handbook for professionals working with offenders, especially clinical forensic psychologists and forensic psychology students. |
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Ameliorating Mental Disability $69.95 This book grows out of the optimistic view that mental retardation can be treated. It views mental retardation primarily as a behavioral problem. A child is diagnosed as retarded primarily because he behaves in certain maladaptive ways, not simply because he may have a chromosomal anomaly. The contributors view any intervention intended to produce adaptive changes in the behavior of the retarded as "treatment." The authors come from the fields of medicine, special education, and speech and hearing, as well as from psychology.The book is intended to help students and workers in the field apply research findings and theoretical formulations in their appraisal and treatment of mental retardation. The primary emphasis of the book is empirical. While many of the author’s suggestions have not been subjected to rigorous experimental scrutiny, almost all have been derived from close examination of the research literature. A wide diversity of topics are included in this volume. Criteria employed were the relevance of the topic to the understanding and modification of defective behavior; and the subject’s popularity or neglect in other sources. Ameliorating Mental Disability will be of interest to medical officers in institutions for the mentally challenged, lecturers giving courses for teachers of the educationally subnormal, and to psychologists, social workers, and teachers. |
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Analysis of the Under-Five Child $49.8 Emotional problems in children age five to six or younger are too often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or simply neglected. Even for those children who do receive attention, it is frequently inadequate. To assume, however, that prelatency children are too young to treat, particularly with psychoanalysis, is mistaken, the contributors to this book argue. They present detailed case studies of the psychoanalytic treatment of children as young as two years old, and they offer extended discussions of some of the issues raised by the treatment of prelatency children. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the psychoanalysis of small children. The contributors, well-known analysts and authorities in their field, examine the cases of eight prelatency children. The cases support the notion that psychoanalysis by a properly trained analyst can provide the most effective, rapid, and long-lasting treatment for young children. Early psychoanalysis can also avert the need for later treatment, when success is generally much more difficult to achieve. Psychoanalysts, psychologists, pediatricians, counselors, and others interested in the emotional well-being of young children will find in this deeply informed book a wealth of information on current theory and technique of analysis of preschool children.Author Biography: Robert L. Tyson, M.D., is clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. He is also training and supervising analyst, adult and child, at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and past president of The Association for Child Psychoanalysis. |
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Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom, Or, How Television Became My Baby’s Best Friend $16.99 In this eye-opening book, the first to investigate the explosion of the multibillion-dollar preschool entertainment business and its effects on families, Dade Hayes — an entertainment expert, author, and concerned father — lifts the veil on the closely guarded process of marketing to the ultra-young and their parents. Like many parents, Dade Hayes grabbed “me time” by plopping his daughter in front of the TV, relaxing while Margot delighted in the sights and sounds of Barney and the Teletubbies. But when Margot got hooked, screaming whenever the TV was turned off, Hayes set out to explore the vast universe of this industry in which preschoolers devour $21 billion worth of entertainment. Going behind the scenes to talk with executives, writers, and marketers who see the value of educational TV, Hayes finds compelling research that watching TV may raise IQs and increase vocabularies. On the other side, he brings in the voices of pediatricians and child psychologists who warn against “babysitter TV” and ask whether “TV trance” is healthy — in spite of the relaxation that the lull affords exhausted parents — as recent studies link early television viewing with obesity, attention and cognitive problems, and violence. Along the way, Hayes narrates the fascinating evolution of Nickelodeon’s bilingual preschool gamble, Ni Hao, Kai-lan, from an art student’s Internet doodles to its final product: an educationally fortified, Dora-inflected, test audience-approved television show. At the show’s debut, jittery experts hold their breath as the tweaked and researched Kai-lan faces Mr. Potato Head in the battle for a three-year-old’s attention. Anytime Playdate reveals the marketing science of capturing a toddler’s attention, examining whether Baby Einstein and its ilk will make babies smarter, or if, conversely, television makes babies passive and uncritical, their imaginations colonized by marketing schemes before they |
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Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom, or, How Television Became My Baby’s Best Friend $10.34 In this eye-opening book, the first to investigate the explosion of the multibillion-dollar preschool entertainment business and its effects on families, Dade Hayes — an entertainment expert, author, and concerned father — lifts the veil on the closely guarded process of marketing to the ultra-young and their parents. Like many parents, Dade Hayes grabbed “me time” by plopping his daughter in front of the TV, relaxing while Margot delighted in the sights and sounds of Barney and the Teletubbies. But when Margot got hooked, screaming whenever the TV was turned off, Hayes set out to explore the vast universe of this industry in which preschoolers devour $21 billion worth of entertainment. Going behind the scenes to talk with executives, writers, and marketers who see the value of educational TV, Hayes finds compelling research that watching TV may raise IQs and increase vocabularies. On the other side, he brings in the voices of pediatricians and child psychologists who warn against “babysitter TV” and ask whether “TV trance” is healthy — in spite of the relaxation that the lull affords exhausted parents — as recent studies link early television viewing with obesity, attention and cognitive problems, and violence. Along the way, Hayes narrates the fascinating evolution of Nickelodeon’s bilingual preschool gamble, Ni Hao, Kai-lan, from an art student’s Internet doodles to its final product: an educationally fortified, Dora-inflected, test audience-approved television show. At the show’s debut, jittery experts hold their breath as the tweaked and researched Kai-lan faces Mr. Potato Head in the battle for a three-year-old’s attention. Anytime Playdate reveals the marketing science of capturing a toddler’s attention, examining whether Baby Einstein and its ilk will make babies smarter, or if, conversely, television makes babies passive and uncritical, their imaginations colonized by marketing schemes before they |
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Approaches to Child Treatment: Introduction to Theory, Research, and Practice $5.25 Used – Clinical child psychologists, child psychiatrists, child counselors, and other mental health professionals use a wide variety of approaches in the treatment of childhood problems. Because of the diversity of approaches and the fact that the approaches themselves vary considerably, there is a need for a one volume overview of the various approaches. |
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Approaches to Child Treatment: Introduction to Theory, Research, and Practice $0.99 Used – Clinical child psychologists, child psychiatrists, child counselors, and other mental health professionals use a wide variety of approaches in the treatment of childhood problems. Because of the diversity of approaches and the fact that the approaches themselves vary considerably, there is a need for a one volume overview of the various approaches. |
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Art of Purifying the Heart $3.09 New – We live in a technical society and we are used to thinking that everything that happens has an external cause, every movement an impetus from another force. The positivist psychologists have taught us that a child’s soul is a tabula rasa, in which we will find only what other people will write there. Therefore society tries to indoctrinate us, in the good and bad senses of the word. Therefore, the human person is used to listening only to others, no longer pays attention to the inspiration |
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Art of Purifying the Heart $5.86 New – We live in a technical society and we are used to thinking that everything that happens has an external cause, every movement an impetus from another force. The positivist psychologists have taught us that a child’s soul is a tabula rasa, in which we will find only what other people will write there. Therefore society tries to indoctrinate us, in the good and bad senses of the word. Therefore, the human person is used to listening only to others, no longer pays attention to the inspiration |
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Art of Purifying the Heart $4.83 Used – We live in a technical society and we are used to thinking that everything that happens has an external cause, every movement an impetus from another force. The positivist psychologists have taught us that a child’s soul is a tabula rasa, in which we will find only what other people will write there. Therefore society tries to indoctrinate us, in the good and bad senses of the word. Therefore, the human person is used to listening only to others, no longer pays attention to the inspiratio |
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Art of Purifying the Heart $3.1 Used – We live in a technical society and we are used to thinking that everything that happens has an external cause, every movement an impetus from another force. The positivist psychologists have taught us that a child’s soul is a tabula rasa, in which we will find only what other people will write there. Therefore society tries to indoctrinate us, in the good and bad senses of the word. Therefore, the human person is used to listening only to others, no longer pays attention to the inspiratio |
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Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities $6.35 New – Not long ago, conducting child assessment was as simple as stating that “the child gets along with others” or “the child lags behind his peers.” Todaya (TM)s pediatric psychologists and allied professionals, by contrast, know the critical importance of using accurate measures with high predictive quality to identify pathologies early, form precise case conceptualizations, and provide relevant treatment options. Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities provides a |
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Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities $199 Not long ago, conducting child assessment was as simple as stating that “the child gets along with others” or “the child lags behind his peers.” Today’s pediatric psychologists and allied professionals, by contrast, know the critical importance of using accurate measures with high predictive quality to identify pathologies early, form precise case conceptualizations, and provide relevant treatment options.Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities provides a wide range of evidence-based methods in an immediately useful presentation from infancy through adolescence. Noted experts offer the most up-to-date findings in the most pressing areas, including:Emerging trends, new technologies, and implementation issues.Interviewing techniques and report writing guidelines.Intelligence testing, neuropsychological assessment, and scaling methods for measuring psychopathology.Assessment of major pathologies, including ADHD, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, and depression.Developmental disabilities, such as academic problems, the autism spectrum and comorbid pathology, and self-injury.Behavioral medicine, including eating and feeding disorders as well as pain management. This comprehensive volume is an essential resource for the researcher’s library and the clinician’s desk as well as a dependable text for graduate and postgraduate courses in clinical child, developmental, and school psychology.(A companion volume, Treating Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities, is also available to ensure greater continuity on the road from assessment to intervention to outcome.) |
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Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities $2.74 New – Not long ago, conducting child assessment was as simple as stating that “the child gets along with others” or “the child lags behind his peers.” Todaya (TM)s pediatric psychologists and allied professionals, by contrast, know the critical importance of using accurate measures with high predictive quality to identify pathologies early, form precise case conceptualizations, and provide relevant treatment options. Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities provides a |
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Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities $199 Not long ago, conducting child assessment was as simple as stating that “the child gets along with others” or “the child lags behind his peers.” Today’s pediatric psychologists and allied professionals, by contrast, know the critical importance of using accurate measures with high predictive quality to identify pathologies early, form precise case conceptualizations, and provide relevant treatment options.Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities provides a wide range of evidence-based methods in an immediately useful presentation from infancy through adolescence. Noted experts offer the most up-to-date findings in the most pressing areas, including:Emerging trends, new technologies, and implementation issues.Interviewing techniques and report writing guidelines.Intelligence testing, neuropsychological assessment, and scaling methods for measuring psychopathology.Assessment of major pathologies, including ADHD, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, and depression.Developmental disabilities, such as academic problems, the autism spectrum and comorbid pathology, and self-injury.Behavioral medicine, including eating and feeding disorders as well as pain management. This comprehensive volume is an essential resource for the researcher’s library and the clinician’s desk as well as a dependable text for graduate and postgraduate courses in clinical child, developmental, and school psychology.(A companion volume, Treating Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities, is also available to ensure greater continuity on the road from assessment to intervention to outcome.) |
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Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities $2.74 Used – Not long ago, conducting child assessment was as simple as stating that “the child gets along with others” or “the child lags behind his peers.” Todaya (TM)s pediatric psychologists and allied professionals, by contrast, know the critical importance of using accurate measures with high predictive quality to identify pathologies early, form precise case conceptualizations, and provide relevant treatment options. Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities provides a |
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Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities $6.35 Used – Not long ago, conducting child assessment was as simple as stating that “the child gets along with others” or “the child lags behind his peers.” Todaya (TM)s pediatric psychologists and allied professionals, by contrast, know the critical importance of using accurate measures with high predictive quality to identify pathologies early, form precise case conceptualizations, and provide relevant treatment options. Assessing Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities provides a |
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Assessment of Parenting $36.2 New – This book is an in-depth guide for mental health practitioners and other professionals undertaking complex child care assessments for the courts. A team of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and family therapists working in the field advise on how to structure parenting assessments, particularly when deciding whether a child has experienced “significant harm.” Topics covered include how to assess family functioning, the effects of questionable parenting on the child, emotional abuse, a |
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Assessment of Parenting $19.64 New – This book is an in-depth guide for mental health practitioners and other professionals undertaking complex child care assessments for the courts. A team of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and family therapists working in the field advise on how to structure parenting assessments, particularly when deciding whether a child has experienced “significant harm.” Topics covered include how to assess family functioning, the effects of questionable parenting on the child, emotional abuse, a |
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At-Risk Youth: A Comprehensive Response: For Counselors, Teachers, Psychologists, and Human Service Professionals $64.16 New – This timely book addresses one of the greatest social, family, and community concerns of today–children and youth who are at-risk for a variety of problem behaviors. Whether the term “at risk” is associated with a local school district’s problems, with child and adolescent suicide, violence, or school dropout, with the correction system’s concerns about gangs or juvenile delinquency, or public health concerns of teen pregnancy, child abuse, AIDS and STDs, and drug and alcohol use, individ |
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At-Risk Youth: A Comprehensive Response: For Counselors, Teachers, Psychologists, and Human Service Professionals $39.17 New – This timely book addresses one of the greatest social, family, and community concerns of today–children and youth who are at-risk for a variety of problem behaviors. Whether the term “at risk” is associated with a local school district’s problems, with child and adolescent suicide, violence, or school dropout, with the correction system’s concerns about gangs or juvenile delinquency, or public health concerns of teen pregnancy, child abuse, AIDS and STDs, and drug and alcohol use, individ |
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At-Risk Youth: A Comprehensive Response: For Counselors, Teachers, Psychologists, and Human Service Professionals $8.84 Used – This timely book addresses one of the greatest social, family, and community concerns of today–children and youth who are at-risk for a variety of problem behaviors. Whether the term “at risk” is associated with a local school district’s problems, with child and adolescent suicide, violence, or school dropout, with the correction system’s concerns about gangs or juvenile delinquency, or public health concerns of teen pregnancy, child abuse, AIDS and STDs, and drug and alcohol use, indivi |
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At-Risk Youth: A Comprehensive Response: For Counselors, Teachers, Psychologists, and Human Service Professionals $7.06 Used – This timely book addresses one of the greatest social, family, and community concerns of today–children and youth who are at-risk for a variety of problem behaviors. Whether the term “at risk” is associated with a local school district’s problems, with child and adolescent suicide, violence, or school dropout, with the correction system’s concerns about gangs or juvenile delinquency, or public health concerns of teen pregnancy, child abuse, AIDS and STDs, and drug and alcohol use, indivi |
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Baby Look shapes $0.99 4+~~Me and the Giants~~Me and the Giants~~http://itunes.apple.com/app/baby-look-shapes/id346471134?uo=5~~Me and the Giants~~1.1~~2523422~~9563759~~http://www.meandthegiants.com/~~http://www.meandthegiants.com/ |
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Benchley Lost & Found $5.36 New – Finest humor from early 30s, about pet peeves, child psychologists, post office and others. Mostly unavailable elsewhere. 73 illustrations by Peter Arno and others. |
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Benchley Lost & Found $6.68 New – Finest humor from early 30s, about pet peeves, child psychologists, post office and others. Mostly unavailable elsewhere. 73 illustrations by Peter Arno and others. |
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Best Practices in School Neuropsychology: Guidelines for Effective Practice, Assessment, and Evidence-Based Intervention $67.55 Used – Current brain research is reshaping how we view educational diagnoses and interventions, and there is a growing interest in how neuropsychology can be applied to educational practice. “Best Practices in School Neuropsychology” features guidelines from internationally renowned researchers and clinicians on evidence-based assessment and intervention techniques. This wellspring of information for school neuropsychologists, psychologists, child psychologists, special educators, learning speci |
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Best Practices in School Neuropsychology: Guidelines for Effective Practice, Assessment, and Evidence-Based Intervention $45.8 Used – Current brain research is reshaping how we view educational diagnoses and interventions, and there is a growing interest in how neuropsychology can be applied to educational practice. “Best Practices in School Neuropsychology” features guidelines from internationally renowned researchers and clinicians on evidence-based assessment and intervention techniques. This wellspring of information for school neuropsychologists, psychologists, child psychologists, special educators, learning speci |
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Best Practices in School Neuropsychology: Guidelines for Effective Practice, Assessment, and Evidence-Based Intervention $45.8 New – Current brain research is reshaping how we view educational diagnoses and interventions, and there is a growing interest in how neuropsychology can be applied to educational practice. “Best Practices in School Neuropsychology” features guidelines from internationally renowned researchers and clinicians on evidence-based assessment and intervention techniques. This wellspring of information for school neuropsychologists, psychologists, child psychologists, special educators, learning specia |
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Best Practices in School Neuropsychology: Guidelines for Effective Practice, Assessment, and Evidence-Based Intervention $67.55 New – Current brain research is reshaping how we view educational diagnoses and interventions, and there is a growing interest in how neuropsychology can be applied to educational practice. “Best Practices in School Neuropsychology” features guidelines from internationally renowned researchers and clinicians on evidence-based assessment and intervention techniques. This wellspring of information for school neuropsychologists, psychologists, child psychologists, special educators, learning specia |
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Beyond All Reason: The True Story of Two Ten-Year-Old Killers $14.42 New – This is the book on the true story of the crime that shocked the world–the story of two British ten-year-old killers and their three-year-old victim. Containing newly available material on the boys and expert opinions of child psychologists, this book sheds light on the seemingly incomprehensible questions questions of why. |
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Beyond All Reason: The True Story of Two Ten-Year-Old Killers $15 New – This is the book on the true story of the crime that shocked the world–the story of two British ten-year-old killers and their three-year-old victim. Containing newly available material on the boys and expert opinions of child psychologists, this book sheds light on the seemingly incomprehensible questions questions of why. |
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Beyond the Mind-Body Dualism: Psychoanalysis and the Human Body: Proceedings of the 6th Delphi International Psychoanalytic Symposium held in Delphi, Greece between 27and 31 October 2004, ICS 1286 $165.11 Beyond the Mind-Body Dualism: Psychoanalysis and the Human Body is the result of the proceedings of the The 6th Delphi International Psychoanalytical Symposium, held in Greece. The Symposium gathered many contemporary psychoanalysts and neuroscientists to deal with the latest scientific approaches and correlations between the two sciences. Some of the subjects which were developed during the Symposium are: Psychoanalytic affect theory in the light of neurobiological findings, The Body and the Sense of Reality, The Body and the World, Experience-dependent brain plasticity, A neuroscience perspective on transference, Differentiation, object relation and microprocesses of identification through the mother-infant bodily relationship, A neurobiological perspective on mentalizing and internal object relations in traumatized borderline patients. This book will be interesting to psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, child psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologists, neurobiologists and students alike. |
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Bible Foundations For Marriage & Family Living In The 21st Century $9.65 A Blueprint for the Ideal Marriage and FamilyYou say there is no need for religion anymore?You say the Bible isn’t relevant anymore?You say those old wedding vows are no longer valid?You say there is no such thing as morality or immorality?You say removing the rules of society that are holding people back will produce true happiness?You say there should be no laws, rules, or social pressures governing sexual behavior?You say the Hippies had it right?You say this sounds crazy?Read about who said these things.Read about the insane night-stalker who said of his family, “We wasn’t the Waltons.”Read about the judge telling 24 psychologists, “I wouldn’t give a nickel for the whole lot of you!”Read about how the author went from being a dunce to being a genius in one minute.Dr. Conrad Reichert is a licensed clinical psychologist. He earned the Ph.D. degree in Psychology at Cornell University. He has been in the practice of psychology and family therapy for over thirty years. He has held memberships in several professional societies such as the American Psychological Association, American Philosophical Association, American Home Economics Association, and the American Educational Research Association. He has held offices in several of these societies and presented numerous scholarly papers at their research meetings. He has conducted extensive research in child development and family relationships, and delivered numerous seminars, conferences, and workshops regarding development for children, adults, marriages, and families. He has been a schoolteacher in Christian schools, having taught inall grade levels from Grade 1 to Grade 12, and a professor in a Christian college. He has served as a consultant to the courts, business, industry, education, the church, and the health professions. |
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Breaking Barriers to Learning in Primary Schools: An integrated children’s services approach $35.16 Breaking Barriers to Learning in Primary Schools takes an expert and informative look at the integrated children’s services agenda in practice in today’s primary schools. Examining the ways in which an increasing number of different professionals help to improve children’s life chances, the author examines the roles of those employed directly by the schools themselves, for instance Learning Mentors, HLTAs and Teaching Assistants, and those employed by health/social and other agencies, such as school nurses, Educational social workers, study support workers, school attendance workers and Educational Psychologists. Through an exploration of how each individual helps break down barriers to children’s learning, this book:examines the growth and development of the children’s workforceprovides a broad and integrated view of the wider school networkexplores the roles of individuals within the school workforcemakes links to Every Child Matters and Extended Schools initiativesprovides evidences of breaking down barriers, through interviews and studies with those working at the heart of integrated schoolspresents an analysis of recent statistics relating to children’s livesgives practical advice for good practice throughout.An essential text for all those working in education and in training to become part of this wider school network, this book takes into account the findings of the recent Primary Reviews, government data and original research to fully explain how to build, maintain and successfully work with today’s primary children. It is an excellent text for Foundation Degree students as well as those studying Education Studies and those training to be teachers. |
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Bringing Up a Dream Child: .Discipline Your Child without Shouting or Spanking $6.18 Used – There are no difficult children – there are difficult parents. According to psychologists, it is the parents who are largely responsible for how their children ultimately turn out to be. Likewise, the parents themselves first need to know the difference between right and wrong, proper and improper behaviour, before they can play a positive and constructive role in the upbringing of their children. They also need to even set their own examples before them to follow. This is a breakthrough |
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Bringing Up a Dream Child: .Discipline Your Child without Shouting or Spanking $8.05 Used – There are no difficult children – there are difficult parents. According to psychologists, it is the parents who are largely responsible for how their children ultimately turn out to be. Likewise, the parents themselves first need to know the difference between right and wrong, proper and improper behaviour, before they can play a positive and constructive role in the upbringing of their children. They also need to even set their own examples before them to follow. This is a breakthrough |
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Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts $18.88 Witness the wonder of divine power when faith in God overcomes human frailty!Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts: Reflections of a Hospital Chaplain provides chaplains, doctors, nurses, psychologists, and counselors with insight into the experiences of individual hospital patients. You’ll learn of the suffering that they endure, and what patients and caretakers can learn about themselves and God through their ordeals. This is a wonderful collection of descriptive, personal, and heartfelt essays, each derived from a visit with a particular patient. These episodes demonstrate the wonder of divine strength manifested in human frailty. You’ll see the spiritual aspects of both significant and common events, inspiring you to contemplate and appreciate all of your life experiences. Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts will help you unravel daily questions and problems and encourage you to seek God’s eminent presence in all of your experiences.This intriguing collection demonstrates what it means to be human and what it means to be made in God’s likeness. You will explore the heartwrenching struggles of unique individuals, such as:Jimmy Meyer, a three-year-old toddler with a terminal brain tumor, who takes each day for whatever it could offer him. His simple trust teaches us all to grow in our faith and seek the child within ourselves Mr. Nelson, who after suffering a heart attack and facing the possibility of death, recounts how the experience served to turn his life from one of anger and resentment to one of peace and freedom, reminding us all of the healing power of grace when we are willing to receive it Martha Claxton, a fifty-eight-year-old woman battling leukemia. In finally letting go she experiences God’s eternal security, inviting each of us to surrender our lives to the One who knows our every need Ms. May, a thirty-eight-year-old with Down’s Syndrome, who touches all those whom she comes in contact with. Her ability to live fully in |
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Bullying Behavior: Current Issues, Research, and Intervention $49.96 These timely intervention strategies make your school safer for everyone!Bullying Behavior: Current Issues, Research, and Interventions provides the most up-to-date reports on the dynamics of bullying, including who bullies and why, who the victims are, and how depression and anxiety are correlated with bullying. It also presents detailed case studies of successful anti-bullying strategies for both local schools and national campaigns. Drawing on national and international clinical research, this book is indispensable for teachers and school administrators, therapists and child psychologists, social workers, child advocates and counselors, court personnel, probation officers, and education policymakers. Bullying Behavior addresses all the issues of bullying, including: preventing sexual harassment models of bully and victim behavior the roles of dominance and bullying in the development of early heterosexual relationships psychosocial correlates in bullying and victimization peer influences during early adolescence students who are passive observers to the victimization of others |
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Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce $5.01 Used – Continued, unresolved conflict between divorced parents is the major obstacle to their children’s adjustment in childhood as well as later in life. Carla Garrity and Mitchell Baris, child psychologists who have concentrated in the field of divorce for twenty years, explore both the causes and consequences of post-divorce conflict and offer concrete advice to help parents work together to the benefit of all involved, most importantly the children.Takes a hard look at the consequences of i |
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Caught in the Middle: Protecting the Children of High-Conflict Divorce $0.99 Used – Continued, unresolved conflict between divorced parents is the major obstacle to their children’s adjustment in childhood as well as later in life. Carla Garrity and Mitchell Baris, child psychologists who have concentrated in the field of divorce for twenty years, explore both the causes and consequences of post-divorce conflict and offer concrete advice to help parents work together to the benefit of all involved, most importantly the children.Takes a hard look at the consequences of i |
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Changing Welfare $1.99 Changing Welfare is concerned with the sweeping changes that took place in public assistance programs at the end of the 20th century and the way in which the original and reformed versions of these programs relate to the well-being of children and their families. The authors critically review the original conceptualizations and the new directions of programs offering cash assistance, food assistance, health insurance, and child protection services to low-income and disabled children and their families – thus, changes in the welfare programs themselves. And throughout, their concern is with whether and how these programs alter the opportunities for the development of the children targeted by these programs – thus, changes in the welfare of children and their families. The objective of each chapter of the book is to rigorously highlight key theoretical and research issues, including the identification of major empirical findings and unanswered questions. Wherever relevant, the chapters connect theory and research to policy and practice, pointing to recommendations and challenges for the future including alternative approaches for research, policy and practice.Changing Welfare is a valuable reference for practitioners and policy makers who are concerned with children and child-related issues, psychologists, sociologists, social workers, social program administrators, and students in psychology, social work, sociology, political science, and education. |
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Child Development and Psychopathology $8.5 Used – Gelfand and Peterson’s book considers normal and deviant psychological development. The historical bases for the limited exchange between child clinical and developmental psychologists are explored, and the potential wealth of theory, method and information which might be shared is outlined. Fundamental issues underlying virtually all topics within the purview of the Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series are addressed. |
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Child Development and Psychopathology $14.06 New – Gelfand and Peterson’s book considers normal and deviant psychological development. The historical bases for the limited exchange between child clinical and developmental psychologists are explored, and the potential wealth of theory, method and information which might be shared is outlined. Fundamental issues underlying virtually all topics within the purview of the Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series are addressed. |
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Child Development and Psychopathology $15.65 New – Gelfand and Peterson’s book considers normal and deviant psychological development. The historical bases for the limited exchange between child clinical and developmental psychologists are explored, and the potential wealth of theory, method and information which might be shared is outlined. Fundamental issues underlying virtually all topics within the purview of the Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series are addressed. |
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Child Development and Psychopathology $5.97 Used – Gelfand and Peterson’s book considers normal and deviant psychological development. The historical bases for the limited exchange between child clinical and developmental psychologists are explored, and the potential wealth of theory, method and information which might be shared is outlined. Fundamental issues underlying virtually all topics within the purview of the Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series are addressed. |
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Child Development and Teaching the Pupil with Special Educational Needs $30.55 A thought-provoking book which provides a framework for understanding the physical, sensory, emotional, social, linguistic and cognitive development of children with special educational needs. It gives practitioners and students a sound grasp of the theoretical ground needed to fully understand cognitive development and will help them track children’s developmental progress in order to optimise learning opportunities.The authors handle complex topics in a highly accessible manner, explaining how to put theory into practice. In three lucidly argued sections they present:an overview of the work of key theorists and thinkers, including Vygotsky, Piaget, Freud, Erikson, Bruner and the Korning theoristsan evaluation of the educational implications of the work of each theorist, using illustrative case studiesa consideration of areas of development in learning and teaching children with special educational needs.This book will be a beacon for teachers, head teachers, educational psychologists and all practitioners involved in special needs education who seek the opportunity to help empower their pupils, and enhance their own understanding. |
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Child Development, Health, and Safety: Educational Materials for Home Visitors and Parents $3.93 Used – This manual is a complete health and safety program (with reproducible forms and handouts) that home visitors, such as nurses, social workers, psychologists, PTs, OTs, and early intervention specialists, can use to support and educate families to reduce childhood injury and promote health. It contains tools — visit ideas, tips, assessments, and handouts — for the home visitor to combine health and safety information with child development information and parenting skills. |
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Child Development, Health, and Safety: Educational Materials for Home Visitors and Parents $6.48 Used – This manual is a complete health and safety program (with reproducible forms and handouts) that home visitors, such as nurses, social workers, psychologists, PTs, OTs, and early intervention specialists, can use to support and educate families to reduce childhood injury and promote health. It contains tools — visit ideas, tips, assessments, and handouts — for the home visitor to combine health and safety information with child development information and parenting skills. |
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Child Maltreatment and the Law: Returning to First Principles $42.59 Dramatic cases of child abuse and neglect are featured with tragic regularity in the news. The stories vividly demonstrate both the urgent need for improved child protection services and the unwieldiness and ineffectiveness of the systems charged with the task. To complicate matters further, the original intent of child welfare policy is becoming increasingly obscured as legal responses to child maltreatment become more complex, intrusive, and even contradictory.Fueled by a consistent narrative and a lucid ethical stance, Child Maltreatment and the Law analyzes the increasing role legal systems play in family life and traces rapidly evolving legal concepts as they apply to child protection. This unique volume helps readers:Navigate the various layers of legal regulation – federal and state – involved in child protection and family life.Identify variations and discrepancies in definitions of maltreatment and legal responses. Critique the relationships and boundary disputes between the criminal and civil justice systems and agencies dedicated to children’s welfare. Analyze controversies (e.g., removing children from maltreating families) and other prime areas for possible reform. Child Maltreatment and the Law is a must-read for psychologists, developmentalists, sociologists, social workers, criminologists, and researchers focusing on family life as well as policymakers and advocates working within the legal system. The book is particularly useful for courses relating to child welfare law or child abuse and neglect. |
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Child Sexual Abuse $0.64 Used – This challenging new study presents a reappraisal of the problem of child sexual abuse. Jean La Fontaine assesses the myths and realities surrounding the abuser as well as the abused. She shows how “explanations” such as the child’s sexual behaviour, children’s fantasies and the relationship between parents and children have been used to deny the occurrence of sexual abuse. By examining definitions of child sexual abuse in the law, definitions used by social workers, psychologists and by |
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Child Sexual Abuse $3.99 Used – This challenging new study presents a reappraisal of the problem of child sexual abuse. Jean La Fontaine assesses the myths and realities surrounding the abuser as well as the abused. She shows how “explanations” such as the child’s sexual behaviour, children’s fantasies and the relationship between parents and children have been used to deny the occurrence of sexual abuse. By examining definitions of child sexual abuse in the law, definitions used by social workers, psychologists and by |
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Child Sexual Abuse $14.14 New – This challenging new study presents a reappraisal of the problem of child sexual abuse. Jean La Fontaine assesses the myths and realities surrounding the abuser as well as the abused. She shows how “explanations” such as the child’s sexual behaviour, children’s fantasies and the relationship between parents and children have been used to deny the occurrence of sexual abuse. By examining definitions of child sexual abuse in the law, definitions used by social workers, psychologists and by a |
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Child Sexual Abuse $13.22 New – This challenging new study presents a reappraisal of the problem of child sexual abuse. Jean La Fontaine assesses the myths and realities surrounding the abuser as well as the abused. She shows how “explanations” such as the child’s sexual behaviour, children’s fantasies and the relationship between parents and children have been used to deny the occurrence of sexual abuse. By examining definitions of child sexual abuse in the law, definitions used by social workers, psychologists and by a |
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Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues $35 Addresses the needs of professionals who encounter child sexual abuse in the course of their work. Describes professional practices in sexual abuse & discusses how to address the problems of sexually abused children & their families. Meets the needs of child protection workers, the front line staff mandated to investigate reports of child maltreatment. Also benefits educators & health care professionals, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, & legal professionals. Charts, glossary, bibliography, & list of resources. |
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Child Time-Out $39.52 New – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A time-out involves temporarily separating a child from an environment where inappropriate behavior has occurred, and is intended to give an over-excited child time to calm down. It is an educational and parenting technique recommended by some pediatricians and developmental psychologists as an effective form of child discipline. It involves temporarily removing a child from an environment where inappropriate behavior has occurred, thereby discou |
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Child Time-Out $28.89 New – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A time-out involves temporarily separating a child from an environment where inappropriate behavior has occurred, and is intended to give an over-excited child time to calm down. It is an educational and parenting technique recommended by some pediatricians and developmental psychologists as an effective form of child discipline. It involves temporarily removing a child from an environment where inappropriate behavior has occurred, thereby discou |
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry $69.95 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is a compact and easy to read book that brings together up-to-date and evidence-based information for child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychiatric trainees, specialist nursing staff and others interested in psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.The authors have extensive experience in research, teaching, service design, clinical assessments and evidence-based pharmacological and psychological treatments. They have published work in various areas of child and adolescent psychiatry and have considerable experience in provision of teaching at all levels including local, national and international.The book is evidence-based, reflecting up to-date-guidelines and algorithms, but also includes clinical scenarios and management guides reflecting the reality of everyday practice. It is designed to cover the current training needs of specialist child and adolescent trainees and is structured to reflect the curriculum requirements of this group. This is the first concise text specifically tailored to the needs of child and adolescent psychiatric trainees. However, as it comprehensively covers the speciality, the handbook also offers a useful and rapidly accessible aid to groups such as undergraduates, general psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nursing staff, pediatricians and general practitioners. |
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Child and Family Assessment $39.95 Child and Family Assessment is based on Ian Wilkinson’s extensive experience of working with troubled children and families over the last twenty years. This completely revised and updated edition of Family Assessment (Gardner Press, 1993) combines a clear summary of current knowledge with practical, detailed and adaptable procedures for practitioner use. Part one reviews the literature on child and family assessment; part two discusses the practical issues involved and provides detailed guidelines for practitioners; a final part examines the relationship between clinical practice, assessment and science with respect to children and families. Written from an eclectic point of view in a clear and precise style, using common sense terms, this book will be an essential guide for all those in the helping professions, including therapists, psychologists, doctors, nurses, social workers and lawyers. |
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Child mental health in primary care $20.93 Used – This book helps general practitioners, health visitors and other professionals working in primary care to assess, manage and refer children and adolescents with mental health problems. School medical officers, social workers and educational psychologists, many of whom are in the front line of mental health provision for children and young people, will also find it particularly useful. Each problem is covered in a uniform way, with definitions, assessment outlines, detailed management opti |
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Child with Traumatic Brain Injury or Cerebal Palsy $49.92 Families are profoundly affected by a child’s brain injury, and their participation and support play a critical role in the child’s adjustment and ongoing development. As such, today’s literature contains a growing number of studies that document the importance of the family’s role in the child’s recovery.Edited by two experts from the cerebral palsy unit at the distinguished SARAH Network of Hospitals in Brasilia, Brazil, this book is designed for rehabilitation professionals and provides important guidelines for training parents and involving the family in the rehabilitation process.Including 200 line figures representing SARAH’s novel neurodevelopmental exercises, as well as a CD-ROM with printable versions of all neurodevelopmental exercises included in the book, as well as some additional ones, The Child with Traumatic Brain Injury or Cerebral Palsy prepares rehabilitation professionals for training the family to perform, at home, a rehabilitation program developed by an interdisciplinary team. Clearly presented and easy to follow, this important work will appeal to physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, neuropsychologists, speech therapists/teachers and all professionals who care for children with cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, and developmental delay. |
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Child-Care and the Psychology of Development $6.69 Used – Feminists have long argued for the provision of day-care facilities so that mothers may be free to work outside the home. The call, however, has enjoyed little support from politicians and experts. Feminists have been seen to stand for women’s interests, and psychologists and pedagogues for children’s – as if the two were opposed. Only recently have the opinions of the politicians and experts begun to change. Yet even so, a positive policy on day-care, and production of pedagogical and ps |
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Child-Care and the Psychology of Development $3.19 Used – Feminists have long argued for the provision of day-care facilities so that mothers may be free to work outside the home. The call, however, has enjoyed little support from politicians and experts. Feminists have been seen to stand for women’s interests, and psychologists and pedagogues for children’s – as if the two were opposed. Only recently have the opinions of the politicians and experts begun to change. Yet even so, a positive policy on day-care, and production of pedagogical and ps |
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Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities: Part I: Assessing Part II: Treating $256.59 The field of child psychopathology and developmental disabilities is expanding rapidly. As a result, many researchers and most clinicians are having greater difficulty keeping up with these rapid advancements. Twenty years ago, psychologists, child psychiatrists, educational counselors, and other child professionals could consult a few journals to obtain current research developments. But this is no longer possible, because the proliferation of specialty journals (e.g., multiple journals on single childhood disorders – such as autism and ADHD) has enhanced the need for more – and more frequent – editions of books specifically designed to summarize the research. Assessment and treatment using evidence-based methods are the proposed topics of this two-volume set. |
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Childhood Social Development: Contemporary Perspectives $60 This book provides an account of research in action and debate in progress in a selection of areas of childhood social development where significant progress is underway. The chapters are written by an eminent group of British and American developmental psychologists each of whom has made primary contributions to research in the areas covered in the volume. The contributors were invited to reflect upon the current scene in social developmental research and to develop their own distinctive viewpoint and contribution to the field. The book addresses issues in social development from infancy to adolescence. The topics examined include: interactions between biological and social factors in social development; sex role development; the development of friendships; the role of peer interaction in social and cognitive development; and the influence of cultural artifacts in the social and cognitive development of children. Although each chapter is concerned with a different aspect of social development, there are a number of themes that recur throughout the volume. One concerns the nature of social development: the acquisition of social understanding and the development of social skills are not individual achievements of children reared in isolation. Rather, they are the outcome of social processes in which the developing child engages, sometimes in an unequal partnership with experienced adults; at other times in more equal partnership with peers and playmates. In both cases the development change is a constructive outcome. A second recurrent theme is a concern for developmental researchers to take fuller account than they may traditionally have done of the nature of the cultural settings in which social development occurs. Different cultures have different customs and artifacts, and these can constrain development in different ways. This issue is considered throughout the book and is the specific focus of the final chapter. |
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Childhood Stress $1.99 Childhood Stress It is surprising in a society so confident of its extraordinary concern for the health and well-being of its young, that so little attention is paid to the often devastating effects of stress on children and adolescents. While both the popular and professional media have been abuzz, over the past decade, with news about stress in adults, it is only recently that stress in childhood and adolescence has begun to receive the attention it deserves. Childhood Stress, therefore, represents a publishing event of the first order for all child helping professionals. It offers the most complete and timely coverage of the major stressors among children and adolescents and their role in a variety of psychological, physical, developmental, and educational problems. As a consequence, it also has the further virtue of being the only inter-professional guide available useful to psychologists and social workers, physicians, nurses, educators and all childcare professionals. It can even be an invaluable resource for attorneys and providers of pastoral care. Childhood Stress is divided into four sections, the first section covering the biological and psychosocial aspects of stress and their interactions. The effects of stress on the developing brain, the neuroendocrine substrate of stress reactions, and psychosomatic reactions to stress are discussed, as are psychological coping and symptom formation. The second section is devoted entirely to a detailed examination of stressors typically encountered at various developmental stages, as well as age-typical methods for coping with them. Section three goes into greater depth focusing on a number of specific stressors—including divorce, death or illness of a parent, abuse, poverty, social violence, and illness, injury and disability. The fourth section considers risk and protective factors in the assessment of stress as a basis for prevention and treatment. Extremely well-referenced and crafted for use by all |
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Children at Play: An American History $2.33 Hear the author interview on NPR’s Morning EditionIf you believe the experts, “child’s play”; is serious business. From sociologists to psychologists and from anthropologists to social critics, writers have produced mountains of books about the meaning and importance of play. But what do we know about how children actually play, especially American children of the last two centuries? In this fascinating and enlightening book, Howard Chudacoff presents a history of children’s play in the United States and ponders what it tells us about ourselves.Through expert investigation in primary sources-including dozens of children’s diaries, hundreds of autobiographical recollections of adults, and a wealth of child—rearing manuals—along with wide—ranging reading of the work of educators, journalists, market researchers, and scholars-Chudacoff digs into the “underground” of play. He contrasts the activities that genuinely occupied children’s time with what adults thought children should be doing. Filled with intriguing stories and revelatory insights, Children at Play provides a chronological history of play in the U.S. from the point of view of children themselves. Focusing on youngsters between the ages of about six and twelve, this is history “from the bottom up.” It highlights the transformations of play that have occurred over the last 200 years, paying attention not only to the activities of the cultural elite but to those of working-class men and women, to slaves, and to Native Americans. In addition, the author considers the findings, observations, and theories of numerous social scientists along with those of fellow historians.Chudacoff concludes that children’s ability to play independently has attenuated over time and that in our modern era this diminution has frequently had unfortunate consequences. By examining the activities of young people whom marketers today call |
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Children who Fail to Thrive: A Practice Guide $52.95 Three to five per cent of children fail to thrive. Without early intervention this can lead to serious growth failure and delayed psychomotor development.Such children typically present difficulties with feeding and sleeping, as well as other behavioural problems. Failure to grow can also involve attachment disorders, emotional maltreatment, neglect, and abuse.Dorota Iwaniec has carried out the longest ever study on failure to thrive, following up on 198 clinical cases after a 20-year period. This extensive practical guide includes:numerous checklists and other instruments for use in assessmentsfour chapters on intervention and treatments, with a particular focus on multidisciplinary approachesa comprehensive literature review alongside original research datacase studies drawn from the author’s lengthy clinical experienceThis book is essential reading for every professional working with children who fail to thrive, such as social workers, health visitors, nurses, paediatricians, psychologists and child care workers. |
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Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: From Theory to Practice $67.95 From a review of the second edition:”I would strongly recommend this book to all who teach or are training in clinical child psychology. The enthusiastically and vividly written text with all its facts and practical tips makes you aware how broad and interesting the job of a clinical child psychologist is.”—Clinical Psychology and PsychotherapyClinical Child and Adolescent Psychology combines theory and practice to provide a concise yet comprehensive review of the knowledge, concepts and core competencies required for the practice of child and adolescent psychology.For the third edition, this popular book now includes the clinical problems of adolescence, as well as an updated account of childhood clinical and community-based problems. The clinical literature has been fully revised, with special attention being given to treatment effectiveness.Each chapter considers a different category of problem or disorder and covers issues of diagnosis, causes, interventions and outcomes. It provides step-by-step guides to assessment, formulation and treatment that can be used in everyday practice, and includes helpful examples and case studies. The theoretical framework for the book is developmental psychopathology and cognitive behavioural theory. It also covers psychiatric aspects such as medication and other physical therapies, and discusses multi-agency collaboration.This engaging text, by one of the world’s foremost clinical child psychologists, remains a leader in the field. It will be of great value to all clinical psychologists in practice and those in training, as well as other key professionals working with children and young people. |
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Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: From Theory to Practice $180 From a review of the second edition:”I would strongly recommend this book to all who teach or are training in clinical child psychology. The enthusiastically and vividly written text with all its facts and practical tips makes you aware how broad and interesting the job of a clinical child psychologist is.”—Clinical Psychology and PsychotherapyClinical Child and Adolescent Psychology combines theory and practice to provide a concise yet comprehensive review of the knowledge, concepts and core competencies required for the practice of child and adolescent psychology.For the third edition, this popular book now includes the clinical problems of adolescence, as well as an updated account of childhood clinical and community-based problems. The clinical literature has been fully revised, with special attention being given to treatment effectiveness.Each chapter considers a different category of problem or disorder and covers issues of diagnosis, causes, interventions and outcomes. It provides step-by-step guides to assessment, formulation and treatment that can be used in everyday practice, and includes helpful examples and case studies. The theoretical framework for the book is developmental psychopathology and cognitive behavioural theory. It also covers psychiatric aspects such as medication and other physical therapies, and discusses multi-agency collaboration.This engaging text, by one of the world’s foremost clinical child psychologists, remains a leader in the field. It will be of great value to all clinical psychologists in practice and those in training, as well as other key professionals working with children and young people. |
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Clinical Counselling in Schools $94.56 Too often in education there is a split between those concerned with children’s personal and emotional wellbeing and those focusing on academic achievement. At a time when counselling in schools is on the increase, working towards an integration of the personal and the academic is paramount.Clinical Counselling in Schools provides counsellors, educational psychologists, teachers, teacher-trainers and other interested professionals with essential insights into how counselling best works within a school. Covering a wide range of problems encountered in schools, the contributors – all experienced school counsellors show how the context, be it state or public, primary or secondary, mainstream or special school, needs to be acknowledged in order to support and foster the emotional and academic welfare of the child.Using a wealth of clinical information, Clinical Counselling in Schools is timely and essential reading for counsellors and all educational professionals who wish to utilise the full potential of counselling in the context of schools. |
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Families $83.59 New – Entirely revised and augmented with 11 new chapters, this new edition will be invaluable to child psychologists and psychiatrists. |
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Families $46.4 New – Entirely revised and augmented with 11 new chapters, this new edition will be invaluable to child psychologists and psychiatrists. |
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Cognitive Developmental Therapy with Children $41.76 This book provides professionals with the knowledge, skills and application methods for the treatment of children using self-control therapy. It focuses on the developmental considerations necessary for the implementation of cognitive and behavioural therapies, with an emphasis on the specific skills required in the treatment of children. It provides a practical model for intervention, highlighting illustrations from clinical practice. This unique book combines existing knowledge of cognitive theory with new models and techniques developed by the author. It focuses on taking into account the developmental variables related to children and on adapting techniques of self-control to children’s needs and abilities. The author consolidates all of these features into one integrative model, covering all the steps necessary to conduct therapy with children and providing professionals with a clear, developmentally and theoretically based guide to the field. Therapy for children with emotional and behavioural problems is of increasing importance for psychologists, psychiatrists and child care professionals in social work and medical environments. This book will be particularly useful for child and cognitive and behavioural therapists. |
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Community Interventions to Create Change in Children $60 Help a child meet the challenges of the “real” world!Our children spend a significant amount of time in school, working to develop the skills they need to succeed in the “real” world. But more and more, they face social and emotional challenges that can’t be effectively addressed during school hours. Community Interventions to Create Change in Children reflects the efforts by psychologists to work outside the classroom, combining research with action to produce community-based interventions that address the concerns children struggle with every day: bullying and victimization, prejudice, cross-cultural friendships, poverty, and homelessness.Community Interventions to Create Change in Children presents varied interventions, methodologies, and practices with diverse groups of children. Qualitative and quantitative methodologies are used with accompanying case studies as psychologists interact with children in settings as varied as public parks, summer camps, and Kid’s College, a Chicago-based program that promotes positive race relations. The book includes articles on:• effective mentoring practices• traditional behavioral reinforcement with homeless children• survival skills for urban youth• cross-cultural friendships• prejudicial attitudes and behaviors• and much more! Community Interventions to Create Change in Children is an essential resource for psychologists, educators, counselors, and social workers committed to making a difference in the lives of children. |
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Comprehensive Evaluations: Case Reports for Psychologists, Diagnosticians, and Special Educators $31.25 New – An invaluable collection of sample case reports from experts in child and adolescent assessment With contributions from authorities in the fields of psychology and special education–including Dawn Flanagan, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Randy Kamphaus, Nadeen Kaufman, George McCloskey, Jack Naglieri, Cecil Reynolds, and Gale Roid–Comprehensive Evaluations provides over fifty sample case reports to help you draft carefully planned, goal-directed, and comprehensive evaluations that clearly expla |
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Comprehensive Evaluations: Case Reports for Psychologists, Diagnosticians, and Special Educators $57.85 New – An invaluable collection of sample case reports from experts in child and adolescent assessment With contributions from authorities in the fields of psychology and special education–including Dawn Flanagan, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Randy Kamphaus, Nadeen Kaufman, George McCloskey, Jack Naglieri, Cecil Reynolds, and Gale Roid–Comprehensive Evaluations provides over fifty sample case reports to help you draft carefully planned, goal-directed, and comprehensive evaluations that clearly expla |
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Comprehensive Evaluations: Case Reports for Psychologists, Diagnosticians, and Special Educators $57.85 Used – An invaluable collection of sample case reports from experts in child and adolescent assessmentWith contributions from authorities in the fields of psychology and special education-including Dawn Flanagan, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Randy Kamphaus, Nadeen Kaufman, George McCloskey, Jack Naglieri, Cecil Reynolds, and Gale Roid–”Comprehensive Evaluations” provides over fifty sample case reports to help you draft carefully planned, goal-directed, and comprehensive evaluations that clearly expl |
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Comprehensive Evaluations: Case Reports for Psychologists, Diagnosticians, and Special Educators $31.25 Used – An invaluable collection of sample case reports from experts in child and adolescent assessmentWith contributions from authorities in the fields of psychology and special education-including Dawn Flanagan, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, Randy Kamphaus, Nadeen Kaufman, George McCloskey, Jack Naglieri, Cecil Reynolds, and Gale Roid–”Comprehensive Evaluations” provides over fifty sample case reports to help you draft carefully planned, goal-directed, and comprehensive evaluations that clearly expl |
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Constructing a Mind A New Base for Psychoanalytic Theory $24.95 Can the Protomental System provide a new foundation for psychoanalytic theory?Constructing a Mind draws on psychoanalytic theories of mind and recent developments in cognitive science to present the Protomental System, a new and original explanatory theory of the development of the human mind. This book aims to move psychoanalytic theory away from its origins in Freud’s theory, towards a model which gives priority to cognition and memory. This, Antonio Imbasciati argues, will make possible a successful and productive integration of psychoanalysis with other areas of psychology. Subjects covered include:The mind as an information-processing systemConstructing the system: from fetus to baby, child, and finally adultThe caregiver relationship as a decoding system for information processingThe paranoid-schizoid metabolism of informationMemory of functions and memory traces of affectsInternal information generated by the systemThe depressive position and learning to knowReparation and thought.This thoughtful and thorough account of cognitive development provides a conceptual framework that succeeds in making some of the more complex areas of psychoanalytic theory more intelligible. Constructing a Mind will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and cognitive psychologists, especially those with an interest in neuropsychology and neonatal development. |
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Counselling Children With Chro $49.95 ‘You can never understand what it feels like to be me. I’m never going to be normal now, am I? Why Me? Why did it have to happen to me?’These worlds emphasize the important fact that all healthcare workers who come into contact with chronically ill children have the opportunity, through communicating effectively, to help and support both child and family, to make children feel better about themselves, and to improve the quality of their lives. Counseling techniques can help empower children to develop their own problem-solving strategies, and, as a consequence, help them feel more in control and enhance their self-esteem.Ten to 15 per cent of children are affected by long-term physical problems such as eczema, asthma, diabetes, congenital heart disease, and epilepsy. In addition, there are other conditions which may not strike as often, but which have unpredictable courses, sometimes involving degenerative processes, sometimes posing real threats to the Child’s life. These include sickle cell anemia, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, HIV infection, cancer and leukemia, and kidney disease. Treatment advances may extend and improve the quality of life of children by controlling pain and other symptoms, gut, by definition, chronic illness and disability cannot be cured. this book aims to help healthcare workers integrate the skills of facilitative communication into their daily working practice so that children and families can be provided with the best possible care and support.Readership: the book has been written for all staff involved in the care of chronically ill children: medical and nursing staff, psychologists, psychiatrists, play specialists, physiotherapists, dieticians, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, health visitors, and allied staff. Parents faced with this difficult situation and wanting to know how best to talk to their child will also find the book helpful. |
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Creating Effective Parenting Plans: A Developmental Approach for Lawyers and Divorce Professionals $40.97 New – According to these pediatric psychologists, the best interest of the child calls for a developmentally appropriate parenting plan-that is, custody that accurately reflects the child’s physical and psychological development. Even now this concept often faces courtroom challenges as it can conflict with the traditional lawyer-client relationship. This book explores developing alternate parenting schedules (or custody) with the child’s best interest and developmental needs considered first. |
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Creating Effective Parenting Plans: A Developmental Approach for Lawyers and Divorce Professionals $40.97 Used – According to these pediatric psychologists, the best interest of the child calls for a developmentally appropriate parenting plan-that is, custody that accurately reflects the child’s physical and psychological development. Even now this concept often faces courtroom challenges as it can conflict with the traditional lawyer-client relationship. This book explores developing alternate parenting schedules (or custody) with the child’s best interest and developmental needs considered first. |
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Creating Effective Parenting Plans: A Developmental Approach for Lawyers and Divorce Professionals $30.93 New – According to these pediatric psychologists, the best interest of the child calls for a developmentally appropriate parenting plan-that is, custody that accurately reflects the child’s physical and psychological development. Even now this concept often faces courtroom challenges as it can conflict with the traditional lawyer-client relationship. This book explores developing alternate parenting schedules (or custody) with the child’s best interest and developmental needs considered first. |