Child & Developmental Psychology

Questions about how children grow up in their social worlds are of enormous significance for parents, teachers, and society at large, as well as fo...

As clinicians we want to further our understanding of work with adult clients who have experienced massive and cumulative psychic trauma to which t...

This book is the first comprehensive history of the development of child study during the early part of the twentieth century. Most nineteenth-cent...

Praise for the author:'Deborah Plummer uses imagination and empowerment to move children and adults from discouragement to success.'- The Canadian ...

School refusal is a crippling condition in which children experience extreme anxiety or panic attacks when faced with everyday school life and this...

Edited by one of the leading authorities in international child care, this sourcebook provides valuable insights from international experiments in ...

Given the significant core deficits in social interaction and communication that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) demonstrate, it is cr...

Learning is a lifelong process and we are the result of our own learning. But how exactly do we learn to be a person through living? In this book, ...

Nurturing Attachments combines the experience and wisdom of parents and carers with that of professionals to provide support and practical guidance...

The Handbook of Children, Media and Development brings together an interdisciplinary group of experts in the fields of developmental psychology, de...

The Blackwell Handbook of Language Development provides a comprehensive treatment of the major topics and current concerns in the field; exploring ...

First published in 2006. This is Volume 3 of the Official Journal of the Society for the Study of Human Development from 2006. It includes a specia...

This easy-to-read guide offers a complete overview of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLDs) and the wide variety of symptoms that different types ...

The increasing number of people being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) cannot simply be explained by changes in diagnostic criteria ...

*Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2006*Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and...

Media and the Make-Believe Worlds of Children offers new insights into children's descriptions of their invented or "make-believe" worlds, and the ...

Within a developmental framework, this book guides the clinician to understand the different types of problems that parents have with infants and t...

This volume provides unique and valuable firsthand accounts of the most important longitudinal studies of attachment. Presented are a range of rese...

This important work presents the results of the most comprehensive scientific study to date of early child care and its relation to child developme...

For young children, two of the most important tasks they face are learning how to communicate and learning how to think about themselves and the so...

Achieving good behavior and social skills in a child with developmental disabilities can often be very difficult, and methods that improve behavior...

How do children develop an understanding of people as psychological entities - as feeling, thinking beings? How do they come to understand human be...

Social play is about relating to others, playing and making friends - all of which are key elements for social inclusion, adjustment and well-being...

The message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, lea...

How do children develop an understanding of people as psychological entities - as feeling, thinking beings? How do they come to understand human be...

Many children are naturally shy but extreme shyness and social anxiety can become a major childhood problem, leading to avoidance of school, diffic...

Media and the Make-Believe Worlds of Children offers new insights into children's descriptions of their invented or "make-believe" worlds, and the ...

In recent years, newspaper articles, television specials, and other media events have focused on the numerous hard decisions faced by today's youth...

The seven articles in this special issue represent a sampling of the exciting findings that are beginning to emerge from studies of executive contr...

A testament to the influential nature of educational and community gardening programs for teens Part engaging conversation, part comprehensive fie...

This new fifth edition captures the excitement and relevance of child psychology at the beginning of the 21st century; a theme that is exemplified ...

A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human d...

This volume examines the role of mindfulness principles and practices in a range of well-established cognitive and behavioral treatment approaches....

A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human d...

Recent years have seen an explosion of research into the physiological and neural bases of social behavior. This state-of-the science handbook is u...

How does the brain represent number and make mathematical calculations? What underlies the development of numerical and mathematical abilities? Wha...

The message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, lea...

School-aged children in the U.S. and other Western nations spend almost half of their waking hours in leisure activities. For some, out-of-school t...

School-aged children in the U.S. and other Western nations spend almost half of their waking hours in leisure activities. For some, out-of-school t...

This volume has as its primary aim the examination of issues concerning executive function and frontal lobe development. While many texts have addr...