Best Gift Shopping > Books > Child Psychology
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Best Gift Shopping > Books > Child Psychology
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ADHD: A Complete and Authoritative Guide (American Academy of Pediatrics)(more) »rank: 175189from: American Academy Of Pediatrics
Our review: :This comprehensive guide to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) offers parents balanced, reassuring, and authoritative information to help them understand and manage this challenging and often misunderstood condition. Based on the American Academy of Pediatrics' own clinical practice guidelines for ADHD and written in clear, accessible language, this book answers the common questions: How is ADHD diagnosed?, What are today's best treatment options, and Will my child outgrow ADHD? Accurate, up-to-date findings on evaluation and diagnosis, coexisting conditions, and unproven treatments are provided. Also addressed are behaviors associated with the teenage years and what schools can do to support children with the condition. ... Detail |
Effective School Interventions, Second Edition: Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Student Outcomes(more) »rank: 63659by: Natalie Rathvon
Our review: :This highly practical resource and text presents 70 interventions that have been demonstrated to improve the classroom learning environment, academic achievement, and student behavior and social competence. Each intervention is presented in a brief, standardized format with step-by-step procedures that can easily be implemented by Pre-K-12 teachers and other school-based professionals. The volume includes best-practice guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based school interventions, as well as strategies for combining multiple interventions to create a comprehensive program at the individual, class, or schoolwide level. New to This Edition:*Substantially revised and expanded to reflect significant developments in research and practice. *Designed for full compatibility ... Detail |
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Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling(more) »rank: 23570by: John Holt, Pat Farenga
Our review: :The classic work on teaching children at home, updated for today's new laws, new lifestyles, and a new generation of homeschooling parents. Today more than one and a half million children are being taught at home by their own parents. In this expanded edition of the book that helped launch the whole movement, Pat Farenga has distilled John Holt's timeless understanding of the ways children come to understand the world and added up-to-the-moment practical advice. Rather than proposing that parents turn their homes into miniature schools, Holt and Farenga demonstrate how ordinary parents can help children grow as social, active learners. Chapters ... Detail |
The Sensory-Sensitive Child: Practical Solutions for Out-of-Bounds Behavior(more) »rank: 158286by: Karen A. Smith, Karen R. Gouze
Our review: :In a book likely to transform how parents manage many of their child's daily struggles, Drs. Smith and Gouze explain the central and frequently unrecognized role that sensory processing problems play in a child's emotional and behavioral difficulties. Practicing child psychologists, and themselves parents of children with sensory integration problems, their message is innovative, practical, and, above all, full of hope. A child with sensory processing problems overreacts or underreacts to sensory experiences most of us take in stride. A busy classroom, new clothes, food smells, sports activities, even hugs can send such a child spinning out of control. The result can ... Detail |
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Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach(more) »rank: 202144by: Barbara M. Newman, Philip R. Newman
Our review: :Newman and Newman take a chronological approach to the study of the life span, drawing on the psychosocial theory of Erik Erikson to provide a conceptual framework for the text. Newman and Newman address physical, intellectual, social, and emotional growth in all life stages, focusing on the idea that development results from the interdependence of these areas at every stage, and placing special emphasis on optimal development through life. The text is noted for its clear organization, providing instructors and students with a coherent structure for tracing development over the life span. The text integrates theory and research with application, making the ... Detail |
Bipolar Kids: Helping Your Child Find Calm in the Mood Storm(more) »rank: 162298by: Rosalie Greenberg
Our review: :From a leading child psychiatrist, a comprehensive parents' guide to understanding--and managing--pediatric bipolar disorder Once considered an adult illness, bipolar disorder (manic depression) is the fastest growing category in child psychiatry since ADHD, touching the lives of an estimated one million children. But often it goes misdiagnosed, and children can be prescribed medication that only worsens the condition. Parents are desperate for someone to guide the way through this difficult time. With her twenty-five years of clinical experience, child psychiatrist Rosalie Greenberg offers families a lifeline--a book filled with sage, practical, and reassuring advice for anyone struggling to help a child locate ... Detail |
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Discipline: The Brazelton Way(more) »rank: 46175by: T. Berry Brazelton, Joshua D. Sparrow
Our review: :Discipline: The Brazelton Way shows how the normal growth spurts--physical, emotional, and intellectual--can lead to conflicts and testing behavior. For each problem--defiance, lying, stealing, fighting and biting, and foul language--Drs. Brazelton and Sparrow offer both understanding and practical solutions. Sleepless nights, wailing babies, defiant toddlers--these are universal issues for new parents. Now beloved pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton and his esteemed colleague the child psychiatrist Joshua Sparrow come to the rescue with these highly effective and affordable guides. Full of empathy, warmth, and wisdom, each book in the Brazelton Way series leads parents step-by-step through these trying struggles. Courtesy of Dr. Brazelton's unparalleled ... Detail |
Not Without My Sister: The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed(more) »rank: 61981by: Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones, Juliana Buhring
Our review: :Kristina, Celeste, and Juliana were all born into the Children of God cult, and from as early as three years old were mistreated and used as sexual beings. They were denied access to formal schooling, forced to wander the streets begging for money, and were mercilessly beaten for 'crimes' as harmless as reading an encyclopedia. After being separated from each other and their mothers and forced to live in various missions with multiple foster parents, the sisters eventually managed to escape. In this startling exposé, they have come together to reveal in horrific detail the group that has destroyed the lives of so many. Their ... Detail |
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The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children(more) »rank: 251230by: David Elkind
Our review: :Best-selling author and distinguished professor, David Elkind provides parents with an understanding of and appreciation for the powerful role of 'play' in healthy emotional and academic development In modern childhood, free, unstructured play time is being replaced more and more by academics, lessons, competitive sports, and passive, electronic entertainment. While parents may worry that their children will be at a disadvantage if they are not engaged in constant, explicit learning or using the latest 'educational' games, David Elkind's The Power of Play reassures us that unscheduled imaginative play goes far in preparing children for academic and social success. Through expert analysis of ... Detail |
Identity and the Life Cycle(more) »rank: 105737by: Erik H. Erikson
Our review: :Erik H. Erikson's remarkable insights into the relationship of life history and history began with observations on a central stage of life: identity development in adolescence. This book collects three early papers that—along with Childhood and Society—many consider the best introduction to Erikson's theories.'Ego Development and Historical Change' is a selection of extensive notes in which Erikson first undertook to relate to each other observations on groups studied on field trips and on children studied longitudinally and clinically. These notes are representative of the source material used for Childhood and Society.'Growth and Crises of the Health Personality' takes Erikson beyond adolescence, into ... Detail |