Child category: 4509 books
Life and Loss
A Guide to Help Grieving Children
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
Many clinicians recognize that denying or ignoring grief issues in children leaves them feeling alone and that acknowledging loss is crucial part of a child’s healthy development. Really dealing with loss in productive ways, however, is sometimes easier said than done. For decades, Life and Loss...
Empathic Care for Children with Disorganized Attachments
A Model for Mentalizing, Attachment and Trauma-Informed Care
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Disorganized attachment is the most extreme form of insecure attachment. This book is a practical guide to caring for children and young people with disorganized attachment and related emotional and psychological difficulties.
Synthesising attachment, trauma and mentalization theory into a...
Parenting in Transracial Adoption: Real Questions and Real Answers
Real Questions and Real Answers
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Anchored in a qualitative study of parents who have adopted children identified as being of a different race, this book draws from real-life experiences to raise and respond to questions that arise before, during, and after transracial adoption. Its goal: to help adoptive parents (and child welfare...
Handbook of Applied Developmental Science
Promoting Positive Child, Adolescent, and Family Development Through Research, Policies, and Programs
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2002
The Handbook of Applied Developmental Science is the only work to comprehensively present the latest theory, research, and application from applied developmental science (ADS) and the positive psychology movement. It summarizes and synthesizes the best scientific knowledge from ADS to help readers...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Challenges in the Theory and Practice of Play Therapy provides an advanced and in-depth exploration of the issues and challenges relating to the training, theory and practice of Child-Centred Play Therapy. The ethos of the book is process orientated, and it discusses the particular therapeutic challenges...
If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be Okay
How to Know if Your Child's Injury or Illness Is Really an Emergency
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2009
As an Emergency Room pediatrician, Dr. Lara Zibners has seen it all. She's cared for a portion of the 25 million children in the U.S. who are taken to the ER each year-and she knows that more than 50% of these visits may be unnecessary. IF YOUR KID EATS THIS BOOK, EVERYTHING WILL STILL BE OKAY shows...
Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls
A Cosmic Perspective on Codependence and the Human Condition
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996
Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls has been called "one of the truly transformational works of our time" - and it's author Robert Burney referred to as "a metaphysical Stephen Hawking." A counselor/coach and Spiritual Teacher whose work has been compared to John Bradshaw's...
by Jodie Hampshire, Selina Smyth, Tammie Flinos
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
This is the book the authors wish they had a decade ago as they started out to raise healthy and resilient adopted children – and stay sane in the process.
You’ve completed the paperwork, waited and waited and then waited some more. Then, your adopted child is yours to parent. And you plan...
by Ray Mathis
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Parenting and teaching can be tough. It's easy to generate more emotion than is helpful and make mistakes, especially with the most troubled and troublesome young people. This book was written by a health education teacher who became certified in cognitive behavioral therapy to better understand...
The Minecraft Addiction Solution
Video Game Addiction, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Discover how to Overcome your Child’s Addiction to Minecraft
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"This was an easy read and the lessons are applicable beyond one setting. I recommend this book for parents and educators." Kit Chan
"Josh's book deals with a common...
by Lindsay Tighe
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Whether you're dealing with the âTerrible Two's' or a âTroubled Teenager', this easy-to-read book will help transform your relationship with your kids . . . and everyone else in the family for that matter!Written for parents who want to be even better than they already...
Stimulating Your Little One's Mind
Everything you need to help your newborn discover the world
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Change is only 50 minutes away! Find out everything you need to know about your baby’s development with this straightforward guide.The first few months of your baby’s life are an exciting time: your little one has a whole world to discover and is rapidly picking up new skills. As a parent, you can...
Courage After Fire for Parents of Service Members
Strategies for Coping When Your Son or Daughter Returns from Deployment
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Parents of returning service members may sometimes feel that their voices are not heard. The media is saturated with stories about troops returning from deployment with mental health problems like post-traumatic stress, depression, and substance abuse. Some also return home with physical problems...
Transforming Children's Mental Health Policy into Practice
Lessons from Virginia and Other States' Experiences Creating and Sustaining Comprehensive Systems of Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
This book examines the long term impact of service reform in children’s mental health, focusing on comprehensive state and local initiatives to improve care for children with serious behavioral health and their families to illustrate how programmatic and contextual forces influence policy and practice...