Child and developmental psychology Books
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Why Gender Matters Second Edition
Book SynopsisA noted pediatrician and child psychologist looks at the controversial question of biologically based gender differences, arguing that these variations are a biological reality and that they play a key role in the development of personality traits and intellectual and social skills.
£17.09
Penguin Publishing Group Magic Trees of the Mind How to Nurture Your Childs Intelligence Creativity and Healthy Emotions from Birth Through Adolescence
Book SynopsisCutting edge scientific research has shown that exposure to the right kind of environment during the first years of life actually affects the physical structure of a child's brain, vastly increasing the number of neuron branches—the magic trees of the mind—that help us to learn, think, and remember. At each stage of development, the brain's ability to gain new skills and process information is refined.As a leading researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, Marion Diamond has been a pioneer in this field of research. Now, Diamond and award-winning science writer Janet Hopson present a comprehensive enrichment program designed to help parents prepare their children for a lifetime of learning.Trade Review“Wonderful… an excellent resource and activity guide for children ages one through twelve.”—Rebecca Shore, Baby Teacher: Nurturing Neural Networks from Birth to Age Five “More than 35 years ago, Marian Diamond, a distinguished neuroanatomist in Berkeley, was part of a University of California research team whose imaginative experiments yielded a wealth of insights into rat behavior—and later into the plasticity of the growing human brain. A consequence of that groundbreaking research, and much that followed, is this remarkable book—both a guide for perplexed parents and an absorbing tale of scientific discovery. Its provocative subtitle offers a promise that the authors fulfill abundantly.”—David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle “Diamond and Hopson bring hard science up to the standards of common sense… Diamond, a researcher at UC-Berkeley, and science journalist Hopson bring a clear and steady gaze to material that could have overwhelmed less able writers. The valuable nearly 100-page resource guide includes extensive lists of recommended books and toys for children grouped by age level and by gender.”—Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsMagic Trees of the MindPrologue and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Experience Is the Best Sculptor1: Trees That Grow So Fair: Neural Forests of the Mind2: An Enchanted Thing: The Brain's Network of Connections3: Feed My Brain: Influences in the WombAn Enrichment Program for the Unborn Child4: Dreaming Eyes of Wonder: Nurturing the Very YoungAn Enrichment Program for Babies and Toddlers5: These Become Part of the Child: Stimulating the Mind in the Preschool YearsAn Enrichment Program for Preschool Children6: Letting the Future In: The Power Of Experience in Middle ChildhoodAn Enrichment Program for Grade School Children7: Plant Another Tree: Continuing Mental Development in AdolescenceAn Enrichment Program for Teenagers8: Learning Not by Chance: Enrichment in the Classroom9: As Morning Shows the Day: How Social Factors Shape Future MindsResource Guide: Additional Tools for Enrichment Articles / Books / Organizations / On-line Resources / Catalogs and Commercial Sources / Parent-Recommended Enrichment ToolsNotesIndex
£18.85
The Perseus Books Group The Human Spark The Science of Human Development
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The Perseus Books Group Journey Of The Adopted Self A Quest For Wholeness
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Mind in Motion
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Basic Books Separation Anxiety and Anger 002 Basic Books Classics
Book SynopsisThe experience of separation and the ensuing susceptibility to anxiety, anger, and fear constitute the flip side of the attachment phenomenon. In an authoritative new foreword to Bowlby's classic study, Stephen Mitchell (who gives resonant voice to the relational perspective in psychoanalysis) bridges the distance between attachment theory and the psychoanalytic tradition.
£32.66
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Healing Journey Through Divorce
Book SynopsisA source of support and expert guidance through a difficult life passage Like a wise and comforting companion, this unique journal can help you to understand and work through those feelings of anger, fear, confusion, remorse, grief, and hopelessness that come along with the breakup of a marriage.Table of ContentsEmbarking On Your Journey. A Road Map Through Divorce. Destination: Dealing with the Decision. Destination: Adjusting to Loss. Destination: Restoring Self-Esteem. Destination: Finding Support. Destination: Handling the Practicalities. Destination: Helping the Children. Destination: Dealing with Emotions. Destination: Good Health. Destination: Making Civil Peace. Destination: Redefining Relationships. Destination: Seeing with New Eyes. Destination: Reinventing Yourself. Destination: Moving On. As One Journey Ends, Another Begins. Helpful Books. About the Authors. Acknowledgments.
£29.44
Renew Your Mind Publishing The Mindful Parent How to Stay Sane Stay Calm and Stay Connected to Your Kids
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Penguin Putnam Inc Raising a Rare Girl
Book Synopsis“A remarkable book . . . I found myself thinking that all expectant and new parents should read it.” —Michelle SlaterA New York Times Book Review Editors'' Choice In Raising a Rare Girl, Lanier explores how to defy the tyranny of normal and embrace parenthood as a spiritual practice that breaks us open in the best of ways.Like many women of her generation, when Heather Lanier was expecting her first child she did everything by the book in the hope that she could create a SuperBaby, a supremely healthy human destined for a high-achieving future.But her daughter Fiona challenged all of Lanier’s preconceptions. Born with an ultra-rare syndrome known as Wolf-Hirschhorn, Fiona received a daunting prognosis: she would experience significant developmental delays and might not reach her second birthday. The diagnosis obliterated Lanier’s perfectionist tendencies, along with her most closely held beliefs about certainty, vulnerability, God, and love. With tiny bits of mozzarella cheese, a walker rolled to library story time, a talking iPad app, and a whole lot of pop and reggae, mother and daughter spend their days doing whatever it takes to give Fiona nourishment, movement, and language. Loving Fiona opens Lanier up to new understandings of what it means to be human, what it takes to be a mother, and above all, the aching joy and wonder that come from embracing the unique life of her rare girl.
£15.30
Penguin Books Ltd Thirty Million Words
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Whats Going on in There
Book SynopsisAs a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first child that she became intrigued with the study of brain development. She wanted to know precisely how the baby's brain is formed, and when and how each sense, skill, and cognitive ability is developed. And just as important, she was interested in finding out how her role as a nurturer can affect this complex process. How much of her baby's development is genetically ordained--and how much is determined by environment? Is there anything parents can do to make their babies' brains work better--to help them become smarter, happier people? Drawing upon the exploding research in this field as well as the stories of real children, What's Going On in There? is a lively and thought-provoking book that charts the brain's development from conception through the critical first five years. In examining the many factors that play crucial roles in that process, What's Going On in There? explores the evolution of the senses, motor skills, social and emotional behaviors, and mental functions such as attention, language, memory, reasoning, and intelligence. This remarkable book also discusses: how a baby's brain is 'assembled' from scratch the critical prenatal factors that shapebrain development how the birthing process itself affects the brain which forms of stimulation are most effective at promoting cognitive development how boys' and girls' brains develop differently how nutrition, stress, and other physical and social factors can permanently affect a child's brain Brilliantly blending cutting-edge science with a mother's wisdom and insight, What's Going On in There? is an invaluable contribution to the nature versus nurture debate. Children's development is determined both by the genes they are born with and the richness of their early environment. This timely and important book shows parents the innumerable ways in which they can actually help their children grow better brains.
£19.80
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Girls on the Brink
Book Synopsis15 “simple but powerful” (The New York Times Book Review) strategies for raising emotionally healthy girls, based on cutting-edge science that explains the modern pressures that make it so difficult for adolescent girls to thrive“This is a brave and important book; the challenging stories—both personal and scientific—will make you think, and, hopefully, act.”—Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, New York Times bestselling co-author of What Happened to You?ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, MashableAnyone caring for girls today knows that our daughters, students, and girls next door are more anxious and more prone to depression and self-harming than ever before. The question that no one has yet been able to credibly answer is Why?Now we have answers. As award-winning writer Donna Jackson Nakazawa deftly explains in Girls on th
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Alfred A. Knopf Your Baby Child
Book SynopsisThe classic—beloved, trusted, best-selling—guide to baby and child care completely redesigned and revised for a new generation of parents • From Penelope Leach, a luminary in the world of child development (The Boston Globe)Penelope Leach has helped millions of parents raise their children for more than forty years with her thoroughly researched, practical, baby-led advice, her wise, empathic, and sensible perspective, and her comforting voice. This new edition has been completely redesigned for today’s parents. Leach has revised the text to reflect the latest research on child development and learning as well as societal changes and the realities of our current world. Your Baby & Child is essential—a bible—for every new parent. In easy to follow stages from birth through age five (newborn, settled baby, older baby, toddler, young child), Your Baby & Child addresses parents’ ever
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Penguin Putnam Inc The OutofSync Child Third Edition
Book Synopsis2022 Mom''s Choice Gold Award WinnerThe groundbreaking book that explains Sensory Processing Difference (SPD)--and presents a drug-free approach that offers hope for parents--now revised and updated.Does your child exhibit...Over-responsivity--or under-responsivity--to touch or movement? A child with SPD may be a sensory avoider, withdrawing from touch, refusing to wear certain clothing, avoiding active games--or he may be a sensory disregarder, needing a jump start to get moving.Over-responsivity--or under-responsivity--to sounds, sights taste, or smell? She may cover her ears or eyes, be a picky eater, or seem oblivious to sensory cues.Cravings for sensation? The sensory craver never gets enough of certain sensations, e.g., messy play, spicy food, noisy action, and perpetual movement.Poor sensory discrimination? She may not sense the difference between objects or experiences--unaware of what she''s hol
£17.00
Random House USA Inc The Emotional Lives of Teenagers
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iUniverse Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids Perils and Profits of Growing Up Gifted The Perils and Profits of Growing Up Gifted
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iUniverse Is It ADD A Home Evaluation Guidebook
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iUniverse Youth Violence Prevention A Guide for Concerned Parents and Professionals
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iUniverse The Learning Theory of Piaget Inhelder
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iUniverse How Kids Learn Math New Discoveries and Ancient Wisdom
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iUniverse Reality TherapyA Workable Approach for
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iUniverse Swollen Ankles Blowfish Kisses
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iUniverse MY WAY BACK Uncovering the Cause and Cure of Autistic Spectrum Disorder
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iUniverse We Cry Out Living with Developmental Disabilities
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iUniverse Sexual BeginningsA Blueprint for Life A Blueprint for Life
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iUniverse Life Love and Hope
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iUniverse REMEMBERING JEFFREY
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iUniverse Just For Awhile
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iUniverse Humanizing Child Developmental Theory A Holistic Approach
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iUniverse Anatomy of Attitudes
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iUniverse Precious In His Sight A Mothers Journey of Faith with Her Special Needs Child
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iUniverse Swollen Ankles Blowfish Kisses
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iUniverse Humanizing Child Developmental Theory A Holistic Approach
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Wise Women Publishing Raising Resilient and Compassionate Children
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Loving Being Publishing Sound Sleep and Secure Attachment With Aware Parenting
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Random House USA Inc The Disappearance of Childhood
Book SynopsisFrom the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today−and the corresponding threat to the notion of adulthood.Deftly marshaling a vast array of historical and demographic research, Neil Postman, author of Technopoly, suggests that childhood is a relatively recent invention, which came into being as the new medium of print imposed divisions between children and adults. But now these divisions are eroding under the barrage of television, which turns the adult secrets of sex and violence into popular entertainment and pitches both news and advertising at the intellectual level of ten-year-olds.Informative, alarming, and aphorisitc, The Disappearance of Childhood is a triumph of history and prophecy.
£11.99
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Deep Play Vintage
Book SynopsisThe national bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play. Deep play is that more intensified form of play that puts us in a rapturous mood and awakens the most creative, sentient, and joyful aspects of our inner selves. As Diane Ackerman ranges over a panoply of artistic, spiritual, and athletic activities, from spiritual rapture through extreme sports, we gain a greater sense of what it means to be in the moment and totally, transcendentally human. Keenly perceived and written with poetic exuberance, Deep Play enlightens us by revealing the manifold ways we can enhance our lives.
£13.29
Archaeology for the Soul Archaeology for the Womans Soul Awaken Woman Unearth Yourself Worship your Truth
£9.67
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Closely Observed Infants
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Penguin Putnam Inc Range
Book SynopsisThe #1 New York Times bestseller that has all America talking: as seen/heard on CNN''s Fareed Zakaria GPS, Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, The Bill Simmons Podcast, Rich Roll, and more. “The most important business—and parenting—book of the year.” —Forbes “Urgent and important. . . an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance.” —Daniel H. Pink Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardPlenty of experts argue that anyone who wants to develop a skill, play an instrument, or lead their field should start early, focus intensely, and rack up as many hours of deliberate practice as possible. If you dabble or delay, you’ll never catch up to the people who got a head start. But a closer look at research on the world’s top perform
£24.00
Xlibris Corporation Language Processing Problems A Guide for Parents and Teachers
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Free Press Cherishment
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Simon & Schuster Origins How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape
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Polity Press Evolutionary Psychology
Book SynopsisAn accessible introduction to the principle of Evolutionary Psychology While providing a sound introduction the author also challenges accepted theories and suggests new approaches to the field of Evolutionary Psychology Readable and approachable style, without jargon and excessive detail.Trade Review'Christopher Badcock has produced the most thorough integration of modern genetics and human behaviour to appear. This stimulating book will be valued by those who want an up to date treatment of modern genetics and human behaviour and who value a bit of controversy and a touch of speculation in their reading.' Charles Crawford, Simon Fraser University 'Once again Christopher Badcock has written a compulsively readable book on an important topic. The application of Darwinian evolutionary biology to our understanding of the human mind and our social behaviour is producing cutting-edge science, and Badcock explains the advances made and the problems remaining with skill and insight. Knowledgeable both about the social sciences and the discoveries of modern biology, this book offers a penetrating analysis of the interacions between the branches of science. Written in a clear and understandable style, Evolutionary Psychology will surely be a standard work on the subject for years to come.' Michael Ruse, University of Guelph 'Christopher Badcock's Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction has got to be one of the better introductory texts out there. It is a way into what can often be perceived as an intimidating and overly science-based endeavour. It fact it is extremely informed from within the natural sciences, but it is also intensely fascinating ... Christopher Badcock has done an excellent job introducing the public to a field that is often mired in high academia and scientific obfuscation.' Self & Society 'it contains excitement and vision that, when tempered by a mature critic such as a teacher or tutor, make this book stand out as one from which I should love to teach' Paul Harvey, Head of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS, Preface, Acknowledgements, Chapter 1 SELECTION AND ADAPTATION The concept of evolution, Natural selection, Survival of the fittest, Three assumptions about adaptations, The EEA, The argument from design, Design flaws in evolution, The Swiss army knife model of the mind, The triune brain, The costs and benefits of human brain evolution, The evolutionary psychology of evolutionary psychology. Chapter 2 GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS: Inheritance and acquired characteristics, Blending inheritance and mutation, Mendel, the discovery of DNA, The genetic code, Development and preformation, Epigenesis, The role of the single Gene, Genetic and environmental determinism, The problem with programming behaviour, Epigenetic agents, Chapter 3 THE EVOLUTION & PSYCHOLOGY OF CO-OPERATION: Super-organisms and group selection, Individualism in groups, The problem of altruism, Hamilton's inequality, Kin altruism, Inclusive fitness, Prisoner's dilemma, Iterated prisoner's dilemma, Familiarity and reputation, The evolved psychology of reciprocity, Cognitive adaptations for social exchange. Chapter 4 MIND, EMOTION AND CONSCIOUSNESS: Anti-mentalism, Autism and theory of mind, Darwin's three principles of the expression of the emotions, Evolutionary psychology and The Expression of the Emotions, The pleasure principle, Freud and Darwin, Triver's evolutionary psychodynamics of consciousness, Divided consciousness, Mental topography & brain lateralization, Chapter 5 SEX, MATING AND PARENTAL INVESTMENT: Sex and parental investment, Variance of reproductive success, Mating systems, Divorce and remarriage, Human sexual adaptations, Mating preferences, Sex, scent and the selfish gene, Sex ratios, Sex discrimination, abortion and infanticide in humans. Chapter 6 GROWTH, DEVELOPMEMT AND CONFLICT: Parent-offspring conflict, Genomic imprinting, Conflict in pregnancy, Imprinted genes and brain development, Postnatal depression, Weaning conflicts, Psychological conflict between parent and child, Genetic conflict and Freudian psychodynamics, The evolution of ambivalence. Chapter 7 NATURE, NURTURE, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: Evolutionary psychology and the SSSM, Memes, Conditioning, The nurture assumption, Language, Turner's syndrome, The nature of nurture. Glossary of technical terms, References, Index
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AuthorHouse integratingplaytherapyandemdrwithchildren
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Jason Aronson, Inc. Dialogue of Touch
Book SynopsisRecognizing the crucial importance of knowing how to be present with a child in a reparative role, this work incorporates training in developmental play into the body of the book to provide therapists, teachers, and other helping professionals with the experience they need to understand and practice capable touching.Trade ReviewViola Brody brings the wisdom of genuine maturity to her work. She combines it with a passion and a commitment that could move mountains. And it is mountains, indeed, that her book moves. With courage and enormous insight, she gets right into the heart of where touch needs to be in this uptight world. This is a book as practical as a mother's lap and as tender as a father's belief in you. Dr. Brody has my full support on her mission of mercy and enlightenment. -- Sidney B. Simon, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus, Psychological Education University of MassachusettsDialogue Of Touch is as informative as it is practical and a highly recommended addition to therapeutic reference book collections. * Midwest Book Review *
£67.00
Jason Aronson, Inc. Sandplay
Book SynopsisExplores the application of sandplay therapy as the author learned it from Dora Kalff, among others. The author shares her professional experience in a chapter on equipping the office with miniatures and also with cameras.
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