Child and developmental psychology Books

Book SynopsisIn the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.This influential volume of papers, chosen by Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith before she passed away, recognises her major contribution to the field of developmental psychology. Published over a 40-year period, the papers included here address the major themes that permeate through Annette's work: from typical to atypical development, genetics and computation modelling approaches, and neuroimaging of the developing brain. A newly written introduction by Michael S. C. Thomas and Mark H. Johnson gives an overview of her research journey and contextualises her selection of papers in relation to changes in the field over time.Thinking Developmentally from Constructivism to NeuroconstructiviTrade Review"Annette Karmiloff-Smith changed the field of Developmental Psychology with her thinking. She recognised the importance of ‘development itself’ for understanding both typical and atypical development. In this collection of works, which spans four decades, the reader is introduced to the neuroconstructivist theory that development from infancy to adulthood is a product of multi-level interactions across genes, brain, behaviour and the environment. Annette’s work was and continues to be an inspiration for developmental psychologists. Whilst her presence is sorely missed, her legacy will live on through this volume." - Emily Farran, University College London, UK"Karmiloff-Smith’s explorations of cognitive development and neurocognitive disorders challenge conventional modes of thought about the origins of cognitive abilities and the basis of developmental anomalies. Anyone who hopes to understand and contribute further to these topics will benefit from the distinctive perspectives presented in the articles in this book." – Jay McLelland, Stanford University, USA"Karmiloff-Smith was one of the most important developmental psychologists of her generation. She combined razor sharp critical skills with a profound belief that understanding child development meant understanding the mechanisms that give rise to the changes we see across childhood. This work brings together for the first time in a single volume Annette’s most important papers. Readers will not only have all of her seminal works within access, but will be able to see the evolution of her thinking and the stunning ranging reach of her impact. It is invaluable for students and researchers alike." - Denis Mareschal, University of London, UKTable of ContentsFROM IMPLICIT TO EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE – TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT, Karmiloff-Smith, A. & Inhelder, B. (1975) "If you want to get ahead, get a theory", Cognition, 3(3), 195-212.; Karmiloff-Smith, A. (1986) "From metaprocesses to conscious access: evidence from children's metalinguistic and repair data", Cognition, 23 (2), 95-147.; Karmiloff-Smith, A. (1990) Constraints on representational change: evidence from children's drawing". Cognition, 34, 1-27. ; Karmiloff-Smith, A. (1994) Beyond Modularity: A Developmental Perspective on Cognitive Science. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 17(4), 693-706.; FROM TYPICAL TO ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT, Karmiloff-Smith, A. (1998) Development itself is the key to understanding developmental disorders. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2(10), 389-398.; Karmiloff-Smith, A., Brown, J.H., Grice, S. & Paterson, S. (2003) Dethroning the myth: Cognitive dissociations & innate modularity in Williams syndrome. Developmental Neuropsychology, 23(1&2), 229-244.; Karmiloff-Smith, A., Thomas, M., Annaz, D., Humphreys, K., Ewing, S., Brace, N., van Duuren, M., Pike, G., Grice, S. & Campbell, R. (2004) Exploring the Williams Syndrome Face Processing Debate: The importance of building developmental trajectories. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45(7), 1258-1274.; GENETICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING APPROACHES, Karmiloff-Smith, A., Scerif, G., & Thomas, M. S. C. (2002). Different approaches to relating genotype to phenotype in developmental disorders. Developmental Psychobiology, 40, 311-322.; Karmiloff-Smith, A., Grant J, Ewing S, Carette MJ, Metcalfe K, Donnai D, Read AP, Tassabehji M. (2003) Using case study comparisons to explore genotype-phenotype correlations in Williams-Beuren syndrome. Journal of Medical Genetics. 40(2), 136-140.; Thomas, M.S., Knowland, V.C. & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2011). Mechanisms of developmental regression in autism and the broader phenotype: a neural network modeling approach. Psychological Review, 118(4), 637-654.; TAKING THE BRAIN SERIOUSLY, Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2010) Neuroimaging of the developing brain: Taking "developing" seriously. Human Brain Mapping, 31(6), 934-941; TAKING THE ENVIRONMENT SERIOUSLY, Karmiloff-Smith, A., D’Souza, D., Dekker, T.M., Van Herwegen, J., Xu, F., Rodic, M. & Ansari, D. (2012). Genetic and environmental vulnerabilities in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. PNAS, 109, 2, 17261–17265.; AND, ALWAYS, TAKING DEVELOPMENT SERIOUSLY, Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2006). Ontogeny, Genetics and Evolution: A Perspective from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Biological Theory, 1(1), 44-51.; Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2009) Nativism versus Neuroconstructivism: Rethinking the Study of Developmental Disorders. Special Issue on the Interplay of Biology and Environment, Developmental Psychology, 45(1), 56-63.; Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2015) An alternative to domain-general or domain-specific frameworks for theorizing about human evolution and ontogenesis. AIMS Neuroscience.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a reconstruction of Aristotelian character education, shedding new light on what moral character really is, and how it can be highlighted, measured, nurtured and taught in current schooling. Arguing that many recent approaches to character education understand character in exclusively amoral, instrumentalist terms, Kristjánsson proposes a coherent, plausible and up-to-date concept, retaining the overall structure of Aristotelian character education.After discussing and debunking popular myths about Aristotelian character education, subsequent chapters focus on the practical ramifications and methodologies of character education. These include measuring virtue and morality, asking whether Aristotelian character education can salvage the effects of bad upbringing, and considering implications for teacher training and classroom practice. The book rejuvenates time-honoured principles of the development of virtues in young people, at a time when character' featTrade Review"Kristja´nsson’s book is a valuable contribution to moral education and a timely corrective to contemporary character education efforts. Even the skeptical reader may have the impression that his goals are achievable, and the many references to his ongoing work at the Jubilee Centre suggest that he will continue to show us how." - Matthew J. Hayden, Journal of Moral Education "This highly informative and rigorous book gives the best available explanation of the importance and significance of Aristotelian character education, reminding readers that performance is not enough if it is not underpinned by moral virtue and providing a desirable social vision of flourishing individuals in a flourishing society." - SciMedNet"Overall, Aristotelian Character Education answers many questions, rebuts many objections, and clarifies the strengths, weaknesses, and remaining challenges for ACE. It is an exceptionally useful, cross-disciplinary resource." - Howard J. Curzer, The Philosophical Quarterly"It is difficult to find fault with Aristolian Character Education by Kristjan Kristjansson. In eight engagingly written and thoroughly researched chapters, he introduces the reader to Aristotelian character education, defends it against critics and develops a contemporary version in the spirit, if not always the letter, of Aristotle’s virtue theory." - Nancy E. Snow, The University of Oklahoma, British Journal of Educational StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction: What is Aristotelian character education? 2. Some Persistent Myths about Aristotelian Character Education 3. Measuring Virtue for Aristotelian Character Education 4. Phronesis and Aristotelian Character Education 5. Can Aristotelian Character Education Undo the Effects of Bad Upbringing? 6. Towards Method: Dialogue and Aristotelian character education 7. Educating the Educators: Teachers and Aristotelian character education 8. Concluding Reflections

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Gerontology Research Methods offers a clear understanding of the most important research challenges and issues in the burgeoning field of the psychology of aging. As people in developed countries live longer, so a range of research methods has evolved that allows a more nuanced understanding of how we develop psychological and neurologically. Allied to this is an increasing concern with the idea of well-being, a concept which places cognitive performance and development within a more socially grounded context. With contributions from a range of top international scholars, the book addresses both typical and atypical aging, highlighting key areas such as physical and cognitive exercise, nutrition, stress, diabetes and issues related to death, dying and bereavement. Successful ageing is emphasised throughout the text. Each chapter concludes with a series of practical tips on how to undertake successful research in this area. This unique collection is theTable of ContentsSection 1: Introduction; 1. Understanding successful ageing, key challenges and research methods; Section 2: Lifestyle factors and Psychological Functioning; 2. Physical and Cognitive Exercise in Ageing 3. Nutrition, Health and the Ageing Process 4. Stress, Coping and resilience in an ageing population 5. The dual continua model of mental health and illness: Theory, findings and applications 6. Successful aging in the Workplace: a resources-oriented intervention perspective 7. Ageing and retirement behaviour; Section 3: Less successful Ageing; 8. The frontal ageing hypothesis: Evidence from Normal ageing and dementia 9. Examining cognitive function in type 2 diabetes: the importance of an inclusive research approach 10. Alzheimer's disease: interaction of lifestyle factors and traumatic head injury; Section 4: Novel Interventions for dementia; 11. The effect of music therapy for people with dementia 12. Poetry as a means of (re)creating satisfying levels of personhood and social integration for Alzheimer's sufferers: method discussion and outcomes; Section 5: End of Life; 13. Death, dying and bereavement in old age: Working towards a 'good death' for elderly individuals

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Book SynopsisIn light of recent standards-based and testing movements, the issue of play in child development has taken on increased meaning for educational professionals and social scientists. This third edition of Play From Birth to Twelve offers comprehensive coverage of what we now know about play and its guiding principles, dynamics, and importance in early learning. These up-to-date essays, written by some of the most distinguished experts in the field, help educators, psychologists, anthropologists, parents, health service personnel, and students explore a variety of theoretical and practical ideas, such as: all aspects of play, including historical and diverse perspectives as well as new approaches not yet covered in the literature how teachers in various classroom situations set up and guide play to facilitate learning how play is affected by societal violence, media reportage, technological innovations, and other contemporary isTrade Review"It is a delight to welcome this third edition of Play from Birth to Twelve, so brilliantly edited by Doris Pronin Fromberg and Doris Bergen. Such a comprehensive and genuinely helpful resource will prove of theoretical and practical value to all those who deal with children and who want to understand the roles of play in our early lives. Educators, health professionals, students, parents, museum personnel, city designers, and many others will find valuable material in these pages. The scope of the volume and its range of outstanding new and older research is a tribute to the insightful work of its editors. If the content of these essays directed more of our social and educational policy, we would surely have a better world." Kieran Egan, Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University, Canada "Broad and deep with appeal to a wide range of practitioners, theorists, researchers, policy makers, and parents, this brilliant book is needed today more than ever before. The editors have provided a rich treasure trove of everything we ever wanted to know about play from theory to practice, and the distinguished chapter authors are recognized experts on play, child development, and education. Teachers struggling with the disappearance of play from current educational settings will find this third edition, up to date with surprising new content and perspectives on the future, to be a comprehensive resource." Kathryn Castle, Professor & Watson Endowed Chair in Education, Oklahoma State University, USA Table of ContentsPreface Introduction, Doris Pronin Fromberg and Doris Bergen Part I Perspectives on Play Development 1 Play Development from Birth to Age Four, Barbara P. Garner and Doris Bergen 2 Play Development from Ages Four to Eight Years, James E. Johnson 3 Play and Socialization in Middle Childhood, Doris Bergen and Doris P. Fromberg 4 Gender Identity and Play, Melanie M. Ayres, Aliya Khan, and Leslie D. Levé 5 Play as Children See It, Nancy W. Wiltz and Greta G. Fein 6 Can I Play Too? Reflections on the Issues for Children with Disabilities, Gayle Mindes 7. Play’s Role and Meaning in the Lives of Children with Autism, Pamela Wolfberg 8. Play and Gifted Children, Annemarie Roeper 9 Play in the Context of Lifespan Human Development, Valeria J. Freysinger Part II Meanings of Play 10 The Meanings in Play with Objects, Shirley K. Morgenthaler 11 Social and Nonsocial Play, Robert J. Coplan, Laura L. Ooi, Alison Kirkpatrick, and Kenneth H. Rubin 12 Language and Play: Natural Partners, Jane Ilene Freeman Davidson 13 Sociodramatic Play Pretending Together, Patricia Monighan Nourot 14 Constructive Play, George Forman 15 Rough-and-Tumble Play from Childhood through Adolescence: Differing Perspectives, Anthony D. Pellegrini, 16 Games with Rules, Rheta DeVries 17 Play as a Context for Humor Development, Doris Bergen Part III Educational Contexts for Play 18 Adult Influences on Play: The Vygotskian Approach, Elena Bodrova and Deborah J. Leong 19 Social Play in School, Jeffrey Trawick-Smith 20 Play as a Medium for Literacy Development, James F. Christie and Kathleen Roskos 21 Play and Mathematics in Kindergarten, Constance Kamii 22 Scientific Inquiry and Exploratory Representational Play, Christopher R. Wolfe, R. Hays Cummins, Christopher A. Myer, and Elizabeth M. Cedillos 23 Technology Play and Learning, Lena Lee 24 Technology Play Concerns, Diane E. Levin 25 The Role of Play in Assessment, Diane Parham 26 Reconciling Play and Assessment Standards, Doris Bergen Part IV Social and Physical Contexts for Play 27 Play in Historical and Cross-Cultural Contexts, Donna R. Barnes 28 Influences of Race, Culture, Social Class, and Gender: Diversity and Play, Patricia G. Ramsey 29 Parent–Child and Child–Child Play in Diverse Cultural Contexts, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine and Aimbika Krishnakumar 30 Sibling and Peer Influences on Play, Sherri Oden, Kathleen O. Gray, and Janie A. Winn 31 The Cultural and Familial Contexts of Caregiver Support for Children’s Pretend Play, Wendy Haight and Minhae Cho 32 City Play, Amanda Dargan and Steve Zeitlin 33 Playful Experiences for Children in Museums, Donna R. Barnes 34 Children’s Outdoor Play: An Endangered Activity, Mary S. Rivkin 35 Perspectives on Play and Playgrounds, Joe L. Frost and Irma C. Woods 36 Play as Ritual in Health Care Settings, Laura Gaynard 37 Clinical Perspectives on Play, Karen Gitlin-Weiner Part V Particular Meanings Embedded in Play 38 The Struggle Between Sacred Play and Festive Play, Brian Sutton-Smith 39 Fantasy and Imagination, Dorothy G. Singer and Jerome L. Singer 40 Sociocultural Influences on Gender-Role Behaviors in Children’s Play, Alice Sterling Honig 41 Play and Violence: Understanding and Responding Effectively, Diane E. Levin 42 Protean Selves, Trading Zones, and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: The Role of Play in Future Progress, Karen VanderVen 43 How Nonlinear Systems Inform Meaning and Early Education, Doris Pronin Fromberg 44 Play, Technology Toy Affordances and Brain Development, Doris Bergen 45. Play and the Origin of Species, Michael Ellis Epilogue: Emerging and Future Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings for Play, Doris Bergen and Doris Pronin Fromberg Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisArt therapy with infants, toddlers and their families is an exciting and developing area of practice. With contributions from Australia, the United Kingdom and Spain, Art Therapy in the Early Years has an international flavour. The authors describe clinical art psychotherapy practice with children under five and their families in settings that include children in care, mental health clinics, paediatric wards, pre-schools, and early intervention programs. Divided into three sections, Art Therapy in the Early Years presents different clinical environments in which art psychotherapy with this client group is found: individual art therapy; group art therapy; parent-child dyad and family art therapy. The book proposes that within these different contexts, the adaptive possibilities inherent in art psychotherapy provide opportunities for therapeutic growth for young children aTrade Review‘Based on a wealth of experience, this is an excellent and lively contribution to the art therapy literature. Theoretically informed and clinically focussed, a compelling portrait emerges of the very sensitive work of psychoanalytically informed practice with very young children and their families. Illustrated with pictures and deeply moving case examples, an international group of specialists reveals the intense involvement of the therapists and their clients. This accessible book will be indispensible reading for art therapists, counsellors, and psychotherapists, especially those working with children and their parents.’ - Professor Joy Schaverien PhD, Jungian analyst, art psychotherapist and author of Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the Privileged Child‘This is a landmark text for art therapy practitioners, clinicians, researchers and students engaged in working with the very young. The increasing significance and relevance of art psychotherapy to address mental health needs of infants, toddlers and their families is beautifully demonstrated in this new text. I am pleased to read chapters by several fellow Australians, therapists whose work locates art therapy in the mainstream of child and family services in this country. This is evidence of the advance of the profession world-wide into the suite of clinical options and practices which lend flexibility and adaptability to the needs of our small people and their families.’ - Patricia Fenner PhD, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia‘This groundbreaking collection of papers will touch everyone who reads it, through the therapists’ tender description and thoughtful analysis of their work with some of the most basic and most powerful of human emotions: love, loss, rivalry and the struggle with the inexpressible. One of the many valuable aspects of this collection is its continuous focus on the art as well as the therapy, the materials, the art works, and the interactions which produce them. This collection will be found relevant and enjoyable by a wide readership of teachers, early years practitioners, health visitors, family support workers, psychologists and everyone who is concerned with the emotional wellbeing and resilience of very young children and their families.’ - Dr Julian Grenier, Headteacher of Sheringham Nursery School and Children’s Centre, National Teaching School, Newham, East London, National Leader of Education and former National Chair of Early Education'This book is a welcome and important exploration of art psychotherapy with very young children. Art therapy has its roots in the creative interpersonal relationship between the infant and their primary carer, and this book productively opens up this 'in between' space, extending theory and practice in the process. It offers a wealth of insights not only for clinicians working in the sector but for all art therapists engaged with the infantile within their clients. No doubt it will be a rich resource for professionals and students alike.' - Jonathan Isserow, Convener, MA Art Psychotherapy Programme, University of Roehampton, London'This book provides insights and narratives for those who work with young children and their families offering research, theory and practice, illustrating how young children make meaning of their world through thoughtful art experiences. The book invites readers to better understand how therapeutic interventions may be restorative and healing when young children are invited to engage with art materials, within a supportive setting, attending to their individual developmental needs. A book early childhood educators will no doubt come to value and refer to as it may shape and inform their own personal approach and practice.' - Cathy Milwidsky, Director of Early Learning, Moriah CollegeTable of ContentsList of illustrations Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Section 1. Individual art therapy with infants and toddlers 1 An Odd Mirror 2. On mark making and leaving a mark. Processing the experience of art therapy with preschool children. 3 ‘Cheerful and not Cheerful’: Art Psychotherapy on a Paediatric Ward. 4. 'I Do Dots...’ Art Therapy with Australian Aboriginal Children Section 2. Family and dyad art therapy with infants, toddlers and their parents 5. Transitions: Moving from Infancy to latency through symbolisation and the acquisition of language 6. The imprint of another life: working with siblings recently placed for adoption 7. Amazing Mess: Mother’s get in touch with their infants through the vitality of painting together 8. The crisis of the cream cakes. An infant’s food refusal as a representation of intergenerational trauma Section 3. Group art therapy with infants and toddlers 9. Building a fort: art therapy with a group of toddlers going through the adoption process 10. Making waves. An art psychotherapist’s retrospective review of counter transference drawings made in a preschool setting 11 Side-by-side: An early years art therapy group with a parental group alongside Conclusion Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1984, this was the first volume on this topic to appear in an emerging area of study at the time. The Editors were selective in choosing their contributions to the volume to ensure that both the developmental and neuropsychological domains were well represented. One of the major goals was to foster greater contact and cross-fertilization between subdisciplines that they firmly believed should be more intimately connected. The result is this title, which can now be enjoyed in its historical context.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Ann E. Kelley and Louis Stinus Neuroanatomical and Neurochemical Substrates of Affective Behavior 2. Victor H. Denenberg, Michael J. Hofmann, Glenn D. Rosen and David A. Yutzey Cerebral Asymmetry and Behavioral Laterality: Some Psychobiological Considerations 3. Stephen J. Suomi The Development of Affect in Rhesus Monkeys 4. Carol Zander Malatesta and Carroll E. Izard The Ontogenesis of Human Social Signals: From Biological Imperative to Symbol Utilization 5. Theodore J. Gaensbauer and Susan Hiatt Facial Communication of Emotion in Early Infancy 6. Barry M. Lester Infant Crying and the Development of Communication 7. Marcel Kinsbourne and Brenda Bemporad Lateralization of Emotion: A Model and the Evidence 8. Joan C. Borod and Elissa Koff Asymmetries in Affective Facial Expression: Behavior and Anatomy 9. Sara L. Weber and Harold A. Sackeim The Development of Functional Brain Asymmetry in the Regulation of Emotion 10. Nathan A. Fox and Richard J. Davidson Hemispheric Substrates of Affect: A Developmental Model. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisAttachment: Expanding the Cultural Connections is an exciting exploration of the latest trends in the theory and application of attachment within cross-cultural settings. The book''s insightful analysis, remarkable case studies, and groundbreaking research make it essential reading for any clinician or scholar interested in perceptions of love and attachment.Trade Review“This book is an enthralling journey across the globe and into the hearts of people of different cultures. In a timely and relevant manner, the authors chart the universals of attachment and bonding and context specific differences. The authors ask: how does a belief in predestination change attachment in Chinese lovers? And how does the image of the daughter as a guest impact parental love in India? This book offers a rich tapestry of how attachment tells a universal story and shifts in different worlds and helps move into the clinical application of this theory across cultures.” - Sue Johnson, author of Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love (2008), Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Ottawa, Canada and Distinguished Research Professor at Alliant University, San Diego, USA“Attachment: Expanding the Cultural Connections is so unique among scholarly publications that it will likely become standard reading for scholars interested in culturally based attachment issues. It is a comprehensive and varied international and cross-cultural resource that gives counseling and psychotherapy students, clinicians, and researchers the opportunity to learn about and compare the universality of attachment theory.”- Alan J. Hovestadt, Professor of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University and Past President, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, USA“The authors provide empirical evidence of culturally bound patterns of relationships that serve as a foundation for effective living . . . this book is an essential read for practitioners and researchers alike.” - Cirecie West-Olatunji, Associate Professor of Counselor Education at the University of Florida and Past President, Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development, USA“Attachment: Expanding the Cultural Connections is a timely and valuable resource for rectifying the insufficient attention to and understanding of the role and interaction of cross-cultural perspectives in attachment theory and its applications. I highly recommend it.” - Richard E. Watts, Director of the Center for Research and Doctoral Studies in Counselor Education, Sam Houston State University, and editor of Counseling and Values, USATable of ContentsPart I: Introduction. Metzger, Erdman, Ng, Attachment in Cultural Contexts. Part II: Conceptual Extensions and Measurement Issues. Wang, Song, Adult Attachment Reconceptualized. Imamoğlu, Imamoğlu, Attachment Within a Cultural Perspective. Behrens, Amae through the Eyes of Japanese Mothers. Gassin, Cultural Variations in the Link Between Attachment and Bereavement. Shaver, Mikulincer, Alonso-Arbiol, Lavy, Assessment of Adult Attachment Across Cultures. Karakurt, Kafescioğlu, Keiley, Cross-cultural Adult Attachment Research. Morgenstern, Magai, The Utility of the Adult Attachment Interview in the United States. Part III: Child-caregiver Attachment. Jin, Jacobvitz, Hazen, A Cross-cultural Study of Attachment in Korea and the U.S. Sümer, Kağıtçıbaşı, Culturally Relevant Parenting Predictors of Attachment Security. Tomlinson, Murray, Cooper, Attachment Theory, Culture, and Africa. Part IV: Adult Attachment. Yalçınkaya, Rapoza, Malley-Morrison, Adult Attachment in Cross-cultural and International Research. Schmitt, Romantic Attachment from Argentina to Zimbabwe. Hatfield, Rapson, Culture, Attachment Style, and Romantic Relationships. Johri, Mothering from the Margins. Shi, Adult Attachment Patterns and Their Consequences in Romantic Relationships. Part V: Clinical Applications. Peluso, Miranda, Firpo-Jimenez, Pham, Attachment Dynamics and Latin Cultures. Shi, Contextual Thinking in Attachment.

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Book SynopsisAlthough there has been a significant increase in studies of stress and coping processes in recent years, researchers have often approached these topics from rather narrow and constrained perspectives. Furthermore, little communication has occurred across disciplines and research directions, resulting in the emergence of several relatively isolated literatures. An outgrowth of the Eleventh Biennial West Virginia University Conference on Life-Span Development, this volume emphasizes two major themes: the importance of taking a life-span approach to the study of stress and coping, and the development of new and more complete conceptual models of stress and coping processes. The first to approach these subjects from a life-span perspective, this book includes papers by distinguished researchers from each of the major periods of the life-span, and brings together the cognitive and socioemotional traditions in the study of dealing with pressures. The editors hope that this facilitTable of ContentsContents: Part I:Theoretical Issues.S. Folkman, Coping Across the Life-Span: Theoretical Issues. K.C. Barrett, J.J. Campos, A Diacritical Function Approach to Emotions and Coping. Part II:Infancy.T. Field, Stress and Coping From Pregnancy Through the Postnatal Period. B. Egeland, T. Kreutzer, A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Maternal Stress and Protective Factors on the Development of High- Risk Children. K.H. Karraker, M. Lake, Normative Stress and Coping Processes in Infancy. Part III:Childhood.B.E. Compas, V. Phares, Stress During Childhood and Adolescence: Sources of Risk and Vulnerability. E.M. Cummings, M. El-Sheikh, Children's Coping With Angry Environments: A Process-Oriented Approach. N. Garmezy, A. Masten, The Protective Role of Competence Indicators in Children at Risk. Part IV:Adolescence.S. Hauser, E. Borman, M.K. Bowlds, S. Powers, A. Jacobson, G. Noam, K. Knoebber, Understanding Coping Within Adolescence: Ego Development and Coping Strategies. A.L. Greene, R.W. Larson, Variation in Stress Reactivity During Adolescence. Part V:Adulthood.S. Cohen, Social Supports and Physical Health: Symptoms, Health Behaviors, and Infectious Disease. P. Thoits, Patterns in Coping With Controllable and Uncontrollable Events. Part VI:Older Adulthood.T. Antonucci, Attachment, Social Support, and Coping With Negative Life Events in Mature Adulthood. P.T. Costa, Jr., A.B. Zonderman, R.R. McCrae, Personality, Defense, Coping, and Adaptation in Older Adulthood. Part VII:Epilogue.B.J. Cohler, Life-Course Perspectives on the Study of Adversity, Stress, and Coping: Discussion of Papers from the West Virginia Conference.

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Book SynopsisMost research on children''s lexical development has focused on their acquisition of names for concrete objects. This is the first edited volume to focus specifically on how children acquire their early verbs. Verbs are an especially important part of the early lexicon because of the role they play in children''s emerging grammatical competence. The contributors to this book investigate: * children''s earliest words for actions and events and the cognitive structures that might underlie them, * the possibility that the basic principles of word learning which apply in the case of nouns might also apply in the case of verbs, and the role of linguistic context, especially argument structure, in the acquisition of verbs. A central theme in many of the chapters is the comparison of the processes of noun and verb learning. Several contributors make provocative suggestions for constructing theories of lexical development that encompass the full range of lexical items Trade Review"...a welcome look at the problem of first language verb-learning in young children....the papers cogently spell out the complexity of the verb-learner's problem and the variety of processes required to solve it. A number of interesting, counterintuitive, and often controversial claims emerge....there is a good deal of thematic coherence among subsets of the chapters, which makes reading all the more interesting by pointing out key issues and discrepant claims....a timely volume reporting some of the best current work on the problem of verb-learning in children."—Studies in Second Language Acquisition"...a stimulating collection of papers which not only provides an accurate reflection of the current state of the field, but also allows the reader to compare directly approaches which are more or less diametrically opposed."—British Journal of Developmental Psychology"This book presents many fascinating classic and innovative philosophies and empirical backgrounds designed to focus on longuistic and cognitive peculiarities of verb meaning acquisition."—American Journal of PsychologyTable of ContentsContents: W.E. Merriman, M. Tomasello, Introduction: Verbs Are Words Too. Part I:Early Words for Action.P. Smiley, J. Huttenlocher, Conceptual Development and the Child's Early Words for Events, Objects, and Persons. A. Gopnik, S. Choi, Names, Relational Words, and Cognitive Development in English and Korean Speakers: Nouns Are Not Always Learned Before Verbs. S.R. Braunwald, Differences in the Acquisition of Early Verbs: Evidence From Diary Data from Sisters. Part II:Basic Principles of Verb Learning.M. Tomasello, Pragmatic Contexts for Early Verb Learning. W.E. Merriman, J. Marazita, L. Jarvis, Children's Disposition to Map New Words Onto New Referents. R.M. Golinkoff, K. Hirsh-Pasek, C.B. Mervis, W.B. Frawley, M. Parillo, Lexical Priciples Can Be Extended to the Acquisition of Verbs. K. Nelson, The Dual Category Problem in the Acquisition of Action Words. D.A. Behrend, Processes Involved in the Initial Mapping of Verb Meanings. Part III:The Role of Argument Structure.A. Lederer, H. Gleitman, L. Gleitman, Verbs of a Feather Flock Together: Semantic Information in the Structure of Maternal Speech. L.G. Naigles, A. Fowler, A. Helm, Syntactic Bootstrapping From Start to Finish With Special Reference to Down Syndrome. M. Rispoli, Missing Arguments and the Acquisition of Predicate Meanings. M.D.S. Braine, P.J. Brooks, Verb Argument Structure and the Problem of Avoiding an Overgeneral Grammar. M. Maratsos, G. Deák, Hedgehogs, Foxes, and the Acquisition of Verb Meaning.

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of the popular Handbook of Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance responds to and incorporates the wealth of new research that the first edition inspired on the subject. At the same time, it advances meaningful perspectives on the scholarship and history that originally shaped the field. Divided into five major sectionsbasic domains, context, technology, methodology and assessment, and individual and group differencesthis thoroughly updated handbook addresses recent theoretical refinements and advances in instruction and intervention that have changed approaches to developing learners' capabilities to self-regulate in educational settings. Chapters written by leading experts in the field include discussions of methodological advances and expansions into new technologies and the role of learner differences in such areas as contexts and cultures. As a comprehensive guide to a rapidly evolving and increasingly influential subject area, this volume represeTrade Review"This volume accomplishes its goal of integrating various aspects of self-regulated learning and performance into one book. The content helpfully presents the numerous ways in which SRL can be considered, including its processes as well as its applications within and outside the classroom, in content areas, in terms of assessment, and in considering individual differences. The book will be beneficial for students and professionals in various fields, and editors Schunk and Greene—two very well-respected educational psychology scholars—bring credibility to this important topic."—Anastasia Kitsantas, Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University, USA"This handbook is an excellent resource for beginning and seasoned researchers studying self-regulated learning. Its major strengths include a section on the self-regulation of learning in different content areas as well as group and cultural differences in how learners approach self-regulation. The volume is well-grounded in relevant theory and empirical research."—Pavlo Antonenko, Associate Professor of Educational Technology and Director of the NeurAL Lab in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida, USATable of ContentsContents Historical, Contemporary, and Future Perspectives on Self-Regulated Learning and Performance Dale H. Schunk and Jeffrey A. Greene Section I. Basic Domains of Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance Social Cognitive Theoretical Perspective of Self-Regulation Ellen L. Usher and Dale H. Schunk Cognition and Metacognition Within Self-Regulated Learning Philip H. Winne Developmental Trajectories of Skills and Abilities Relevant for Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance Rick H. Hoyle and Amy L. Dent Motivation and Affect in Self-Regulated Learning: Does Metacognition Play a Role? Anastasia Efklides, Bennett L. Schwartz, and Victoria Brown Self-Regulation, Co-Regulation and Shared Regulation in Collaborative Learning Environments Allyson Hadwin, Sanna Järvelä, and Mariel Miller Section II. Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance in Context Metacognitive Pedagogies in Mathematics Classrooms: From Kindergarten to College and Beyond Zemira R. Mevarech, Lieven Verschaffel, and Erik De Corte Self-Regulated Learning in Reading Keith W. Thiede and Anique B. H. de Bruin Self-Regulation and Writing Steve Graham, Karen R. Harris, Charles MacArthur, and Tanya Santangelo The Self-Regulation of Learning and Conceptual Change in Science: Research, Theory, and Educational Applications Gale M. Sinatra and Gita Taasoobshirazi Using Technology-Rich Environments to Foster Self-Regulated Learning in the Social Studies Eric G. Poitras and Susanne P. Lajoie Self-Regulated Learning in Music Practice and Performance Gary E. McPherson, Peter Miksza, and Paul Evans Self-Regulation in Athletes: A Social Cognitive Perspective Anastasia Kitsantas, Maria Kavussanu, Deborah B. Corbatto, and Pepijn K. C. van de Pol Self-Regulation: An Integral Part of Standards-Based Education Marie C. White and Maria K. DiBenedetto Teachers as Agents in Promoting Students’ SRL and Performance: Applications for Teachers’ Dual-Role Training Program Bracha Kramarski Section III. Technology and Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance Emerging Classroom Technology: Using Self-Regulation Principles as a Guide for Effective Implementation Daniel C. Moos Understanding and Reasoning About Real-Time Cognitive, Affective, and Metacognitive Processes to Foster Self-Regulation With Advanced Learning Technologies Roger Azevedo, Michelle Taub, and Nicholas V. Mudrick The Role of Self-Regulated Learning in Digital Games John L. Nietfeld Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environments Peter Reimann and Maria Bannert Section IV. Methodology and Assessment of Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance Validity and the Use of Self-Report Questionnaires to Assess Self-Regulated Learning Christopher A. Wolters and Sungjun Won Capturing and Modeling Self-Regulated Learning Using Think-Aloud Protocols Jeffrey A. Greene, Victor M. Deekens, Dana Z. Copeland, and Seung Yu Assessing Self-Regulated Learning Using Microanalytic Methods Timothy J. Cleary and Gregory L. Callan Advancing Research and Practice About Self-Regulated Learning: The Promise of In-Depth Case Study Methodologies Deborah L. Butler and Sylvie C. Cartier Examining the Cyclical, Loosely Sequenced, and Contingent Features of Self-Regulated Learning: Trace Data and Their Analysis Matthew L. Bernacki Data Mining Methods for Assessing Self-Regulated Learning Gautam Biswas, Ryan S. Baker, and Luc Paquette Section V. Individual and Group Differences in Self-Regulation of Learning and Performance26. Calibration of Performance and Academic Delay of Gratification: Individual and Group Differences in Self-Regulation of LearningPeggy P. Chen and Héfer Bembenutty27. Academic Help Seeking as a Self-Regulated Learning Strategy: Current Issues, Future DirectionsStuart A. Karabenick and Eleftheria N. Gonida28. The Three Faces of Epistemic Thinking in Self-Regulated LearningKrista R. Muis and Cara Singh29. Advances in Understanding Young Children’s Self-Regulation of LearningNancy E. Perry, Lynda R. Hutchinson, Nikki Yee, and Elina Määttä30. Self-Regulation: Implications for Individuals With Special NeedsLinda H. Mason and Robert Reid31. Culture and Self-Regulation in Educational ContextsDennis M. McInerney and Ronnel B. King

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Book SynopsisThe last decade has seen a rapid growth in our understanding of the cognitive systems that underlie mathematical learning and performance, and an increased recognition of the importance of this topic. This book showcases international research on the most important cognitive issues that affect mathematical performance across a wide age range, from early childhood to adulthood. The book considers the foundational competencies of nonsymbolic and symbolic number processing before discussing arithmetic, conceptual understanding, individual differences and dyscalculia, algebra, number systems, reasoning and higher-level mathematics such as formal proof. Drawing on diverse methodology from behavioural experiments to brain imaging, each chapter discusses key theories and empirical findings and introduces key tasks used by researchers. The final chapter discusses challenges facing the future development of the field of mathematical cognition and reviews a set of open questions that mathematTrade Review"Not only does this book provide up-to-date, accurate summaries of topics that have been well studied (basically aspects of mathematics acquired in the first decade of life among most children in Western and East Asian countries), it also examines less-studied topics that are likely to become increasingly important in the future, such as number systems, mathematical argumentation, and proof. Everyone interested in mathematical cognition will want to have this book." - Robert Siegler, Carnegie Mellon University, USA"The field of mathematical cognition has grown tremendously over the past few decades. This book, written by three leading experts, provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of these advances. It represents an invaluable resource not only for those interested in mathematical cognition but also for instructors teaching courses on this field and their undergraduate and graduate students." – Daniel Ansari, The University of Western Ontario, Canada"An Introduction to Mathematical Cognition is a much-welcomed addition to this growing and important literature. The volume is written by three highly respected scientists and covers an impressive range of topics from our evolved number sense to students’ understanding of mathematical proofs. It will be of interest to experts in the field and students wanting to learn more about the field." – David C. Geary, University of Missouri, USA"An impressively coherent, systematic and clear introduction into the cognitive systems that underlie mathematical learning and performance from early childhood to adulthood, relying on a rich diversity of behavioural and neuroscientific methods. A vital book for students and researchers in mathematical cognition and adjacent fields." - Lieven Verschaffel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Nonsymbolic number 3. Symbolic number 4. The development of arithmetic skills 5. Understanding arithmetic concepts 6. Individual differences and mathematical difficulties 7. Number systems 8. Algebra and equivalence 9. Mathematical argumentation and proof 10. Logic, conditional reasoning and mathematics 11. Where next for mathematical cognition?

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Book SynopsisDevelopmental and Educational Psychology for Teachers brings together a range of evidence drawn from psychology to answer a number of critical educational questions, from basic questions of readiness for example, when is a child ready for school, through to more complex matters, such as how does a teacher understand and promote good peer relationships in their classroom? The answers to these and other questions discussed draw here on the interplay between a teachers' craft expertise and their knowledge of evidence and theory from developmental and educational psychology. Presenting a range of classic theories and contemporary research to help readers understand what the key issues are for teachers and other professionals, this book aides informed educational decisions in situations such as: inclusion, ability grouping, sex differences, developing creativity, home and peer influences on Trade Reviewn/aTable of Contents1. Developmental Psychology – Themes and Research 2. Heredity and Environment and Special Learning Needs 3. Physical and Motor Development: Infancy to Late Childhood 4. Physical and Motor Development: Puberty to Adulthood and Developmental Health 5. Cognition and Cognitive Development: Infancy to Late Childhood 6. Cognitive Development: Adolescence to Adulthood 7. Conceptions of Intelligence and Creativity in Childhood and Adolescence 8. Cognition and Information Processing in Childhood and Adolescence 9. Personal and Social Development in Childhood 10. Personal and Social Development in Adolescence 11. Moral Development in Childhood and Adolescence

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Book SynopsisArchetype, Attachment, Analysis is a well-researched presentation of new material that offers a revision and reinterpretation of Jung's archetypal hypothesis. The author's ground breaking new exploration of expanding knowledge from other disciplines such as cognitive science and developmental psychology, and attachment theory and research evidence sheds important new light on Jungian theory and practice. Using information gathered through laboratory investigations and natural observational studies Jean Knox brings the notion of archetypes up to date and considers the implications of new paradigms for clinical work with patients. This book will become essential reading for all professionals and students of analytical psychology.Trade ReviewWhile. for me, the concept of the archetype retains an elusive quality, Jean Knox has helped me to understand and value it better than I did before through the links she has made outside her discipline. Her discussion of psychopathology and clinical practice is relevant, stimulating, and, I would say, necessary read for psychoanalytic Psychotherapists. - Christopher Clulow in The Journal of Analytical Psychology, June 2004Table of ContentsForeword, Peter Fonagy. Introduction. Jung's Various Models of Archetypes. Archetypes and Image Schemas - a Developmental Perspective. The Making of Meaning - the Formation of Internal Working Models. Trauma and Defences- their Roots in Relationship. Reflective Function - The Mind as an Internal Object. The Process of Change in Analysis and the Role of the Analyst. Conclusions - Science and Symbols.

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Book SynopsisThe Presence of the Therapist uses clinical studies based on the author's publications over the past 18 years to illustrate work with severely distressed children. The reader is encouraged to enter a dialogue with the author to explore the many dilemmas and difficulties of working with a person who has become highly defensive or fearful as a result of what has happened to them. This book is a highly stimulating account of psychotherapeutic practice. It facilitates careful and broad thought about the therapeutic process and relationship that will improve clinical practice. The practical advice on how to survive in this demanding work will be of great benefit to all psychotherapists.Trade Review 'This book is the distillation of many years of rich experience of psychotherapy with traumatised children. The main theme of the book discusses the concept of the 'presence' of the therapist, something that cannot be left outside the consulting room. I find this thesis very cogent. It helped me to clarify in retrospect some of my own clinical experience. I am happy to recommend it to therapists of adults as well as children.' - Isabel Menzies Lyth, Child and Adult Psychoanalyst, Organisational Consultant Oxford, UK'Lanyado charts her many years of treating very disturbed children, often with appalling histories of abuse, neglect and abandonment, in a variety of settings. She is especially concerned with exploring the personal nature of what the therapist takes into the the consulting room and how this links with the process of therapeutic change... Lanyado uses many clinical examples to weave her thoughts around the central theme of the presence of the therapist in the process of psychic change wrought in the clinical encounter... Lanyado's account of her work and her thoughtful, imaginative way of making sense of it... shows her readers how this deep and courageous preparedness to know one's own responses is ultimately in the service of reaching the patient.' - Angela Joyce, International Journal of Psychoanalysis 'I have admired the author's valuable contributions to the field for more than 15 years. She has consistently shown insight and courage in bringing ideas to our awareness that have not previously been part of the psychoanalytic discussion, particularly in relation to the impact of trauma on patients and therapists alike.' - Mary Sue Moore, Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Boulder, Colorado, USA'The author's work is beautifully succinct, lucid, elegant and moving and achieves a fine balance in showing both how new theoretical formulations emerged from her clinical practice and how this practice is grounded in a strong theoretical orientation, which she simultaneously tests and deepens through clinical reflection.' - Andrew Cooper, Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Tavistock Clinic, London, UK'Lanyado charts her many years of treating very disturbed children, often with appalling histories of abuse, neglect and abandonment, in a variety of settings. She is especially concerned with exploring the personal nature of what the therapist takes into the the consulting room and how this links with the process of therapeutic change... Lanyado uses many clinical examples to weave her thoughts around the central theme of the presence of the therapist in the process of psychic change wrought in the clinical encounter... Lanyado's account of her work and her thoughtful, imaginative way of making sense of it... shows her readers how this deep and courageous preparedness to know one's own responses is ultimately in the service of reaching the patient.'- Angela Joyce, International Journalof PsychoanalysisTable of ContentsPart I: The Presence of the Therapist. The Presence of the Therapist and the Process of Therapeutic Change. Beyond Words: The Quiet Presence of the Therapist. Variations on the Theme of Transference and Counter-transference. Struggling with Perversion and Chaos in the Therapeutic Process: The Need for the Patient to 'Know' the Therapist. Part II: Transition and Change. Transition and Change. Psychotherapy with Children in Transition from Fostering to Adoption: A Question of Technique. The Story of Lot's Wife: The Importance of the Therapist's 'Personal Signature' at Times of Critical Change. Holding and Letting Go: Some Thoughts About Ending Therapy. Monica Lanyado's Published Work.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2003. Children's Friendship Training is a complete manualized guide for therapists treating children with peer problems. This unique, empirically validated treatment is the first to integrate parents into the therapy process to ensure generalization to school and home.Representing over twelve years of research, Children's Friendship Training presents the comprehensive social skills training program developed by these pioneering authors. Step-by-step interventions help children develop the skills to initiate mutually satisfying social interactions. These interactions can lead to higher regard within the peer group and the development of satisfying dyadic relationships that will, in turn, serve to enhance overall well being. Clinical and empirical rationales, illustrative case examples and parent handouts that educate parents and give specific guidelines for homework assignments are presented for each treatment module. Brief relevant reviews of the child development literature and selective reviews of assessment techniques and other approached to children's social skills training are presented to sufficiently acquaint therapists interested in implementing children's friendship training.Table of ContentsForward Preface Purpose and organization of this manual oA self-contained guide for the clinician oTraining socially valid behaviors oMaintaining treatment integrity oOrganization of this manual oRelated resourcesSection I. BackgroundChapter 1. Reasons to Treat Peer Relationship Problems Chapter 2. Assessment of Outcomes Chapter 3. Types of Children's Social Skills Treatment Chapter 4. Common Diagnoses of Children Obtaining Training Chapter 5. Research on the UCLA Children's Friendship ProgramSection II.Preparing for Treatment Chapter 6. Screening Chapter 7. Intake Chapter 8. Program InfrastructureSection III. Session ContentChapter 9. Introductory Session/Setting the Stage Chapter 10. Conversational Skills Chapter 11. "Slipping In"/Reputation/Using Community Resources Chapter 12. Taking "No" for an Answer/Gender and Age Issues Chapter 13. Rules of a Good Sport/Social Goals Chapter 14. Rules of a Good Sport/Positive Statements Chapter 15. Making a Best Friend/Play Dates Chapter 16. Resisting Teasing Chapter 17. Respect Towards Adults Chapter 18. Managing Competition/Gender Differences Chapter 19. Avoiding Physical Fights Chapter 20. GraduationReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisJust because a child is gifted doesn't mean they don't have other types of neurodivergence, like ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and more. Conversely, even children with one of these diagnoses can be cognitively gifted. Raising Twice-Exceptional Children provides you with a road map to understand the complex make-up of your gifted-plus, or twice-exceptional, child or teen. The book helps you understand your child's diagnosis, meet their social-emotional needs, build self-regulation skills and goal setting, and teach self-advocacy. It also shows you effective ways to collaborate with teachers and school staff, and it offers advice on finding strengths-based strategies that support development at home.For too long, these kids have fallen through the cracks. This book provides key information on how to best support neurodivergent children by leveraging their strengths while supporting their struggles.

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Book SynopsisThe problems which the individual has to deal with in adolescence are qualitatively different from those of childhood; they are related in particular to the adolescent's reaction/responses to the physical development of his/her sexual body, and the changing relationship to the parents and to the world in which he/she lives. We have to take into account the revival of infantile conflicts and the newly emerging sexual and aggressive urges and experiences, both of which have to be integrated by the adolescent so that a new equilibrium can be created. The adolescent finds himself in the very difficult position of having to make all these readjustments whilst he has to deal with the subsequent conflicts and anxieties. The earlier passionate mixture of love and hatred that characterizes the attachment and dependency on the parents must now be renounced until the adolescent reaches a point at which it is possible for him to confirm his own identity and find new love relationships. These must neither be based too much on repetition of previous early attachments, nor be entirely and exaggeratedly opposed to them. It goes without saying that none of this can be achieved without much upheaval and experimenting. The step from adolescence to adulthood is complex and involves not only the individual's emotional experience, but also the continuous input, reactions from the world in which he/she lives. It is these interactions that are described and discussed in this book.Trade Review'Written with remarkable clarity and concision, the authors draw upon a lifetime of clinical experience of working with young people, and in a series of elegant chapters, share their insights generously, tackling such perennial challenges as depression, anxiety, aggression, academic failure, and the addictions. Utilising their psychoanalytical expertise, the authors help parents and psychological professionals to discriminate between how much adolescent suffering can be attributed to the ordinary vicissitudes of passing through puberty, and how much results from unresolved psychical conflicts from earlier stages of development. As a bonus, Series Editor Dr A.H. Brafman provides a remarkably helpful coda to the book, offering many additional insights for parents. This rich and engaging book deserves a long shelf-life.'- Professor Brett Kahr, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Centre for Child Mental Health, London; Consultant, The Bowlby Centre; and Honorary Visiting Professor, School of Arts, University of Roehampton'The authors of this book have written a refreshing and comprehensive psychoanalytic view of adolescence as it moves ever closer to the adult life. Late adolescence is a time of much potential and possibility but it is not without its difficulties and challenges. How do adolescents deal with the many vexations of developmental conflict and dilemma? What is normal and what is not? What kinds of mental breakdown might occur to limit their futures? And what of parents and therapists as they do their best to help? These and many other questions are readily taken on by the authors with great care and understanding - and it is this which makes for a book that is thoughtful, imaginative and well worth reading to keep all of us in tune with the ebbs and flows of the adolescent adventure.'- Peter Wilson, BA, Dip Soc Studies, MACP, Consultant Child and Adolescent PsychotherapistTable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Foreword , Introduction , Normality and pathology in adolescence , Depression and anxiety in the older adolescent , Academic failure , Aggression , Drug abuse , Severe mental illness , The therapist’s angle , The parents’ angle

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Book SynopsisThe contributions to this book, containing talks given at the Conference in Vienna on 'Dream and Fantasy in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy', focus on the close connection between children's imaginative world, their dream life, and play. Is it a dream that a child is recounting or is it rather a fantasy to be regarded as equivalent to a dream? Children's play, too, presents important material that allows us to draw inferences about the subconscious. Indeed dreams, daydreams, fantasies and play were originally treated as of equal importance in child analysis.How do child analysts work with dreams at the practical and theoretical levels? In the practice of child analysis today do we find analysis of dreams and the classic differentiations between manifest and latent content? Is attention accorded to the mechanisms of condensation, displacement etc. described by Freud? The current discussion on working with children's dreams and their equivalents in today's practice of child psychoanalysis forms the central focus of the contributions collected in this book.Trade Review'This invaluable book tackles a topic of psychoanalysis that is much in need of more in-depth exploration and offers receptive readers new ways of thinking about dreaming. Since the classic Freudian model, we have entered into the universe of reveries, the dream process whereby sensory stimuli are transformed into the unconscious, transformations in dreaming, and co-dreaming the sessions. This is a book that leads its readers through new territory and invites them to enjoy the fascination and wonder of the unknown. It is a brave book that dares to dream new dreams for psychoanalysis.'--Antonino Ferro, member of the Societa Psicoanalitica Italiana and APsaA'Is it possible that we see an increasing interest in the psychoanalytical understanding of dreams - in an era of neuroscientific discoveries and the development of psychotherapy techniques that pay little attention to the unconscious? The authors, all experienced child psychoanalysts, answer in the affirmative. The reason is that they, like most of today's psychoanalysts, see the dream as the prototype of a kind of deep thinking that modern man is eager to rediscover. However, accounts and reflections on dreams are often surrounded by embarrassed and pseudo-rational attitudes. One would expect this to be less salient with children, but often they do not report dreams spontaneously. The authors explore the reasons for this and how dreams, nevertheless, may be used in child therapy. This fine book is of interest to anyone who seeks to explore at depth the minds of children.' --Bjorn Salomonsson, MD, PhD, Psychoanalyst (IPA) and researcher at the Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 'An amazing book on children's dreams and fantasies, presenting different points of view by child and adolescent analysts from many nations. It shows the complexity, diversity and complementarity of different approaches. Any person working with children or adolescents in a psychoanalytic way will benefit from reading this book.'--Dieter Burgin, psychoanalyst for children, adolescents and adults

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Book SynopsisThere are many books that deal with pregnancy and maternity, and a large number of magazines and articles on paediatric nursing that examine these subjects from different points of view. This volume is not a manual and is not intended to explain to future parents what to do and what to avoid. The objective is rather to look at the most significant and problematic aspects of this delicate phase of a woman's life and that of a couple. It seeks to offer a key to understand the deep significance and complexity of the path to follow to become parents and to face fears linked to the difficulty of procreation, using the tools of observation and psychoanalytic listening. Reviewing several experiences of clinical work, the authors offer reflections on the personal experiences of women and couples and the difficulties which can be met when the desire for a child is disappointed. A maternity and parenting project can be frustrated by miscarriages and encounter the fear of infertility. How are the problems of sterility or spontaneous abortion experienced? Table of ContentsIntroduction , A paradoxical pain: recurrent miscarriage , The experience of parents of a premature baby , Emotional turmoil around birth , Parenting the next child in the shadow of death , “Opening shut doors”—the emotional impact of infertility and therapeutic issues , Overcoming obstacles

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Book SynopsisThis original book gives a timely exploration of the importance of sibling relationships from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It presents for the first time an account of the work on brothers and sisters by Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein and Anna Freud, whose pioneering and vital work on sibling issues has not been systematically examined before. It also explores the important contributions to our understanding of siblings from developmental research, systemic therapy and attachment theory. Through infant observation and clinical work with children and young people, the book reveals the ways in which sibling relationships can be illuminated by these different perspectives. The book aims to stress the importance of multi-disciplinary thinking and to encourage further an interface between psychoanalytic thinking and other disciplines. It is a must for clinicians and other professionals working with children and families and of interest too to the general reader.Trade Review'The editors have succeeded in their self-appointed task to, as they say in the Endpiece, bring together theory, research, and clinical work. They themselves and their chosen contributors more than fulfil this task-a difficult one, to say the least. To marshal and integrate what, from the outside, look like very disparate ways of thinking, to bring together the outer and the inner worlds of these complex relationships, is a huge achievement. Research and clinical work are not always easy bedfellows, but the editors' commitment to good practice sings through their own extensive contributions and those of their chosen authors with compelling force and professionalism.'- Margot Waddell from the ForewordTable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Psychoanalytic Perspectives -- Freud on brothers and sisters: a neglected topic -- Melanie Klein’s thoughts on brothers and sisters -- “From egocentricity to companionship”: Anna Freud’s understanding of sibling relationships -- Developmental, Attachment, and Systemic Perspectives -- Sibling relationships across the life-span -- Sibling relationships: an attachment perspective -- Keeping siblings in mind: family therapy with children and sibling relationships -- Aspects of Siblinghood from Early Childhood to Adolescence -- Reflections on the observation of infants and early sibling relationships -- Siblings in middle childhood -- Adolescence: issues for brothers and sisters -- Sibling Relationships in Different Family Contexts -- Siblings in the context of divorce and family re-ordering: the past and the future -- Brothers and sisters in care -- Clinical research: a psychotherapeutic assessment model for siblings in care -- Siblings in Adversity: Effects of Death and Illness on Siblings from Childhood to Adulthood -- The impact of sibling loss and illness -- Doubly bereaved -- Lost babies—lost siblings: the effect of perinatal loss in the next generation -- Endpiece

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Book SynopsisThis monograph brings together the presentations from the nineteenth John Bowlby Memorial Conference in 2012, organised by The Bowlby Centre. The aim of this was to explore the growing role of the body in relational psychotherapy over the last decade, and to bring us up to date in thinking about the relationship between attachment, the body and trauma. Questions addressed included: How do we anchor the new understandings we are gaining within the framework of attachment? How might the integration of these ideas about the body change what we do in the consulting room? What impact might this have on the therapy relationship? Can we maintain and respect the place of a secure, attuned attachment between therapist and client, and its healing potential, at the centre of our therapeutic work?Pat Ogden's paper "Wisdom of the Body, Lost and Found" was the conference centrepiece and there are contributions from leading clinicians including Roz Carroll, Mark Linington, and Orit Badouk Epstein. Each in their different ways have brought their clinical experiences to life in their presentations and demonstrated this leading edge work in relation to the themes of the body and touch with clients including those so often regarded as "unsuitable for therapy", namely those who have a physical or learning disability or those who have survived extreme trauma through the painful means of psychic protection resulting in dissociative states of mind.Other contributors include Phil Mollon on "Attachment and Energy Psychology" and Nick Totton on "Embodiment and the Social Bond".Trade Review'Talking Bodies is an engaging, illuminating, and substantive exploration of the intricacies of incorporating the body into the psychotherapy frame. Examination of the implications of attachment and relational theory yields essays with therapeutic approaches that the clinician can readily incorporate. In a historical context, this volume advances the project of relational analysts, who first published on the integration of the body in relational theory in Relational Perspectives on the Body in 1998. This is a valuable addition to our literature.'- Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD, SEP, private practice, New York City; Faculty, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis; Co-Editor with Lewis Aron, Relational Perspectives on the Body'For years, a Cartesian split dominated UK psychotherapy and counselling provision with "the body" disavowed and "the mind" disembodied. Relational psychoanalysis, attachment theory, and traumatology have now become the new corpus collosum, making profoundly meaningful links. Congratulations to the Bowlby Memorial Conference for yet again providing a written feast to follow the embodied experience of listening to the excellent speakers at this event who shine in this timely volume. All psychotherapists and counsellors will feel more enabled to observe and respond to the embodied mind of their clients and be enriched by the attachment perspective demonstrated so eloquently here in these nuanced accounts of clinical work.'- Valerie Sinason, PhD, MACP, MInst Psychoanal, FIPD, MBC Contributors: Orit Badouk Epstein, Roz Carroll, Mark Linington, Phil Mollon, Pat Ogden, Nick Totton, Kate WhiteTable of ContentsIntroduction , Attachment theory and the John Bowlby Memorial Lecture 2012: a short history , Four relational modes of attending to the body in psychotherapy , Embodiment and the social bond , Attachment and energy psychology: explorations at the interface of bodily, mental, relational, and transpersonal aspects of human behaviour and experience , Wisdom of the body, lost and found: the nineteenth John Bowlby Memorial Lecture , Touching trauma: working relationally and safely with the unboundaried body , The body I want: a psychotherapy with a disabled man , Recommended reading , The Bowlby Centre

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Book SynopsisThis book is about the hope underlying the ability to survive the early years. Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is both metaphor and framework of the despair and hopelessness that some babies and parents experience in their efforts to hold on and go through difficult circumstances. Their early experiences are not voyages "into a sunny and cheerful sea": some are years-long voyages into horror and weariness - babies born into difficult families, into countries in difficulties or into difficult circumstances.Some babies born into difficulties are pretty much alone because their mothers might be too ill to look after them, and nurses are too busy to fulfil the maternal function other than changing and feeding them. They may have been born in war zones, or in prisons, or have been in intensive neonatal premature units. Unlike mothers who recall the early years with their babies as a dance of understanding and development, other carers don't recall hearing the music at all. They slog through the early years with only hope as a compass. Like the Ancient Mariner looking for a sail on the horizon, theirs is a poignant search of the horizons for hope in any form.Different professionals, each expert in their field, address the different difficulties. They show us the connections between traumatic experiences and traumatic consequences of survival, the implications in both the families and in the professionals who, in constant contact and working together, deal with the containment and transformations of those events. This book brings us face-to-face with the wonderful capacities of the newborn and the great potential for parents (both mother and father) and child to continue growing together in a society that cares for them.Trade Review'Stella Acquarone has brought together some of the most skilled and perceptive voices in the whole field of infancy and trauma. A growing public policy awareness is leading to a drive to better support parents and infants throughout the perinatal period. Initiatives such as the 1001 Critical Days manifesto and campaign mean that this book is extremely timely and will make a significant contribution to broadening this public mental health debate.'-Baroness Sheila Hollins, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry of Disability at St George's University of London, Past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and of the BMA, and an independent member of the House of Lords'Surviving the Early Years is an essential read, which I strongly recommend. Parent-infant pioneer Stella Acquarone has given us a comprehensive book centred on the psychodynamics of traumatic early beginnings. Acquarone has carefully assembled thirteen chapters written by authoritative authors, each about a different trauma and its conscious and unconscious aspects, which will enrich the clinical and supervisory work of professionals of all levels of experience.'-Dr Estela Welldon, Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychotherapy at the Tavistock & Portman Clinics, Founder and President for Life of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy, and author of Mother, Madonna, Whore and Playing with Dynamite'Nothing in human life has greater impact than birth. The popular view of becoming a parent is of a joyous transition, and of the long-awaited emerging baby as loved and loving, but this book is a vital reality check. Some births come out of or lead into trauma. Stella Acquarone, calling on many years of pioneering work with parents and infants, has commissioned authoritative authors to describe a range of traumatic early beginnings; to elucidate, often using case histories, the psychodynamics of each; and, most important of all, to describe - even prescribe - multidisciplinary interventions that can offer hope of bringing light into otherwise dismal futures.'-Penelope Leach, PhD, CPsychol, FBPsS, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, and author of Your Baby and Child, The Essential First Year, Family Breakdown, and Innovative Research in Infant WellbeingTable of ContentsForeword -- Introduction -- Thoughts in Search of a Thinker -- The emotional dialogue: womb to walking -- Sharing joyful friendship and imagination for meaning with infants, and their application in early intervention -- “Happy birthdeath to me”: surviving death wishes in early infancy -- Reaching the Vulnerable at Risk from “External” Circumstances -- Creating a safe space: psychotherapeutic support for refugee parents and babies -- Interventions with mothers and babies in prisons: collision of internal and external worlds -- Talking to, and being with, babies: the importance of relationship in the neonatal intensive care unit -- “Toward the baby”: first steps in supporting parents in early encounters with their infants. A reflection from Poland -- Adoption and fostering: facilitating healthy new attachments between infant and adoptive parent -- In a strange country without a map: special needs babies -- Vulnerable Groups Coming from “Internal” Fragile Circumstances -- Early recognition of autism -- The power of the relationship to awaken positive emotional potential -- Early paediatric intervention: to see or not to see, to be or not to be—with others -- Working in a National Health Service setting with toddlers at risk of autistic spectrum disorder -- Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis is a book about children who have to grow up apart from their biological parents, the impact of this on their lives and on those who look after them, and how we can respond to the challenges this poses in order that they can grow and develop in healthy directions. It provides a systemic framework to describe working with children and adults who are or have been in care or adopted, as well as working with their adoptive parents and carers, highlighting their own narratives and those of professionals working with them. The authors have tried to make space for multiple voices to speak and describe aspects of the care system and life beyond. There are contributions from those who have been brought up away from their biological parents, their adoptive parents and foster or kinship carers. There are also contributions from researchers and professionals with expertise in working with children in substitute care, who describe their theoretical and clinical approaches, privileging the voices of those with whom they work.This book seeks to highlight the possibilities and opportunities that can be offered and taken by people who were not able to grow up in their biological families. Combining a mixture of insider knowledge, realism, creativity and hope, it is essential reading for all working and living in this field.Trade Review'This book will prove a rich resource for practitioners and policy makers alike. There are accounts by adopters, carers, children, and their therapists of the complex work involved in supporting those who are entrusted with raising children from backgrounds of adversity. The book gives voice to those who rarely have the opportunity to articulate their experience, and celebrates the dedication and creativity of a range of professionals who are tasked with providing support for these children and families at different stages of their lives.'--Jeanne Kaniuk, OBE, Managing Director, Adoption Services, Coram'The thoughtful awareness of doing what is needed in each unique circumstance makes this book a positive and enlightening contribution to the fields of social care and adoption. It thrives on compassionate, well-informed practice wisdom that inspires the reader to find enrichment in this challenging area of work. This is a highly commendable compilation that should be read by all those involved in providing effective services to those who are or have been in social care.'--Jim Wilson, systemic psychotherapist, author, consultant, and trainer'This is a unique collection of perspectives by those with the deepest understanding of this multi-faceted yet urgent problem. The stories are not pretty, but the determination of all the protagonists to put right what was so wrong, to confront inconceivably cruel experiences and find imaginative and uplifting solutions, gives one courage to carry on with this work. This is a landmark contribution creating a platform of hard-won insight that, if conscientiously read, should make all those who are part of the process of foster care and adoption better at what they do.'--Professor Peter Fonagy, OBE, from the Foreword

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Book SynopsisThis book includes contributions from a wide range of interested observers and practitioners in the field of children in care and adoption, focusing on a core aspect of their emotional well-being and mental health. It focuses in particular on psychoanalytic, systemic and attachment theory approaches to the question of 'belonging': can these children allow themselves to belong to their new families, and also can these new families allow themselves to belong to these children? Highly innovative clinical work with these children in various settings is discussed alongside chapters that provide thought-provoking commentaries from practitioners surveying the often extremely disturbing societal and systemic landscape for the emotional lives of these children.The book is written to be accessible to clinicians, practitioners, researchers, policy advisors and students of all disciplines who have an interest in or brief to work with fostered and adopted children. It is hoped that the book will be used for teaching purposes on courses qualifying professionals across the child development, mental health and social care spectrum.Trade Review'All children need to know that they belong. In this extraordinarily rich collection of chapters, expert authors from a wide range of professions and theoretical persuasions explore this great and often unmet need amongst the most troubled children and young people in society, and reflect on how to respond in helpful and healing ways. This book will help to establish the whole theme of belonging as an area of focus and concern both in professional practice and in academic discourse.'- Adrian Ward, author of Leadership in Residential Child Care and formerly consultant social worker at the Tavistock Clinic 'Written by a multidisciplinary group of professionals, this book should become a basic text as it is essential reading for all parents, social workers, and therapists working with a child experiencing attachment, trauma, separation, and loss. The book shows how a child and his or her caregivers' primitive protections against anxiety prohibit intimacy and dependency, and how understanding the projected feelings evoked in the adults and the child can lead to a sense of belonging to one another and avoid ruptured relationships.'- Jeanne Magagna, former Head of Psychotherapy Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children'This is a well-timed contribution to the field of social care and psychotherapy. Towards Belonging is full of practical examples, useful concepts, and philosophical riches located within real practice settings that are cognisant of, and affected by, state and social policy contexts. The book is a rallying call for the recognition of the complexity of practice at a time when financial cuts create restrictive practices that pervade mental health and social care services. What impresses in each contribution is the author's commitment to engage with head and heart in finding ways to help children to belong.'- Jim Wilson, consultant systemic family therapist and author of Child-Focused Practice: A Collaborative Systemic Approach and The Performance of Practice: Enhancing the Repertoire of Therapy with Children and FamiliesTable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Towards belonging: conceptual definitions -- Some reflections on “towards belonging” for children in care: guided journey or “wandering lost”? -- Towards belonging: the role of a residential setting -- Establishing a sense of belonging for looked after children: the journey from fear and shame to love and belonging -- From owning to belonging -- Belonging inside: a child in search of herself -- The smell of belonging -- Fostering relationships for looked after children -- Existential yearning: a family systemic perspective on belonging -- Endpiece

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Book SynopsisThe DSM-5 (2013) classifies all autism-related disorders, including Asperger's, under the heading "autism spectrum disorder." This book argues that this lumping together is unhelpful for clinicians. Instead, finer diagnostic distinctions are helpful to clinicians who treat children with Asperger's.This book spells out in detail the psychodynamics the author has repeatedly uncovered in Asperger's children, adolescents, and adults, and explores the central factors in the aetiology of Asperger's Disorder. There is a section suggesting how Asperger's can be adequately diagnosed from "the outside" (using external descriptive features) and more importantly from "the inside" (based on internal psychodynamic processes). Finally, there is a section outlining psychodynamic treatment approaches to Asperger's children, based on their psychodynamics and on which type of Asperger's is present.The book includes numerous case illustrations to help the reader appreciate the central psychodynamics that are regularly observed in Asperger's children, namely splitting of the self into victim and bully aspects, and projective identification into remote objects. On the basis of their psychodynamics, and especially which aspect of their split self is predominant, three different types of Asperger's are outlined which require different treatment approaches.Trade Review'This enlightening book offers the reader valuable understanding of children, adolescents, and young adults who suffer from Asperger's Disorder. Robin Holloway demonstrates his psychoanalytic psychotherapy skills through extensive clinical material showing how all of his child and adolescent patients share a deep need for insightful and sensitive help. He makes a convincing argument that Asperger's Disorder should remain a valid diagnosis and provides data to demonstrate its usefulness. Every clinician who works with children, adolescents, and adults who suffer from Asperger's Disorder should read this comprehensive volume that begins with the history of Asperger's and ends with help in treating those with Asperger's. This remarkable book is a much needed and welcome addition to the literature.'- Ann G. Smolen, PhD, author of Mothering Without a Home: Attachment Representations and Behaviors of Homeless Mothers and Children, and Six Children: The Spectrum of Child Psychopathology and its Treatment'Dr Holloway has written an extremely well researched and informative book on Asperger's children. It is very clearly written and full of wonderful clinical illustrations of the author's sensitive and creative work with these young people. He thoroughly covers a wide range of topics including diagnosis, psychodynamics and the difficulties the psychotherapist encounters with these patients. His discussion about the relative factors of neurological, traumatic and object relational features of Asperger's syndrome should be extremely helpful to the practicing clinician, whether one is new or experienced in therapeutic work with these individuals.'- Lawrence J. Brown, PhD, Supervising Child Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute; author of Intersubjective Processes and the Unconscious: Freudian, Kleinian and Bionian Perspectives'This is a very important book. It addresses all of the big issues concerning the treatment, diagnosis and aetiology of these children's condition, and it does so with great and encyclopaedic scholarship, profundity, and clinical wisdom. It is brilliant, but it is also a fascinating read.'- Anne Alvarez, PhD, MACP, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist; retired co-chair, Autism Service, Tavistock Clinic, London'The author presents, in a vivid way, his practice with Asperger's children, adolescents and adults. He raises original hypotheses that greatly contribute to broadening and deepening our observations and reflections on children with this condition.'- Nilde Franch, training and supervising analyst of the Brazilian PsychoanalyticalSociety of Sao Paulo, and member of the IPA Committee on Child and Adolescent PsychoanalysisTable of ContentsIntroduction , The Psychodynamics of Asperger's Children , Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients—Peter and Joe, age nine , Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients—Matt, age twelve , Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients—Thomas, age twelve , Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients—Thanos, age fourteen , Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients—Dan, age seventeen , Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients—Alan, age nineteen , Some clinical dialogues with Asperger's patients—Anthony, age thirty-one , The psychodynamics of Asperger's children , The anxieties and defences of Asperger's children , Defences in Asperger's children continued—should we call it splitting or dissociation? , Theorising about the Aetiology of Asperger's , Towards an understanding of the aetiology of Asperger's disorder , The sensory vulnerability of Asperger's children , The Diagnosis of Asperger's Children , The differential diagnosis of Asperger's children , Treatment Approaches to Asperger's Children , Thoughts about the treatment of Asperger's children , Treatment of Asperger's children—the Toronto experiment , Packing up, moving out, and bidding farewell

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of The Child as Thinker has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide an informed and accessible overview of the varied and extensive literature on children's cognition. Both theory and research data are critically examined and educational implications are discussed.After a brief discussion of the nature and subject of cognition, Sara Meadows reviews children's thinking in detail. She discusses the ways children remember and organise information in general, the acquisition of skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic, and the development of more complex reasoning as children grow to maturity. As well as studies that typically describe a generalised child, the book also reviews some of the main areas relevant to individual differences in normal cognitive development, and critically examines three major models of cognitive development. In outlining the work of Piaget, information-processing accounts and neo-Vygotskian theories, she also evaluates their different explanations of cognitive development and their implications for education. Finally, the book examines biological and social factors that may be involved in normal and suboptimal cognitive development. Sara Meadows provides an important review of the crucial issues involved in understanding cognitive development and of the new data and models that have emerged in the last few years. This book brings together areas and approaches that have hitherto been independent, and examines their strengths and weaknesses. The Child as Thinker is essential reading for all students of cognitive development.Trade Review"This is one of the best books I have read in this field for a long time." - Julian Elliott, University of Sunderland, UK"I think that this is an excellent book. It covers a wide range of topics and research and presents them all in a coherent, attractive and highly readable way. It fills a need for an easy-to-read but intellectually respectable account of cognitive development." - Peter Bryant FRS, Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University, UK"The author’s enthusiasm and drive to understand cognitive development results in a work which seeks to relate and integrate research in the (sometimes) disparate research areas within the field. Her approach offers the student an insight into the relationships between the different issues and themes and, as such, makes a valuable contribution to the academic bookshelf. Throughout the book, new ideas have been seamlessly included alongside material from the original edition." - Steve Croker, University of Derby, UK"This is one of the best books I have read in this field for a long time." - Julian Elliott, Durham University, UK"I think that this is an excellent book. It covers a wide range of topics and research and presents them all in a coherent, attractive and highly readable way. It fills a need for an easy-to-read but intellectually respectable account of cognitive development." - Peter Bryant FRS, Visiting Professor at Oxford Brookes University, UK"The author’s enthusiasm and drive to understand cognitive development results in a work which seeks to relate and integrate research in the (sometimes) disparate research areas within the field. Her approach offers the student an insight into the relationships between the different issues and themes and, as such, makes a valuable contribution to the academic bookshelf. Throughout the book, new ideas have been seamlessly included alongside material from the original edition." - Steve Croker, University of Derby, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction. Descriptive Studies of Children’s Cognitive Skills and Knowledge. Individual Differences in Cognitive Development. Models of Cognition in Childhood: Metaphors, Achievements and Problems. Causes of Change and Variation in Cognitive Development. Teaching Thinking. Questions, Problems – and Possibilities.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together some of the best known experts in their fields to offer a cross-disciplinary summary of current research on human memory. More than this however, the book pays tribute to the work of Lars-Göran Nilsson and his many contributions to the psychology of human memory.The book is divided into three subsections: General Issues in Human Memory, Memory and Aging, and Memory and the Brain. These sections represent the three cornerstones in Lars-Göran's scientific career and comprise contributions from senior collaborators, colleagues and former students.Areas of discussion include: long-term and working memory: how do they interact? an epidemiological approach to cognitive health in aging the cognitive neuroscience of signed language Covering a broad range of topics, Memory, Aging and the Brain will be of great interest to all those involved in the study and research of human memory.Trade Review"Memory, Aging and the Brain presents well-documented research that is a valuable contribution to science. The publication will be of greatest interest to those involved in the research of human memory." - Christen Smith, Gallaudet University, USA, in Activities, Adaptation & Aging"This text has assembled some of the most accomplished scientists in the neurosciences and the result is a thorough, well written, authoritative text on memory in the aging brain. The chapters are a pleasure to read and will undoubtedly prove to be a valuable contribution to science." - Robert J. Spencer, Psychology Service, Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System & Linas A. Bieliauskas, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan. "Memory, Aging and the Brain presents well-documented research that is a valuable contribution to science. The publication will be of greatest interest to those involved in the research of human memory." - Christen Smith, Gallaudet University, USA, in Activities, Adaptation & Aging"This text has assembled some of the most accomplished scientists in the neurosciences and the result is a thorough, well written, authoritative text on memory in the aging brain. The chapters are a pleasure to read and will undoubtedly prove to be a valuable contribution to science." - Robert J. Spencer, Psychology Service, Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System & Linas A. Bieliauskas, Department of Psychiatry, University of MichiganTable of ContentsPart 1. Introduction. Bäckman, Nyberg, Introduction. Part 2. Memory. Baddeley, Long-term and Working Memory: How Do They Interact? Roediger III, Zaromb, Memory for Actions: How Different? Magnussen, Greenlee, Baumann, Endestad, Visual Perceptual Memory. Mäntylä, Remembering In Time: Cognitive Control of Time Keeping. Tulving, How Do Brains Detect Novelty? Part 3. Aging. Craik, Bialystok, Bilingualism and Aging: Costs and Benefits. Herlitz, Lovén, Thilers, Rehnman, Sex Differences in Episodic Memory: The Where but Not the Why. Dixon, An Epidemiological Approach to Cognitive Health in Aging. Lövdén, Decline-Induced Plastic Changes of Brain and Behavior in Aging. Bäckman, Nyberg, Dopamine, Cognition, and Human Aging: New Evidence and Ideas. Part 4. The Brain. Öhman, Post-Traumatic Fear Memories: Analyzing a Case-Study of a Sexual Assault. Brand, Markowitsch, Environmental Influences on Autobiographical Memory: The Mnestic Block Syndrome. Rönnberg, Rudner, Foo, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Signed Language: Applications to a Working Memory System for Sign and Speech. Näätänen, Kreegipuu1, The Mismatch Negativity (MMN) as an Index of Different Forms of Memory in Audition. Lind, Nyberg, Imaging Genomics: Brain Alterations Associated with the APOE Genotype.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the structure and development of conscience, a subject that has been dominant in developmental psychology since the 18th century. International experts in the field contribute to this broad overview of the relevant research on the development of moral emotions and on the Kohlbergian-originated cognitive aspects of moral development.The first section of the book focuses on the cultural conditions that create the context for the development of conscience, such as moral philosophy, religion, and media violence. Building on the theory and research on emotion, other chapters cover issues including the development of shame, self regulation and moral conduct, social cognition, and models of guilt. The book also covers moral reasoning, moral identity, moral atmosphere, moral behavior, and discusses subjects such as lying, how to measure moral development, the impact of parenting, the dysfunctions of conscience evident in narcissism, psychopathy, issues surrounding gender, and aggression. The Development and Structure of Conscience will be ideal reading for researchers and students of developmental and educational psychology.Trade Review"Any prospective student of conscience will need this comprehensive and cutting-edge volume. Its important contributions address all facets of this complex phenomenon." – John C Gibbs, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University. "Any prospective student of conscience will need this comprehensive and cutting-edge volume. Its important contributions address all facets of this complex phenomenon." – John C Gibbs, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University USA Table of ContentsW. Koops, D. Brugman, T.J. Ferguson, A.F. Sanders, Preface. W. Koops, D. Brugman, T.J. Ferguson, The Development of Conscience: Concepts, Theoretical and Empirical Approaches: An Introduction. Part 1. Theoretical and Cultural Historical Notions on Conscience. B. Musschenga, Moral Violations and the Ordinary Moral Person. J.M. Day, Conscience: Does Religion Matter? Empirical Studies of Religious Elements in Pro-Social Behaviour, Prejudice, Empathy Development and Moral Decision-Making. T.J. Ferguson, Like Snowflakes and Memories: Affective, Cognitive and Conative Facets of Conscience in the Middle and Later Childhood. Part 2. Moral Reasoning. D. Brugman, Moral Reasoning Competence and the Moral Judgement-Action Discrepancy in Young Adolescents. M.S. de Wolff, D. Brugman, Moral Atmosphere and Moral Behaviour: A Study into the Role of Adolescents’ Perception of Moral Atmosphere for Antisocial Behaviour. J. Boom, Measuring Moral Development: Stages as Markers Along a Latent Developmental Dimension. Part 3. Social Emotions. T.J. Ferguson, H.L. Eyre, Reconciling Interpersonal Versus Responsibility Based Models of Guilt. M. Meerum Terwogt, T. Olthof, C. Rieffe, Children’s Feelings and Evaluations about Altruistic and Self-Serving Lies. S. Thomaes, H. Stegge, T. Olthof, Does Shame Bring Out the Worst in Narcissists? On Moral Emotions and Immoral Behaviours. B.J. Bushman, J. Chandler, L.R. Huesmann, Do Violent Media Numb our Consciences? M. Keller, A. Brandt, G. Sigurdardottir, "Happy" and "Unhappy" Victimizers: The Development of Moral Emotions from Childhood to Adolescence. Part 4. Conscience and Antisocial Behaviour. A. Karreman, C. van Tuijl, M.A.G. van Aken, M. Dekovic, Young Children’s Self-Regulation and the Development of Moral Conduct. S.M. Côté, Sex differences in Types of Aggressive Behaviours: Do Women Have a Higher Level of Conscience than Men? J.E. Lochman, Social Cognition and Self-Regulation: Change in Outcome Expectations and Aggressive Behaviour Over Time. T. Olthof, Conscience in the Classroom: Early Adolescents’ Moral Emotions, Moral Judgments and Moral Identity as Predictors of Their Interpersonal Behaviour.

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Book SynopsisWhat happens to homeless and runaway adolescents when they become adults? This is the first study that follows homeless youth into young adulthood and reviews the mental health consequences of runaway episodes and street life. The adolescents were interviewed every three months for three years from their mid teens to their early twenties. The study documents the psychological consequences associated with becoming adults when missing the critical developmental tasks of adolescence. The authors report high levels of psychological problems associated with victimization prior to and after running away. These victimization experiences shape the behaviors of these young people, affecting their relationships with others and their chances of conventional adjustment. Across time, the more successful their adaptation to street life and the street economy, the more barriers to conventional adult life emerge. The distress, including self-mutilation and suicidal behaviors, among this population is examined, as well as the impact street life has on future relationships, education, and employment. Nutritional and health problems are also explored, along with the social and economic impact of this population on society. As such, the book provides insight about why the current prevention and treatment programs are failing in an effort to help policy makers modify approaches to adolescent runaways.Intended as a supplementary text for undergraduate and/or graduate courses on homelessness, high risk youth, social deviance, adolescence and/or emerging adulthood taught in departments of psychology, human development, sociology, social work, and public health, this compelling book will also appeal to anyone who works with homeless adolescents.Trade Review"The chapters are well written and well organized. Whitbeck’s work is thorough and provides a clear picture of developmental and mental health issues among homeless teens. ... I highly recommend this volume to those dedicated to working with homeless teens." – Stephanie L. Brook in PsycCRITIQUES"Based on three monthly interviews over three years, the book expertly charts the psychological developments of its subjects and the experiences which shaped their behaviour. It shows, too, how their gradual habituation to street life creates a barrier to conventional adult life." – Young Minds Magazine"One area lacking in the literature was the use of longitudinal studies with homeless youths. Whitbeck's book ... fills this gap in the literature. ... Whitbeck’s work is thorough and provides a clear picture of developmental and mental health issues among homeless teens. ... I highly recommend this volume to those dedicated to working with homeless teens." – Stephanie L. Brooke in PsycCRITIQUES"A ground-breaking longitudinal study... students would find it fascinating... it would be adopted in sociology, social work, and psychology courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. It would also be valuable to researchers, agency workers and policy experts... an important part of any scholar's knowledge on adolescence and emerging adulthood." – Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Clark University, USA "The results are compelling, and, at times, very surprising...The data ... underscores ... the extent of mental health and substance abuse problems among homeless and runaway adolescents [and] the ... long-term consequences... It is ... likely to become a text for courses on the homeless...It should be of much interest to researchers ... human service workers, mental health providers, law enforcement, juvenile justice personnel, policy makers and legislators." – Luis A. Vargas, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, UK "The design of the study ... is simply unique...I am deeply impressed with the breadth of coverage ...This title may be used... at both the (upper) undergraduate and graduate level ...in courses on sociology, social work, and psychology." – Luc Goossens, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Table of ContentsPart 1. Emerging Adulthood among Runaway and Homeless Youth. 1. "No One Knows What Happens to These Kids": Interrupted Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. 2. The Midwest Longitudinal Study of Homeless and Runaway Adolescents. Part 2. Mental Health and Emerging Adulthood among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents. 3. From Conduct Disorder to Antisocial Personality Disorder: Disruptive Behaviors from Adolescence to Early Adulthood. 4. Adolescent Major Depressive Episodes and Emerging Adulthood. 5. Traumatic Histories and Adult Transitions. 6. Substance Abuse Patterns Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents Across Time. 7. Dissociative Symptoms: Prevalence, Correlates, and Association with Other Mental Disorders and Problem Behaviors. Part 3. Unintentional and Intentional Injuries from Adolescence to Early Adulthood. 8. Victimization and Re-victimization among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents. 9. Self-mutilating Behaviors from Adolescence to Young Adulthood. 10. Suicide Ideation and Attempts. 11. Health and Services Utilization. Part 4. Adult Roles: Social Networks, Intimate Relationships, Economic Adjustment, and Emerging Adulthood. 12. Social Networks: Friends and Families at Home and on the Streets. 13. Sexuality, Romantic Relationships, and Pregnancy. 14. Survival Strategies, Hunger, Education, and Housing. Part 5. Lost Opportunities – New Opportunities. 15. Continuities of Mental Disorders and Problem Behaviors. 16. "No One Knows What Happens to These Kids": From Runaways to Young Adults.

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Book SynopsisThe intellectual development of human beings from birth to adulthood is a fascinating phenomenon. Understanding the constraints that limit children’s intelligence, as well as discovering methods to improve it, has always been a challenging undertaking for developmental psychologists. This book presents a unique attempt to address these issues by establishing a dialogue between neo-Piagetian theorists and researchers specialized in typical and atypical working memory development.The book integrates recent advances in studies of working memory development with theories proposed by the most prominent neo-Piagetian researchers who have emphasized the role of cognitive resources and working memory capacity in the development of thinking and reasoning. In the opening section, the main proponents of this tradition develop their theories of cognitive development in terms of available mental attention, processing efficiency and speed, inhibition and relational complexity. The second part of the book addresses the mechanisms that underpin the increase in working memory capacity and the respective roles of processing efficiency, storage capacity, and the use of reactivation processes of memory traces such as rehearsal. Finally, the central role played by working memory in atypical development and learning difficulties is examined.This book provides psychologists, students and researchers who are interested in child development with an integrated and up-to-date series of chapters written by prominent specialists in the areas of working memory, attention, and cognitive development. Trade Review"Cognitive Development and Working Memory is a highly integrative review of research on working memory development by leading members in the field of child intellectual development. The range of work showcased in this volume makes it an indispensible introduction for advanced graduate students and an excellent reference for more advanced theorists and experimenters in the field. They will find this book an incomparable, cuttingedge reference for the major stakes and prospects in child memory development, Piagetian and cognitivist." - Jason T. Ramsay, in PsycCRITIQUES"This book brings together a selected group of leading researchers to discuss a currently hot topic. The authors represent different theoretical approaches and research groups, and each chapter contributes in its unique way, using theoretical modelling and experimental and individual-difference studies, to a debate that has become highly relevant in the scientific community. The book is excellent." - Sergio Morra, Unit of Psychology, University of Genoa, Italy"Cognitive Development and Working Memory is a highly integrative review of research on working memory development by leading members in the field of child intellectual development. The range of work showcased in this volume makes it an indispensible introduction for advanced graduate students and an excellent reference for more advanced theorists and experimenters in the field. They will find this book an incomparable, cuttingedge reference for the major stakes and prospects in child memory development, Piagetian and cognitivist." - Jason T. Ramsay, in PsycCRITIQUES"This book brings together a selected group of leading researchers to discuss a currently hot topic. The authors represent different theoretical approaches and research groups, and each chapter contributes in its unique way, using theoretical modelling and experimental and individual-difference studies, to a debate that has become highly relevant in the scientific community. The book is excellent." - Sergio Morra, Unit of Psychology, University of Genoa, ItalyTable of ContentsP.Barrouillet, V.Gaillard, Introduction: From Neo-Piagetian Theories to Working memory Development Studies Part 1. Neo Piagetian Theories to Working Memory Development Studies J. Pascual-Leone, J. Johnson, A Developmental Theory of Mental Attention: Its Application to Measurement and Task Analysis G. Andrews, G.S.Halford, Recent Advances in Relational Complexity Theory and Its Application to Cognitive Development A. Demetriou, A. Mouyi, Processing Efficiency, Representational Capacity, and Reasoning: Modelling Their Dynamic Interactions A. De Ribaupierre, D. Fagot, T. Lecerf, Working Memory Capacity and its Role in Cognitive Development: Are Age Differences Driven by the Same Processes Across the Lifespan? Part 2. Underlying Processes of Working Memory Development N.Cowan, C.C.Morey, A.M. AuBuchon, C.E. Zwilling, A.L.Gilchrist, J. Scott Saults, New Insights Into An Old Problem: Distinguishing Storage From Processing in the Development of Working Memory V. Camos, P. Barrouillet, Factors of Working Memory Development: The Time-Based Resource-Sharing Approach C. Jarrold, H. Tam, Rehearsal and the Development of Working Memory Part 3. Working Memory in Typical and Atypical Development H.L. Swanson, The Influence of Working Memory Growth on Reading and Math Performance in Children With Math And/ Or Reading Disabilities T. Packiam Alloway, L. Archibald, Working Memory in Development: Links with Learning Between Typical and Atypical Populations

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Book SynopsisAt the heart of this volume is the recognition that children’s engagement with play and story are intrinsically and intricately linked. The contributing authors share a passionate interest in the development and well-being of children, in particular through their use of imagination and adaptation of the everyday into play and stories. Following these principles, the volume explores the connections between play, story, and pretense with regard to many cultural and contextual factors that influence the way these elements vary in children’s lives. In a departure from earlier collections on play and story, the authors take a particular focus on normative as compared with atypical development. This collection begins with an approach to understanding the developmental relationship between play and story, which recognizes their similarities while acknowledging their differences. Much of the collection addresses pretend play and story in children with autism spectrum disorder, an understudied but important group for consideration, as these dimensions of their lives and development have often been considered problematic. The volume also includes sections on play and story in classroom settings and play and story across cultures, including non-English-speaking environments such as Israel, Romania, China, and Mexico. It concludes with a discussion of how play differs across sociocultural and economic contexts, making a unifying claim for the importance of play in children’s lives but also calling for an understanding of what play means to very different groups of children.Trade Review'This richly eclectic work draws on various perspectives to examine the dynamic interplay between pretend play and narrative and the complex issues that children on the autism spectrum encounter in these areas. The themes and viewpoints explored not only deepen our theoretical understanding, but also highlight new avenues for research and practice within diverse sociocultural contexts and an ever-changing, techno-oriented world.' – Pamela Wolfberg, Ph.D., Professor, San Francisco State University and founding director, Autism Institute on Peer Socialization and Play, www.autisminstitute.com'An excellent text grounded in robust research and full of rich and varied perspectives on children’s pretend play and story. I strongly recommend it to all those who are interested to know more about the unique and powerful role of pretense in human development.' – Sue Rogers, Ph.D., Professor, University College LondonTable of Contents1. Young Children’s Pretend Play and Storytelling as Modes of Narrative Activity: From Complementarity to Cross-Fertilization? Ageliki Nicolopoulou Part 1: Pretence and Storytelling in Autism Spectrum Disorder 2. Pretend Play in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of the Literature Mahwish Chaudry and Cheryl Dissanayake 3. Play, Narrative, and Children With Autism Karen Stagnitti 4. Developing Reciprocity With Technology and Storytelling: The Design of an Authorable Virtual Peer for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Andrea Tartaro and Justine Cassell 5. Social Robots as Storytellers: Can A Social Robot Encourage Children With ASD To Ask Questions During Playtime? Ramona Simut, Cristina Costescu, Johan Vanderfaeillie, Daniel David and Bram Vanderborght 6. The Intersection of Pretense and Storytelling In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Susan Douglas and Lesley Stirling 7. Dad! You Have to be…: Autism, Narrative And Family Neil Maclean Part 2: Pretence and Storytelling in the Classroom 8. The Wrongheaded Exclusion of Imaginative Storytelling from Kindergarten Writing Instruction Patricia M. Cooper 9. The Development of Subteacher Discourse during Pretend Play in the Wake of Reading A Story Esther Vardi-Rath, Teresa Lewin, Zehava Cohen, Hadassah Aillenberg and Tamar Eylon 10. The Natural World as Content for Interconnection and Divergence of Pretence and Storytelling in Children’s Play Kumara Ward Part 3: Pretence and Storytelling in Cross-Cultural Development 11. Using Narratives and Drawings to Assess Creativity in Preschool Age Children Candice M. Mottweiler 12. A Cultural-Historical Reading of Imagination and Creativity in Young Children’s Shared Narrative Creations across Cultural Contexts Sue March, Liang Li and Gloria Quiñones 13. Returning To Play: The Critical Location of Play in Children’s Sociocultural Lives Artin Göncü and Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur

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Book SynopsisThe study of bilingualism and all of its aspects – from theory and models to social approaches and their practical applications – forms the cornerstone of the 2nd edition of this work. The chapters cover the latest advancements in the domains of psycholinguistics, neuroscience, creativity, and executive functioning. Contributions, new to this edition, offer the reader the most up-to-date research on lifespan and developmental issues. The work also provides insight into how human language is processed by all, not just by bilingual and multilingual speakers.This text is ideal for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in psycholinguistics and the psychology of language, especially those with an emphasis on bilingualism or second language learning.Table of ContentsSection 1. Introduction: Methodological and Theoretical Background 1. Introduction Jeanette Altarriba and Roberto R. Heredia 2. Bilingual Research Methods Viorica Marian 3. Bilingual Mental Models Roberto R. Heredia and Anna B. Cieślicka Section 2. Cognitive and Neurological Mechanisms 4. The Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism Crystal J. Robinson and Jeanette Altarriba 5. Multilingualism Processing and Aging Kees de Bot and Nienke Houtzager 6. The Bilingual Brain Angélique Blackburn 7. The Bilingual Brain Revisited: What is Right and What is Left? Jyotsna Vaid Section 3. Creativity and Developmental Principles 8. Bilingualism and Creativty Anatoliy Kharkhurin 9. Bilingualism and Executive Functioning Kenneth R. Paap 10. Bilingualism and Language Cognitive Development Elena Nicoladis and Lisa Smithson Section 4. Social and Socio-Cultural Processes 11. Social Psychology of Bilingualism Luis A. Vega 12. The Social and Cultural Contexts of Bilingualism Barbara E. Bullock and Almeida Jacquline Toribio 14. Code-Switching Dalia Magaña Section 5. Linguistics, Second Language Acquistion, and Communication Disorders 15. Linguistic Contributions to Bilingualism Vivian Cook 16. Second Language Acquisiton and Bilingualism Susan Gass and Margo Glew 17. Bilingualism and Communication Disorders M. Adelaida Restrepo, Ashley Adams, and Beatriz Barragan

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Book SynopsisFrequently cited in scholarly books and journals and praised by students, this book focuses on developmental changes and processes in adolescence rather than on the details and problems of daily life. Major developmental changes associated with adolescence are identified. Noted for its exceptionally strong coverage of cognitive, moral, and social development, this brief, inexpensive book can be used independently or as a supplement to other texts on adolescence.Highlights of the new edition include: expanded coverage of thinking and reasoning. a new chapter on metacognition and epistemic cognition. expanded coverage of controversies concerning the foundations of morality. a new chapter on moral principles and perspective taking. a new chapter on the relation of personal and social identity. a new chapter addressing current controversies concerning the rationality, maturity, and brains of adolescents. more detail on key studies and methodologies and boldfaced key terms and a glossary to highlight and clarify key concepts. Rather than try to cover everything about adolescence at an elementary level, this book presents and builds on the core issues in the scholarly literature, thus encouraging deeper levels of understanding. The book opens with an introduction to the concepts of adolescence, rationality, and development and then explores the three foundational literatures of adolescent development - cognitive development, moral development, and identity formation. The book concludes with a more general account of rationality and development in adolescence and beyond.Appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on adolescence or adolescent development offered by departments of psychology, educational psychology, or human development, this brief text is also an ideal supplement for courses on social and/or moral development, cognitive development, or lifespan development. The book is also appreciated by scholars interested in connections across standard topics and research programs. Prior knowledge of psychology is not assumed.Trade Review "The biggest achievement of the book is that complex ideas are presented in an accessible and very readable manner. The reader is guided through the information and encouraged to make up their own mind as to the implications of what is being said, excellently modelling the main argument of the book. ... The main readership for the book is likely to be those studying adolescent development academically. It would, however, be excellent reading material for those educators leading educational policy and those who are interested in the legal rights of adolescents." – Dr. Mark Bowers, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, in Young Minds Magazine"David Moshman’s book has become a standard required book for adolescent development. His breadth of knowledge and the empirical details of adolescent judgment and reasoning are engaging and intriguing to read. He answers age-old questions about adolescent development with a fresh new look, drawing on a wide range of research programs and theoretical traditions about development." - Melanie Killen, University of Maryland, USA"This book provides a concise yet impactful review and synthesis of the literatures on cognitive, identity, and moral development. This is an outstanding portrayal of adolescents from a holistic and integrative perspective." - Seth J. Schwartz, University of Miami, USA"This is the sort of book that most if not all students... should encounter in a text for a course they take on adolescence. Too many of the current texts ... are filled with glitzy material centered around pop culture… Moshman … is covering material that most other texts do not. " - Deanna Kuhn, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA"This is a greatly expanded, conceptually more elaborate, and enriched edition of Moshman’s introduction to adolescence. The writing is clear and the examples are engaging. He departs from the textbook trend to fill pages with myriads of unrelated facts, in order to focus on the central aspects of adolescent development. He invites the reader to consider a picture in which the constructions of cognitive powers, of moral ideals, and of personal identity come together to give coherence and meaning to the diverse experiences of adolescence." - Augusto Blasi, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA "A stupendous achievement. … [The book brings] … coherence to cognitive, moral, and identity development during the adolescent years. [The author] stimulates students … to think about the big picture. ... A brilliantly "simple" writing style. … It’s amazing how much [he] covers ... in such a short book." - John C. Gibbs, The Ohio State University, USA"The chapters [on moral development] represent the finest synthesis of the field I have ever encountered in a textbook. … Students … will come away … with a deep understanding of what development and rationality are all about, and how these ideas can illuminate key issues in this period of life. … The revised edition [is] right on track, targeting areas of exciting new research. … I will certainly snap it up and read it with great enthusiasm." - Charles C. Helwig, University of Toronto, Canada"The pared-down nature of the book makes it easy to supplement with primary readings ... I have previously used this book for ...Adolescent Cognition … for advanced undergraduates. … I plan to use the new edition." - Kathleen M. Galotti, Carleton College, USATable of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1. Cognitive Development. 1. Piaget’s Theory of Formal Operations. 2. Inference, Thinking, and Reasoning. 3. Metacognition and Epistemic Cognition. 4. The Construction of Rationality. Part 2. Moral Development. 5. Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development. 6. Justice, Care, and Virtue. 7. Principles and Perspective Taking. 8. The Construction of Morality. Part 3. Identity Formation. 9. Erikson’s Theory of Identity Formation. 10. Identity as a Theory of Oneself. 11. Personal and Social Identity. 12. The Construction of Identity. Part 4. Development Beyond Childhood. 13. Rational Moral Identity. 14. Pluralist Rational Constructivism. 15. Rationality, Liberty, and Education. 16. Adolescents as Young Adults.

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Book SynopsisThe development of self- and emotional regulatory processes helps children to regulate their behavior based on their cultural context and to develop positive social relationships. This handbook brings together heretofore disparate literatures on self- and emotional regulation, brain and physiological processes, mastery motivation, and atypical development to highlight how mastery motivation is related to self-regulation and to clarify the relation between these various processes. Authors from a variety of countries and backgrounds provide an integrated, up-to-date review of the research and the key theoretical models to demonstrate how these processes relate to cultural and individual differences in both typical and atypical development. The renowned editors, all experts in a particular domain of self-regulation, provide section opening chapters that review the literature, provide a perspective that explains the findings, and suggest directions for future research. Although the focus is on quantitative studies, some qualitative findings and research using brain imaging methodologies are included. Outstanding features include: Reviews the development of self and emotional regulation from infancy through adolescence. Contributors from various countries and backgrounds provide an integrative review of the literature to guide the direction of future research. Features contributions from those who have had a strong impact on self-regulation research. Reviews research on developmental disorders that have implications for self-regulation. There are four sections. Section one introduces the development of self- and emotional regulation. This section reviews how self-regulation adapts based on personal and culturally-based goals and how individual differences predispose some to behavior disorders. Socialization influences are examined including a look at when typical regulation processes go awry. Section 2 examines physiological and brain processes as they relate to the development of typical and atypical processes, along with neurocognitive development of performance monitoring and how these processes change over time, cortical activation differences, and behavioral and electrocortical measures of attentional bias. Section 3 reviews the development of self-regulation and mastery motivation including a review of the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ), cross-national comparisons, and what the DMQ can tell us about self-regulation. The section concludes with a look at the development of self-regulation and mastery motivation in individuals with a developmental disability. Section 4 examines self-regulation in atypical development and evidence-based treatment approaches in children with ADHD, autism, and Down syndrome. This book is intended for researchers, graduate students, and practitioners in psychology, neuroscience, human development, and education interested in the development of self and emotional regulatory processes. Trade Review"Kudos to the editors for securing this collection of outstanding and diverse papers on the topic of development of self-regulation. This book will be required reading for the students in my lab and classroom." - Kristin A. Buss, The Pennsylvania State University, USA"This thoughtful and thought-provoking book on self-regulation by internationally renowned researchers will appeal to scholars and students alike. This book is both unique and compelling in its examination of self-regulation in all children, including those with typical and atypical pathways of development." Penny Hauser-Cram, Boston College, USA"This handbook will be a critical reference for both scientists and students. The singularly impressive cast of leading researchers has bridged neurobiological, cognitive, affective and social perspectives on the development of self-regulation. This will stand as both a comprehensive guide for understanding this vitally important topic and a framework for advancing the next generation of studies on self-regulation."- Paul D. Hastings, University of California, Davis, USA"More and more psychologists ... are talking now as if self-regulation is one of the most important … aspects of human behavior and human development. …People in … various areas ... could profit from having all of this material easily accessible in one place. It is timely!" – Jacqueline Sue Eccles, University of Michigan, USA "Combining into a single volume the…literatures of emotional regulation, brain processes, mastery motivation, and self regulation is a useful endeavor. ... [This book will] advance the field …and …[will be] attractive to a variety of researchers and scholars. …I am impressed by the breadth of viewpoints …the international flavor of the volume ... [and] by the scholarship of the volume." – Kay Jennings, University of Pittsburgh, USA“This volume is the most through treatment to date of the all-important concept of emotion and self-regulation. It is unique in bridging the theoretical with the empirical, the normal with the idiopathic, the developmental and the adult literatures, and the neurophysiological with the behavioral aspects of self-regulation. The contributors represent the best authorities in this field, and they provide a breadth of coverage that is simply stunning. The volume is a rarity" a superior reference resource, and a rich guide for future research in the field.” - Joseph J. Campos, University of California, Berkeley, USA Table of ContentsSection One: Development of Emotion Regulation & Self-Regulation.K. C. Barret, Introduction to Section I. Overview and Analysis. R.A. Thompson, E. A. Virmani, S. F. Waters, H. A. Raikes, S. Meyer, The Development of Emotion Self-Regulation: The Whole and the Sum of the Parts. M. Holodynski, D. Seeger, P. Kortas-Hartmann, V. Wörmann, Placing Emotion Regulation in a Developmental Framework of Self-Regulation. K. C. Barrett, Adaptive and Maladaptive Regulation of and by Emotion: Process, Context, and Relation to Self-regulation. J. Zeman, M. Cassano, M. Adrian, Socialization Influences on Children’s and Adolescents’ Emotional Self-Regulation Processes: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective. Section Two: Development of Self Regulation: Physiological and Brain Processes.N. A. Fox, Introduction to Section II. Overview and Analysis. H. A. Henderson, P. C. Mundy, The Integration of Self and Other in the Development of Self-regulation: Typical and Atypical Processes. T. A. Dennis, L. J. O’Toole, J. M. DeCicco, Emotion Regulation from the Perspective of Developmental Neuroscience: What, Where, When, and Why. K. Hum, M. D. Lewis, Neural Mechanisms of Emotion Regulation in Children: Implications for Normative Development and Emotion-related Disorders. P. Cédric, M. P. Koolschijn, E. A. Crone, The Neurocognitive Development of Performance Monitoring. A. MacNamara, E. S. Kappenman, S. R. Black, J. N. Bress, G. Hajcak, Integrating Behavioral and Electrocortical Measures of Attentional Bias Toward Threat. Section Three: Development of Self Regulation and Mastery Motivation.N. A. Busch-Rossnagel, G. A. Morgan, Introduction to Section III: Mastery Motivation and Self-Regulation. K. Józsa, D. E. Molnár, The Relationship between Mastery Motivation, Self-Regulated Learning and School Success: a Hungarian and European Perspective. G. A. Morgan, J. Wang, H. F. Liao, Q. Xu, Using the Dimensions of Mastery Questionnaire (DMQ) to Assess Mastery Motivation of English- and Chinese- Speaking Children: Psychometrics and Implications for Self-Regulation. J. Wang, K. C. Barrett, Mastery Motivation and Self-regulation during Early Childhood. M. Cuskelly, L. Gilmore, A. Carroll, Self-regulation and Mastery Motivation in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Barriers, Supports and Strategies. Section Four: Self Regulation In A Typical Development.L. A. Daunhauer, D. J. Fidler, Self-Regulation in Atypical Development: An Overview of the Section. C. M. Walcott, Current Perspectives on Preschool Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. S. L. Hepburn, B. C. Wolff, Self-Regulation in Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders. L. A. Daunhauer, D. J. Fidler, Executive Functioning in Individuals with Down syndrome.

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Book SynopsisAs our knowledge of the change and turmoil of adolescence grows, so the number of issues on which psychotherapeutic techniques can shed light increases: this monograph focuses on one of the most urgent. It provides not only practical insights into dealing with suicidal or potentially suicidal adolescents - with an emphasis on prevention of the problem as early as possible - but also a model of the way in which adolescents may find themselves becoming suicidal. Suicide attempts are rare in childhood; they are generally triggered after puberty by the adolescent's reaction to changes in his newly sexually mature body. It is the body that is perceived as the enemy, and sometimes the death of the body seems the only recourse. The adolescent who actually attempts to kill himself no longer doubts his actions or his solutions on his mental creations. At the time of his decision to kill himself, he is taken over by his need for peace more than by the fact of his own death.The monograph contains papers on this topic written by members of the staff of the Brent Adolescent Centre/Centre for Research into Adolescent Breakdown together with the proceedings of a conference on "The Suicidal Adolescent" held in October 1993. It contains a wealth of case material illuminating many aspects of a harrowing problem. Because the book comes directly out of the Centre's work as a walk-in centre, the emphasis is on being alert to danger signals and on methods of arresting their causes. It will, therefore, be of interest not only to clinicians and therapists but also to workers in education, medicine, probation, family work or social welfare - indeed, to anyone who works with adolescents.Trade ReviewAs our knowledge of the change and turmoil of adolescence grows, so the number of issues on which psychotherapeutic techniques can shed light increases: this monograph focuses on one of the most urgent. It provides not only practical insights into dealing with suicidal or potentially suicidal adolescents - with an emphasis on prevention of the problem as early as possible - but also a model of the way in which adolescents may find themselves becoming suicidal. Suicide attempts are rare in childhood; they are generally triggered after puberty by the adolescent's reaction to changes in his newly sexually mature body. It is the body that is perceived ad the enemy, and sometimes the death of the body seems the only recourse. The adolescent who actually attempts to kill himself no longer doubts his actions or his solutions on his mental creations. At the time of his decision to kill himself, he is taken over by his need for peace more than by the fact of his own death.The monograph contains papers on this topic written by members of the staff of the Brent Adolescent Centre/Centre for Research into Adolescent Breakdown together with the proceedings of a conference on "The Suicidal Adolescent" held in October 1993. It contains a wealth of case material illuminating many aspects of a harrowing problem. Because the book comes directly out of the Centre's work as a walk-in centre, the emphasis is on being alert to danger signals and on methods of arresting their causes. It will, therefore, be of interest not only to clinicians and therapists but also to workers in education, medicine, probation, family work or social welfare - indeed, to anyone who works with adolescents.Table of ContentsPART ONE Work with adolescence at Risk, CHAPTER ONE Psychological development In adolescence: danger signs CHAPTER TWO Depression and self-hatred CHAPTER THREE Depression and guilt CHAPTER FOUR A suicidal girl from a loving home CHAPTER FIVE Loss of the sense of reality about death CHAPTER SIX Don't help me! -the suicidal adolescent PART Two proceeding of a Conference on A Suicidal Adolescent, Understanding suicide: does it have a special meaning in adolescence? Discussion CHAPTER EIGHT The suicidal adolescent: experiences of a general practitioner CHAPTER NINE About not noticing the suicidal adolescent A research study into attempted suicide in adolescence, Discussion CHAPTER ELEVEN Can we prevent suicide In adolescence?

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Book SynopsisThis is the second monograph published by Karnac Books on behalf of the Brent Adolescent Centre/Centre for Research into Adolescent Breakdown. Drawing on the Centre's unique pool of expertise in the field, this book contains papers giving up-to-date psychodynamic perspectives on adolescent breakdown by leading clinical experts. These cover a range of topics, such as the differing developments in male and female adolescents, and the particular problems of psychotherapeutic intervention with them. It also includes the proceedings of a conference on the subject held in October 1995. Here the issues of adolescent breakdown are discussed in the wider context which workers in the caring professions must consider. Overall, this volume provides a concise, contemporary overview of a topic whose importance is increasingly being recognized both inside and outside the psychotherapeutic community.Contributors:Anthony Bateman, Debbie Bandler Bellman, Gabrielle Crockatt, Maxim de Sauma, Domenico di Ceglie, Sara Flanders, Maurice H. Friedman, Christopher Gibson, Kevin Healy, M. Egle Laufer, Kamil Mehra, Joan Schachter, Nicholas Temple, Peter WilsonTrade Review'For many years, Moses Laufer and his colleagues at the Brent Adolescent Centre/Centre for Research into Adolescent Breakdown have made important contributions to our understanding of the assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorder in adolescence. This new monograph underscores, with rich clinical documentation, the urgency of these tasks and the value of a psychoanalytic developmental perspective in pursuing them. It will be of value to all professionals who work with young people, and should be essential reading for those concerned with public policy as well.'- Aaron H. Esman, M.D. Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (Emeritus) Cornell University Medical College; Editor, Adolescent PsychiatryTable of ContentsIntroduction , The Adolescent and Developmental Breakdown , Developmental breakdown in adolescence: problems of understanding and helping , Interferences in the move from adolescence to adulthood: the development of the male , Interferences in the move from adolescence to adulthood: the development of the female , Problems in working with adolescents , The problem of helping in relation to developmental breakdown in adolescence , Proceedings of Conference on “Adolescent Breakdown and Beyond” , Defining breakdown , Discussion , Working with adolescent breakdown , Pre-therapy , Therapy , Discussion , Later consequences of adolescent breakdown , Discussion , Responding to mental breakdown in adolescence

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Book SynopsisUtilising her wealth of material and experience, Raphael-Leff explores various aspects of 'the inside story' of pregnancy. She answers such questions as: What meanings does childbearing have in the internal world? How does a pregnant woman live with two people under her skin? What is the expectant partner's experience? Which dreams, fears and fantasies proliferate around pregnancy and birth?Trade Review'Drawing on many thousands of hours of interviews with pregnant women, this sane and helpful book does the difficult thing of catering to two audiences: the pregnant woman with no particular psychoanalytic knowledge, and the psychotherapist with no particular knowledge - perhaps - of pregnancy. We are presented with the entire spectrum of emotion, joyful and anguished, relating to conception and childbearing. No pregnant woman could finish this book and think herself strange for whatever feelings pregnancy has evoked.'Pregnancy: The inside Story is particularly concerned with the many women who need to rid themselves of excessive fears and idealized expectations of their imagined baby in order to clear the way for a real relationship with a real child. This can only be done through awareness of the inevitable ambivalence that pregnancy and parenthood will bring. Each section of the book - from its early chapter on "Conceived Fantasies" through discussions of relations with partners, wider family, work and specialized areas like fetal malformation - keeps this perspective clearly in view. It is Raphael-Leff's persuasive argument that there is a greater need for therapeutic work with pregnant women, and that this should be available to a wider socio-economic group than it is at present.'- Melissa Benn, British Journal of Psychotherapy'Psychoanalyst and mother Joan Raphael-Leff has made a special study of the states of mind, dreams and emotional fluctuations that pregnancy evokes. She has done much to normalize our understanding of the often disturbing mental meanderings that infuse pregnant women's waking and dreaming states.'- Susie Orbach in The GuardianTable of ContentsIntroduction , Conceived Fantasies , Pandora’s Box , The Placental Paradigm , The Place of Paternity , A Model of Differing Orientations , Changing Relationships , Conceived Realities – Technological Gains – and Loss , The Birth , Different Approaches to Parenting – facilitators, Regulators and Reciprocators , Journey to the Interior – Pre- and Perinatal Psychotherapy , Therapy in Early Parenthood , Epilogue , Appendix – Vulnerability During Childbearing

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Book SynopsisThis volume is the result of over twenty years of therapeutic interventions with families within the Tavistock Clinic's Under Fives Service. It describes in detail the process of understanding young children's communications and behaviour and the dynamics of family relationships within the consulting room in a lively, accessible style. It covers common themes in work with young children such as disruptive, angry behaviour, separation and sleep difficulties, and problems in the parent/couple relationship. This book is essential reading for all early years professionals hoping to gain a greater understanding of the technique, observational skills and theory which underlie a psychodynamic approach to work with the under fives.Trade Review'This volume is the result of over twenty years of therapeutic interventions with families within the Tavistock Clinic's Under Fives Service. It describes in detail the process of understanding young children's communications and behaviour and the dynamics of family relationships within the consulting room in a lively, accessible style. It covers common themes in work with young children such as disruptive, angry behaviour, separation and sleep difficulties, and problems in the parent/couple relationship. This book is essential reading for all early years professionals hoping to gain a greater understanding of the technique, observational skills and theory which underlie a psychodynamic approach to work with the under fives.'- Margot Waddell, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, Tavistock Clinic'This rich collection celebrates the Tavistock Clinic Under Fives Service, which has much to teach us about the needs and possibilities of therapeutic interventions for families. With its multi-layered approach - to theory, service provision and clinical practice; to infants, toddlers and children; to their parents as adults now and as children then - this riveting book can be read on many levels and should be required reading for all those involved in "the early years".' - Penelope Leach, Founder member of the Association for Infant Mental Health-UK; author of "Your Baby and Child" and "Children First" 'This lively book will prove invaluable to professionals in both clinic and community settings. Rich case material brought by each contributor illustrates the complexities of brief focused work in families with young children whose distress manifests in a variety of presenting problems. Modelling for clients their own emotional availability and capacity to withstand the tremendous impact of powerful forces, these very experienced clinicians support families by providing thinking space and promoting thoughtfulness.' - Professor Joan Raphael-Leff, Psychoanalyst; Leader, Teen-Parents' Project, UCL/Anna Freud Centre, London 'This scholarly book is a welcome addition to the expanding field of literature on infant mental health and, in particular, to clinical work with infants and their parents. The book describes clearly how the application of observational skills, psychoanalytic concepts and child development research underpin the work, making it accessible to all mental health professionals, whether infant, child or adult therapists.' - Elizabeth Tuters (Toronto,Canada) Infant, Child, Adult Psychoanalyst; Member of Board of Directors, World Association of Infant Mental Health 'This collection of papers is an important resource for clinicians intervening with troubled under fives and their families. The writing vividly conveys the intense passions of young children's emotional life and represents a distillation of clinical expertise, in particular the therapists' creative commitment to reaching the children and their families. Deeply moving and inspiring, this book sends a message of hopefulness that thoughtful clinical intervention can have a transformative effect on the lives of children and their families.' - Frances Thomson Salo, adult and child psychoanalyst; Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Masters of Infant Mental HealthTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Theory and Practice -- Early developments -- Brief work with parents of infants -- The relation of infant observation to clinical practice in an under-fives counselling service -- Infant–parent psychotherapy: Selma Fraiberg’s contribution to understanding the past in the present -- Later developments -- The process of change in under-fives work -- A slow unfolding—at double speed: therapeutic interventions with parents and their young children -- A sinking heart: whose problem is it? Under-fives work in the surgery of a general practitioner -- Common Themes in work with under Fives -- Challenging and disruptive behaviour -- Anger between children and parents: how can we help? -- Disruptive and distressed toddlers: the impact of undetected maternal depression on infants and young children -- Where the wild things are: tantrums and behaviour problems in two under-fives boys -- The parent couple and oedipal issues -- Locating the ghost in the nursery: the importance of the parental couple -- Father “there and not there”: the concept of a “united couple” in families with unstable partnerships -- Oedipal issues in under-fives families: creating a space for thinking -- Separation and loss; weaning and growth -- Spanning presence and absence: separation anxiety in the early years -- Sleeping and feeding problems: attunement and daring to be different -- Holding the balance: life and death in the early years

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Book SynopsisUsing 'Freud's Project for a scientific psychology' as a starting point, this book is a brilliant new approach that combines psychoanalytical research with neuroscience. Its aim is to to delineate a new psychological framework for mental health practitioners. The author throws light on the slow pace of brain development during childhood, grapples with both the question of evolutionary factors, and the infant's sensitivity and predisposition to build relationships within his environment. The book also broadens and highlights two key topics topics; the origin of language and the importance of introjective-projective modulation in verbal communication.Trade Review'Dr Sasso's book is a scholarly and creatively brave effort to bring together diverse areas of the human mind and its development, within an organising framework of introjective and projective processes. This book deserves to be read by anyone who seeks to find bridges between psychoanalysis and contemporary scientific accounts of the developing mind.'- Mary Target, PhD, Psychoanalyst and Clinical Psychologist. Reader in Psychoanalysis at University College, London'This book comes as a landmark. Sasso's work is extremely valuable for everybody wanting to think over possible points of convergence between psychoanalysis and neuroscience. This well-documented text addresses the complexity of this field and suggests a new model of brain growth that takes into account the psychic work of both the child and his/her carers. It touches especially upon the problems of the development of consciousness and the origins of language.'- Bernard Golse, Psychoanalyst and Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Paris'Infancy research and information from affective neuroscience and on dynamic brain functions active between subjects, require a new clinical theory of human minds and how they communicate. Giampaolo Sasso meets these challenges with a critique of Freud's ambitious and prophetic Project, and with a richly informed analysis of the "perceptual- motor properties of neural pathways". His fluent review, and his discussion of the psychology of parent-child relations and how they build a conscious personality, will be welcomed.'- Colwyn Trevarthen, Professor (Emeritus) of Child Psychology and Psychobiology, Department of Psychology, The University of EdinburghTable of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface -- Introduction -- The cultural inheritance of Project for a Scientific Psychology -- Recent progress in the field of neuroscience -- The current idea of a child's mental development -- A new model of brain development -- Drive dynamics and maternal modulation -- Normal and pathogenic development of mother-child interaction -- Defence structures and the development of consciousness -- The origin of language -- Child development and the integration of psychoanalysis and neuroscience -- The unresolved problems of Freudian metapsychology -- Conclusion

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Book SynopsisHow do I manage an aggressive child positively when I have twenty other children who need my attention? How can I develop a good relationship with a child I seem to dislike? How do I maintain a positive working relationship with the parents of a disturbed and disturbing child? Written in a jargon-free, readable style, with many real life examples, this book is a must-have resource for playworkers seeking to enhance their skills as a whole. It highlights how the way we think about children's behaviour colours the way we react to it. It offers playworkers a different way of understanding many ordinary childhood behaviours such as lying, stealing and bullying, and gives practical advice not only on management but on how practitioners can identify, trust and develop their own skills.Trade Review'This book is a wonderful compendium of practical wisdom about working with children in a particular setting. But like all the most interesting writing about working with children it will engage anyone who wants to know something new just about the experience of being, and being with, children. Playworkers are likely to become more and more significant in children's lives; and A Playworker's Guide to Understanding Children's Behaviour at last gives them their due.' - Adam Phillips, Psychoanalyst and Writer'This much needed book will be invaluable in helping playworkers respond positively to the children in their clubs. The case studies bring the book to life and will prove a practical resource when confronted with the myriad of emotions and behaviours that children and young people display.'- Annette Rawstrone, Assistant Editor, Nursery World'A valuable tool covering a vast array of case studies to help playworkers understand the complexities of childhood psychology and provide the best possible care in a comfortable and secure environment.'- Amanda Argent, Chief Executive Officer, Schoolfriend etc.'The clever use of practical examples to highlight causes and effects of children's behaviour makes this book highly accessible to front-line practitioners. Specific information about this age group is scarce and I particularly liked the way in which difficult issues are dealt with, in context of the 8-12 year olds' experience and fears, and through discussions by playworkers as they address the situations. Acknowledging behaviour as a language, the author introduces a refreshing honesty about interactions in out-of-school clubs, reflecting the excitement, struggles and changing relationships that are the stuff of life for playworkers. Essential reading for everyone working with middle years children!'- Jackie Nunns, CEO, Kids' CityTable of ContentsContentsPart One: Playworkers, Children and BehaviourPart Two: Stress and WorryPart Three: Just Attention Seeking?Part Four: Worrying BehaviourPart Five: Special Needs?Part Six: The Family and the Outside WorldConclusion: Can Psychoanalytic InsightReally Help a Club Worker?

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Book SynopsisMost research in the field of attachment is on the experiences of attachment, separation and loss, and their developmental course and effects. This book widens our vision to the public domain, to consider the ways in which social institutions, culture and social policy may diminish our ability to make and maintain secure attachments. It argues that collective human security depends in part on the quality of attachments amongst individuals, a quality which, in turn, is conditioned by the structures of public life. The book invites its readers to reflect on those social processes that put our security at risk and to explore the prospects for enabling change.Trade Review'Risking Human Security is an important book. Written for both a professional and wide lay audience, this volume seeks to bring the issues of attachment into the public domain. What makes it unique, is its exploration of how policy decisions, culture and politics can undermine - or support - the conditions on which human survival and security depend. Using case studies written by scholars and by activists with anthropological and psychological insights, Green demonstrates that our abilities to bond with others can be weakened or shattered by more than what is popularly understood as "trauma". Contributors demonstrate that like all structural violence, consumer and industrial cultures can be as destructive of attachments as are wars and forced migration. Embracing,and going beyond, traditional academic analysis, "Risking Human Security" provides corrective and necessarily subversive lenses to make the human condition more visible. Green's book makes a valuable contribution to all who are working to alleviate human suffering and to create a more life-affirming world.'- Joseph Gerson, PhD, Director of Programs, Director of Peace and Economic Security Program, American Friends Service Committee, New England'This is a book we have been waiting for. Within a framework of proposing that threats to attachment are threats to human security, Marci Green has assembled a team of contributors analysing the risks to secure attachments that arise from both the extraordinary and routine conditions of everyday life. Contributions from clinicians, researchers, political activists and educators enable Green's book to explore the direct effects of political conflict, forced migration, and the aftermath of environmental disaster. In addition the book makes valuable contributions to our understanding of the indirect damage done to attachments by our social arrangements, by considering the organisation of our workplaces, the effects of aggressive marketing practice on children's capacity to empathise with others, and the disastrous undermining of communities caused by the U.S. 'War on Drugs' and imprisonment practices. This is a fine book and essential reading.'- Joseph Schwartz, Training Therapist and Director of research at the Centre for Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, London; Editor of "Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis"'Timely, interesting and valuable, the book has a wide appeal.'- Andrew Barley, Therapy TodayTable of ContentsIntroduction -- The Basic Principles of Attachment Theory -- The social construction of the human brain -- The Connections between Public Life and Personal Attachment -- Attachment and loss of community -- Labour to love -- Unsettling policies: unanticipated consequences for migrant Afro-Caribbean families -- Seeking asylum: the struggle for a new secure base -- Compassion deficit disorder? The impact of consuming culture on children’s relationships -- Primitive justice: who pays the price? -- Strategies for Enabling Change -- Human security and conflict -- Enabling change

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Book Synopsis'This monograph contains a rich variety of material that is not usually included in traditional writings on trauma. In addition to the theoretical and clinical perspectives, poetry and storytelling join in to weave a vivid tapestry of multifaceted approaches to trauma. Whilst remaining true to its theoretical base (which, of course, is Bowlby's attachment theory), the monograph succeeds in locating its subject matter in wider perspectives, thus enabling the reader to appreciate the complexity of contributing factors. It is not easy to compile a single publication out of a conference; yet, this monograph achieves its objective by offering a coherent treatment of trauma that also includes some up-to-date approaches and innovations. The papers are written with authority, clarity and sensitivity and will provide the reader with a most beneficial elaboration of trauma from an attachment theory perspective.'- Renos K. PapadopoulosTrade Review'This monograph contains a rich variety of material that is not usually included in traditional writings on trauma. In addition to the theoretical and clinical perspectives, poetry and storytelling join in to weave a vivid tapestry of multifaceted approaches to trauma. Whilst remaining true to its theoretical base (which, of course, is Bowlby's attachment theory), the monograph succeeds in locating its subject matter in wider perspectives, thus enabling the reader to appreciate the complexity of contributing factors. It is not easy to compile a single publication out of a conference; yet, this monograph achieves its objective by offering a coherent treatment of trauma that also includes some up-to-date approaches and innovations. The papers are written with authority, clarity and sensitivity and will provide the reader with a most beneficial elaboration of trauma from an attachment theory perspective.'- Renos K. Papadopoulos'Trauma and Attachment engages its subject with both heart and intellect. In Gillian Slovo's moving description of her courtroom encounters with the men who murdered her mother, or in Chris Purnell's insightful memoir of growing up in a children's home, we confront the experience of trauma at its most immediate. In Bessel van der Kolk's innovative formulation, we come closer to understanding the impact of prolonged, repeated trauma on the developing child. This volume adds to the growing literature that documents the central role of disrupted attachment in most traumatic disorders.'- Judith L. Herman, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical SchoolTable of ContentsContentsContributorsAcknowledgmentsTrauma and Attachment: Introduction: Sarah Benamer and Kate WhiteATTACHMENT THEORY AND THE JOHN BOWLBY MEMORIAL LECTURE 2006: A SHORT HISTORY: Bernice LaschingerTRUTH AND RECONCILIATION? Gillian SlovoSURVIVING THE CARE SYSTEM: Chris PurnellDEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA DISORDER: Bessel van der KolkDEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA IN ADULTS: Felicity de ZuluetaTHE HUNGRY SELF: Sue RichardsonTHE SHADOW OF MURDER: Rachel WingfieldHOW DO WE HELP OURSELVES?: Valerie SinasonTRAUMA AND ATTACHMENT READING LIST

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Book SynopsisThis book draws together work from across Europe by leading clinical researchers who have been looking into the effectiveness of psychoanalytic interventions. They are mostly time limited, brief, non-intensive ways of working so are applicable in many settings and can therefore be generalised to other clinical teams. The populations worked with are diverse and often present mainstream services with refractory clinical problems, so an applied psychoanalytic approach is well worth trying given the evidence presented in this volume.There is in addition an excellent theoretical chapter on the issues for such clinical research from Stephen Shirk which merits consideration by those wanting to evaluate their own work.This book has had a long gestation but it is an important contribution to services for child and adolescent mental health services to ensure the full menu of interventions is retained in these times of financial restraint with increasing family distress and concerns about inadequate parenting, family breakdown and troublesome adolescents.Trade ReviewContributorsJohn Tsiantis, Judith Trowell, Daniel Widlocher, Monica Lanyado, Didier Houzel, Eilis Kennedy, Siv Boalt Boethius, Maria Rhode, Jackie Hall, Gunnar Carlberg, Klaus-Thomas Kronmuller, Annette Stefini, Annette Geiser-Elze, Hildegard Horn, Mechtild Hartmann, Klaus Winkelmann, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Tamara Fischmann, Stephen R. Shirk, Rebecca A. Burwell, Euthymia D. HibbsContents:ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - John Tsiantis and Judith TrowellABOUT THE AUTHORSSERIES EDITORS' PREFACE - Monica Lanyado and Didier HouzelFOREWORD - Daniel WidlocherINTRODUCTION - John TsiantisCHAPTER ONE: Child and adolescent psychotherapy research: Clinical applications - Eilis KennedyCHAPTER TWO: Integrating research in a clinical setting for child psychotherapy: A case study about facilitating and hindering factors in psychoanalytic psychotherapy - Siv Boalt BoethiusCHAPTER THREE: What does a manual contribute? - Judith Trowell, Maria Rhode and Jackie HallCHAPTER FOUR: Focused systematic case studies: An approach linking clinical work and research - Gunnar CarlbergCHAPTER FIVE: The Heidelberg study of psychodynamic psychotherapy for children and adolescents - Klaus-Thomas Kronmuller MD, Annette Stefini, Annette Geiser-Elze, Hildegard Horn, Mechtild Hartmann and Klaus Winkelmann MDCHAPTER SIX: Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD): A field for contemporary psychoanalysis?: Some clinical, conceptual and neurobiological considerations based on the Frankfurt Prevention Study - Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber and Tamara FischmannCHAPTER SEVEN: Research on therapeutic processes: In psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and adolescents - Stephen R. Shirk and Rebecca A. BurwellCHAPTER EIGHT: Ethical principles in conducting research with children and adolescents - Euthymia D. Hibbs Ph.D.INDEXTable of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Child and adolescent psychotherapy research: Clinical applications -- Integrating research in a clinical setting for child psychotherapy: A case study about facilitating and hindering factors in psychoanalytic psychotherapy -- What does a manual contribute? -- Focused systematic case studies: An approach linking clinical work and research -- The Heidelberg study of psychodynamic psychotherapy for children and adolescents -- Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD): A field for contemporary psychoanalysis?: Some clinical, conceptual and neurobiological considerations based on the Frankfurt Prevention Study 1 -- Research on therapeutic processes: In psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and adolescents -- Ethical principles in conducting research with children and adolescents

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Book SynopsisAn innovative view of the development of psychopathology and sexual offending. In an exciting synthesis of neuroscience, developmental, and social psychology with forensic and criminal literature, it offers a fresh perspective as to the reasons that may precipitate some individuals into violent or sexual offences. The book is written for clinicians of all modalities, although its very readable style, make it accessible to anyone with an interest in this area.Trade ReviewIt commences with a study of the development of an infant's brain under positive conditions, and then demonstrates how adverse circumstances for the developing child can change the structure of the developing brain. It argues that the concept of attachment is both a physical and psychological process, which can predispose a child to be vulnerable at later critical periods in it's development: during the development of the sexual template, and later during puberty and adolescence.Insecure attachments form behavioural pathways that continue to be played out in adult loving relationships, and can lead to codependent relationships, domestic violence, and sometimes into psychopathology. Vandalisation of the sexual template at critical times can lead individuals into developing sexual paraphilias and may lead to sexual offending. Discussion of violence, stalking, sexual offences against adults and children, and Internet pornography are discussed in depth. It argues that whereas not all children who are abused grow up to be sexual offenders, virtually all sexual and violent offenders had very adverse childhoods, and that the criminal justice system has lost sight of this link.'This book is a good read! This may come as a surprise given that its content is a synthesis of neuroscience, attachment theory, and forensic psychology. But what Glyn Hudson Allez achieves here is an immediate and accessible study of infant brain development, and how adverse intrusion can interfere with this development [...] the text is interspersed with an almost literary case study.'- Antonia Murphy, CPC Review'... stunning ... I know for sure I will refer to and reread parts of Infant Losses; Adult Searches many times. [the author has] cited so much evidence for all I believe in and use with my clients and ... organised it into a totally logical flow which I really appreciate. It will be recommended reading for my team of therapists, I will refer to it in my training courses and I will be ensuring it is read by the student who I'm soon to be supervising in her honours and then PhD theses on a topic (just being refined now) within the field of sexual "addiction" and attachment. [The book has] advanced this field of knowledge markedly.'- Robyn Salisbury, Registered Clinical Psychologist; Director, Sex Therapy New Zealand Ltd'This book shows attachment theory and research at its best, as more than just a predictive or diagnostic model. It becomes a tool to help individuals piece together often-shattered narratives to achieve security.'- Gabriel Brown FPC, Therapy Today

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Book SynopsisIntegrated in this book are contributions from leading scientists who have each studied children's adjustment across risks common in contemporary society. Chapters in the first half of the book focus on risks emanating from the family; chapters in the second half focus on risks stemming from the wider community. All contributors have explicitly addressed a common set of core themes, including the criteria they used to judge 'resilience' within particular risk settings, the major factors that predict resilience in these settings; the limits to resilience (vulnerabilities coexisting with manifest success); and directions for interventions. In the concluding chapter, the editor integrates evidence presented through all preceding chapters to distill (a) substantive considerations for future research, and (b) salient directions for interventions and social policies, based on accumulated research knowledge.Trade Review'… a very comprehensive overview …'. Journal of Psychological Medicine'Resilience and Vulnerability is resplendent with insights … Resilience and Vulnerability is an important milestone in the development of the risk and resilience response to the problems experienced by young people. It enhances our understanding of the complexities of behaviour and circumstance while illuminating the necessary focus and quality of intervention efforts.' Peter Stanley, University of Waikato at Tauranga'… brings together an extensive range of research material on the highly topical theme of resilience and vulnerability … a comprehensive coverage of the strands of the discussion.' Journal of Social PolicyTable of Contents1. A resilience framework for research, policy, and practice: contributions from Project Competence Ann S. Masten and Jenifer L. Powell; Part I. Familial Adversities: Parental Psychopathology and Family Processes: 2. Young children with mentally ill parents: resilient developmental systems Ronald Seifer; 3. Risk and protective factors for children of depressed parents Constance Hammen; 4. Resilience and vulnerability among sons of alcoholics: relationship to developmental outcomes between early childhood and adolescence Robert A. Zucker, Maria W. Wong, Leon I. Puttler, and Hiram E. Fitzgerald; 5. Maternal drug abuse versus other psychological disturbances: risks and resilience among children Suniya S. Luthar, Karen D'Avanzo and Sarah Hites; 6. Resilience to childhood adversity: results of a 21 year study David M. Fergusson and L. John Horwood; 7. Sequelae of child maltreatment: vulnerability and resilience Kerry E. Bolger and Charlotte J. Patterson; 8. Risk and resilience in children coping with their parents' divorce and remarriage E. Mavis Hetherington and Anne Mitchell Elmore; 9. Correlational and experimental study of resilience for children of divorce and parentally bereaved children Irwin Sandler, Sharlene Wolchik, Caroline Davis, Rachel Haine and Tim Ayers; Part II. Exosystemic and Sociodemographic Risks: 10. Rethinking resilience: a developmental process perspective Tuppett M. Yates, Byron Egeland and L. Alan Sroufe; 11. Poverty and early childhood adjustment Elizabeth B. Owens and Daniel S. Shaw; 12. Emerging perspectives on context-specificity of children's adaptation and resilience: evidence from a decade of research with urban children in adversity Peter A. Wyman; 13. Holistic, contextual perspectives on risk, protection, and competence among low-income urban adolescents Edward Seidman and Sara Pedersen; 14. Overcoming the odds? Adolescent development in the context of urban poverty Ana Mari Cauce, Angela Stewart, Melanie Domenech Rodriguez, Bryan Cochran, and Joshua Ginzler; 15. Adaptation among youth facing multiple risks: prospective research findings Arnold Sameroff, Leslie Gutman and Steve C. Peck; 16. Positive adaptation among youth exposed to community violence Deborah Gorman-Smith and Patrick H. Tolan; 17. Perceived discrimination and resilience Laura A. Szalacha, Sumru Erkut, Cynthia García Coll, Jacqueline P. Fields, Odette Alarcón and Ineke Ceder; 18. Promoting resilience through early childhood intervention Arthur J. Reynolds and Suh-Ruu Ou; Part III. Commentaries: 19. Toward building a better brain: neurobehavioral outcomes, mechanisms, and processes of environmental enrichment John W. Curtis and Charles A. Nelson; 20. Genetic influences on risk and protection: implications for understanding resilience Michael Rutter; 21. Resilience and vulnerability: an integrative review Suniya S. Luthar and Laurel Bidwell Zelazo.

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Book SynopsisThe main concept is empathy - one feels what is appropriate for another person's situation, not one's own. This important book is the culmination of three decades of study and research by a leading figure in the area of child and developmental psychology.Trade Review'Empathy and Moral Development is the most important book on empathy, its cultivation, and its fundamental contribution to moral development and behavior. Hoffman's use of types of moral encounter as an organizational device is inspired. In this one work, we finally have the integrative product of Hoffman's three decades of impressive contributions to the field.' John C. Gibbs, Ohio State University'Elegantly written … a useful attempt to make moral reasoning more evidence based.' Richard Ashcroft, The Lancet'For over four decades Martin Hoffman has investigated the many facets of moral development, focusing particularly on empathy. In this very important book he integrates his efforts, giving the reader a powerful account of the central role that empathy plays in moral agency. Hoffman's book will serve as a contemporary milestone for both researchers and educators in moral development.' Journal of Moral EducationTable of Contents1. Introduction and overview; 2. Empathy, its arousal and prosocial functioning; 3. Development of empathic distress; 4. Empathic anger, sympathy, guilt, feeling of injustice; 5. Guilt and moral internalization; 6. From discipline to internalization; 7. Relationship and other virtual guilts; 8. Empathy's limitations: is empathy enough? 9. Empathy and moral principles; 10. Development of empathy-based justice principles; 11. Multiple- claimant and caring-versus-justice dilemmas; 12. The universality and culture issue; 13. Implications for intervention.

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