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The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
Beck, A.T. (2002) 'Cognitive models of depression', in R.L. Leahy and T.E. Dowd (eds), Clinical Advances in Cognitive Psychotherapy: Theory and Application. New York: Springer. pp. 29–61. Bettelheim, B. (1967) The Empty Fortress: ...
As an aid to practitioners, this book matches developmental ages with appropriate, evidence-based mental health interventions.
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 17, 222–228. Thompson, L. A., & KellyVance, L. (2001). The impact of mentoring on academic achievement of atrisk youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 23, 227–242. Thompson ...
Child Development
This book explains to professionals and parents how EF develops in kids, what EF difficulties look like, and what creative and effective interventions can meet their needs.
This edition is fully up-to-date with current policy and legislation and now includes: New "Research boxes" in each chapter helping students link theory to practice Increased coverage on children’s social and emotional development A new ...
Adolescence During adolescence, further myelination and synaptic pruning occur in the prefrontal cortex, the area primarily responsible for executive function (Griffin, 2017; Petanjek et al., 2011). A longitudinal study of Dutch ...
Chronologically organized, Child Development from Infancy to Adolescence, Third Edition introduces topics within the field of child development through unique and engaging Active Learning opportunities.
These are some of the questions addressed by Childhood’s Domain, originally published in 1986, in which children, as ‘expert’ research collaborators, describe their largely unseen life outdoors.