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Psychotherapy of Abused and Neglected Children, Second Edition
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Psychotherapy of Abused and Neglected Children, Second EditionNow in a revised and updated second edition, this widely used guidebook and text combines theory, research, and practical clinical strategies. Provided is a thoughtful framework for understanding the developmental impact of maltreatment; assessing the unique needs of each child and family; building a strong therapeutic relationship; and implementing a variety of effective interventions. Reflecting significant recent advances that have occurred in child therapy, the second edition gives greater emphasis to empirically supported treatments.
 
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The Emotionally Abused and Neglected Child: Identification, Assessment and Intervention: A Practice Handbook
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The Emotionally Abused and Neglected Child: Identification, Assessment and Intervention: A Practice HandbookEmotional abuse and neglect are at the core of all types of child maltreatment, and have the most harmful effects on the physical and psychological development and well-being of children. Yet they are considered to be the most difficult to deal with by those who have the responsibility to protect and intervene in effective ways. In this book the author explores the concept of a damaged child, and asks what are the different types of injury, ranging from active to passive, physical to emotional, that stop children from reaching their full potential psychologically and physically?
 
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Child Development and Teaching the Pupil with Special Educational Needs
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Child Development and Teaching the Pupil with Special Educational Needs All teachers and professionals dealing with children with special educational needs must have an understanding of child development in order to make judgments, against some notions of normality, about children's behavior in terms of delay, disorder and diversity. Written in accessible language for practitioners and students alike, this book helps keep track of children's developmental progress and provides a framework for understanding the child.



 
 
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Research Manual in Child Development
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Research Manual in Child Development This unique hands-on lab manual in child development provides great ideas and resources for teaching research courses involving child subjects. It includes projects in psychomotor/perceptual, cognitive, and social development. Projects are preceded by background essays on the history of that topic, related research, theoretical issues, and controversies. Each project has hypotheses to test, detailed procedures to follow, all stimuli, individual and group data sheets, empty tables, suggested statistics, discussion questions, and an updated bibliography.

 
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Teaching Your Child to Love Learning: A Guide to Doing Projects at Home
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Teaching Your Child to Love Learning: A Guide to Doing Projects at HomeThe "project approach" has long been a tremendous tool for educators working with young children. This is not an activity book but a book about doing in-depth investigations about topics that interest your child and you. The project approach stimulates your child's curiosity, shows the advantages of learning academic skills such as reading, writing and math and helps you build a strong relationship with your child as you share the adventure of learning together. In this book, we have adapted the approach to show parents, grandparents and other caregivers how to do meaningful and exciting projects at home. Featuring many photos of children doing project work this book thoroughly explains the benefits to both you and your child of doing projects together. Ideas are given for transforming your home into a place to learn including guidance for collecting and storing materials, making time for projects, and documenting your child's work. Seven complete examples of at-home projects are shared. Chapters also show you how to coach your child to build skills for reading and writing, mathematical development, scientific thinking, and more. Direction is also provided for adapting the project approach for use in family child care centers, home schooling, and gifted education.
 
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