14 Mar, 2010

ISBN13: 9780310234074Condition: USED – LIKE NEWNotes: Product DescriptionThis practical resource tool and handbook for counselors, pastors, and youth workers details over thirty common teenage problems arranged alphabetically from abuse to suicide, including such hot topics as anger, depression, drugs and alcohol, homosexuality, loneliness, masturbation, peer pressure, pornography, and shyness. Bound into the back of the book is a Counseling Guide that includes information on special issues in counseling and 43 Rapid Assessment Tests. Helping the Struggling Adolescent : A Guide to Thirty-six Common Problems for Counselors, Pastors and Youth…. Click Here to Read More
13 Mar, 2010
Adolescent psychology is a subspecialty of general psychology that can open new vistas of career opportunities for students who have a natural interest in children and youth. Such a specialty can also be helpful for those who desire to work primarily with adults, because many of the adults who seek the services of a child psychologist will have problems with their own children or are seeking psychotherapy for childhood traumas. Because families are the basic building blocks of society, expertise in child and adolescent psychology becomes a constructive asset when looking for jobs in many sectors of the workplace.Career prospects for those who elect to study child and adolescent psychology…. Click Here to Read More
12 Mar, 2010

ISBN13: 9780393705003Condition: NEWNotes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description”I can thoroughly recommend it to any educational and child psychologist who has frequent eyeball-to-eyeball contact with adolescents and who wishes to develop a functional, but supportive, working relationship and adopt a balanced position between the needs of the school and those of a young person finding their way into adulthood.” —DECP Debate Edgette proposes a unique approach to relating to adolescents in therapy. Focusing on establishing genuine and unaffected relationships between therapists and teens, this book offers…. Click Here to Read More
11 Mar, 2010
Parenting has often been referred to as lifeâs most difficult job, and it seems as though in recent years, this job has become increasingly more rigorous. Technological developments in recent years have given rise to novel methods for children and adults to access information. Many of these advancements are aimed specifically at the youth culture, though are responsible for a gradual transformation of the entire culture at large. Adults however, often seem a step slow in recognizing the magnitude that these new innovations will have upon all of our lives and the lives of todayâs children.In the United States in general, but especially here in Los Angeles, the media is extremely…. Click Here to Read More
10 Mar, 2010

ISBN13: 9780743260770Condition: NEWNotes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionIn this national bestseller, acclaimed, award-winning psychologist Dr. David Walsh explains exactly what happens to the human brain on the path from childhood into adolescence and adulthood. Revealing the latest scientific findings in easy-to-understand terms, Dr. Walsh shows why moodiness, quickness to anger and to take risks, miscommunication, fatigue, territoriality, and other familiar teenage behavior problems are so common — all are linked to physical changes and growth in the adolescent brain. Why Do They Act That Way? is the first book to explain the changes in teens’ brains…. Click Here to Read More
8 Mar, 2010

Product DescriptionAnnual Editions is a series of over 65 volumes, each designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. The Annual Editions volumes have a number of common organizational features designed to make them particularly useful in the classroom: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated…. Click Here to Read More
8 Mar, 2010
There was a time when adolescents were not given the place in society they deserved. The life path unfolded for individuals as childhood which led straight to adulthood. There was no place in between or no significance given to this important phase in life. However over time, adolescence emerged as an extremely important period of life where an individual makes a transition from childhood to becoming an adult. Hence, adolescent psychology was born. While, changed living conditions throughout the world would have definitely contributed towards placing importance on adolescence, so has individual freedom of speech and thought. If you turn your memory back to four or five generations back, you…. Click Here to Read More
7 Mar, 2010

Product DescriptionThis Sixth Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor’s resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM, ISBN 0073301906 is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.mhcls.com/online. Adolescent Psychology, 6th Edition…. Click Here to Read More
6 Mar, 2010
The Downside Of Adolescent Relationships Psychology researchers exploring relational aggression and victimisation in 11-13 year olds have found adolescent boys have a similar understanding and experience of ‘mean’ behaviours and ‘bitchiness’ as girls. In-depth interviews with 33 adolescents who have previously been involved in either relational aggression and/or victimisation, showed both girls and boys had personal experiences around … Read more on Medical News…. Click Here to Read More
6 Mar, 2010
i am currently only a teenager and i really would like a career in the psych-world and i think i would enjoy being an adolescent psychologist/psychiatrist…but i have a few questions like: what kind of education must you undergo? how much does an average adolescent psychologist/psychiatrist make? is it like when you see in the movies when you sit and talk your patients to help them with there problems? and also what other kind of psych careers are there besides psychologist and psychiatrist?…. Click Here to Read More