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Children with Epilepsy Say Their Quality of Life Is Better than Their Parents Think UCLA researchers found that children with epilepsy say their quality of life is comparable to that of their healthy siblings. The parents of these children, though, say just the opposite. They rate their children with epilepsy as having a substantially worse quality of life than their other, healthy children. Read more on…. Click Here to Read More

Failure to develop and refine fundamental and specialized movement skills such as hopping, leaping, running, striking, and throwing during the crucial preschool and elementary school years often leads children to frustration and failure during adolescence and adulthood. Failure to develop mature patterns of throwing, catching, and jumping, for instance, makes it difficult for children to succeed in and enjoy even a recreational game of basketball. Children fail to participate, with success, in an activity if they have not been taught and given the opportunity to practice and master the essential movement skills contained within that activity. Saying all this, it does not mean that if you…. Click Here to Read More

ISBN13: 9781606233139Condition: NEWNotes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionProviding a wealth of practical interventions and activities–all organized within a state-of-the-art modular framework–this invaluable book helps child clinicians expand their intervention toolkits. Building on the bestselling Clinical Practice of Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents, which addresses the basics of treatment, Friedberg et. al., in their latest volume, provide additional effective ways for engaging hard-to-reach clients, addressing challenging problems, and targeting particular cognitive and behavioral skills. Fun and productive games, crafts, and other…. Click Here to Read More

Product DescriptionThis is a companion guide to Think Good Feel Good: A Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Workbook for Children and Young People. Designed for clinicians using the original workbook in their work with children, the book builds upon the workbook materials by offering guidance on all aspects of the therapeutic process and a range of case studies highlighting therapy in action. Topics covered include parent involvement, key cognitive distortions in children, formulations, challenging thoughts, guided discovery and the use of imagery. Also included is a chapter focusing on possible problems in therapy and strategies for overcoming them. To supplement the workbook,…. Click Here to Read More

Product DescriptionChild assessment and treatment is complicated by numerous factors: developmental variables, how and where symptoms are expressed, and the different ways that parents and teachers may perceive and define problem behavior. The clinician’s task is further compounded when clients are culturally diverse children and adolescents dealing with multiple social stressors. Now in a revised and updated second edition, this volume guides mental health practitioners in conducting culturally competent, effective work with economically disadvantaged youngsters from African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American backgrounds. From distinguished clinicians and…. Click Here to Read More

Product DescriptionThis book provides a comprehensive foundation for conducting clinical assessments of child and adolescent social-emotional behavior in a practical, scientific, and culturally appropriate manner. It is aimed at graduate students, practitioners, and researchers in the fields of school psychology, child clinical psychology, and special education but will also be of interest to those in related disciplines such as counseling psychology, child psychiatry, and social work. Section I, Foundations and Methods of Assessment, covers basic professional and ethical issues, classification and diagnostic problems, and comprehensive introductions to six primary assessment methods:…. Click Here to Read More

Product DescriptionThis volume brings together thirteen essential readings illustrating the most important issues in dealing with children as victims, witnesses or perpetrators of crime. Children and the Law: The Essential Readings…. Click Here to Read More

ISBN13: 9780968519943Condition: NEWNotes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionIn this comprehensive resource, highly acclaimed author Liana Lowenstein has compiled an impressive collection of techniques from experienced practitioners. Interventions are outlined for engaging, assessing, and treating children of all ages and their families. Activities address a range of issues including, Feelings Expression, Social Skills, Self-Esteem, and Termination. A must have for mental health professionals seeking to add creative interventions to their repertoire. Assessment and Treatment Activities for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Practitioners Share Their Most…. Click Here to Read More

Family-focused program shows benefit in treating excess weight in children Weight Watchers has helped millions of American adults successfully lose weight and now results from a pilot, family-focused Weight Watchers approach designed to support parents shows potential for success in reducing excess weight in children, according to a study presented at the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, Calif., April 27, 2010. Read more on…. Click Here to Read More

Product DescriptionNow in a fully revised and updated second edition, this landmark work brings together leading experts to comprehensively examine all aspects of childhood-onset anxiety disorders. The volume presents the major theoretical perspectives currently informing research and clinical practice, reviews key issues in assessment and diagnosis, and marshals the latest findings on each disorder and its treatment. All chapters in the second edition have been extensively rewritten to reflect significant advances in theory and research, including the results of controlled treatment studies. Important new chapters have been added on behavioral genetics, combined cognitive-behavioral…. Click Here to Read More

Product DescriptionThis superb, rational, and highly readable volume answers a deeply felt need. Parents and educators alike have long struggled to understand what meanings race might have for the very young, and for ways to insure that every child grows up with a healthy sense of self. Marguerite Wright handles sensitive issues with consummate clarity, practicality, and hope. Here we have an indispensable guide that will doubtless prove a classic.–Edward Zigler, sterling professor of psychology and director, Yale Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy A child’s concept of race is quite different from that of an adult. Young children perceive skin color as magical–even…. Click Here to Read More

ISBN13: 9781593852054Condition: NEWNotes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionCrafted to meet the day-to-day needs of school psychologists and other practitioners working with children, this is the most concise, practical, and up-to-date book of its kind. The author offers guidelines for interviewing children of different ages/m-/as well as their parents and teachers/m-/and for weaving the resulting data into multimethod assessment and intervention planning. Coverage encompasses school issues, peer and family relations, problem behavior, and more, with special chapters on assessing suicidality and violence risks. The book includes many detailed case…. Click Here to Read More