books about: adolescents     books:       Child And Adolescent Clinical Psychopharmacology Made Simple2 reviews John Preston, Mary C. Talaga, ... New Harbinger Publications, 2006 Clear and Understandable I found this book to be extremely helpful in understanding the possible medications that may be prescribed to treat different childhood disorders. As a therapist, I appreciate the layout of possible side effects and helpful range of dosage for particular medications. I believe that parents would find this book informative when they are trying to make a decision on whether medication may be ...             Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice3 reviews Kylene Beers, Robert E. Probst, ... Heinemann, 2007 Dinner Party with the Literacy Stars ADOLESCENT LITERACY is rightfully compared to a dinner party attended by the brightest stars in literacy research. It is also similar to attending an NCTE Convention and meeting all those writers you love to read when it comes to books about teaching. Kylene Beers, Robert Probst, and Linda Rief (no lightweights themselves!) invited over 30 writer/researchers to contribute their latest thoughts ...             Teaching Adolescent Writers7 reviews Kelly Gallagher Stenhouse Publishers, 2006 Another Outstanding Work from a Master Teacher As an 8th grade language arts teacher, I have found _Deeper Reading_ and _Reading Reasons_, Gallagher's other teaching titles, to be positively indispensible, so I expected nothing less from his latest work. Once again, Gallagher delivers! This is a straightforward, practical, and yes, funny, book for effective writing instruction in secondary classrooms. Gallagher's fresh, ready-to-use ...             Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention (Practical ...8 reviews Peg Dawson, Richard Guare The Guilford Press, 2003 Executive Skills It is very difficult to find information on Exective Skills which is easy enough for the average reader. This book is such a book - not a textbook and designed for school personnel in addition to parents. It is not extremely clinical which makes it easy to follow.             Adolescent Psychotherapy Homework Planner (Practice Planners)4 reviews Arthur E., Jr. Jongsma, L. Mark Peterson, ... Wiley, 2006 Correction of "a reader from Orlando" The review by Orlando presents faulty information. The Brief Adolescent Therapy Homework Planner does indeed contain homework assignments on topics focused for teenagers. Contrary to what was written by Orlando, the book contains assignments on such topics as Conduct Disorder, Chemical Dependence, Eating Disorder, Peer/Sibling Conflict, Runaway, Sexual Abuse Perpetrator, Sexual Abuse Victim, and ...             Infants, Children, and Adolescents (5th Edition) (MyDevelopmentLab Series)4 reviews Laura E. Berk Allyn & Bacon, 2004 This text is useful for single-parents rearing children. As a Forensic Psychologist I use this text and recommend it to clients to better understand and appreciate the psycho-developmental needs of their children. Of particular interest to most of those parents are the diverse tables which clarify the expected and unique behaviors of children by age group. This provides those parents with a guide book to assist them in child rearing through age ...             Child and Adolescent Development for Educators1 review Judith Meece, Denise H. Daniels McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2007 Excellent Study Guide on Children's Psychology I think that this book is an excellent textbook for teaching entry level college psychology courses and upper level high school courses on children's development and thinking. I really enjoyed using this textbook in one of my Elementary Education psychology courses mainly because it gives interesting theoretical views about children's thinking. This textbook has theories from well-renowned ...             Adolescent Set: Treatment 4th Edition, Homework 2nd Edition, Progress Notes 3rd Edition (Practice Planners)13 reviews Arthur E., Jr. Jongsma Wiley, 2006 Fabulous This is a very informative, helpful book when you are writing treatment plans and need ideas. I am a school based therapist and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.             The Therapist's Notebook for Children and Adolescents: Homework, Handouts, and Activities for Use in ...5 reviews Catherine E. Ford Sori Routledge, 2003 Therapist's notebook for children and adolescents This great book is for the therapist working with children and adolescents, where the therapist can use the material as homework, handouts and activities in therapy. The editors, Catherine Ford Sori, professor of psychology and counseling at Governors State University, Illinois and Lorna L Hecker, professor of marriage and family therapy at Purdue University in Indiana, have together with 36 ...             Infants, Children, and Adolescents (6th Edition) (MyDevelopmentLab Series) Laura E. Berk Allyn & Bacon, 2007 Berk’s signature storytelling style invites students to actively learn beside the text’s “characters” who share their influential experiences and developmental milestones. Students are provided with an exceptionally clear and coherent understanding of child development, emphasizing the interrelatedness of all domains—physical, cognitive, emotional, and social—throughout the text narrative and in special features. ...             Parenting Today's Adolescent Helping Your Child Avoid The Traps Of The Preteen And Teen Years12 reviews Dennis Rainey, Barbara Rainey, ... Thomas Nelson, 2002 Indispensible Resource If ANYONE ever felt the need for a parenting "How-To", this is it!! Not for the faint of heart though - as it pulls no punches and advocates a tell-all approach to upcoming obstacles and pitfalls in a teen's life vs. leaving up to chance or peer-information or just plain ignorance. Taboo topics such as masturbation are addressed with exact advice and timing suggested. The philosophy is "Don't ...             Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education Harvard Education Press, 2003 As any teacher or parent knows, adolescence is a time when youth grapple with the question, "Who am I?" The answers don't always come easily. Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability often complicate this question for youth, affecting their schoolwork and their relationships with teachers, administrators, and peers. Adolescents at School gives educators, administrators, community leaders, counselors, social ...             The Adolescent: Development, Relationships, and Culture (12th Edition)1 review F. Phillip Rice, Kim Gale Dolgin Allyn & Bacon, 2007 A Comprehensive Look at Adolescent Culture This book presents a comprehensive view of adolescent psychology. In the first half of the book the author, F. Philip Rice, includes a chapter describing such common adolescent tehories as those of Piaget and Erikson, and presents the strengths and weaknesses of each theory. He also devotes a chapter to adolescent physical development. From reading the first few chapters, it seems like a ...             The Adolescent Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner (Practice Planners)2 reviews Arthur E., Jr. Jongsma, L. Mark Peterson, ... Wiley, 2006 Very helpful book I am a graduate student who is new to the process of writing progress notes for my internship. I find this book to be a highly valuable resource to construct well defined notes. It has helped me with using proper terminology for specific diagnoses.             Improving Adolescent Literacy: Content Area Strategies at Work (2nd Edition) Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey Prentice Hall, 2007 This book helps teachers to infuse literacy instruction into all content areas. The authors present a rich panoply of engaging instructional strategies that research has shown to be effective for improving reading and writing in middle and secondary school students. After discussing common questions asked by content area teachers, a full chapter is devoted to each of eight strategies–anticipatory activities, read-alouds/shared reading, ...             Surviving Your Adolescents: How to Manage-and Let Go of-Your 13-18 Year Olds9 reviews Thomas W. Phelan Parentmagic, Inc., 1998 This is what I have been lkg for... I am only on tape 1 of 4, it's what I've been looking for, a must have for all parents of teens, for all parents. We have been raised w/ old tapes and bad memories of what parenting is, as the child gets older we need to become coaches, not dictators. I highly recommend it!! Plus, I don't have time to read my eyes out!! the tapes are great!             Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents2 reviews Alec L. Miller, Jill H. Rathus, ... The Guilford Press, 2006 A must have This book is wonderful when working within the DBT model with teenaged clients. It addressed issues specific to the adolescent population.             Child And Adolescent With Psychology Cd-rom, Fifth Edition1 review Kelvin L. Seifert Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000 child and adoledcent development a very enlighting and helpful book             Teaching Children and Adolescents with Special Needs (5th Edition) Judy L. Olson, Jennifer C. Platt, ... Prentice Hall, 2007 With collaboration so vital to today's educational arena, this thorough, well-organized, highly readable text concentrates on the general process of teaching—the basic “how to do it”—to help prospective teachers of children with mild disabilities in grades K–12 learn to work effectively with students, other teachers, and families. Basing coverage on their extensive experience, the authors present practical, ...             Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap1 review Alfred W. Tatum Stenhouse Publishers, 2005 Visionary ideas but a mediocre read Teaching in high-poverty inner city schools is no easy task. In the classroom, one often tries to fight students' incredibly low achievement with solid remediation. However, it becomes painfully clear that school lacks relevance to students, who are faced at a tender age with poverty in their families and violence in their communities. 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