Child Development Psychology

ADHD and ADD are two very complex mental problems. Though much is known about these conditions, on the other hand little is known about treatment plans. While most doctors want to throw stimulants to control the person affected, there are other options. Management comes from knowledge along with trial and error. A book on these conditions can help parents understand their child's thought process and bring clarity to a difficult matter.

Long before they can talk, babies communicate their experience of the world through laughter and tears. Until now, however, psychologists and parenting experts have largely focused on moments of stress and confusion. Dr. Caspar Addyman is a developmental psychologist who decided to change that. For six years Caspar has run the Baby Laughter project, collecting data, videos, and stories from parents all over the world. He learned that laughter and smiles are of central importance at the start of life, defining our cognitive and emotional development.

Through her uniquely personal approach, Moira Dadd guides the listener on a deeply intimate journey. Narrated by the author, Cherishing Me serves as a testament to the power of the human soul to overcome adversity, heal all wounds, and experience the joy of being alive. In this captivating and emotionally powered memoir, Moira guides her listener on an intimate journey that invites them to identify their own pain and connect with the joyful healing that comes from within their soul.

The Steps: 12 Secrets to Raising Happy and Successful Kids is the ultimate parenting guide, all based on the most recent scientific discoveries but with a twist: It is narrated in a fictional format and is, thus, easier to understand and much more fun. This thinly veiled story will give you a first-row seat to 12 game-changing parenting lessons.

Entre padre e hijos ha permitido que millones de padres alrededor del mundo fortalezcan las relaciones con sus hijos. Escrito por el célebre psicólogo Dr. Haim Ginott, este libro revolucionario brinda consejos y enseñanzas para educar a los hijos de forma cariñosa y disciplinada a la vez.

Never mind growing up; it's time we grew down. There are some 400 million people worldwide whose creativity, curiosity and determination put the rest of us to shame. They are experts in their field but have no experience to speak of. Once, you were one of them, too. They are toddlers - and they hold the key to unlocking our potential as adults, at work and in life. In Little Wins, Ella's Kitchen founder Paul Lindley reveals the nine characteristics and behaviours that we can all learn from recalling our toddler selves.

Stripping away the hype, this book describes how, when, and why media violence can influence children of different ages, giving parents and teachers the power to maximize the media's benefits and minimize its harm.

Now in an updated fourth edition Sue Doherty, anthropologist and author of the pioneering, practical book, Kinergetics: Dancing with Your Baby (1994), offers must-have cutting-edge research, advice, and insight. A groundbreaking look into the art and science of song, dance, and melodies - and their profoundly nurturing, therapeutic, and developmental effects for infants and caregivers. It is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into our evolutionary instinct to rock a baby in our arms.

Albert Einstein no aprendió a leer hasta los siete años ni a hablar con fluidez hasta los nueve, su maestra lo calificó como "mortalmente lerdo". Le costó sangre, sudor y lágrimas acceder a la Escuela Politécnica... después de conseguirlo y finalizar su carrera, su tesis doctoral no causó la más mínima impresión al tribunal que la juzgó, de hecho, la consideraron "bastante mediocre". A pesar de ello Einstein acabó convirtiéndose en uno de los científicos más geniales del mundo, y como él, muchos genios en los más diversos ámbitos fueron también malos estudiantes:

Die Kinder- und Jugendpsychotherapeutin Gunda Frey erklärt, wie die Welt von Kindern funktioniert und welche Rolle wir Erwachsenen darin spielen. Sie will stärken, Vorurteile nehmen und eine neue Blickrichtung ermöglichen. Im Fokus stehen dabei die Welt der Gefühle und Bedürfnisse und der gesunde Umgang mit ihnen. Denn Frey ist überzeugt: "Kinder entwickeln Störungen, weil sie in ihrer Entwicklung gestört werden". Sie geht diesen Störungen auf den Grund, vermittelt Hintergrundwissen und bietet Lösungsansätze.

The parents are the main instructors of the child. Appropriate consideration and consideration is basic in child development. Parents assume a significant job in establishing framework of child's character. Basically, social help is essential factor in children's development and improvement. Therapeutic Parenting is a deeply nurturing parenting style, and is especially effective for children with attachment difficulties, or who experienced childhood trauma. This audiobook provides everything you need to know in order to be able to effectively therapeutically parent.

You see your children every day. You have a handle on their lives, right? But do you know how to read the undercurrents? Can you spot the subtle signs of potentially addictive behavior? Is there a touch of violence hidden in your child? This book shows the exact key behaviors, activities, and personality changes to look for in your child that point to brewing trouble. Designed for every parent with teenagers today, this is the only book that provides honest answers to the questions you have about your child and drug abuse, alcohol and binge drinking, violence and bullying, gambling, and depression and suicide.

Everyone knows that boys are falling behind in education. Largely left out of the discussion are parents of boys, who are most aware that their bright, eager sons hit an invisible wall somewhere near fourth grade, after which they become disengaged, discouraged, and disaffected. There are dozens of books on underachieving boys, but most parents brave enough to lift one off the shelf are instantly intimidated by the footnotes, graphs, case studies, and academic-speak addressed almost entirely to educators.

Embarking on the dating scene can be a fun though sometimes daunting prospect for any single woman. But for the more than 10 million single women in the U.S. with children at home, dating is a much more complicated matter. Whether uncoupled through divorce or death, single moms face a wide range of questions: When will I be ready to date and how do I start? When-and what-should I tell the kids? What happens if I love the guy and the kids hate him?

Supported by academic research focused on technology, Media Moms and Digital Dads breaks down complex issues in a friendly, accessible fashion, making it a highly useful and ultimately reassuring listen for anyone worried about the impact that media might be having on young minds. Dr. Uhls ends each chapter with a summary of the science, a bottom line for quick takeaway, and tips and guidance for parents.

Your own behaviour is the only behaviour over which you have absolute control. To change your children's behaviour, you first need to change your own. Your behaviour as a parent is the difference between chaos and calm. It is the gap between strategies falling or succeeding. It is so important that it puts every other factor into a firm second place. In When the Parents Change, Everything Changes, Britain's leading behaviour expert introduces parents to a revolutionary method for changing your behaviour and so changing your children's - tried and tested in over 100,000 schools.

There is no one way to raise a child. Each child is unique and can vary in so many ways in abilities and behavior from others in their group. Ramgopal Vallath, indebted to his own parents for an upbringing that has helped him overcome great challenges and difficulties, set out to meet numerous parents to work out some common guidelines that could help groom a child. This book is the result, and bound to reach out and move its listeners, leaving lessons of lasting use in one of the most important tasks a parent undertakes: raising a child to be a healthy, resilient, positive adult.

Warner cuts through the jargon and hysteria to delve into a topic that for millions of parents involves one of the most important decisions they'll ever make for their child: whether or not to put them on behavior-modifying medication. Insightful, compelling, and deeply moving, We've Got Issues is for parents, doctors, teachers, and anyone who cares about the welfare of today's children.

Like a jingle giving him a terrible tingle, the single fact about the awful act is there's no way to detract or retract from it - he's unable to undo what's done. He thinks if going back in time gave the traveler the ability to avoid an act then all that follows in regards to the fact will no longer be intact. Timmy thinks about this a lot, and really wishes that if he can change one thing in his life, it's this. So many bad things happen after the fact and it all stems from that one act.

Lina was a precocious toddler - charming, chatty, joyful. At the age of three, in the aftermath of her second MMR vaccine, first came a seizure, and then, to her parents’ horror, the loss of Lina’s ability to play, use language, and control her impulses. Over the next few years they continued to lose Lina. She communicated her acute discomfort by biting, screaming, hitting, laughing maniacally, and throwing violent tantrums.