As an aid to practitioners, this book matches developmental ages with appropriate, evidence-based mental health interventions.
This innovative text engages students by demonstrating the wide range of real-world applications of psychological research to child development.
The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
This book explains to professionals and parents how EF develops in kids, what EF difficulties look like, and what creative and effective interventions can meet their needs.
Child Development
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This edition is fully up-to-date with current policy and legislation and now includes: New "Research boxes" in each chapter helping students link theory to practice Increased coverage on children’s social and emotional development A new ...
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Adolescence During adolescence, further myelination and synaptic pruning occur in the prefrontal cortex, the area primarily responsible for executive function (Griffin, 2017; Petanjek et al., 2011). A longitudinal study of Dutch ...
This valuable book addresses health and stress as developmental factors, how to identify and develop motor skills, the positive and negative effects of competition, and an overview of the more pressing issues of children’s sports, ...