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The
Amazing Infant. Tiffany Field, $55.99
Tiffany Field takes the reader on a wonderful
journey, as she combines research, theory and real-life experiences
to create this comprehensive and enjoyable guide to infant development.
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Amazing Minds: from Newborns to Toddlers. Jan Faull & Jennifer McLean Oliver, $18.50
The science of nurturing your child’s developing mind with games, activities and more. |
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The Attachment
Connection: Parenting a Secure & Confident Child Using the Science
of Attachment Theory. Ruth Newton, $27.95
The Attachment Connection sorts
out the facts from the fiction about parent-child attachment and
shows how paying attention to the emotional needs of your child,
particularly during the first five years of development, can help
him or her grow up happy, secure, and confident. You'll discover
how your child's brain is developing at each stage of growth and
learn to use reasonable, easy-to-implement guidelines based on sound
science to foster secure attachment, healthy social skills, and
emotional regulation in your child.
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Becoming Attached: Unfolding the Mystery of the
Infant-Mother Bond and Its Impact on Later Life. Robert Karen, $31.50
In Becoming Attached, Robert Karen offers fresh
insight into some of the most fundamental issues of emotional life. He explores
such questions as: What do children need to feel that the world is a positive
place and that they have value? What are the risks of day care for children
under one year of age, and what can parents do to manage those risks? |
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Born for Love: Why
Empathy is Essential — and Endangered. Maia Szalavitz
& Bruce Perry, $19.99
Born for Love examines how empathy develops — or fails to develop — from birth through adulthood and what we can do to increase this vital capacity to love and care both among our children and in society.
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The Brightening
Glance: Imagination and Childhood. Ellen Handler Spitz,
$19.95
In this remarkable book, Ellen Handler
Spitz shows how to promote children’s creative and emotional growth
by making the most of the unlimited possibilities of everyday experiences.
Through delightful anecdotes about real children and their treasures,
bedrooms, play spaces, music, scary things, and birthday parties,
The Brightening Glance will inspire you to create a life
of wonder, inventiveness, and cultural enrichment for your child. |
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Child Development: a Practitioner's Guide, 3rd
Edition. Douglas Davies, $102.50
This widely used practitioner resource and course text
provides an engaging overview of developmental theory and research, with a
focus on what practitioners need to know. The author explains how children's
trajectories are shaped by transactions among early relationships, brain
development, and the social environment. Developmental processes of infancy,
toddlerhood, the preschool years, and middle childhood are described. The book
shows how children in each age range typically behave, think, and relate to
others, and what happens when development goes awry. It demonstrates effective
ways to apply developmental knowledge to clinical assessment and intervention.
Vivid case examples, observation exercises, and quick-reference tables
facilitate learning. |
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Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives,
2nd Edition. Rosalyn Shute & Phillip Slee, $89.50
Child Development: Theories and Critical
Perspectives provides an engaging and perceptive overview of both well-established
and recent theories in child and adolescent psychology. This unique summary of
traditional scientific perspectives alongside critical post-modern thinking
will provide readers with a sense of the historical development of different
schools of thought. The authors also place theories of child development in
philosophical and cultural contexts, explore links between them, and consider
the implications of theory for practice in the light of the latest thinking and
developments in implementation and translational science.
Child Development: Theories and Critical
Perspectives will be essential reading for students on advanced
courses in developmental psychology, education, social work and social policy,
and the lucid style will also make it accessible to readers with little or no
background in psychology. |
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Communicating with Children Birth to Four Years. Debbie
Chalmers, $53.10
Developing Children’s Communication from Birth to Four
Years is an encouraging guide for practitioners and students working with
young children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, which will also appeal to
parents and family carers. Providing a clear outline of children’s needs,
responses and abilities at each developmental stage, it guides the reader on:
- how to recognise and predict children’s individual
feelings and reactions
- how to talk and listen to children at different stages
- how to be aware of body language and other non-verbal
forms of communication
- how to support communication for children with special
and additional needs
Offering advice, ideas and strategies for supporting
relationships and understanding in diverse settings and at home, this book is
an essential guide to developing communication and social skills in the early
years. |
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Connecting through Talk: Nurturing Children's
Development with Language. David Dickinson & Ann Morse, $49.95
How do responsive adult-child interactions influence
early language development? How do a child's language skills develop in tandem
with social-emotional development, executive function, and literacy? What are
effective ways to help parents support their child's development? Uncover the
answers to these questions in this fascinating book, which draws on current
research to examine connections between language, social-emotional, and
literacy development and profiles effective programs that support this
development. You'll begin with a research-based examination of multiple facets
of early childhood development and examine how each one is linked to language
development. Explore critical topics such as:
- How the brain develops in the first years of life
- Why parent-child attachment is fundamental to early development
- How executive function skills affect academic achievement and
social success
- What responsive and language-rich parent-child exchanges look
like and how they support multiple developmental areas
- How children begin to understand symbols, establish joint
attention, and develop a theory of mind
- How children learn the building blocks of language and literacy, from
phonology to pragmatics
- What role socioeconomic factors play in early development and
intervention
- Which guiding principles professionals should follow for
effective intervention
- Which economic arguments support early development
Building on this foundational knowledge, the book gives
you snapshots of more than a dozen programs that support language and literacy
development by coaching parents and providing books for young children. You'll
learn how these programs promote thoughtful, responsive adult-child
interactions and expand children's access to books, and you'll get brief
summaries of the research that demonstrates the success of each program.
Essential reading for researchers, administrators, and
educators, this synthesis of science and practical guidance will help you
foster foundational language skills and nurture the healthy development of
every young child. |
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The Cultural Nature
of Human Development. Barbara Rogoff, $37.95
Three-year-old Kwara'ae children in Oceania act as caregivers
of their younger siblings, but in the UK, it is an offense to leave
a child under age 14 years without adult supervision. In the Efe
community in Zaire, infants routinely use machetes with safety
and some skill, although U.S. middle-class adults often do not
trust young children with knives. What explains these marked differences
in the capabilities of these children?
Until recently, traditional understandings of human development
held that a child's development is universal and that children
have characteristics and skills that develop independently of cultural
processes. Barbara Rogoff argues, however, that human development
must be understood as a cultural process, not simply a biological
or psychological one. Individuals develop as members of a community,
and their development can only be fully understood by examining
the practices and circumstances of their communities. |
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The Developing Brain Birth to Age Eight. Marilee
Sprenger, $22.95
Synthesizing information from neuroscience, cognitive
psychology, and child development, author Marilee Sprenger covers the basic
structure, vocabulary, and current research on the brain from an early
childhood educator's point of view and provides an abundance of illustrations
and descriptions. Through an understanding of the phases of language, motor,
and social development at each age level, educators can create enriching
educational experiences that enhance children's growth and foster an enduring
love of learning. |
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The Developing Mind: How
Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are, 2nd Edition. Daniel Siegel, $61.50
This bestselling book put the field of
interpersonal neurobiology on the map for many tens of thousands of readers.
Daniel Siegel goes beyond the nature and nurture divisions that traditionally
have constrained much of our thinking about development, exploring the role of
interpersonal experiences in forging key connections in the brain. He presents
a groundbreaking integrative framework for understanding the emergence of the
growing, feeling, communicating mind. Illuminating how and why interpersonal
neurobiology matters, this book is essential reading for clinicians, educators,
researchers, and students interested in promoting healthy development and
resilience across the lifespan. New to this edition:
- Incorporates significant scientific and
technical advances
- Expanded discussions of cutting-edge topics,
including neuroplasticity, epigenetics, mindfulness, and the neural correlates
of consciousness
- Epilogue on domains of integration — specific
pathways to well-being and therapeutic change
- Useful pedagogical features, such as diagrams
and an extensive glossary
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The Emotional Life of the Toddler, Revised Edition.
Alicia Lieberman. $25.00
Now updated with new material throughout, Alicia
Lieberman’s The Emotional Life of the Toddler is the seminal, detailed
look into the varied and intense emotional life of children aged one to three.
Hailed as “groundbreaking” by The Boston Globe after its initial publication,
the new edition includes the latest research on this crucial stage of development.
Anyone who has followed an active toddler around for a
day knows that a child of this age is a whirlwind of explosive, contradictory,
and ever-changing emotions. Alicia Lieberman offers an in-depth examination of
toddlers’ emotional development, and illuminates how to optimize this crucial
stage so that toddlers can develop into emotionally healthy children and
adults. Drawing on her lifelong research, Dr. Lieberman addresses commonly
asked questions and issues. Why, for example, is “no” often the favorite
response of the toddler? How should parents deal with the anger they might feel
when their toddler is being aggressively stubborn? Why does a crying toddler
run to his mother for a hug only to push himself vigorously away as soon as she
begins to embrace him? This updated edition also addresses twenty-first century
concerns such as how to handle screen time on devices and parenting in a
post-internet world.
With the help of numerous examples and vivid cases,
Lieberman answers these and other questions, providing, in the process, a rich,
insightful profile of the roller coaster emotional world of the toddler. |
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From Birth to Five Years: Children’s Developmental
Progress, 4th Edition. Ajay Sharma & Helen Cockerill, $43.30
The classic guide to the developmental progress of
pre-school children, FROM BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS is a valuable reference for
professionals in health care, educational and social work settings. In this
fourth edition, the text is aligned with current research and practices, and
supports assessment and management plans for understanding children's progress
within each developmental domain. |
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Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical
Applications, 3rd Edition. Edited by Jude Cassidy & Phillip Shaver,
$85.50
Widely regarded as the state-of-the-science reference on
attachment, this handbook interweaves theory and cutting-edge research with
clinical applications. Leading researchers examine the origins and development
of attachment theory; present biological and evolutionary perspectives; and
explore the role of attachment processes in relationships, including both
parent-child and adult romantic bonds. Implications for mental health and
psychotherapy are addressed, with reviews of exemplary attachment-oriented
interventions for children and adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
Contributors discuss best practices in assessment and critically evaluate
available instruments and protocols. New to This Edition:
- Chapters on genetics and epigenetics, psychoneuroimmunology, and
sexual mating
- Chapters on compassion, school readiness, and the caregiving
system across the lifespan
- Chapter probing the relation between attachment and other
developmental influences
- Nearly a decade's worth of theoretical and empirical advances
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Handbook of Preschool Mental Health: Development,
Disorders and Treatment. Joan Luby, editor, $49.95
Comprehensively exploring the development of psychiatric
disorders in 2- to 6-year-olds, this authoritative handbook has been thoroughly
revised to incorporate important scientific and clinical advances. Leading
researchers examine how behavioral and emotional problems emerge and can be
treated effectively during this period of rapid developmental and brain
changes. Current knowledge is presented on conduct disorders,
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorders, depressive
disorders, autism spectrum disorder, attachment disorders, and sleep disorders
in very young children. The volume reviews a range of interventions for
preschoolers and their caregivers — including clear descriptions of clinical
techniques — and discusses the strengths and limitations of the empirical
evidence base. New to this edition:
- Many new authors; extensively revised with the latest research
and empirically supported treatments
- Heightened focus on brain development and the neural correlates
of disorders
- Section on risk and resilience, including chapters on sensitive
periods of development and the early environment
- Chapters on parent-child interaction therapy,
cognitive-behavioral therapies, attachment-based therapies, and translational
approaches to early intervention
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Handbook of Self-Regulation, 3rd Edition: Research,
Theory, and Applications. Edited by Roy Baumeister & Kathleen
Vohs, $63.95
From leading authorities, this significantly revised and
expanded handbook is a highly regarded reference in a rapidly growing field. It
thoroughly examines the conscious and unconscious processes by which people
manage their behavior and emotions, control impulses, and strive toward desired
goals. Chapters explore such vital issues as why certain individuals have
better self-control than others; how self-regulation shapes, and is shaped by,
social relationships; underlying brain mechanisms and developmental pathways;
and which interventions can improve people’s self-control. The volume also
addresses self-regulatory failures and their consequences, with chapters on
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, criminality, addictions, and money
management challenges. As a special bonus, purchasers of the third edition can
download a supplemental e-book featuring two notable, highly cited chapters
from the second edition.
New to This Edition:
- Incorporates the latest topic areas, theories, and empirical
findings
- Updated throughout, with 21 new chapters and numerous new authors
- Cutting-edge topics: implicit self-regulation processes, the role
of physical needs and processes (such as the importance of sleep), the benefits
of dampening positivity, the frequency and consequences of emotional control in
the workplace, and self-regulation training
- Expanded coverage of motivational factors, romantic relationships,
and lapses of self-control
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How Infants Know Minds. Vasudevi Reddy, $42.00
Most psychologists claim that we begin to develop a “theory of mind” — some basic ideas about other people’s minds — at age two or three, by inference, deduction, and logical reasoning.
But does this mean that small babies are unaware of minds? That they see other people simply as another (rather dynamic and noisy) kind of object? This is a common view in developmental psychology. Yet, as this book explains, there is compelling evidence that babies in the first year of life can tease, pretend, feel self-conscious, and joke with people. Using observations from infants’ everyday interactions with their families, Vasudevi Reddy argues that such early emotional engagements show infants’ growing awareness of other people’s attention, expectations, and intentions. |
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How
Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages
Live or Die. David Crystal, $22.00
In this fascinating survey of everything
from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers
every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts
of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way
we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents
teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages
and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we're
from and even who we want to be. |
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Human
Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain: Volume 1, Typical
Development. Edited by Donna Coch, Kurt Fischer & Geraldine
Dawson, $61.00
This state-of-the-science volume brings together leading authorities
from multiple disciplines to examine the relationship between brain
development and behavior in typically developing children. Chapters
explore the complex interplay of neurobiological and environmental
influences in the development of memory, language, reading, inhibitory
control, and other core aspects of cognitive, emotional, and social
functioning. Throughout, the volume gives particular attention to
what the research reveals about ways to support all children's learning
and healthy development. |
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Human
Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain: Volume 2, Atypical
Development. Edited by Donna Coch, Geraldine Dawson &
Kurt W. Fischer, $61.50
Synthesizing the breadth of current knowledge
on brain-behavior relationships in atypically developing children,
this important volume integrates theories and data from multiple
disciplines. Leading authorities present their latest research on
specific clinical problems, including autism, Williams syndrome,
learning and language disabilities, ADHD, and issues facing infants
of diabetic mothers. In addition, the effects of social stress and
maltreatment on brain development and behavior are thoroughly reviewed.
Demonstrating the uses of cutting-edge methods from developmental
neuroscience, developmental psychology, and cognitive science, the
contributors emphasize the implications of their findings for real-world
educational and clinical practices. |
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The Human Spark: the Science of Human
Development. Jerome Kagan, $32.00
As infants we are rife with potential.
For a short time, we have before us a seemingly infinite number of
developmental paths. Soon, however, we become limited to certain paths as we
grow into unique products of our genetics and experience. But what factors
account for the variation—in skills, personalities, values—that results? How do
experiences shape what we bring into the world? In The Human Spark, pioneering
psychologist Jerome Kagan offers an unflinching examination of personal, moral,
and cultural development, and explores the tension between biology and the
environment. He reviews major advances in the science of development over the
past three decades and offers pointed critiques and new syntheses. Most
importantly, he reminds us that a life, however influenced by biology and
upbringing, is still a tapestry to be woven, not an outcome to be endured.
Whether the reader is a first-time parent; an educator; or simply a curious
soul seeking self-knowledge, Kagan makes an expert and companionable guide. |
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The Infant Mind: Origins of the
Social Brain. Edited by Maria Legerstee, David
Haley & Marc Bornstein, $126.50 
Integrating cutting-edge research from
multiple disciplines, this book provides a dynamic and holistic picture of the
developing infant mind. Contributors explore the transactions among genes, the
brain, and the environment in the earliest years of life. The volume probes the
neural correlates of core sensory, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social
capacities. It highlights the importance of early relationships, presenting
compelling findings on how parent–infant interactions influence neural
processing and brain maturation. Innovative research methods are discussed,
including applications of behavioral, hormonal, genetic, and brain imaging
technologies. |
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Is
This a Phase? Child Development & Parent Strategies, Birth to
6 Years. Helen Neville, $29.95
This reassuring and practical guide explains
what to expect at every developmental stage between birth and age
6. Pediatric nurse and parent educator Helen Neville walks parents
and caregivers through three dozen topics common in the first six
years of life. Accurate, reliable and authoritative, Is This
a Phase looks at child development and temperament and how
they affect the family. |
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Learning to Listen: a Life Caring for Children. T. Berry Brazelton, $33.00
From his childhood in Waco, Texas, where
he took expert care of nine small cousins while the adults ate Sunday lunch, to
Princeton and an offer from Broadway, to medical and psychoanalytic training,
to the exquisite observations into newborn behavior that led babies to be seen
in an entirely new light, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton’s life has been one of
innovation and caring. Known internationally for the Touchpoints theory of
regression and growth in infants and young children, Brazelton is also credited
for bringing the insights of child development into pediatrics, and for his
powerful advocacy in Congress. In Learning to Listen, fans of Brazelton
and professionals in his field can follow both the roots of a brilliant career
and the evolution of child-rearing into the twenty-first century. |
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The Long Shadow of Temperament. Jerome Kagan & Nancy Snidman, $34.95
In The Long Shadow of Temperament, Kagan and Nancy Snidman summarize the results of a unique inquiry into human temperaments, one of the best-known longitudinal studies in developmental psychology. In a masterly summary of their wide-ranging exploration, Kagan and Snidman demonstrate that while temperamental tendencies can be modified by experience, the shadow of temperament is permanently cast over psychological development. |
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Mind in the Making:
the Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs. Ellen Galinsky,
$21.00
There are hundreds of books that give parents advice on everything from weaning to toilet training, from discipline to nutrition. But in spite of this overwhelming amount of information, there is very little research-based advice for parents on how to raise their children to be well rounded and achieve their full potential, helping them learn to take on life's challenges, communicate well with others, and remain committed to learning. These are the "essential life skills" that Ellen Galinsky has spent her career pursuing, through her own studies and through decades of talking with more than a hundred of the most outstanding researchers in child development and neuroscience. The good news is that there are simple everyday things that all parents can do to build these skills in their children for today and for the future. They don't cost money, and it's never too late to begin. |
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Pathways to Competence:
Encouraging Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children, 2nd
Edition. Sarah Landy, $92.50
Positive social-emotional development is
recognized now more than ever as the cornerstone of success in school and in
life — which means every early childhood professional must enter the field ready
to support children's social and emotional health. This essential text is
exactly what they need: a comprehensive, one-stop guide to addressing every
facet of social-emotional development, working skillfully with children and
families, and improving parents' interactions with their children.
A trusted core textbook since the popular
first edition was published in 2002, Pathways to Competence has been fully
updated to reflect 6 years of tremendous advances in research. Highly respected
expert Sarah Landy, a 20-year veteran of the early intervention field, guides
future professionals through the nine most important domains of social and
emotional development in children from birth to 6 years.
With its thorough, multifaceted coverage
of each domain, this book is the authoritative social-emotional textbook for
preservice professionals — and a resource inservice practitioners will use for
the rest of their careers to guide parents and answer crucial questions about
development. Highly readable and meticulously researched, Pathways to
Competence is the one book every early childhood professional needs to help
ensure a lifetime of social-emotional health for all the children they work
with. |
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Pathways to Positive Parenting: Helping Parents
Nurture Healthy Development in the Earliest Months. Jolene Pearson, $52.50
An essential resource for all professionals who work with
families of infants, this valuable handbook serves as a parent educator’s guide
to coaching and supporting new parents.
The curriculum provides professionals with innovative
teaching techniques, and practical and effective strategies that are
field-tested, science-based and can be applied immediately in work supporting
the development of positive parenting skills. The book also includes
information on important topics such as postpartum depression, tummy time,
breastfeeding, safe sleep, and coping with crying. |
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The Philosophical
Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us about Truth, Love and
the Meaning of Life. Alison Gopnik, $25.00
For most of us, having a baby is the most profound,
intense, and fascinating experience of our lives. Now scientists
and philosophers are starting to appreciate babies, too. The last
decade has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of infants
and young children. Scientists used to believe that babies were
irrational, and that their thinking and experience were limited.
Recently, they have discovered that babies learn more, create more,
care more, and experience more than we could ever have imagined.
And there is good reason to believe that babies are actually smarter,
more thoughtful, and even more conscious than adults.
Alison Gopnik — a leading psychologist and
philosopher, as well as a mother — explains the groundbreaking
new psychological, neuroscientific, and philosophical developments
in our understanding of very young children, transforming our understanding
of how babies see the world and in turn promoting a deeper appreciation
for the role of parents. |
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Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security
Parenting Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience,
and Freedom to Explore. Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper & Bert Powell, $21.50
Today's parents are constantly pressured to be perfect.
But in striving to do everything right, we risk missing what children really
need for lifelong emotional security. Now the simple, powerful "Circle of
Security" parenting strategies that Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper, and Bert
Powell have taught thousands of families are available in self-help form for
the first time. You will learn:
- How to balance nurturing and protectiveness with promoting your
child's independence
- What emotional needs a toddler or older child may be expressing
through difficult behavior
- How your own upbringing affects your parenting style — and what you
can do about it
Filled with vivid stories and unique practical tools,
this book puts the keys to healthy attachment within everyone's
reach — self-understanding, flexibility, and the willingness to make and learn
from mistakes. |
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Respecting Babies: a New Look at Magda Gerber’s RIE Approach. Ruth Anne Hammond, $35.50
Respecting Babies will help parents and caregivers provide support to babies and toddlers in a way that allows children to become confident explorers and learners. Focusing on the importance of building secure relationships, this book is an engaging and easy-to-read summary of the history and methods of care conceived by Magda Gerber, founder of the Resources for Educarers (RIS) Program. |
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Socioemotional
Development in the Toddler Years: Transitions and Transformations.
Edited by Celia Brownell & Claire Kopp, $75.50
This volume explores the key developmental transitions that take
place as 1 to 3 year-olds leave infancy behind and begin to develop
the social and emotional knowledge, skills, and regulatory abilities
of early childhood. Leading investigators examine the multiple,
interacting factors that lead to socioemotional competence in this
pivotal period, covering both typical and atypical development.
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A Therapist's Guide to Child Development: the
Extraordinarily Normal Years. Edited by Dee C Ray, $67.10
A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives
therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in
the context of development and to explain development to parents. The chapters
take the reader through the various physical, social, and identity developments
occurring at each age, explaining how each stage of development is closely
linked to mental health and how that is revealed in therapy. This ideal guide
for students, as well as early and experienced professionals, will also give
readers the tools to communicate successfully with the child’s guardians or
teachers, including easy-to-read handouts that detail what kind of behaviors
are not cause for concern and which behaviors mean it’s time to seek help. As
an aid to practitioners, this book matches developmental ages with appropriate,
evidence-based mental health interventions. |
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Theories of Attachment:
an Introduction to Bowlby, Ainsworth, Gerber, Brazelton, Kennell
& Klaus. Carol Garhart Mooney, $368.95
Theories of Attachment provides
a solid foundation for informed early childhood care and
is a terrific resource for anyone working with young children.
It thoroughly covers the background and research of the
prominent minds of attachment theorists John Bowlby, Mary
Ainsworth, Magda Gerber, John Kennell, Marshall Klaus, and
T. Berry Brazelton
— including the theory keystones of bonding, separation,
and crying. |
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Theories
of Infant Development. Gavin Bremner & Alan Slater,
editors. $76.99
Theories of Infant Development provides
an authoritative survey of the major theories of infant development
including the theoretical issues. Written by leading scholars
in the field of infancy, each chapter either presents a distinct
theoretical approach to infant development or reviews contrasting
theories in a specific subfield. |
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Understanding Babies and Young Children
from Conception to Three: a Guide for Students, Practitioners and Parents. Christine Macintyre, $61.50
Written to support ECE professionals,
this fascinating book explores the pre and post-natal development of children
from conception to three. It outlines the key aspects of progression,
discussing how innate and external factors combine to influence a child’s
well-being and abilities. Based upon exhaustive research in the field, but
written in a way that is relevant and lively to practitioners and students
alike, the text is organized in a question-and-answer format for quick and easy
referencing. |
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Understanding Early
Childhood Mental Health: a Practical Guide for Professionals. Susan
Janko Summers & Rachel Chazan-Cohen, $63.95
Integrating infant mental health
services into early education programs leads to better child outcomes and stronger
parent–child relationship. The big question is how to do it appropriately and
effectively. Clear answers are in this accessible textbook, created to prepare
early childhood professionals and programs to weave best practices in mental
health into their everyday work.
This introductory text is a primer
on infant mental health, strengthening the reader's knowledge of key issues
such as screening and assessment, attachment, emotional dysregulation and
aggression, risk and resilience, maternal depression, and children's exposure
to trauma. The book also includes practical, research-based guidance that can
be used to recognize indicators of mental health problems in very young
children, including emotional dysregulation and behavioral and developmental
changes. |
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Understanding
Newborn Behavior & Early Relationships: the Newborn Behavioral
Observations (NBO) System Handbook. J. Kevin Nugent, Constance
Keefer, Susan Minear, Lise Johnson, & Yvette Blanchard, $85.50
Giving babies a “voice” helps parents
understand their baby’s unique strengths and needs. This observational
tool and handbook, complete with beautiful four-color photographs
by a Pulitzer prize-winning photographer, gives professionals a
systematic way to help parents respond with confidence to their
baby’s individual needs—and build positive parent-professional relationships
in the process. Flexible, easy to integrate into everyday practice,
and based on more than 25 years of research … this system is just
what clinicians in hospital, clinic, or home settings need to help
new mothers and fathers get to know their baby, increase their confidence
and competence as parents, and support their child’s growth and
development. |
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Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain,
2nd Edition. Sue Gerhardt, $46.50
Why Love Matters explains why loving
relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how
these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and
physical health. This second edition follows on from the success of the first,
updating the scientific research, covering recent findings in genetics and the
mind/body connection, and including a new chapter highlighting our growing
understanding of the part also played by pregnancy. Sue Gerhardt focuses in
particular on the wide-ranging effects of early stress on a baby or toddler’s
developing nervous system. When things go wrong with relationships in early
life, the dependent child has to adapt; what we now know is that his or her
brain adapts too. The brain’s emotion and immune systems are particularly
affected by early stress and can become less effective. This makes the child
more vulnerable to a range of later difficulties such as depression,
anti-social behaviour, addictions or anorexia, as well as physical illness.
Why Love Matters is an accessible, lively,
account of the latest findings in neuroscience, developmental psychology and
neurobiology – research which matters to us all. It is an invaluable and hugely
popular guide for parents and professionals alike. |
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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of
Childhood Cognitive Development, 2nd Edition. Usha Goswani, Editor, $67.00
This definitive volume is the result of
collaboration by top scholars in the field of children's cognition. This new
edition:
- Offers an up-to-date overview of all the major
areas of importance in the field, and includes new data from cognitive
neuroscience and new chapters on social cognitive development and
language
- Provides state-of-the-art summaries of current
research by international specialists in different areas of cognitive
development
- Spans aspects of cognitive development from
infancy to the onset of adolescence
- Includes chapters on symbolic reasoning, pretend
play, spatial development, abnormal cognitive development and current
theoretical perspectives
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Your Self-Motivated Baby: Enhance Your Baby's Social
and Cognitive Development in the First Six Months of Life through Movement. Beverly
Stokes, $32.49
A hands-on guide for communicating with babies in their
first six months and nurturing their physical, social, and cognitive
development, Your Self-Motivated
Baby shows parents and other caregivers how to interact with very young infants
and understand what they are expressing in their movements. Color photographs
throughout the book show babies' motivation in play and how subtle interactions
build bonding and encourage development. Following advice from author Beverly
Stokes, a seasoned developmental movement educator, adults learn how to relate
to babies and communicate effectively with them. Beverly Stokes makes it clear
that preverbal babies are giving cues for caregiver participation very early
on; it's up to us to try to understand them better. By communicating with
babies sensitively in the first six months of their lives, we help them to
establish the foundation for a healthy, confident, and joyful life. |
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Complete
Booklist
Infant
& Child Development
The Amazing Infant. Tiffany Field, $55.99
Amazing Minds: from Newborns to Toddlers. Jan Faull &
Jennifer McLean Oliver, $18.50
The Attachment Connection: Parenting a Secure &
Confident Child Using the Science of Attachment Theory. Ruth Newton, $27.95
Becoming Attached: Unfolding the Mystery of the
Infant-Mother Bond and Its Impact on Later Life. Robert Karen, $31.50
Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential — and Endangered.
Maia Szalavitz & Bruce Perry, $19.99
The Brightening Glance: Imagination and Childhood. Ellen
Handler Spitz, $19.95
Child Development: a Practitioner's Guide, 3rd Edition.
Douglas Davies, $102.50
Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives,
2nd Edition. Rosalyn Shute & Phillip Slee, $89.50
Communicating with Children Birth to Four Years. Debbie
Chalmers, $53.10
Connecting through Talk: Nurturing Children's Development
with Language. David Dickinson & Ann Morse, $49.95
The Cultural Nature of Human Development. Barbara Rogoff,
$37.95
The Developing Brain Birth to Age Eight. Marilee
Sprenger, $22.95
The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain
Interact to Shape Who We Are, 2nd Edition. Daniel Siegel, $61.50
The Emotional Life of the Toddler, Revised Edition.
Alicia Lieberman. $25.00
From Birth to Five Years: Children’s Developmental
Progress, 4th Edition. Ajay Sharma & Helen Cockerill, $43.30
Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical
Applications, 3rd Edition. Edited by Jude Cassidy & Phillip Shaver, $85.50
Handbook of Preschool Mental Health: Development,
Disorders and Treatment. Joan Luby, editor, $49.95
Handbook of Self-Regulation, 3rd Edition: Research,
Theory, and Applications. Edited by Roy Baumeister & Kathleen Vohs, $63.95
How Infants Know Minds. Vasudevi Reddy, $42.00
How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change
Meaning and Languages Live or Die. David Crystal, $22.99
Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain:
Volume 1, Typical Development. Edited by Donna Coch, Kurt Fischer &
Geraldine Dawson, $61.50
Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain:
Volume 2, Atypical Development. Edited by Donna Coch, Geraldine Dawson &
Kurt W. Fischer, $61.50
The Human Spark: the Science of Human Development. Jerome
Kagan, $32.00
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The Infant Mind: Origins of the Social Brain. Edited by
Maria Legerstee, David Haley & Marc Bornstein, $126.50
Is This a Phase? Child Development & Parent
Strategies, Birth to 6 Years. Helen Neville, $26.95
Learning to Listen: a Life Caring for Children. T. Berry
Brazelton, $33.00
The Long Shadow of Temperament. Jerome Kagan & Nancy
Snidman, $34.95
Mind in the Making: the Seven Essential Life Skills Every
Child Needs. Ellen Galinsky, $21.99
Pathways to Competence: Encouraging Healthy Social and
Emotional Development in Young Children, 2nd Edition. Sarah Landy, $92.50
Pathways to Positive Parenting: Helping Parents Nurture
Healthy Development in the Earliest Months. Jolene Pearson, $52.50
The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us
about Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life. Alison Gopnik, $25.00
Raising a Secure Child: How Circle of Security Parenting
Can Help You Nurture Your Child's Attachment, Emotional Resilience, and Freedom
to Explore. Kent Hoffman, Glen Cooper & Bert Powell, $21.50
Respecting Babies: a New Look at Magda Gerber’s RIE
Approach. Ruth Anne Hammond, $35.50
Socioemotional Development in the Toddler Years:
Transitions and Transformations. Edited by Celia Brownell & Claire Kopp, $75.50
A Therapist's Guide to Child Development: the
Extraordinarily Normal Years. Edited by Dee C Ray, $67.10
Theories of Attachment: an Introduction to Bowlby,
Ainsworth, Gerber, Brazelton, Kennell & Klaus. Carol Garhart Mooney, $36.95
Theories of Infant Development. Gavin Bremner & Alan
Slater, editors. $76.99
Understanding Babies and Young Children from Conception
to Three: a Guide for Students, Practitioners and Parents. Christine Macintyre,
$61.50
Understanding Early Childhood Mental Health: a Practical
Guide for Professionals. Susan Janko Summers & Rachel Chazan-Cohen, $63.95
Understanding Newborn Behavior & Early Relationships:
the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) System Handbook. J. Kevin Nugent,
Constance Keefer, Susan Minear, Lise Johnson, & Yvette Blanchard, $85.50
Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain,
2nd Edition. Sue Gerhardt, $46.50
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive
Development, 2nd Edition. Usha Goswami, Editor, $67.00
Your Self-Motivated Baby: Enhance Your Baby's Social and
Cognitive Development in the First Six Months of Life through Movement. Beverly
Stokes, $32.49
For related titles, please see Parenting:
Birth to Three
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