Exploring transitions in early childhood from different international perspectives, this edited text considers how the curriculum can better support such transitions and whether policies can better empower children in transition.
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Explores early transitions from a variety of international perspectives. This book examines issues such as: parental involvement in the transition to school; children's voices on the transition to primary school; and the construction of identity in the early years. It is aimed a…
Using rich observational data gathered in her extended longitudinal study, as well as skills acquired during a six year collaboration with Professor Judy Dunn, the author successfully integrates both cognitive and social accounts of theory of mind.
Beginning in the mid nineteenth century in America, childhood became synonymous with innocenceoa reversal of the previously- dominant Calvinist belief that children were depraved, sinful creatures. As the idea of childhood innocence took hold, it became racialized: popular cultu…
"In Racial Innocence, Robin Bernstein argues that the concept of "childhood innocence" has been central to U.S. racial formation since the mid-nineteenth century. Children--white ones imbued with innocence, black ones excluded from it, and others of color erased by it--figured p…
Beginning in the mid nineteenth century in America, childhood became synonymous with innocenceoa reversal of the previously- dominant Calvinist belief that children were depraved, sinful creatures. As the idea of childhood innocence took hold, it became racialized: popular cultu…
Looking at why music therapy is used in working with people with autism, Dorita Berger considers characteristics of autism and demonstrates how sound can open communication channels.
Written in a way that is both informative for the professional and accessible for parents, this book furthers the already strong case for the use of music therapy as a resource to encourage behavioural changes for the better in children with autism spectrum conditions.
Specialists in psychology, psychiatry, and brain sciences review the current research into the controversial disorder--or at least diagnosis--that many claim is a normal childhood reaction to a boring school environment. Among the topics are epidemiology, classification issues, …
This new edition is thoroughly revised and updated. Some chapters are completely new, and some of the areas dealt with in the first edition are being covered by new authors. This will be essential reading for all professionals involved in the management and care of people with A…
As an essential guide to paediatric haematology, this concise text offers a quick and reliable source of practical information for clinicians. Covering all blood disorders in children, the contents are structured by major disease group and include introductory chapters on normal…
Pediatric urology has been at the forefront of endoscopic surgery since the advent of ureteroscopy and valve ablation. Despite this, complex minimally invasive procedures have been relatively slow to permeate pediatric urology. This is natural, since pediatric urologic surgeons …