"This practical guide gives essential advice on: understanding emotional and behavioural problems; building good communication skills; managing behaviours in the classroom; and developing an effective learning environment. Throughout each chapter there are exercises set or quest…
This practical guide gives essential advice on: understanding emotional and behavioural problems; building good communication skills; managing behaviour in the classroom and developing an effective learning environment. Throughout each chapter there are exercises or questions to…
An absorbing and groundbreaking exploration of mild psychopaths, those people found everyday in all professions and in all walks of life who lie, swindle, manipulate and schmooze their way into often very successful positions, at a cost to victims usually so unaware that they ca…
This book explores issues related to educating children with special needs. A wide range of medical conditions is discussed. Strategies for learning and managing particular disabilities are considered.
Based on many years of experience, and drawing on expertise from all corners of the globe, 'Educating Special Children' is a companion for anyone requiring an overview of provision that has proved effective for children with learning disorders and disabilities.
"This user-friendly volume provides evidence-based tools for meeting the needs of the approximately 15%of K-12 students who would benefit from more support than is universally offered to all students but do not require intensive, individualized intervention. With a unique focus …
"This user-friendly volume provides evidence-based tools for meeting the needs of the approximately 15%of K-12 students who would benefit from more support than is universally offered to all students but do not require intensive, individualized intervention. With a unique focus …
"Diagnosing 'Disorderly' Children offers an innovative, accessible and timely analysis of a critical issue facing schools and society today, using Foucauldian notions to pose critical questions of the practices that make children disorderly. Rich in case studies and interviews w…
Concern continues to ripple throughout society over the escalating incidents of youth violence and aggression. School professionals confront daily the challenges resulting from conduct disorders, which threaten to disrupt the learning process and compromise the well-being, secur…
"Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Conduct Disorder at School bridges the gap between science and practice, providing school professionals with the information they need to coordinate efforts and enhance communication between parents, other educators, administrators, and soci…
Concern continues to ripple throughout society over the escalating incidents of youth violence and aggression. School professionals confront daily the challenges resulting from conduct disorders, which threaten to disrupt the learning process and compromise the well-being, secur…
"This volume provides a one-stop source for clinical psychologists and other allied mental health professionals to access information on a wide range of research on the neurobiology of psychological and psychiatric traits. It is designed to give readers an overview of the curren…
Abstract: This book examines ten projects that represent new approaches to the mental health problems of children and youth. Each of the projects is described and analyzed as a case study - revealing how the new intervention took form, what contribution was expected from a colla…
