The Child Psychotherapy Treatment Planner (Practice Planners) by Wiley $261.99
There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America by Anchor $16.00
This is the moving and powerful account of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.
Tail of Emily Windsnap by $4.41
The Development of Children by Worth Publishers $8.18
"The Development of Children" aims to provide students with a broad framework for understanding children's development. Written by a team of experts, topics covered include infancy, early childhood, diseases, and mental development.
Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support (with InfoTrac) by Wadsworth Publishing $92.95
The best-selling text in this area, "Child, Family, School, Community" deftly explores all the contexts in which children develop socially with sensitivity, professional insight, and current research. Berns text describes and analyzes how a child's reciprocal interactions with family, school, peer groups, media and community influences his or her developmental outcomes. Further, it takes a...
Life-Span Development by William C Brown Pub $82.75
This revised edition of the text offers an up-to-date research base for studying lifespan development, from infancy and childhood, to the various stages of adulthood and old age.
Infants, Children, and Adolescents (5th Edition) (MyDevelopmentLab Series) by Allyn & Bacon $139.60
As a best-selling, chronologically organized child development text, Berk Infants, Children, and Adolescents is relied upon in classrooms worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style and its commitment to examining the latest theory and research. Berk takes an integrated approach to presenting development in the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social domains; emphasizes the complex...
Girls on the Edge: The Four Factors Driving the New Crisis for Girls--Sexual Identity, the Cyberbubble, Obsessions, Environmental Toxins by Basic Books $15.99
Young women are at risk today. In Girls on the Edge, Dr. Leonard Sax shares stories of girls who look confident and strong on the outside but are fragile within. He shows why a growing proportion of teen and tween girls are confused about their sexual identity and obsessed with grades or Facebook. Sax provides parents with tools to help girls become confident women, along with practical tips on...
Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education (5th Edition) by Prentice Hall $80.20
Written in an accessible style for all those who work with young children or will, the author asks the reader to think of the child in the context of the family and community. Reorganized and updated, the book continues to examine developmental theory, but now with a greater emphasis on Bronfenbrenner's theory of ecological development, discussed in Chapter 1, and more on the importance of...
Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation by Crown $23.00
The author of Savage Inequalities, a New York Times best-seller, and Rachel and Her Children, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, tells the stories of a handful of children who have--through the love and support of their families and dedicated community leaders--not yet lost their battle with the perils of life in America's most hopeless, helpless, and dangerous neighborhoods.