Showing titles in Developmental Psychology

We do our best when we're relaxed, confident, and capable. Teenagers and children are no different. Practices for Growing up Mindful offers parents, educators, counselors, and caregivers a series of exercises and meditations for cultivating the skills and attitudes that will empower us - and our children - to handle the increasing stress of modern life in wise and healthy ways.

>n Making Grateful Kids, two of the leading authorities on gratitude among young people, Jeffrey J. Froh and Giacomo Bono, introduce their latest and most compelling research, announce groundbreaking findings, and share real-life stories from adults and youth to show parents, teachers, mentors, and kids themselves how to achieve greater life satisfaction through gratitude.

Are you ready to increase learning opportunities, reduce negative behaviors, and improve staff and student morale? Then it's time to become a brain builder! We all are aware of an alarming increase in reported behavioral disruptions in school settings. Often less understood is the critical role that the brain plays in shaping all behavior, including the challenges we face in our classrooms and beyond.

You may have heard about people who are gifted at taking photographs of information in their minds; however, what you may not have heard is that taking these types of photos is actually a skill that you can teach yourself. Memorizing information doesn’t have to be difficult, yet many people struggle to do so simply because they haven’t learned how to take pictures of images that they want to retain in their minds for future use. In other words, once you learn how to cultivate a photographic memory, you’ll be able to easily set yourself apart from the rest.

We’re in the midst of a parenting climate that feeds on “more”: more expert advice, more gear, more fear about competition and safety, and more choices to make about education, nutrition, even entertainment.

La conducta antisocial en niños y adolescentes explicada por un gran escritor y experto en el tema. Este audiolibro propone clarificar la naturaleza de estos problemas, desmontar mitos y proponer soluciones desde un modelo humanista, sustentado, entre otros, por trabajos sobre resiliencia y por los descubrimientos sobre la neuroplasticidad. Pero sobre todo el libro pretende ilustrar el análisis y las propuestas con historias reales, vividas tanto por el autor como por los numerosos expertos de muchas regiones con quienes ha trabajado.

As parents, we often find that despite our best efforts to maintain healthy, nurturing relationships with our children, damage to parent-child bonds can be a fact of life. We seek restoration.

Lying is a healthy and inevitable part of child development. But when do lies become a problem? In this book, psychologist Victoria Talwar, director of the Talwar Child Development Lab at McGill University, presents practical science-based strategies to address lying and foster truthfulness in children, from early childhood to the teenage years. Backed by years of psychological research, this common-sense, practical guide reveals which parenting strategies promote truthfulness in children—and which ones don't.

In Open to Love, two therapists share their personal and professional stories of love and romance in the later years. Inspirational, and most of all, relatable, Gloria Horsley and Frank Powers show listeners how to face their fears about dating, identify what they want in a partner, and learn how to find love in the golden years.

Is there really such a thing as a midlife crisis - a true crisis in a person's life that happens in midlife? Yes, there is. But fortunately for most of us, it is a fairly rare event. Unlike the midlife crisis, a midlife transition is a quasi-universal reaction to the major changes that take place in midlife, mentally, physically and in relationships. This book describes the powerful, dynamic forces that underlie both the midlife crisis and midlife transition and provides, through clinical case material, a detailed description of each.

Sie denken, man ist eben einfach, wie man ist? Da irren Sie sich! Denn tatsächlich ist Ihre Persönlichkeit das Produkt Ihrer eigenen Entscheidungen und dieser Ratgeber zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie aus sich selbst ganz einfach den Menschen machen, der Sie wirklich sein wollen. Persönlichkeitsentwicklung beginnt mit der Geburt und findet ein Leben lang statt.

Many parents and families experience deep sadness, fear, and worry after their child has been diagnosed with a developmental disability. If this is you, you are not alone. As you think about how life is now different for your child, it’s natural to have feelings of concern because you want to see your child thrive.

La educación de un niño no es tarea fácil, menos aún en una sociedad como la nuestra, donde el éxito se mide en dinero y propiedades que la persona consigue acumular a lo largo de su vida. La mayoría de los padres experimentan agobio y temor al pensar en el futuro de sus hijos.

Libro que auxilia para desarrollar competencias de convivencia escolar proporcionando herramientas didácticas y metodológicas probadas para fomentar la construcción de ambientes escolarres centrados en el respeto y la no-violencia. Contiene un plan de capacitación docente y de acción directiva para la erradicación efectiva del acoso escolar (bullying).

A lo largo de sus 25 años de experiencia como terapeutas familiares, Mark Beyebach y Marga Herrero de Vega han comprobado una y otra vez hasta qué punto los padres se esfuerzan por educar bien a los hijos, por criar personas cariñosas y honestas, ciudadanos responsables y solidarios. Pero también han observado que a menudo esas mismas buenas intenciones terminan llevando a patrones de interacción contraproducentes, que en realidad contribuyen a que esos hijos e hijas se conviertan primero en niños caprichosos, después en adolescentes déspotas y finalmente en verdaderos tiranos.

Quali sono i criteri per distinguere il gioco dal non gioco? A che età si inizia a giocare? Quali differenze ci sono con il comportamento esplorativo? Che rapporto c’è tra gioco e funzioni cognitive, sociali e affettive? Il libro, in questa nuova edizione aggiornata alle più recenti ricerche, prende in esame i diversi tipi di gioco: da quelli sociali nella prima infanzia a quelli con gli oggetti, dal gioco simbolico a quello di fantasia. Infine il testo affronta due problemi specifici: le differenze di genere nei comportamenti ludici e i contenuti violenti nel gioco.

Las palabras, las grandes y las pequeñas, son puentes que nos unen. Nunca nacen solas. Hay tantos autores que han escrito grandes y luminosas palabras sobre la Gestalt. Yo escribo palabras pequeñas porque creo que también importan. Escribir es mi forma de aprender, pensar, de hacerme preguntas, de intentar contestarlas, de perderme y, a veces, de encontrarme, es decir, de escribir gestálticamente.

The book examines a social cognitive framework that includes the importance of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). It also discusses the positive influence of safety and belonging on the prefrontal cortex. Educating Students provides tools for negotiating the abstract realities of school and raising achievement, it reveals strategies for calming students, and it explores how to build a wider community of support.

Libro con estrategias comprobadas para que los hijos (y los adultos) sean más fuertes para enfrentar la vida y sus inevitables penalidades y que la adversidad sirva para transformarse y mejorar. Desarrolla el concepto de Resiliencia para fomentar la capaciad para superarse frente a una enfermedad, carencias económicas, muertes de seres queridos, fracasos escolares o simplemente frustraciones en general.