Showing titles in Adolescent Psychology

The classic, New York Times best-selling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America. Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? How can we get past our reluctance to discuss racial issues? This fully revised edition is essential listening for anyone seeking to understand dynamics of race and racial inequality in America.

Das fesselnde Buch erklärt Eltern und Trainern furchtlos, kompetent und verständlich, wie das Gehirn und die Psyche von Sportlern funktioniert. Anhand konkreter Beispiele analysiert der Autor die Auswirkungen von Feedback auf Denken, Wahrnehmung, Aufmerksamkeit und sogar die Qualität der Koordination eines Spielers. Eltern sind sich oft nicht bewusst, wie ihr Einfluss das neuronale Netz ihres Kindes prägt. Das Buch führt Sie in die Tiefen der Neurowissenschaften und der Sportpsychologie ein und vermittelt Ihnen Wissen und Fähigkeiten, um ein besserer Trainer für Ihr Kind zu sein.

You're at your wits' end. Again. Your teen is bright, savvy, and capable—and completely unmotivated. Whether it's too much screen time, pandemic-induced resignation, or disillusionment at the state of the world, so many kids recently seem to have lost the passion to create, excel, engage, and do. What you need, for them and you, is a teen expert—a fresh voice to ask the right questions, make powerful suggestions, and offer proven techniques for getting your teen back in the game and focused on a future of fulfillment, success, purpose, and enjoyment.

The teenage years can be awkward - bodies change and sweat, and smells and spots become part of life. Growing Up has a supportive but straightforward approach that gives you the knowledge ahead of time. Why do boys' voices break? How do hormones work? From managing spots to mending a broken heart, this audiobook has the answers, along with advice for parents and kids on discussing potentially embarrassing topics.

Ways to Help Your Lonely Teen is a direct response to the U.S. Surgeon General’s 2023 Advisory on loneliness, to help parents know how to combat loneliness in young people and foster well-being to prevent mental health problems down the road. Dr. Beresin elaborates on each Surgeon General recommendation for parents with actionable, practical advice to help families embrace these recommendations in everyday life.

O que uma escritora best-seller de ficção juvenil e um psicólogo têm em comum? O fascínio pela adolescência, essa fase do crescimento tão atribulada quanto fundamental na formação do indivíduo. Desse interesse em comum e de inúmeras conversas sobre o tema, nasceu este audiolivro, que tem o objetivo de ajudar mães, pais, familiares e cuidadores a entender, respeitar e ajudar jovens e adolescentes nesse período de sentimentos à flor da pele, emoções exacerbadas, crescimento descontrolado, hormônios em polvorosa e cérebro em expansão.

Dividido en tres partes, este clarificador libro describe cómo perciben el mundo los jóvenes, cuáles son los retos a los que se enfrentan y cómo podemos ayudarles. Nomen introduce la voz de los adolescentes con sus propias reflexiones y habla de cuestiones esenciales para padres y educadores, como la construcción de la personalidad, los cambios vitales, los amigos, la identidad real y la digital, el amor y la sexualidad, el presentismo, las emociones, los hermanos...

Do you hate school and wish you had more friends to hang out with? Do you worry that your friends would think you’re weird if they really knew you? Do you censor what you say around ‘em because if they knew what you thought they’d think you’re a freak? Thanks to Dr. J.J. Kelly's Get Real program, a ton of young folks have built adventurous, cool, exciting, and fulfilling lives. Author, psychologist, and CEO Dr. J.J. Kelly spent years in the traditional mental health world, so she knows how broken it is and how little it can make a long-lasting impact for young folks.

For many young people today, the question after high school is, "What now?" Suddenly faced with new freedoms and new responsibilities, life can become very confusing, very fast. Fixed mindsets can cause missed opportunities. Life changes can evoke stress. Young people lose agency of their own lives when they merely react to the world around them. Finding Your Way in Early Adulthood challenges listeners to take charge of their life by working out what they really want. It encourages them to consider new perspectives that lead to wise choice-making and positive outcomes.

Dr. Roger McIntire, father of three, taught child psychology and principles of family counseling and therapy at the University of Maryland for 32 years.

In Jesus’ Silent Years: Parable, Jesus matures through temptation, doubt, and longing. He follows the classic path of the hero: Beginning in an unremarkable mudhole, unknown and undistinguished, innocent and naïve, in Foundations. He steadily moves down into the mainstream of growing up - leaving home, wrestling with his own unique God-man identity.

Depression can greatly impact a young adult’s successful completion of college, leaving them and their parents overwhelmed and anxious about the future. As a Harvard-trained, board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist with over 15 years of experience, Dr. Melissa Lopez-Larson has helped hundreds of parents and young adults overcome depression and successfully complete college.

Best-selling author Tim Austin notes, "We live in a troubled world, where raising loving, responsible young men is a challenge." He takes a deep look at the important issues relevant to raising “rugged gentlemen” in a world where it is necessary to, sometimes, give them “permission to be tough".

¿Por qué los adolescentes no querrían crecer? Con esta interrogante la destacada psicóloga Pilar Sordo abre un debate cuyas respuestas deben ser buscadas por los adultos a partir de la reflexión sobre el tipo de testimonio que estamos siendo para nuestros hijos.

After the death of her child, a grief-stricken psychotherapist, teacher, and writer volunteers as a poetry teacher at a residential treatment facility for “delinquent” girls. Here, their mutual support nourishes and enriches each other, though not without large quantities of drama and recalcitrance. Compelling, appealing, poignant, and often hilarious, I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent chronicles the passion that grew for pushing voices out into the world.

What is the real cost of divorce when children are involved? You can calculate the legal and economic costs associated with divorce. However, there is no way to calculate the devastation a divorce has on the children involved. In When Life Breaks, best-selling author Tanzania Davis-Black draws from her personal journey of raising children through divorce and offers the techniques she developed to make a difference in her children’s lives.

Travis has a chance to redeem himself after struggling with years of mental illness that led to him having a negative attitude toward autism. Thinking he could never get a girlfriend with autism, he wanted to cure his autism. After help from a friend with a Sonrise program to challenge his beliefs and change his way of thinking, Travis no longer wants a cure and embraces his autism with grace.

Dr Michael Carr-Gregg believes that too many Australian boys have got it too easy - and the result is a generation of ‘boofheads’: boys with huge egos who think they are too good to stack the dishwasher or turn up to school. They expect the world and give little in return. But things are about to change. From the author of the groundbreaking Australian best seller The Princess Bitchface Syndrome and researcher Elly Robinson comes this essential companion book for boys.

Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in, through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media, often times it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on parenting. The reality is that so many families struggle. Vicki Hoefle, three-time author, parenting coach, and sought-after speaker, offers a fresh, practical roadmap for achievable family - and marital - harmony and happiness.

The author of 21 Days to a Happier Family, Dr Justin Coulson, on raising kids who'll bounce back from adversity and challenging times. Have you ever watched your child give up too quickly and easily, moaning 'I can't'? Perhaps your child resists going to school because they don't like their teacher or their friend rejected them. Maybe they failed in a sporting contest or an exam. One of the most frequent questions Kidspot parenting expert Dr Coulson is asked is 'how can I help my child become resilient?'