The Stories We Live by

The Stories We Live by
Author: Dan P. McAdams
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781572301887

This book should be value for all those who are interested in enhancing their self-understanding. It should also serve as useful classroom text for undergraduates and advanced students in personality and social psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

A Piaget Primer

A Piaget Primer
Author: Dorothy G. Singer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 161
Release: 1996-07-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0452275652

Offers a fascinating and understandable account of childhood development for anyone—education and psychology students, day care center workers and nursery school teachers, and parents. Jean Piaget is arguably the most important figure of the twentieth century in the field of child psychology. Over more than six decades of studying and working with children, he brilliantly and insightfully charted the stages of a child's intellectual maturation from the first years to adulthood, and in doing so pioneered a new mode of understanding the changing ways in which a child comes to grasp the world. The purpose of A Piaget Primer is to make Piaget's vital work readily accessible to teachers, therapists, students, and of course, parents. Two noted American psychologists distill Piaget's complex findings into wonderfully clear formulations without sacrificing either subtlety or significance. To accomplish this, they employ not only lucid language but such fascinating illuminations of a child's world and vision as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as media manifestations like Barney and Sesame Street. This completely revised edition of this classic work is as enjoyable as it is invaluable—an essential guide to comprehending and communicating with children better than we ever have before.

Current Catalog

Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1979
Genre: Medicine
ISBN:

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

School-based Affective and Social Interventions

School-based Affective and Social Interventions
Author: Susan G. Forman
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1987
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780866567022

This informative book reports to special services personnel, as well as regular educators and school consultants, about prevention and treatment programs that focus on student affective and social adjustment. School-Based Affective and Social Intervention will help to increase awareness for a broad audience of special service providers of the scope and nature of affective and social interventions which can be provided in school settings. Each relevant chapter provides current information based on empirical studies with a focus on practical directions for implementing affective and social interventions in schools. This usable book focuses on procedures that can be used by the practitioner in schools and guidelines for implementing procedures. The authors discuss school organizational issues to be considered and the role of special services personnel and regular classroom teachers.

Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective

Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective
Author: Letha A See
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2013-04-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136378162

In Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective, leading black scholars come together to discuss complex human behavior problems faced by African Americans and to force the abandonment of conceptualization theories made without consideration of the Black experience. Challenging you to engage in different thinking and develop new theories for addressing the needs of African Americans, this book highlights the assets of black individuals, families, and communities and guides you through program interventions and public policies that strengthen and empower African Americans. You will learn to enhance your clients’coping strategies and resilience by factoring in their strengths rather than focusing on their weaknesses. Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective contextualizes community behavior patterns, gender roles, and changing contemporary identities to challenge your assumptions about African American culture and communities and convince you to rethink your intervention strategies and methods. To further help you fine-tune your service delivery, this book leads you through discussions on: help-seeking behaviors of young street males the association of sociocultural risk factors with suicides the use of emotive behavior therapy to help African Americans cope with the prospect of imminent death advocating for changes in institutions and systems which negatively impact the lives of the poor and the oppressed how social work has ignored one segment of the African American community--young girls in urban settings psychological consequences of coming of age in a hostile environment Social workers, community-based groups, policymakers, and other helping professionals owe it to their clients to shrug off culturally incompetent services and care. Using Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective as a guide, you will learn to redress your programs and policies with a sensitivity to the factors and mechanisms that maximize the buoyancy of disadvantaged groups over various stages of their life development.

Bridging Worlds

Bridging Worlds
Author: Joycee Kennedy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317359380

With Bridging Worlds, you will learn to uncover the roots of teenage problems – the causes behind symptoms such as self-destructiveness, anger, recklessness, and violence. Originally published in 1998, this title shows you how to develop treatment guidelines and thoughtful frames of reference that address the problems of teenage violence, pregnancy, truancy, and delinquency. It will help you detect when the reckless, even frightening, behaviour of adolescents is a cry for help and show you what you can do to defuse the situation, make authentic and meaningful connections, and offer valuable help.

In Search of Understanding

In Search of Understanding
Author: Jacqueline G. Brooks
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1999-07-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416602739

The activities that transpire within the classroom either help or hinder students' learning. Any meaningful discussion of educational renewal, therefore, must focus explicitly and directly on the classroom, and on the teaching and learning that occur within it. This book presents a case for the development of classrooms in which students are encouraged to construct deep understandings of important concepts. Jacqueline Grennon Brooks and Martin Brooks present a new set of images for educational settings, images that emerge from student engagement, interaction, reflection, and construction. They have considerable experience in creating constructivist educational settings and conducting research on those settings. Authentic examples are provided throughout the book, as are suggestions for administrators, teachers, and policymakers. For the new edition of their popular book, the authors have written an introduction that places their work in today's educational renewal setting. Today, they urge, the case for constructivist classrooms is much stronger and the need more critical. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.

Drawing Life

Drawing Life
Author: Thomas J. Cottle
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2013-11-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0761862234

In Drawing Life, Thomas J. Cottle examines the ways people interpret their life experiences and construct meanings for the events they have encountered. In this manner, they discover their various identities and the essence of what we call the self. In reading the sixteen life studies contained in this volume, we encounter both inner reflections as well the power of culture to shape the meanings people give to their circumstances and the events that befall them. The stories also reflect the role of human relationships and social institutions in defining our personal identities and sense of justice. What makes us unique, therefore, is the personal story we tell as it reveals our constructions of the world and of ourselves. The stories recounted in Drawing Life illuminate not only our past, but also our perceptions of the present and our imaginings of the future. In this way, they become anthologies of our life experiences.