Authors: Julian Elliott, Maurice Place
ISBN-13: 9780415325448, ISBN-10: 0415325447
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: August 2004
Edition: REV
Julian Elliott is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Sunderland. Maurice Place is Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria.
Written by two practising clinicians, this book is a guide for those who work with children. In clear, simple language it focuses upon some of the most common, yet often incapacitating, difficulties which are frequently encountered by young children and adolescents.
After introducing and discussing different forms of therapy and treatment used in clinical work with children, the book focuses on a range of specific difficulties. Drawing upon recent research findings, and employing detailed case illustrations, it seeks to help the reader to understand the nature of each problem and offers a guide as to how the child in difficulty can best be helped.
This new edition has been fully updated to include new material on conditions such as dyspraxia and ADHD. The authors also make full references to advances in the field of special education since the first edition was published, and provide a variety of sources for further reading and information.
This practical book will be of particular value to those working in education, social work, health and child-care settings, and anyone else who needs to be able to recognise and help children in difficulty.
Two practicing clinicians give advice to other professionals who work with children on treatments and therapies to common psychological difficulties frequently encountered by young children to adolescents. Drawing on recent research and employing case illustrations the authors discuss such topics as attention deficit disorder, depression, eating disorders, oppositional behavior, dyslexia, drug abuse, and disruptiveness in school. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
1 | Introduction | 1 |
2 | The basics of being helpful | 12 |
3 | School refusal | 36 |
4 | Attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity and similar difficulties | 62 |
5 | Eating disorders | 82 |
6 | Traumatic and stressful situations | 98 |
7 | Noncompliance and oppositional behaviour in young children | 126 |
8 | Disruptiveness in schools and classrooms | 149 |
9 | Drug and solvent abuse | 175 |
10 | Depression in children | 200 |
11 | Dyslexia | 218 |
12 | Developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia) | 244 |