Poverty is more than an economic issue-it's a developmental crisis requiring effective, innovative solutions. Across the United States, millions of young children face the devastating effects of poverty, which shapes their brains, behavior, and future opportunities. Backed by cutting-edge research and featuring the leading voices in developmental ......
The Psychology-Based Guide to Effective and Efficient Teaching
Fuel your passion. Focus your energy. Teach Like a Champ. In higher education today, instructors face heavier workloads, shifting student needs, and increasing technological challenges. Amid these ever-mounting pressures, how does one feed a passion for teaching and students while safeguarding oneself from burnout? The answer lies in not only ......
This updated volume introduces the field of pediatric gender health, which widens the scope of the gender affirmative model to support the the gender health of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) pre- and peripubescent youth and their families. With the devastating increase in legislative care bans and media attacks on TGD youth since the ......
Improving Psychological Science and Legal Practice
This comprehensive text describes the science and practice of child forensic interviewing, with an emphasis on child abuse cases. For the forensic interviewer, eliciting descriptions of childhood assaults, at any age, is no easy task. Over the last several decades, research on children and the law has greatly expanded, especially on the topics ......
This practical guide provides clinicians with evidence-based tools and strategies to assess and treat children and adolescents with serious behavior problems who exhibit limited prosocial emotions (LPEs). Extreme behavior problems in youth, while rare overall, have an outsized impact. These youth can cause tremendous harm to themselves, their ......
This second edition offers a session-by-session guide to discernment counseling, a specialized five-session intervention to help couples leaning different ways about divorce or separation find the best path forward for their troubled relationships. The authors have added new case examples that reflect different kinds of couples, as well as an ......
A fresh approach to understanding and engaging men in therapy Why do so many men avoid therapy-or never return after the first session? And how can clinicians better connect with them? In Clinical Work With Men, psychologist Andrew P. Smiler offers a groundbreaking guide for therapists seeking to better understand and engage with male ......
A guide to evaluating minors in personal injury cases that describes the relevant legal framework, applicable psychological principles, and pertinent methodology. This clear and comprehensive resource provides readers with the essential knowledge and skills they need to become effective personal injury evaluators for cases involving minors. ......
This second edition of Mastering the Inner Skills of Psychotherapy presents deliberate practice exercises that help professionals and trainees develop the resilience and flexibility they need to be good therapists. Clients often arouse strong emotional reactions in therapists. Sometimes this is termed experiential avoidance or ......
