Many children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are sensitive and selective eaters, which can result in an extremely limited diet and nutritional deficiencies. This comprehensive research-based guide gives a clear and detailed explanation of common feeding issues and offers a comprehensive plan to help address them. Considering the various ......
A Psychodynamic Primer for the Treatment of Young Children
Offering a skillful balance of broad but coherent foundational information as well as practical application, this book functions both as an introduction for young therapists and as a guide for more experienced child clinicians.
Therapy for Children with Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Winner of the Summer 2015 Academics' Choice Smart Book Award. Written by three experienced occupational therapists, this book offers a combination of theory and strategies. It is a perfect tool for those working with young children, but also broad enough to be adapted for older children and adults. Building Bridges provides creative techniques and ......
Allegories, fables, myths, legends, and other time-honored forms of storytelling have been used since the beginning of recorded history to convey important values and moral precepts to the young. Storytelling comes naturally to children, and also offers them an unparalleled means through which they may express the fantasies, anxieties, and conflicts of their inner lives. In Of Mice and Metaphors, Second Edition, psychoanalyst and child treatment specialist Jerrold R. Brandell introduces a variety of dynamic strategies for therapists to understand and incorporate a child's own creative story-narrative into an organic and reciprocal treatment process leading to therapeutic recovery and healing. Engaging case histories encompassing a wide spectrum of childhood problems and emotional disorders are used to illustrate complex, effective strategies that include actual clients' stories and the author's response to their narratives.
Skills Training for Working with People with Intellectual Disabilities and Emotional Problems
This training programme will empower people with mild intellectual disabilities to develop the skills they need to manage emotional distress and/or impulsive behaviour.
Exercise in later life is important for health, yet motivating older adults to exercise can be difficult. This book addresses that need by tailoring ""The Transtheoretical Model"" of behavior change to the client's level of readiness for change. It is useful for health care professionals, including nurses, exercise specialists, and others.
Textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in sport and exercise, physical activity, or health degree programs; reference for exercise instructors, personal trainers, medical doctors, and mental health practitioners.
Thought-provoking, interactive training; comprehensive guidance for trainers; instructions for practical activity sessions; CD-rom with all of the resources needed to run the course and a Microsoft Word workbook for learners to complete
Comprehensive, authoritative information from the most respected experts: For 30 years, that's what Children with Disabilities has given the thousands of students, faculty, and professionals who rely on it. Now this trusted text is in a seventh edition, thoroughly updated with the very latest research, new instructor materials, and the critical ......
