Full Description
A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in the context of development and to explain development to parents. The chapters take the reader through the various physical, social, and identity developments occurring at each age, explaining how each stage of development is closely linked to mental health and how that is revealed in therapy. This ideal guide for students, as well as early and experienced professionals, will also give readers the tools to communicate successfully with the child's guardians or teachers, including easy-to-read handouts that detail what kind of behaviors are not cause for concern and which behaviors mean it's time to seek help. As an aid to practitioners, this book matches developmental ages with appropriate, evidence-based mental health interventions.
Contents
I. Introduction 1. Overview of Child Devolpment Ray 2. Developmentally Appropriate Interventions Ray II. Early Childhood 3. Extraordinary Years: Birth to Two Ener 4. The Extraordinary Three-Year-Old Lee 5. The Extraordinary Four-Year-Old Ware III. Middle Childhood 6. The Extraordinary Five-Year-Old Taylor 7. The Extraordinary Six-Year-Old Jayne 8. The Extraordinary Seven-Year-Old Stulmaker 9. The Extraordinary Eight-Year-Old Akay IV. Late Childhood 10. The Extraordinary Nine-Year-Old Wilson 11. The Extraordinary Ten-Year-Old Ojiambo and Taylor 12. The Extraordinary Eleven-Year-Old Purswell 13. The Extraordinary Twelve-Year-Old Michero and Smith V. Therapist Resources 14. Age to Age Series Ray and Jayne Index
