Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology
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Beautifully written for a first course in child psychopathology, Vicky Phares' Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology emphasizes developmental psychopathology as a means for understanding and treating abnormal behavior in children. The text emphasizes strengths and healthy outcomes as a means for designing effective therapies to help children and families, as well as focusing on prevention as a cornerstone of managing child behavior. Throughout this book, special attention is given to issues of diversity, inclusion, and understanding. The text also examines the relationships between children and their fathers as well as with other primary figures within families (i.e., siblings, step-parents, care-taking grandparents, foster parents, etc.). Abnormal Child Psychology is unique in providing for students a chapter on applying the material they have learned and helping children and families who experience problems.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0471388742
ISBN13:9780471388746
Release Date:November 2002
Publisher:Wiley
Length:480 Pages
Weight:2.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.1" x 10.3"
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Understanding Abnormal Child Psychology
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This is a great book for learning about normal and abnormal child behaviors. One great advantage is that the book uses as its reference the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, text revision(DSM-IV-TR). The book also presents 'case studies' where you can read each case and understand and to try to identify if it is a one is suffering from a condition or it is consider normal depending with each one's personality, behavior or interests. It is great not only for a classroom but also for anyone wanting to get to understand behaviors that to one may seem abnormal but to others it's just that person's personality, behavior and creativeness that makes every single one of us 'unique'. Great and informative textbook.
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