Books

NEW

Core Principles of Assessment and Therapeutic Communication with Children Parents and Families, published by Routledge UK.

Practitioners today are confronted by a bewildering array of therapies as ‘cure alls.’ This book provides an integrated approach to working with children, parents and families that can be applied by all professionals in a variety of settings. Informed by a psychodynamic perspective, it identifies how we can avoid pathologising the behaviour of children by instead considering: The meaning of behaviour as an important source of communication The commonality of all experience for children, parents and families The emotional milestones of development The core principles of assessment and therapeutic communication and how they are applied Through the presentation of sound clinical evidence and research Core Principles of Assessment and Therapeutic Communication with Children, Parents and Families creates connections between clinical practice and community action and, as such, is essential reading for anyone working to promote child and family wellbeing.

 

Emotional Milestones: Development from Birth to Adulthood

Contact the Centre for Child and Family Development for copies.

Reviews:

“This is a powerful and compassionate book. It presents all of us with a great challenge, to understand what children are trying to communicate by their behaviour. The psychodynamic approach offers a framework to parents childcare workers, teachers, doctors and nurses to work together to understand and facilitate child and family development. It has the potential to make a major contribution to child health.”

— Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

 

Exploring Parenthood

This book describes the setting up of the Exploring Parenthood organisation in the U.K. and offers a useful model for parent educators who want to learn about team work and help parents to understand their children's development.

Published by the Australian Council for Educational Research
Telephone: (03) 9835 744

Reviews:

“…This book has the power to substitute an ounce of prevention for a pound of cure”

— Maureen Crago, Journal of Queensland Association of Family Therapy

 

Rethinking ADHD: Integrated approaches to helping children at home and at school

By Ruth Schmidt Neven, Vicki Anderson and Tim Godber. Available from the Centre for Child and Family Development or from Allen & Unwin.
Tel. (02) 8425 0100

Reviews:

"Rethinking ADHD is an essential book for all of us who are trying to make sense of everything that bewilders and fascinates us about the phenomenon of ADHD. It draws its net wide, broadening our thinking beyond the realm of medicine and neurology to embrace as well psychodynamic, psychological and socio-cultural perspectives."

— Peter Wilson previously inaugural Director of YoungMinds UK