Cultural and Contextual Applications for the Helping Professions
Provides fundamental knowledge while challenging readers to question, evaluate, and consider contextual factors when applying developmental theories. This unique and refreshing text imbues lifespan development theories, and concepts.
A Story to Explain ADHA and Tic Disorders/Tourette Syndrome
Meet Jaimie, a young boy with ADHD and a tic disorder called Tourette Syndrome. He's not being fidgety or naughty - he really can't help it! Jaime explains how he was diagnosed and what having tics and ADHD is like for him. He also shares how he has learnt to relieve his ADHD symptoms, minimise his tics, and how friends and adults can help at home ......
Synthesizing a vast body of empirical research and organizing it around a comprehensive conceptual model, this book is recognized as the definitive reference on adult attachment. The authors explain how what began as a theory of child development is now used to conceptualize and study nearly all aspects of social functioning across the lifespan, ......
In Ageing Well Frances Macnab shares his 4 P’s for flourishing while ageing: Plan, Purpose, Possibilities, and Pleasure. This easy to read guide to living your later years of life to the fullest is a thoughtful exploration for anyone experiencing this time of life themselves or for those caring for or with loved ones at this stage of life.
Jillian Celentano lived most of her life not accepting who she was. Since beginning her transition at the age of 55, she has been able to live authentically as her true self. In this helpful and practical guide, she offers advice to other people who are transitioning later in life.
Shows mental health providers how to expand their practice in order to treat older adults. Chapters describe tools and techniques for assessing and treating common conditions that practitioners encounter when working with older adults, including depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment, and prescription drug misuse.
Expert researchers and practitioners share essential information about providing mental health services to older adults in forensic contexts, and to the courts and judges involved. This book describes the nuts and bolts of civil litigation as it relates to brain injury, dementia, PTSD, and pain; assessment of competency to stand trial; and the ......
Interventions to Support Functional Skills after Acquired Brain Injury
Highly practical and comprehensive, this book provides a multimodal framework for helping patients with acquired brain injuries to identify and achieve meaningful functional goals in the home and community. In a convenient large-size format, the volume features rich case examples and interdisciplinary tools and strategies. Post-acute cognitive, ......
Filling a major gap in neuropsychological references and training materials, this is the first guide to conducting effective clinical interviews as a core component of neuropsychological practice.
In this new release by geropsychology scholars Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah, researchers and clinicians come together in each chapter to discuss the prevalent psychological disorders that afflict this growing population.
Interventions to Support Functional Skills after Acquired Brain Injury
Highly practical and comprehensive, this book provides a multimodal framework for helping patients with acquired brain injuries to identify and achieve meaningful functional goals in the home and community. In a convenient large-size format, the volume features rich case examples and interdisciplinary tools and strategies. Post-acute cognitive, ......
Introduces a structured decision-making process that draws heavily from principle-based and positive ethics and provides practical applications of the APA Ethics Code while also accounting for federal laws and regulations. Detailed case examples illustrate how to apply this process in a variety of treatment contexts, including hospitals, long-term ......
A clear, practical guide to the ageing process for trans and/or non-binary individuals and the professionals supporting them. This book covers key issues including health and social care, planning for old age, wills and inheritance, as well as communication issues with family and professionals.
Renowned experts in adult development and aging, Manfred Diehl and HansWerner Wahl synthesize decades of psychological research into a comprehensive volume that considers later life in the context of lifespan development, social and physical environmental factors, and historicalcultural influences.
For people with disabilities caused by nonprogressive brain injury, challenges in everyday living can be multifaceted and overwhelming. This book presents key principles of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation, helping practitioners stay on track through complex terrain. Leading authorities Barbara A. Wilson and Shai Betteridge provide a ......
Takes an interdisciplinary look at cognitive aging - how it happens and how to study it. This book explores methods for measuring cognitive change, including how to study cohort effects. It also explores the social and psychological factors associated with cognitive aging.
Newly revised and updated, this classic text examines the impact of social forces on the aging process. It considers aging from personal, family, community, societal, and global perspectives. This sixth edition reflects significant changes in the field of social gerontology.
Provides one of the first in-depth examinations of women age 65 and older who have delayed retirement, exploring personal and career identity, social roles, and quality of life concerns. This volume presents a rich array of qualitative and quantitative research on older women's experiences in the workplace.