Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Developmental Psychology

As a student named Rick Starr experiences elementary school, middle school, and high school, he learns more about gender roles, psychological isolation, bullying, and apathy than about reading, writing, and arithmetic. After suffering through bad teachers, navigating the social ladder, confronting bullies, and completing countless standardized tests, he has a revelation about public school in America: It's comprised of sex, lies, and scantrons.

From Sandy Hook, Connecticut, to Aurora, Colorado, to Tucson, Arizona, this nation has been racked from coast to coast with mass shootings perpetrated by criminals with sick minds. Authors Dr. Liebert and Dr. Birnes believe the increase in violence is an epidemic and dig deep into the causes of mental illness to determine what exactly is going on with these individuals and society as a whole, and what action can be taken to slow this frightening trend toward mass violence.

In Our Fathers, Ourselves, research psychologist, author and scholar Dr. Peggy Drexler examines the ways in which the father-daughter bond impacts women and offers helpful advice for creating a better, stronger, more rewarding relationship. Through her extensive research and interviews with women, Dr. Drexler paints an intimate, timely portrait of the modern father-daughter relationship.

Adolescence has long been characterized as the “storm and stress” years, and with recent developments in digital communication, it seems today’s teens are in for a more complicated journey than ever before. Even the most sympathetic, “in-touch” parents might throw their hands up in frustration at their teen’s unpredictable and risky behavior and ask: what are they thinking?!

No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth is deeply - some would say totally - involved with digital media. Professors Howard Gardner and Katie Davis name today’s young people The App Generation, and in this spellbinding book they explore what it means to be “app-dependent” versus “app-enabled” and how life for this generation differs from life before the digital era.

A significant event occurred in Jim's life when his son was born. His son, Michael, was born weighing 3 pounds, 14 ounces. He also had several health issues that were eventually diagnosed as a growth disorder. The growth disorder had many characteristics. Most significantly, the disorder made Michael, throughout his life, smaller and slighter than most children or adults. These characteristics led to Michael looking "different." Throughout Michael's life, there were many experiences where he was judged, teased, and bullied because he was small.

You see your children every day. You have a handle on their lives, right? But do you know how to read the undercurrents? Can you spot the subtle signs of potentially addictive behavior? Is there a touch of violence hidden in your child? This book shows the exact key behaviors, activities, and personality changes to look for in your child that point to brewing trouble. Designed for every parent with teenagers today, this is the only book that provides honest answers to the questions you have about your child and drug abuse, alcohol and binge drinking, violence and bullying, gambling, and depression and suicide.

Parents can easily feel overwhelmed when suddenly faced with a moody, defiant, unfocused, unpredictable, angry or overly sensitive teenager. They wonder if these changes are a normal part of adolescence of if their teen is in need of help. When to Worry helps parents distinguish typical teenage behaviors from those that merit concern. It then walks parents through steps they can take to help troubled teens before it's too late.

Community leaders and activists Gómez and Arroyo worked with children, teenagers, and parents - both the victims and the bullies - to put together this searing anthology of original essays, poetry, plays, and commentary on how bullying has affected their lives.

With increasing urgency, the plight of the American family grips the national conscience. The family courts are often our society's last safety net to prevent disaster. In this penetrating exposé of the inner workings of the U.S. family court system, two award-winning journalists provide an intimate look at the lives of the children whose fate it decides.

Embarking on the dating scene can be a fun though sometimes daunting prospect for any single woman. But for the more than 10 million single women in the U.S. with children at home, dating is a much more complicated matter. Whether uncoupled through divorce or death, single moms face a wide range of questions: When will I be ready to date and how do I start? When-and what-should I tell the kids? What happens if I love the guy and the kids hate him?

L'audiolibro presenta terribili testimonianze di vita, direttamente raccolte nelle carceri, nelle comunità di recupero, per le strade, da giovani violenti. Contro la frequente e comune rimozione sociale che accompagna il proliferare dei comportamenti giovanili violenti, criminali, devianti, Paolo Crepet tenta di comprendere, e far comprendere, da dove traggano origine tali condotte e, al di là del contesto degradato, suggerisce quanto anche il decadimento delle nostre relazioni affettive e l'indisponibilità all'ascolto possano influire sulla diffusione della criminalità tra i giovani.

Il comportamento dell'uomo è frutto di molte capacità e di molte passioni, ma nelle condizioni di ritardo mentale queste appaiono ridotte, impoverite e distorte. Abbiamo a che fare con una condizione limite, chiamata impropriamente ritardo, una condizione poco conosciuta e spesso solo banalmente quantificata. Due tra le voci più autorevoli della neuropsichiatria infantile spiegano cosa accade nella persona con ritardo mentale e spiegano come la mente può essere ferita ma mai distrutta. Ed è proprio questo che apre uno spazio fecondo per un intervento riabilitativo.

Con l'ingresso nella scuola materna e poi in quella elementare i bambini escono per la prima volta dal mondo protetto e sicuro della famiglia per entrare in quello nuovo e variegato della scuola, che occuperà una parte importante della loro esperienza infantile. L'autore del volume ripercorre tutte le tappe del cammino scolastico, talvolta facile e sereno, ma più spesso impervio e faticoso, dall'asilo alla fine della scuola elementare.

Televisione, giochi al computer, internet, cellulari. Sono i nuovi parco-giochi dei teenager che trascorrono in media più di 5 ore al giorno usando qualche strumento di comunicazione. Ma quali sono i rischi di questo nuovo scenario? A scuola o tra le mura di casa, come aiutare i ragazzi a essere informati e protetti?

Perché gli adolescenti sono tristi? Da che cosa deriva il loro senso perenne di inadeguatezza nei confronti del mondo che li circonda? Come si articolano, e come si confrontano, esperienze psicopatologiche ed esperienze creative? Quali sono gli orizzonti problematici della psichiatria oggi? Sono inconciliabili tra loro, o sono possibili reciproche influenze? Sappiamo riconoscere il valore umano della malattia? Queste e altre domande articolano una riflessione sulle passioni fragili che appartengono alla nostra vita e alla nostra crescita.

Questo saggio vuole fornire alcune indicazioni su come affrontare i problemi della vecchiaia con serenità e sicurezza. L'autrice non parte da considerazioni etiche, sociologiche o psicologiche, bensì scientifiche, con le quali dimostra che il cervello umano invecchiando perde alcune prerogative, ma le sostituisce con altre che in parte compensano e superano quelle perdute. L'autrice accompagna la sua dimostrazione con una serie di esempi di personalità attive fino alla vecchiaia, come Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei, Bertrand Russell e Pablo Picasso.

On acclaimed writer Susan Gubar’s 70th birthday, she receives a beautiful ring from her husband. As she contemplates their sustaining relationship, she begins to consider how older lovers differ from their youthful counterparts - and from ageist stereotypes - and realizes that age cannot wither love. A memoir proving that the heart’s passions have no expiration date, Late-Life Love rejoices in second chances.

As 10 Leis da qualidade de vida dos professores e pais tem como objetivo oferecer ferramentas para que pais e professores do berçário ao ensino médio orientem melhor seus filhos e alunos e possam cuidar da sua saúde emocional, intelectual e social. Envolvendo educação, psicologia preventiva e social, este audiolivro pode alicerçar um projeto de vida emocional, profissional e existencial.

Por muitos anos, cientistas acreditaram que o cérebro adolescente era essencialmente como o de um adulto, apenas com menos experiência. Na última década, porém, neurologia e neurociência revelaram que nos anos da adolescência acontecem estágios vitais de desenvolvimento do cérebro.