
Child Development and the Brain
From Embryo to Adolescence
Policy Press
2nd Edition
Published on 30. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
294 pages
978-1-4473-5567-0 (ISBN)
Description
This bestselling textbook provides social science students with an accessible introduction to neuroscience and the implications for our understandings of child development, considering the links between brain development and social and cultural issues.
Now covering the 0-18+ age range, the new edition critically analyses the relationship between children and young people's thoughts, behaviours and feelings and the ways in which their developing brains are structured. It includes a new section on emotional development in adolescence, considering the impact of drugs and alcohol on the brain and the role of brain changes in driving risky behaviours.
Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, the text connects the latest scientific knowledge to the practice of understanding and working with children. Incorporating the latest research and debate throughout, the book offers students and practitioners working with children:
* case studies showing how brain science is changing practice;
* a companion website including self-test questions;
* end-of-chapter summaries, further reading and questions to test knowledge;
* a glossary of neuroscientific terms.
Now covering the 0-18+ age range, the new edition critically analyses the relationship between children and young people's thoughts, behaviours and feelings and the ways in which their developing brains are structured. It includes a new section on emotional development in adolescence, considering the impact of drugs and alcohol on the brain and the role of brain changes in driving risky behaviours.
Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, the text connects the latest scientific knowledge to the practice of understanding and working with children. Incorporating the latest research and debate throughout, the book offers students and practitioners working with children:
* case studies showing how brain science is changing practice;
* a companion website including self-test questions;
* end-of-chapter summaries, further reading and questions to test knowledge;
* a glossary of neuroscientific terms.
More details
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
44 s/w Abbildungen, 3 s/w Tabellen
3 Tables, black and white; 44 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
524 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-5567-0 (9781447355670)
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05/2023
2nd Edition
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€197.99
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Persons
Rob Abbott is a a lecturer, counsellor and supervisor, and a senior accredited Member of the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Esther Burkitt is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Chichester, and has Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Scientist status with the British Psychological Society. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Esther Burkitt is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Chichester, and has Chartered Psychologist and Chartered Scientist status with the British Psychological Society. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Author
Department of Childhood and Youth, University of Chichester.
University of Chichester
Content
Introduction to the Second Edition
1. Getting To Know the Human Brain
2. How Brains Develop
3. The Development of Thinking
4. Health and the Developing Brain
5. Emotional and Social Development
6. Attachment and Trauma
7. Language Development
8. Literacy and Numeracy Development
9. Learning and Memory
10. Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Glossary
1. Getting To Know the Human Brain
2. How Brains Develop
3. The Development of Thinking
4. Health and the Developing Brain
5. Emotional and Social Development
6. Attachment and Trauma
7. Language Development
8. Literacy and Numeracy Development
9. Learning and Memory
10. Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Glossary