The first developmental book written specifically for helping professionals, The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals, Second Edition, provides an in-depth look at developmental theories and how they apply to the fields of counseling, social work and psychology. Using counseling applications, case studies, special topics boxes, and journal questions, the text introduces developmental theories and research within the context of clinical practice. This edition features a new chapter on well-being in adulthood, expanded counseling applications sections, current research on developmental psychopathology and prevention science, and a book-specific companion website.
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The first developmental textbook written specifically for helping professionals and graduate-level students, The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals, Third Edition, provides an in-depth look at the science of human development and how it applies to the fields of counseling, social work and psychology. Using counseling applications, case studies, special topics boxes, and journal questions, the text introduces developmental theories and research within the context of clinical practice.
Written with a primary focus on linking theory and research to counseling applications, the new third edition features expanded coverage of psycholopathology in developmental context as well as added material on the latest development-related neuroscientific findings. The revised edition also provides an open access text-specific companion website that offers a full range of multimedia instructor supplements.
The depth of coverage bypasses that of other life span texts though expanded coverage of research and through clearly linking theory to real world applications.
The integration of culture and gender discussions throughout the text helps to introduce students to the most recent findings involving cross-cultural and cross-gender differences.
Extensive counseling applications sections appear in every chapter and link counseling practices directly to developmental theories. These sections, which cover topics such as incorporating touch therapy with low birth-weight infants and promoting social competence of peer rejected children, show how the latest information on developmental science can impact and inform counseling techniques and treatment plans.
NEW! Expanded coverage of developmental psychopathology. Special boxes called “Focus on Developmental Psychopathology” accompany specific chapters and use new research to help readers understand how deviant developmental pathways emerge. Here, issues of etiology, symptoms, and prevention supplement chapter information about normal development at various stages in life. Topics covered in this feature include pervasive developmental disorders, mood disorders, conduct disorders, and anxiety disorders.
NEW! Revised Case Studies and Discussion questions. Updated case studies and discussion questions present realistic scenarios related to chapter topics and allow students to practice resolving issues that arise for different populations in a variety of situations and help students think critically about the clinical implications of developmental facts and theories.
NEW! Expanded emphasis on neuro-scientific findings related to development. This up-to-date material incorporatesadvances in research on brain development and physiological processes that affect development.
--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.About the Author
Patricia Broderick is a professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at West Chester University in Pennsylvania.
Pamela Blewitt teaches in the Department of Psychology at Villanova University.
--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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This thorough textbook is designed to teach principles of human development from birth to death. With an extensive and up-to-date research base, the book effectively provides an array of information from which anyone can learn. I find myself quoting information from the book on a regular basis because the content is so interesting and useful.
There is solid online support to help students learn the information. The book's emphasis on professionals in psychology could be better adapted to profesisonals working in special education as one of the helping professions. And whle the authors have a fluent writing style, the print is too small to read easily. The publisher used small print with wide text lines (instead of consistent columns), color behind print for poor contrast, and little white space between lines, which means that the professor who wants to adapt to learners with visual challenges will need to find another book. Excellent information, which is downright fascinating.
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Great textbook, too big though,
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I got this textbook for my grad class. It has lots of information on human development from conception through the old age. All information is backed up by current research.
My class is over but I will keep this book for my own further reading and looking back if I need some information on development The only negative side is that this book is very big and heavy; difficult to just casually take to a coffee shop. Then again, perhaps it is not a coffee shop book for most :)
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This text is readable and seems to cover the course content well (The class I am enrolled in is a Master's level class called "Human Growth and Development). However, the SIZE of the book makes it difficult to manage easily. I would have preferred a thicker book with smaller dimensions in height and width. As it is, you need two hands to hold the book, and it's not easy to read it curled up in a chair! That also makes highlighting while you read difficult, unless, of course you are sitting at a desk or table while you are reading.
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