Treating School-Age Children (Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique) [Paperback]

Hans Steiner (Author), Irvin D. Yalom (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787908789 | ISBN-13: 978-0787908782 | Publication Date: August 13, 1997 | Edition: 1st

Treatments for Developmental Issues and Problems

A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique

This book presents effective and efficient interventions for children who are just beginning school through the years of early puberty. The expert contributors offer the knowledge and tools for assessing and treating the problems that are unique to this age group. Encouraging both creativity and flexibility, they present specific recommAndations for the treatment of developmental issues and problems such as hyperactivity, depression, obsession, compulsions, phobias, and trauma-related problems.

Helps clinicians to be the best that they can be.?--John E. Schowalter, M.D., Albert J. Solnit Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Child Study Center, Yale University

Editorial Reviews

Review

?This book does not follow the current vogue of minimizing children's mental pain in order to minimize the costs of treatment, but instead it helps clinicians to be the best that they can be.? --John E. Schowalter, M.D., Albert J. Solnit Professor of Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Child Study Center, Yale University

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This book presents effective and efficient interventions for the children who are just beginning school through the years of early puberty. The expert contributors offer frontline clinicians the knowledge and tools they need for assessing and treating the problems that are unique to this age group. Encouraging both creativity and flexibility, this volume presents specific recommAndations for the treatment of developmental issues and problems such as hyperactivity, depression, obsession, compulsions, phobias, and trauma-related problems.Written with the same sensitivity and insight as Treating Preschool Children and Treating Adolescents, this volume is an indispensable guide for meeting the challenge of treating children between the ages of six and twelve.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (August 13, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787908789
• ISBN-13: 978-0787908782
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #907,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)