num_pages: 208
description: A Therapist's Guide to Child Development gives therapists and counselors the basics they need to understand their clients in the context of development and to explain development to parents. The chapters take the reader through the various physical social and identity developments occurring at each age explaining how each stage of development is closely linked to mental health and how that is revealed in therapy. This ideal guide for students as well as early and experienced professionals will also give readers the tools to communicate successfully with the childs guardians or teachers including easy-to-read handouts that detail what kind of behaviors are not cause for concern and which behaviors mean its time to seek help. As an aid to practitioners this book matches developmental ages with appropriate evidence-based mental health interventions.
language: English
title: A Therapist's Guide to Child Development: The Extraordinarily Normal Years
publisher: Routledge