Author : Emma Zara O'Brien
Publisher : Red Globe Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,89 MB
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 135200965X
Introduction -- The brain and behaviour -- Communication and relationships in social work -- Approaches to psychology -- Human growth and development -- Disabilities -- Mental health -- Well-being and environmental stressors -- Abuse and trauma -- Social psychology.
Author : Janet Walker
Publisher : Learning Matters
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 32,83 MB
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1473904870
Social work students must develop a sound and critical understanding of human development and the processes and stages of growth through the life-course. Even more important however is how students apply this knowledge to their assignments and their practice. This text achieves this in several ways. It introduces the key concepts of human development and growth from childhood through adolescence and older age and then uses various pedagogical features to help students apply social and human development theories to practical day-to-day case examples. With this knowledge, students will be able to build and maintain successful relationships with service users, carers and other health and social care professionals. Key updates: More material on Life Story work More material on Wellbeing Greater emphasis on the links between theory and practice This book is in the Transforming Social Work Practice series. All books in the series are affordable, mapped to the Social Work Curriculum, practical with clear links between theory & practice and written to the Professional Capabilities Framework.
Author : Chris Beckett
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 22,77 MB
Release : 2010-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1847871798
This Second Edition is a bestselling introduction to emotional, psychological, intellectual and social development throughout the lifespan. Written for students training in fields such as social work, healthcare and education, the book covers topics which are central to understanding people whether they are clients, service users, patients, or pupils. For this Second Edition, a new chapter has been added (Chapter 10: It Takes a Village: the Sociological Perspective) exploring the wider social factors which influence human growth and development. Activities are provided within each chapter to help student test theoretical concepts against their own experience and intuitions.
Author : Emma Zara O'Brien
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1350312959
This exciting new edition is an engaging and accessible introduction to understanding human behaviour and development from a psychological perspective. Written by a psychologist with extensive teaching experience, it offers a clear and systematic exploration of psychological concepts and research, and discussion of their relevance for social work practice. The psychological framework provides thematic coherence for a uniquely wide range of material, from brain development to communication skills, psychiatric diagnoses to forms of discrimination. With a logical and intuitive structure, it's perfect for Human Growth and Development modules and a range of other Social Work modules with psychological content, enabling students to see how different elements of theory and research connect together for practical application.
Author : Alastair Gibson
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 23,46 MB
Release : 2015-10-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1473944031
Understanding the way in which individuals develop before birth, as babies, children and adolescents through to young and older adulthood towards death is an important part of any social work role. Being able to skilfully apply this understanding in real life practice situations is even more important, as purposeful translations of human development are at the heart of effective professional practice. Introducing students to emotional, psychological and social developmental theories of human growth before exploring in detail how these theories can be incorporated into practice, this book will ensure students have all the tools they need to not only understand but critically appraise and apply psychosocial theories early on in training and whilst on placement. With the help of real world case studies, summaries and tips for further study, it will show students how life course theories inter-relate and how they can make appropriate, purposeful translations of theory into skilled, professional practice.
Author : John Sudbery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 15,72 MB
Release : 2009-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 113527553X
Social workers work with people at all stages of life, tackling a multitude of personal, social, health, welfare, legal and educational issues. As a result, all social work students need to understand human growth and development throughout the lifespan. This introductory text provides a knowledge base about human development from conception to death. It is designed to encourage understanding of a wide range of experiences, including some very difficult ones, such as child abuse, the developmental trajectories of children in care, mental distress, the experience of people with dementia, the experience of torture victims and untimely bereavements. Using engaging narratives to illustrate real-life situations, the author analyses them to demonstrate the link between theory, and different theoretical approaches, and practice. Packed with case studies, this student-friendly book includes overviews, summaries, questions and further reading in each chapter as well as a more formal academic section designed to challenge and intrigue students. A reference section contains a glossary and overviews of the principal theories discussed throughout the book. It is an essential read for all social work students.
Author : Noel Cameron
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 10,45 MB
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0123838827
Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, this book is suitable for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. It is presented in the form of lectures to facilitate student programming.
Author : Neil J. Salkind
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1617 pages
File Size : 15,52 MB
Release : 2005-10-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1452265399
The field of human development focuses on the growth and development of the human being including physical, social, psychological, and emotional development. Under the broad umbrella of the term human development you find countless topics that range from charting the emotional attachment of an infant to his or her parents and its long-term effects on well-being, media violence and adolescents′ behavior, or factors moderating the natural decline in physical and mental abilities associated with aging. The Encyclopedia of Human Development is the first comprehensive, authoritative, and informative reference work that presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts from the fields of psychology, individual and family studies, and education in a way that is not too technical. With more than 600 entries, this three-volume Encyclopedia covers topics as diverse as adolescence, cognitive development, education, family, gender differences, identity, longitudinal research, personality development, prenatal development, temperament, and more. Key Features Provides cross-disciplinary coverage, with contributions from experts in the fields of psychology, education, human development and family studies, and gerontology Highlights classic studies and theories and provides brief biographies of notable researchers and theorists Takes a lifespan approach by including several "anchor essays" that cover specific phases of development such as prenatal, infancy, childhood, adolescence, early and middle adulthood, later adulthood and aging Begins with an Introduction that details the scope, rationale, and audience for the work The cross-disciplinary field of human development is one that captures interest among and holds practical relevance for the general public as well as academia, therefore this engaging Encyclopedia will be a welcome addition to any academic or public library.
Author : Emma Zara O'Brien
Publisher : Gill Education
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Developmental psychology
ISBN : 9780717156290
Updated edition of this popular book introducing human growth and development from conception to old age, with reference to an Irish context. New to this edition: Updated for the Human Growth and Development award (5N1279) New chapter emphasises the application of knowledge to practical, work-based problems and scenarios Greater prominence given to the older stage of lifespan development with reference to the Creating Excellence in Dementia Care report 2012 Irish and international facts, research, cases and statistics are used to: explain normal patterns of lifespan development; introduce variations within the normal range; highlight the factors that can affect development throughout the lifespan. Examines the stages from infancy to old age within the framework of physical, cognitive and socio-emotional theories. Written For: NFQ Level 5 Human Growth and Developemnt component module, as part of: Early Childhood Care & Education (5M2009) Applied Social Studies (5M2181) Community Care (5M2786) Health Service Skills (5M3782) Healthcare Support (5M4339) Nursing Studies (5M4349) Community Health Services (5M4468) Also suitable for: CACHE courses in Childcare and Health and Social Care Montessori courses and Returning to Education courses Introduction to Psychology courses
Author : Paul Downes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,62 MB
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1351588044
This book reconstructs the foundations of developmental and educational psychology and fills an important gap in the field by arguing for a specific spatial turn so that human growth, experience and development focus not only on time but space. This regards space not simply as place. Highlighting concrete cross-cultural relational spaces of concentric and diametric spatial systems, the book argues that transition between these systems offers a new paradigm for understanding agency and inclusion in developmental and educational psychology, and for relating experiential dimensions to causal explanations. The chapters examine key themes for developing concentric spatial systemic responses in education, including school climate, bullying, violence, early school leaving prevention and students’ voices. Moreover, the book proposes an innovative framework of agency as movement between concentric and diametric spatial relations for a reconstruction of resilience. This model addresses the vital neglected issue of resistance to sheer cultural conditioning and goes beyond the foundational ideas of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, as well as Vygotsky, Skinner, Freud, Massey, Bruner, Gestalt and postmodern psychology to reinterpret them in dynamic spatial systemic terms. Written by an internationally renowned expert, this book is a valuable resource for academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the areas of educational and developmental psychology, as well as related areas such as personality theory, health psychology, social work, teacher education and anthropology.
