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Addiction in the Family: What Every Counselor Needs to Know
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Kelly, Virginia A. – American Counseling Association, 2016
This book identifies and addresses potential clinical issues for clients who have family members struggling with addiction, and offers concrete strategies for treatment. Viewing addiction as a family disease, Dr. Kelly explores the complex challenges faced by family members, examines the ways in which substance use disorders affect family…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Substance Abuse, Family Relationship, Family Environment
Evidence-Based Practices in Deaf Education
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Knoors, Harry, Ed.; Marschark, Marc, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2018
This volume presents the latest research from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners on language, literacy and numeracy, cognition, and social and emotional development of deaf learners. In their contributions, authors sketch the backgrounds and contexts of their research, take interdisciplinary perspectives in merging their own…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Multilingualism
The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Disability. Oxford Library of Psychology
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Wehmeyer, Michael L., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2013
Roughly 54 million people with disabilities live in the U.S., and there are many more millions of people with disabilities around the world. Not surprisingly, differences among and between people with disabilities are often as notable as differences between people with and without disabilities. While the lack of homogeneity among people with…
Descriptors: Psychology, Disabilities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Special Education
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment. Fourth Edition
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Barkley, Russell A., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2014
Widely regarded as the standard clinical reference, this volume provides the best current knowledge about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, adolescents, and adults. The field's leading authorities address all aspects of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, including psychological therapies and pharmacotherapy. Core…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children, Adolescents, Adults
Treating Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders: A Guide for Practitioners
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Woods, Douglas W., Ed.; Piacentini, John C., Ed.; Walkup, John T., Ed – Guilford Publications, 2007
Grounded in a comprehensive model of Tourette syndrome (TS) and related disorders, this state-of-the-art volume provides a multidisciplinary framework for assessment and treatment. Leading authorities present the latest knowledge on the neurobehavioral underpinnings of TS, its clinical presentation, and how to distinguish it from frequently…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Clinical Psychology, Neurological Impairments, Disabilities
Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Interventions to Break the Cycle of Adolescent Violence
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Hardy, Kenneth V.; Laszloffy, Tracey A. – Guilford Publications, 2005
Offering a fresh perspective on treatment, this book presents an overarching framework and many specific strategies for working with violent youth and their families. The authors shed light on the complex interplay of individual, family, community, and societal forces that lead some adolescents to hurt others or themselves. Effective ways to…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Adolescents, Violence, Intervention
African American Single Mothers: Understanding Their Lives and Families. Sage Series on Race and Ethnic Relations, Volume 10.
Dickerson, Bette J. – 1995
Past research on African American single mothers and their families has been conducted using conventional paradigms based upon models of the dominant culture. This practice has resulted in the creation of stereotypes and misconceptions about "the Black family." In this collection of original work by an interdisciplinary group of…
Descriptors: Black Family, Black Mothers, Child Rearing, Early Parenthood