Understanding and documenting how young children negotiate their relationships with their teachers is crucial, considering that early teacher-student relationships have important long-term implications for children's school success (Hamre & Pianta, 2001). However, the existing studies on teacher--child relationships focus primarily on the…

The purpose of this paper is to present a review of literature on internationally adopted children in the U.S. that provides context, references for normal development, and describes traumatic stress with children. This gives counselors and other professionals who work with young children and families of international adoption a conceptual…

We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2014, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 4 to 6 of April. Psychology, in our time, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…