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Abnormal Psychology
By David Santogrossi, winner of seven awards for excellence in teaching. The Study Guide offers a wide variety of study and learning tips. For every text chapter, the guide includes interactive, fill-in-the-blank chapter summaries; key words; multiple-choice, matching, true/false, and essay questions; and answers with page references to the above. Concept checks are included for every chapter to extend the concept checks in the book itself. The guide also includes questions and review for the videos, "Abnormal Psychology: Inside Out, Volumes I and II, "From the Inside," and "Deficits of Mind and Brain and the CD-ROM.
Abnormal Psychology
Exploring the interactions of the various forces that contribute to psychopathology, this text acknowledges the importance of biology, behaviour, and psychological and social influences.
Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The main focus of this program is to demonstrate positive parenting approaches to working with mothers and fathers of children who have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The evidenced-based approach demonstrated in this video focuses on increasing a sense of hope in these parents. In this video, Dr. Durand works with a single-mother of an 8-year old boy with autism spectrum disorder. He helps her see how she thinks about herself and her son impacts on her relationship with him at home. He then helps her focus on seeing the improvements she has seen in her son's behavior over time, and encourages her to take credit for these positive changes.
Abnormal Psychology
Barlow and Durand's Integrative Model broke new ground in providing students and professors with the most modern, scientifically valid method for studying abnormal psychology. With this Third Edition, Barlow and Durand continue to offer students and professors a text that successfully blends sophisticated research (including new prevention coverage) and approachability within the most widely recognized method of discussing psychopathology. Going beyond simply describing different schools of thought on psychological disorders, David Barlow and V. Mark Durand delve deeper by exploring the interactions of various forces that contribute to psychopathology. Their consistent organizational structure, which enhances comprehension, along with integrated case studies (95% from authors' own files), a conversational writing style, and a variety of study tools, make their text the most balanced learning resource available.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
This book provides background on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and decision points to clarify when a clinician has the requisite skills to help and when a referral is needed.
Abnormal Psychology
This first South African edition of Abnormal Psychology An Integrative Approach offers students a local version of this well-known text by David Barlow and V. Mark Durand. Balancing biological, psychological, social and cultural approaches, the ground-breaking integrative approach followed is the most modern, scientifically valid method for studying abnormal psychology. This edition successfully blends local and sophisticated research and an accessible writing style with the most widely recognised method of discussing psychopathology. Going beyond simply describing different schools of thought on psychological disorders, the authors explore the interactions of the various forces, both global ones and those unique to South Africa and Africa, that contribute to psychopathology. Furthermore, this South African edition includes a perspective on positive psychology and well-being in the context of psychopathology.
Essentials of Abnormal Psychology
"In this modern authoritative text, V. Mark Durand and David H. Barlow blend current research with the real-life stories of people who struggle with psychological disorders."--Cover.
Severe Behavior Problems
Problem behaviors often compound the already difficult task of improving the lives of persons with severe disabilities. This important volume, representing the culmination of more than a decade of clinical research, presents the first complete description of the procedures used in Functional Communication Training--a positive approach for reducing severe behavior problems. The procedures described in this book have been validated by numerous empirical studies for use with children, adolescents, and adults who display behaviors as diverse as aggression, self-injury, tantrums, and bizarre, psychotic speech. Functional Communication Training involves teaching students how to communicate those b...
Sleep Better! a Guide to Improving Sleep for Children with Special Needs
This fully updated edition includes help for parents who usually struggle with nighttime problems. Without preaching or proposing a "one right way" to solve problems, psychologist and father Mark Durand helps families tackle sleep issues with optimism and proven strategies drawn from clinical and personal experience.
Sleep Better!
When children have recurrent sleep problems, they and their families must deal with negative effects on behavior, mood, social interactions, physical stamina, and performance at school or work. This book offers step-by-step, "how to" instructions for helping children with disabilities get the rest they need. For problems ranging from bedtime tantrums to night waking, parents and caregivers will find a variety of widely tested and easy-to-implement techniques that have already helped hundreds of children with special needs--especially children with autism, Tourette syndrome, and cerebral palsy. Written by a psychologist who was inspired by many sleepless nights with his own child, this book delivers proven techniques from the author's clinical and personal experience, making it a one-of-a-kind resource for families and professionals.
