The Complete Idiot's Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychology - Softcover

Simplifying a complex subject.

Child psychology is required for college level psych and elementary education majors. It is a complex subject that can include developmental psychology, biology, sociological psychology, and various schools of theory and therapies. The only sources of information about this complex subject are long, expensive textbooks. Until now. This, the first trade book to give a detailed, easy to understand explanation of the subject.

· Age-by-age discussion of the psychological development of children.

Jack C. Westman M.D. M.S., is Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin Medical School, and served as Director of Child Psychiatry for the university's hospitals. He has published 9 books and over 140 professional articles. Victoria Costello is an Emmy Award- winning writer whose books include The Everything Guide to a Happy Marriage, The Parents' Everything Guide to Childhood OCD, and The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to the Chemistry of Love. Her biweekly blog, Awakening Psyche, appears on PsychologyToday.com.