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Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self: The Neurobiology of Emotional Development
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The Neuroarcheology of Childhood Maltreatment
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The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics: Using Principles of Neurodevelopment to help Traumatized and Maltreated Children
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The Neurobehavioral and Social-Emotional Development of Infants and Children
By Ed Tronick, 2007, W. W. Norton
The Developing Mind
By Siegel, D.J. (1999) New York: The Guilford Press.
Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of Self
By Peter Fonagy, Gyorgy Gergely, Elliot Jurist, and Mary Target
Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications
By Jude Cassidy PhD and Phillip R. Shaver PhD
Handbook of Infant Mental Health, Second Edition
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The Handbook of Mentalization-Based Treatment
By Jon G. Allen and Peter Fonagy
Young Mind In A Growing Brain
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Infancy and Early Childhood: The Practice of Clinical Assessment and Intervention With Emotional and Developmental Challenges
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A User’s Guide to the Brain – Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain
By John Ratey, MD. January 2002; First Vantage Books Edition
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
By Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and Serena Wieder, Ph.D., 2006. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Infant/Child Mental Health, Early Intervention, and Relationship-Based Therapies: A Neurorelational Framework for Interdisciplinary Practice (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
By Connie Lillas and Janiece Turnbull
Engaging Autism: The Floortime Approach to Helping Children Relate, Communicate and Think
. By Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and Serena Wieder, Ph.D. (2006), PerseusBooks.
The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Early Primates to Modern Humans.
By Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. and Stuart Shanker, D.Phil. 2004. DaCapo Press.
Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences that Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children.
By Stanley Greenspan, M.D. with Nancy Breslau Lewis. 1999. Perseus Books
The Development of Emotion Regulation: Biological and Behavioral Considerations (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development)
By Nathan A. Fox
Life Magazine - April 30, 1965 Drama Of Life Before Birth Cover Story
By Henry Luce
Learning Language and Loving It: A Guide to Promoting Children's Social, Language and Literacy Development
By Elaine Weitzman and Janice Greenber
Human Behavior in the Social Environment: An Ecological View(1st Edition)
By Carel B. Germain and Martin Bloom
Human Behavior in the Social Environment: An Ecological View(2nd Edition)
By Carel B. Germain and Martin Bloom
The Motherhood Constellation
By Daniel N. Stern 1995, New York: Basic Books.
The Cradle of Thought: Exploring the Origins of Thinking
, By Peter Hobson, Oxford University Press, NY NY 2004
Thinking Goes to School: Piaget's Theory in Parctice
. By Hans G. Furth and Harry Wachs (1975), Oxford Uniersity Press
It Takes Two To Talk: A Practical Guide For Parents of Children With Language Delays
By Jan Pepper and Elaine Weitzman
More Than Words: Helping Parents Promote Communication and Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
By Fern Sussman
Parenting from the inside out.
By Siegal, D.J. & Hartzell, M (2004)
Between Generations: the Six Stages of Parenthood
By Ellen Galinsky
Charting the Bumpy Road of Coparenthood: Understanding the Challenges of Family Life
By James P. McHale
Children in a Violent Society
By Joy D. Osofsky
Treating Parent-Infant Relationship Problems: Strategies for Intervention
By Arnold J. Sameroff Phd, Susan C. McDonough Phd, and Katherine L. Rosenblum Phd
Frontiers of Infant Psychiatry (v. 1)
By Justin D. Call, Eleanor Galenson, and Robert L. Tyson
Frontiers of Infant Psychiatry (v. 2)
By Justin D. Call, Eleanor Galenson, and Robert L. Tyson
The Ecology of Human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design
By Urie Bronfenbrenner
Genograms in Family Assessment
By Monica McGoldrick and Randy Gerson
Assessment of Children: Behavioral and Clinical Applications
By Jerome M. Sattler
The Human Brain Coloring Book (Cos, 306)
By Marian C. Diamond and Arnold B. Scheibel
A Secure Base (Routledge Classics)
By John Bowlby
Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents
by Kenneth W. Merrell
Research Design in Clinical Psychology (4th Edition)
By Alan E. Kazdin
Statistical Methods for Psychology.
By David Howell (2009) Wadsworth Publishing
Systems Theory and Family Therapy: A Primer
By Raphael J. Becvar
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