Mind Mechanics For Children

Author : Sarah Rawsthorn
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787757141

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Mind Mechanics for Children by Sarah Rawsthorn Pdf

Mind Mechanics is a comprehensive resource to support schools in teaching pupils about mental health. Drawing on a wide range of therapeutic interventions, including CBT, Behavioural Activation and Compassion-Focussed Therapy, it provides activities and lesson plans to empower children with the skills they need to manage their mental health throughout life. The book contains lesson plans, games and activities, assessment tools and information on risk factors and specific issues that might impact children. It also features photocopiable and downloadable worksheets, making the provision of mental health teaching simple. Mind Mechanics can be used flexibly as a full programme as part of the school's Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship curriculum, as a targeted intervention for a group or individual, or as a resource bank of individual activities to use as and when needed.

Author : Jane Healy
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780767916158

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Your Child's Growing Mind by Jane Healy Pdf

The classic guide to understanding children’s mental development is now updated and better than ever! Hailed by parents and educators, Your Child’s Growing Mind is a window into the fascinating process of brain development and learning. It looks at the roots of emotion, intelligence, and creativity, translating the most current scientific research into practical suggestions for parents and teachers. Dr. Healy also addresses academic learning, offering countless suggestions for how parents can help without pushing. She explains the building blocks of reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics and shows how to help youngsters of all ages develop motivation, attention, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Using the science of childhood development, she also examines today’s hot issues, including learning disabilities, ADHD, influences of electronic media, and the hazards of forced early learning. From infancy to adolescence, this is the perfect guide to helping and enjoying a youngster’s mental, personal, and academic growth.

Author : Hans Moravec
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0674576187

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Mind Children by Hans Moravec Pdf

"A dizzying display of intellect and wild imaginings by Moravec, a world-class roboticist who has himself developed clever beasts . . . Undeniably, Moravec comes across as a highly knowledgeable and creative talent--which is just what the field needs".--Kirkus Reviews.

Author : Sarah Rawsthorn
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787757165

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Mind Mechanics for Teens and Young Adults by Sarah Rawsthorn Pdf

Mind Mechanics is a comprehensive resource to support schools in teaching pupils about mental health. Drawing on a wide range of therapeutic interventions, including CBT, Behavioural Activation and Compassion-Focussed Therapy, it provides activities and lesson plans to empower teens with the skills they need to manage their mental health throughout life. The book contains lesson plans, games and activities, assessment tools and information on risk factors and specific issues that might impact teens. It also features photocopiable and downloadable worksheets, making the provision of mental health teaching simple. Mind Mechanics can be used flexibly as a full programme as part of the school's Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship curriculum, as a targeted intervention for a group or individual, or as a resource bank of individual activities to use as and when needed.

Author : Douglas Frye,Chris Moore
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317784692

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Children's Theories of Mind by Douglas Frye,Chris Moore Pdf

This book is a result of a study group that met to discuss the child's theory of mind. A topic whose effects span cognitive, language, and social development, it may bring a unifying influence to developmental psychology. New studies in this area acknowledge children's conceptions of intention and belief, as well as intention and belief themselves, and consider the explanations they provide for children's developing abilities. The contributors to this important volume examine several aspects of the child's theory of mind, and present significant research findings on the theory itself and how it changes and develops for each child. Discussions of the utility of a theory of mind to the child, and to developmental psychologists trying to understand children, are provided. Finally, new explanations are offered for how children acquire a theory of mind in the first place.

Author : John Kehoe,Nancy Fischer
Publisher : Lothian Children's Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Child care
ISBN : 0969755171

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Mind Power for Children by John Kehoe,Nancy Fischer Pdf

Anecdote rich and illustrated with delightful cartoons, this invaluable book brims with innovative and practical ways to solve the problems of growing up. The insightful advice is drawn from the "Positive Start" program pioneered 25 years ago by John Kehoe.

Author : Karen Bartsch,Henry M. Wellman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195344837

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Children Talk About the Mind by Karen Bartsch,Henry M. Wellman Pdf

What, exactly, do children understand about the mind? And when does that understanding first emerge? In this groundbreaking book, Karen Bartsch and Henry Wellman answer these questions and much more by taking a probing look at what children themselves have to tell us about their evolving conceptions of people and their mental lives. By examining more than 200,000 everyday conversations (sampled from ten children between the ages of two and five years), the authors advance a comprehensive "naive theory of mind" that incorporates both early desire and belief-desire theories to trace childhood development through its several stages. Throughout, the book offers a splendidly written account of extensive original findings and critical new insights that will be eagerly read by students and researchers in developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, philosophy, and psycholinguistics.

Author : Amie Taylor
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781787759015

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The Monster Book of Feelings by Amie Taylor Pdf

This book is designed to help children to understand and articulate the emotions they might experience - feelings of anxiety and worry, pride, joy and excitement, sadness, anger and jealousy - and provides simple strategies for managing their mental health. Full of monster-themed stories, activities and downloadable worksheets, it is ideal to use individually or in group settings with ages 5-9. Children will meet characters like Thomas, the big purple monster who has a heavy backpack full of his worries, and Geronimo, who inconveniently creates small floods with his tears all around Icicle Island. The second part of the book is a detailed guide for adults with explanations of key concepts, support for delivering the activities, suggested discussion points and drama activities to consolidate learning.

Author : Alain Ehrenberg
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780228004448

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The Mechanics of Passion by Alain Ehrenberg Pdf

Cognitive neuroscience, once a specialized area of psychology and biology, has enjoyed increased worldwide legitimacy in the last thirty years not only in psychiatry and mental health, but also in fields as diverse as education, economics, marketing, and law. How can this surge in popularity be explained? Has the new science of human behaviour now become the barometer of our conduct and our lives, taking the place previously occupied by psychoanalysis? Rather than asking if neuronal man will replace social man or how to surmount the opposition between the biological and the social, The Mechanics of Passions uncovers hidden relationships between global social ideals and specialized concepts of neuroscience and cognitive science. Proposing a historical sociology situated in the dual contexts of the history of sciences and the history of self-representation, Alain Ehrenberg describes the conditions through which cognitive neuroscience has developed and acquired a strong moral authority in our individualistic society permeated by ideas, values, and norms of autonomy. Cognitive neuroscience offers the promise of turning personal limitations into assets by exploring an individual's "hidden potential." The Mechanics of Passions identifies this as the echo of social ideals of autonomy, affirming that the moral authority of cognitive neuroscience stems as much from cultural norms as from any results of scientific or medical experimentation.

Author : John Kehoe,Nancy Fischer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004*
Category : Child development
ISBN : 981232979X

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Mind Power for Children by John Kehoe,Nancy Fischer Pdf

Author : Alex Tanous,Katherine Fair Donnelly
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781101148549

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Is Your Child Psychic? by Alex Tanous,Katherine Fair Donnelly Pdf

A straightforward and inspiring resource for parents searching for insight into their child's psychic experiences. In Is Your Child Psychic?, paranormal researchers Dr. Alex Tanous and Katherine Fair Donnelly suggest that people of all ages, including children, have psychic abilities. A comprehensive guide to understanding and developing a child's natural psychic perception, this book also shows parents how they can use these skills to bolster their child's creativity, problem-solving skills, and self-confidence. Helpful and thought-provoking, Is Your Child Psychic? addresses such topics as: imaginary playmates "out-of-body" experiences psychic dreams left and right brain skills and how they impact psychic awareness understanding the differences between coincidence and real psychic occurrence how meditation can strengthen psychic ability the dangers of suppressing a child's psychic talents With more than fifty pages of fun game-like tests that will help parents to detect and develop their child's psychic abilities, Is Your Child Psychic? is an invaluable resource for parents.

Author : Janet W. Astington
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0674116429

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The Child's Discovery of the Mind by Janet W. Astington Pdf

Three-year old Emily greets her grandfather at the front door: "We're having a surprise party for your birthday! And it's a secret!" We may smile at incidents like these, but they illustrate the beginning of an important transition in children's lives--their development of a "theory of mind." Emily certainly has some sense of her grandfather's feelings, but she clearly doesn't understand much about what he knows, and surprises--like secrets, tricks, and ties all depend on understanding and manipulating what others think and know. Jean Piaget investigated children's discovery of the mind in the 1920s and concluded that they had little understanding before the age of six. But over the last twenty years, researchers have begun to challenge his methods and revise his conclusions. In The Child's Discovery of the Mind, Janet Astington surveys this lively area of research in developmental psychology. Sometime between the ages of two and five, children begin to have insights into their own mental life and those of others. They begin to understand mental representation--that there is a difference between thoughts in the mind and things in the world, between thinking about eating a cookie and eating a cookie. This breakthrough reflects their emerging capacity to infer other people's thoughts, wants, feelings, and perceptions from words and actions. They come to understand why people act the way they do and can predict how they will act in the future, so that by the age of five, they are knowing participants in social interaction. Astington highlights how crucial children's discovery of the mind is in their social and intellectual development by including a chapter on autistic children, who fail to make this breakthrough. "Mind" is a cultural construct that children discover as they acquire the language and social practices of their culture, enabling them to make sense of the world. Astington provides a valuable overview of current research and of the consequences of this discovery for intellectual and social development.

Author : Seymour A Papert
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781541675100

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Mindstorms by Seymour A Papert Pdf

In this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children the basics of computing and how it can prepare them to succeed in the ever-evolving tech world. Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction among students and between students and teachers. Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. For thousands of teachers and parents who have sought creative ways to help children learn with computers, Mindstorms is their bible.

Author : William Emer Miller
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020054034

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Miller's Mind Training for Children by William Emer Miller Pdf

This innovative book provides a series of games and activities to help children develop their analytical and problem-solving skills. It is the perfect resource for parents, teachers, and anyone looking to help children realize their full potential. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Peter Mitchell,Kevin Riggs
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317715214

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Children's Reasoning and the Mind by Peter Mitchell,Kevin Riggs Pdf

This fresh and dynamic book offers a thorough investigation into the development of the cognitive processes that underpin judgements about mental states (often termed 'theory of mind') and addresses specific issues that have not been adequately dealt with in the past, and which are now being raised by some of the most prominent researchers in the field.