Children - American Psychological Association (APA)
Children. Children sometimes need psychological help, just like adults do. Treatment typically begins when parents, teachers, or school counselors notice that children aren’t functioning as well as they could. Psychologists can help children cope with such problems as anxiety and depression, hyperactivity, conflicts with parents, and ...
Developmental Psychology - American Psychological Association …
Developmental Psychology® publishes articles that significantly advance knowledge and theory about development across the life span. The journal focuses on seminal empirical contributions. The journal occasionally publishes exceptionally strong scholarly reviews and theoretical or methodological articles. Studies of any aspect of psychological ...
Children’s mental health - American Psychological Association (APA)
Mental health—an essential part of children’s overall health—has a complex interactive relationship with their physical health and their ability to succeed in school, at work, and in society. Both physical and mental health affect how we think, feel, and act on the inside and outside. Mental health is important throughout childhood—from ...
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Clinical child and adolescent psychology employs a wide range of procedures and skills addressing the population of infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents. Essential skills and procedures include: Assessment (e.g., psychological, …
Children’s mental health is in crisis
2022年1月1日 · Mental health crises are also on the rise. From March 2020 to October 2020, mental health–related emergency department visits increased 24% for children ages 5 to 11 and 31% for those ages 12 to 17 compared with 2019 emergency department visits, according to CDC data (Leeb, R. T., et al., Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 69, No. 45 ...
Kids’ mental health is in crisis. Here’s what psychologists are doing ...
2023年1月1日 · The center provides training on a core set of tools known as PracticeWise (Chorpita, B. F., & Daleiden E. L., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 77, No. 3, 2009). It also offers tailored training based on requests from community agency leaders and clinicians who provide services to children and their families.
Giving children practice modulating their motor behavior through song and dance helps to build the self-regulatory “muscle.”. For example, games synchronized with music and others moving in the same way (e.g., stop–go, high–low, fast–slow, loud–soft) helps to build executive function skills in young children.
APA chief scientist outlines potential harms, benefits of social …
2023年2月14日 · Prinstein explained that an implication of these findings is that children may not have the ability to restrain themselves from using social media too much. Recent research shows over 50% of teens reporting at least one symptom of clinical dependency on social media. He also outlined several additional areas of concern that have emerged from ...
The most important psychological concepts for teachers to apply …
WASHINGTON — In an effort to help teachers educate their students, a new report from the American Psychological Association outlines the 20 most important psychological concepts that can enhance elementary and secondary teaching and learning and offers tips on how to apply them in the classroom. “Psychological science has much to contribute ...
Parenting - American Psychological Association (APA)
Parenting. Parenting practices around the world share three major goals: ensuring children’s health and safety, preparing children for life as productive adults, and transmitting cultural values. A high-quality parent-child relationship is critical for healthy development. Researchers have described different human parenting styles—ways in ...