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 …

Research in psychology has contributed to the development of more effective promotion, prevention, and treatment approaches for children and families, including programs targeting …

Special issue of APA's journal Developmental Psychology, Vol. 60, No. 9, September 2024. This special issue illustrates how prenatal influences affect children’s psychological development …

Of particular importance to the specialty of clinical child and adolescent psychology is an understanding of the basic psychological needs of children and adolescents, and how the …

Jan 1, 2023 · 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 …

Jun 1, 2014 · The other half remained in care as usual. The children ranged in age from 6 months to nearly 3 years, with an average age of 22 months. Over the subsequent months and years, …

Jan 1, 2022 · While some children benefited from changes like remote learning, others are facing a mental health crisis. Prior to COVID-19, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data …

Bonnie Zucker, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist with a background and expertise in psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. She received her doctoral degree from …

"The thing that makes the biggest difference, over and above one's genetic blueprint, is the relationship a child has with a primary caregiver," says Philip Fisher, PhD, a professor of …

In February, we talked to University of California, Berkeley psychologist Alison Gopnik about how children’s brains are optimized to explore the world and the implications that this has for …