Robert Lewis Wilson has almost 50 years’ experience as a practising child psychologist and academic at Charles Sturt University, Australia.Rachel Wilson has degrees in psychology, audiology and education. After seven years of clinical work with children, she moved into research and is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia.

In this charming book, Lewis and Rachel Wilson offer their own perspective on emotional development and its implications for those who work with children and adolescents. Full of clinical wisdom, research knowledge, and concern for children facing emotional challenges, their account insightfully places emotional development at the center of human growth. A valuable resource for social workers, teachers, psychologists, nurses, and other professionals who work with children. – Ross A. Thompson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis, USA

• Preface Developing Insight into Emotional Development 1. The Importance of Emotion 2. What is Emotion? 3. The Basis of Development 4: Emotional Development in Infancy 5. Emotional Development in Toddlerhood 6. Dependency, Attachment and Temperament 7. Parenting, Care and the Development of Secondary Emotions 8. Emotional Development In Early and Middle Childhood 9. Oppositional Behaviour, Aggression and Anxious Behaviour 10. Emotional Development in Adolescence 11. Understanding Children in Social/Emotional Difficulty

Robert Lewis Wilson has almost 50 years’ experience as a practising child psychologist and academic at Charles Sturt University, Australia.Rachel Wilson has degrees in psychology, audiology and education. After seven years of clinical work with children, she moved into research and is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia.

In this charming book, Lewis and Rachel Wilson offer their own perspective on emotional development and its implications for those who work with children and adolescents. Full of clinical wisdom, research knowledge, and concern for children facing emotional challenges, their account insightfully places emotional development at the center of human growth. A valuable resource for social workers, teachers, psychologists, nurses, and other professionals who work with children. – Ross A. Thompson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis, USA

• Preface Developing Insight into Emotional Development 1. The Importance of Emotion 2. What is Emotion? 3. The Basis of Development 4: Emotional Development in Infancy 5. Emotional Development in Toddlerhood 6. Dependency, Attachment and Temperament 7. Parenting, Care and the Development of Secondary Emotions 8. Emotional Development In Early and Middle Childhood 9. Oppositional Behaviour, Aggression and Anxious Behaviour 10. Emotional Development in Adolescence 11. Understanding Children in Social/Emotional Difficulty

Robert Lewis Wilson has almost 50 years’ experience as a practising child psychologist and academic at Charles Sturt University, Australia.Rachel Wilson has degrees in psychology, audiology and education. After seven years of clinical work with children, she moved into research and is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia.

In this charming book, Lewis and Rachel Wilson offer their own perspective on emotional development and its implications for those who work with children and adolescents. Full of clinical wisdom, research knowledge, and concern for children facing emotional challenges, their account insightfully places emotional development at the center of human growth. A valuable resource for social workers, teachers, psychologists, nurses, and other professionals who work with children. – Ross A. Thompson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Davis, USA

• Preface Developing Insight into Emotional Development 1. The Importance of Emotion 2. What is Emotion? 3. The Basis of Development 4: Emotional Development in Infancy 5. Emotional Development in Toddlerhood 6. Dependency, Attachment and Temperament 7. Parenting, Care and the Development of Secondary Emotions 8. Emotional Development In Early and Middle Childhood 9. Oppositional Behaviour, Aggression and Anxious Behaviour 10. Emotional Development in Adolescence 11. Understanding Children in Social/Emotional Difficulty