Bonnie Kaul Nastasi - Böcker

International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents

This handbook addresses universal developmental and cultural factors contributing to child and adolescent mental health and well-being across the globe. It examines sociocultural contexts of development and identifies children's and adolescents' perspectives as critical to understanding and promoting their psychological well-being. It details the Promoting Psychological Well-Being Globally project’s methodology for data collection and analysis, provides cross-cultural analyses of its findings, and offers a practical model for clinicians and other professionals seeking to apply this knowledge to real-life settings.Featured topics include: Sexual health, gender roles, and psychological well-being in India.Psychological well-being as a new educational boundary in Italy.Mapping psychological well-being in Romania.Youth perspectives on contributing factors to psychological well-being in Sri Lanka.Culturally specific resilience and vulnerability in Tanzania.Longing for a balanced life – the voices of Chinese-American/immigrant youth in the United States.The International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents: Bridging the Gaps Between Theory, Research, and Practice is an invaluable resources for researchers, clinicians, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in child and school psychology, social work, public health, positive psychology, educational policy and politics, and maternal and child health.

This handbook addresses universal developmental and cultural factors contributing to child and adolescent mental health and well-being across the globe. It examines sociocultural contexts of development and identifies children's and adolescents' perspectives as critical to understanding and promoting their psychological well-being. It details the Promoting Psychological Well-Being Globally project’s methodology for data collection and analysis, provides cross-cultural analyses of its findings, and offers a practical model for clinicians and other professionals seeking to apply this knowledge to real-life settings.Featured topics include: Sexual health, gender roles, and psychological well-being in India.Psychological well-being as a new educational boundary in Italy.Mapping psychological well-being in Romania.Youth perspectives on contributing factors to psychological well-being in Sri Lanka.Culturally specific resilience and vulnerability in Tanzania.Longing for a balanced life – the voices of Chinese-American/immigrant youth in the United States.The International Handbook of Psychological Well-Being in Children and Adolescents: Bridging the Gaps Between Theory, Research, and Practice is an invaluable resources for researchers, clinicians, scientist-practitioners, and graduate students in child and school psychology, social work, public health, positive psychology, educational policy and politics, and maternal and child health.

This handbook examines the meanings, implications, and transformative potential of a child-rights approach for school psychology. It focuses on the school community, in which psychology is committed to promoting well-being, learning, and development of all children. The handbook begins with an overview of the 1989 United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and explores main themes such as, survival, protection, development, participation, and nondiscrimination. Chapters provide guidance in promoting and protecting child rights when dealing with critical issues relevant to the school community, including well-being, freedom from violence, and access to high quality education. In addition, chapters analyze and offer recommendations for child rights applications within the roles and responsibilities of school psychologists. The handbook concludes with future directions for achieving a child-rights approach for school psychology.Topics featured in this handbook include:The current status of child rights in the international community.Accountability for child rights by school psychology.Collaborative home, school, and community practices aimed at promoting family support.Protecting child rights within the realm of competitive sports.CRC and school-based intervention programming.Promoting child rights through school leadership.Applying child rights-respecting research to the study of psychological well-being.The International Handbook on Child Rights and School Psychology is a must-have resource for researchers, scientist-practitioners, clinicians, and graduate students in child and school psychology, educational policy and politics, social work, public health, and other school-based or child-serving mental health disciplines.

This handbook introduces a transnational approach to school psychology theory and practice. It provides a detailed review and analysis of multicultural and international literature in school psychology. In addition, the volume synthesizes this literature in ways that help promote transnational perspectives in the field of school psychology and recommends transnational processes that can further enhance the preparation and the role of school psychologists across a global context.With contributions from school psychology faculty members, researchers, and practitioners across diverse, multicultural, and international backgrounds, this book offers readers interested in studying or practicing school psychology in a transnational context an excellent background and introduction to the subject matter. Topical coverage ranges from conceptual foundations, educational and psychosocial foundations/systems, psychological and educational assessment, prevention and intervention, international research projects, school psychological services and training, special topics and future directions in the field. The breadth of the chapters makes this handbook a key resources for guiding and directing future research, training and practice that considers the current transnational challenges and resources of school psychology.This handbook is an essential resource for researchers, scientist-practitioners, clinicians, and graduate students in child and school psychology, social work, public health, educational policy and politics, and other school-based and child-serving mental health disciplines.