The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals Author: Patricia C. Broderick | Language: English | ISBN:
0137152477 | Format: PDF
The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals Description
The first developmental textbook written specifically for helping professionals and graduate-level students, The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals, Third Edition, provides an in-depth look at the science of human development and how it applies to the fields of counseling, social work and psychology. Using counseling applications, case studies, special topics boxes, and journal questions, the text introduces developmental theories and research within the context of clinical practice.
Written with a primary focus on linking theory and research to counseling applications, the new third edition features expanded coverage of psycholopathology in developmental context as well as added material on the latest development-related neuroscientific findings. The revised edition also provides an open access text-specific companion website that offers a full range of multimedia instructor supplements.
- Series: third edition
- Hardcover: 624 pages
- Publisher: Pearson; 3rd edition (July 25, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0137152477
- ISBN-13: 978-0137152476
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.7 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This thorough textbook is designed to teach principles of human development from birth to death. With an extensive and up-to-date research base, the book effectively provides an array of information from which anyone can learn. I find myself quoting information from the book on a regular basis because the content is so interesting and useful.
There is solid online support to help students learn the information.
The book's emphasis on professionals in psychology could be better adapted to profesisonals working in special education as one of the helping professions. And whle the authors have a fluent writing style, the print is too small to read easily. The publisher used small print with wide text lines (instead of consistent columns), color behind print for poor contrast, and little white space between lines, which means that the professor who wants to adapt to learners with visual challenges will need to find another book.
Excellent information, which is downright fascinating.
By Dr. Joan E. Aitken
Just an FYI, this book does NOT come with the access code for the online lab, which my teacher requires. Access can be purchased through the Pearson website, but it will cost you an extra $31.50. Amazon's description does not make this clear. If all you need is the book, then this should fit your needs. If you need access to the lab, you might find it cheaper to purchase the book with the "value pack" from another retailer.
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