Raising a Resilient Child in a World of Adversity by Amanda Sheffield Morris

Raising a Resilient Child in a World of Adversity by Amanda Sheffield Morris

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Navigating parenting in challenging times needs thoughtful guidance. Grounded in research on adversity and protection, this resource offers practical advice for every stage from infancy to adolescence. It balances discipline with emotional support, providing real-life examples, quizzes, and self-help tools to build resilience.

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Raising a Resilient Child in a World of Adversity by Amanda Sheffield Morris

This book provides expert guidance for caregivers who struggle with parenting because of adversity in their own lives.
Jennifer Hays-Grudo, PhD, is a regents professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Center for Health Sciences at Oklahoma State University, where she directs the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity (CIRCA), an NIH-funded center addressing the effects of early life experience on health and development. She co-chaired the Oklahoma Legislative Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care. She has published numerous scientific articles on the effects of adversity on children and families, on risk-taking in adolescents, and on the effects of nutrition and hormone therapy on quality of life and cognition in postmenopausal women. She is coauthor with Amanda Sheffield Morris of Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences: A Developmental Perspective.

Amanda Sheffield Morris, PhD, is a regents professor and the George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair in the department of psychology at Oklahoma State University. She was a coinvestigator on the multi-site NIH-funded Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study and is a principal investigator on a similar study of infant development, the Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study. Dr. Morris has authored numerous articles and chapters on child and adolescent development and the neuroscience of emotion regulation and parenting. She is coeditor of two books, Authoritative Parenting: Synthesizing Nurturance and Discipline for Optimal Child Development, and The Cambridge Handbook of Parenting: Interdisciplinary Research and Application. With Jennifer Hays-Grudo, she is coauthor of Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences: A Developmental Perspective. 
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ISBN 13 9781433834073
ISBN 10 1433834073
Title Raising a Resilient Child in a World of Adversity
Author Amanda Sheffield Morris
Series Apa Lifetools Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher American Psychological Association
Year published 2023-11-28
Number of pages 312
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.