The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals

ISBN: 013816150X

Author: Broderick, Patricia

Condition: New

The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals provides in-depth discussion on life span development that can translate to best practices for future helping professionals. The authors delve into the science of human development for individuals working in fields such as education, counseling and social work. It reflects the contemporary view that life span development is a process deeply embedded within and inseparable from the context of family, social network and culture.The 6th Edition expands coverage in many essential areas such as stress, media and technology influences on children, and social information processing; adds useful new features such as chapter vignettes and boxes on key topics; incorporates abundant new research and data where applicable; updates figures and tables throughout; and much more.