Introducing Child Psychology - A Practical Guide

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Child Psychology is a branch of developmental psychology, which is the scientificstudy of systematic psychological changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. Child Psychologists examine how children’s brains work even before they are born, through to the beginning of adulthood. They may explores questions of how well children develop language, how they respond to other children and adults, how quickly children become aware of their environment and autonomous from their parents. In this Practical Guide child psychologist Kairen Cullen applies the lessons from a lifetime’s research and practice in the area to help you understand, without jargon or technical language, why your child develops in the way that he or she does, and how you can best create the conditions for their living a healthy, successful and happy life.

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Dr Kairen Cullen is a chartered psychologist who trained as an educational psychologist and achieved a PhD at the Institute of Education, University of London. She has worked independently and in Local Education Authority contexts for over 30 years and has provided applied psychology services to schools and the community in a range of fields including education, health, sport and the media. She was chair of the Division of Educational and Child Psychology, British Psychological Society (BPS) in 2002 and continues to contribute actively to the work of the Society through media and consultation work. She has written for a number of academic and educational publications including the Times Educational Supplement and 5 to 7 and Childcare magazines.