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Clinical and Educational Child Psychology: An Ecological-Transactional Approach to Developmental Problems and Interventions explores developmental milestones in early childhood and adolescence and provides intervention strategies in both clinical and educational contexts.

• Explores how challenges commonly encountered at ages 3-18 can influence development
• Draws on contemporary research on the developing brain to show why some children may be vulnerable to a host of clinical and educational problems
• Equips readers to develop case formulations and interventions in a holistic way
• Discusses developmental milestones and adjustment disorders in both early childhood and adolescence

Linda Wilmshurst is an Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Elon University, North Carolina. She has authored several books and research papers on child and adolescent disorders. She has also practiced in the field as a clinical psychologist and educational (school) psychologist.