The Life Span Human Development for Helping Professionals 6th Edition

The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals, Sixth Edition by Patricia C. Broderick and Pamela Blewitt — Published by Pearson

This text 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.

Because the book is designed for graduate students, most topics — especially those with special relevance to helping professionals — are explored in far greater depth than in a typical lifespan text. The expanded coverage of research enhances readers' understanding of the scientific basis for applying developmental knowledge to real-world practice. The Sixth 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; and updates figures and tables throughout.

Patricia C. Broderick, Ph.D., is a research associate at the Bennett-Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State University and professor emerita and former director of the Stress Reduction Center at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified school psychologist, and certified counselor, as well as the author of the widely used mindfulness curriculum Learning to BREATHE and the educator guide Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom. Pamela Blewitt is Professor Emerita in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Villanova University, where she taught Life Span Development and Child Psychopathology, among other courses. Together, they have created an indispensable resource for anyone training to enter the helping professions.