Beyza Nur Dükar, Eda İyigün, Elif Meryem Ünsal, Nur Seda Saban Dülger, Seda Esersin, Sema Acar Ünalgan, Şükriye Kayhan Aktürk The baby, who has been interacting with other people since birth, communicates with these people through increasingly complex codes throughout his development. By climbing the developmental stages, the child acquires a set of skills ranging from eye contact to babbling, from gestures to first words, and from simple sentence combinations to complex sentences. Ultimately, the child who gains literacy skills continues to progress in language development through reading and writing. However, there may be some differences in the developmental process of the child, sometimes due to biomedical and sometimes environmental reasons. Speech and language therapists accompany children and their families who have a different language development adventure throughout this adventure.
This book arose out of a need for up-to-date and Turkish resources for speech and language therapy students and specialists, which are still developing in Turkey. In addition, each of them has been prepared by experts who continue their academic studies in this field for speech and language therapists and considering the child's language development steps. In this sense, it also aims to be a bedside source.

Ahmet Hulusi Akkaş, Çağlar Özdemir, Ebru Davulcu, Fikret Yazıcı, Hakan Aydın, Haşim Asil, Hülya Öztekin, Mustafa Öztürk, Mustafa Temel, Sümeyye Derin, Vahit İlhan Child abuse is a subject that needs to be studied meticulously in order to be handled with a multidisciplinary approach and to protect the best interests of children. Undoubtedly, the most important contribution to the solution efforts regarding the problem of child abuse will be the attempts to increase scientific and managerial knowledge about this field. The fact that these initiatives include a multidisciplinary approach is of strategic importance considering the extremely limited production in this regard and has the potential to strengthen the search for solutions. Depending on the stated purpose and importance, the ProChild Project has determined as one of its main outputs the production of an edited book, which deals with the problem of child abuse with a multidisciplinary approach. This book; It deals with the problem of child abuse with its knowledge of medicine, education, law and communication, focuses on the problem of representation through the news of child abuse published in internet newspapers, and opens the digital components of child abuse to discussion in detail.

Ayşe Sibel Türküm, Ayşen Balkaya Çetin, Bahtiyar Eraslan Çapan, Meral Melekoğlu, Nilüfer Koçtürk, Selen Demirtaş Zorbaz, Serdar Körük, Seval Kızıldağ, Zerrin Bölükbaşı Macit The life of the individual, which begins with his birth, continues with infancy, childhood and school periods. Each semester is a new adventure, a new learning. Childhood, the period in which most things are learned in life, is one of the most special periods of human life. This book has been written to provide parents, psychological counselors, psychologists, teachers, experts and trainees with a detailed examination of the child's development and problems, from the prenatal period to the end of adolescence.

Mazlum Çöpür In every society, the main goal is to raise children mentally and physically healthy. Although mental and physical health, the foundation of which is laid in the mother's womb, mutually affect each other, if a person who is in good physical health is not mentally healthy, he does not enjoy life and feels unhappy. Negative events in childhood do not only impair mental health during childhood, but the effects of this continue in adulthood. For this reason, it is the key to raising healthy generations that children's social, emotional and cognitive development, personality and language development progress in accordance with their age, living in harmony with their environment and showing their talents, and feeling themselves as valuable and loved individuals. Knowing how the normal development of children follows and how to continue this course without interruption will enable us to raise mentally healthy children.
For reasons beyond our control, mental health problems may occur in children. Timely detection and treatment of these problems will prevent or minimize permanent damage to children's mental health.
In this book the steps that children go through for a mentally healthy development, the factors affecting their development, and some important and common mental problems are explained. It contains a lot of information, especially for students and teachers of psychological counseling and guidance, child development and psychology departments of universities. It is also hoped that the book will be useful to parents who are interested in the subject.

Alparslan Akdoğan, Emirhan Aktaş, Meral Sert, Nurten Sargın, Vedat Bakır, Volkan Kutluca Man has been witnessing and being exposed to extraordinary events called traumatic experiences, from natural disasters to wars, from violence to accidents, many disasters and crises since his existence. However, it has been observed that there has been a rapid increase in extraordinary events in recent years. For example, when we look at some of the events that 15-year-old children are exposed to and witnessed in our country today, terrorist attacks, school bus accidents, plane, helicopter and train accidents, wars, earthquakes, floods, fires, avalanche disasters, increasing domestic violence and abuse cases, economic crises and pandemic comes to the fore. Considering all these experiences, it is seen that there are extremely challenging life events that threaten the mental health of children and adolescents. One of the most important duties of field experts is to help protect children's mental health and to provide psychosocial support in extraordinary situations. In this book, extraordinary situations have been defined, tried to be explained by considering them one by one, and examples of activities to be used in extraordinary events and employees in extraordinary situations are given. I hope that the book will be useful to all field experts, especially children and adolescents, and to those who are interested in these subjects.

Zeynep Kızıltepe How to raise a self-confident child? How to develop self-confidence? How can we teach our children self-confidence? When our child encounters failure in school life, what can we do so that he can overcome it on his own and his self-confidence is not damaged? What are the responsibilities of parents in raising a self-confident individual? What are the basic principles of raising self-confident, self-sufficient, leader children? In our book, valuable scientists discussed the answers to all these questions within the framework of their expertise; shared their information with us.
Among the topics of our book; how and under what conditions self-confidence develops in the family and at school; There are reasons for the differences in self-confidence among children, what we need to do to gain self-confidence in our children in a balanced way. In addition, in our book, with an overview of the subject of self-confidence, self-confidence in the preschool period, the relationship between sports and self-confidence, self-confidence and awareness, self-confidence and critical thinking, self-confidence in art and mathematics, the connection between self-confidence and well-being and the relationship between self-confidence and well-being. Finally, the excess of self-confidence is included with details, examples and advice to families.

Figen Karaceylan Çakmakcı “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” (ADHD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that can disrupt an individual's social life, academic life and family relationships. Although it is a disease that can completely change the future of the child if it is not treated and intervened correctly, satisfactory answers begin to emerge as a result of the right approach and appropriate interventions.
In my 20-year career as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, I have experienced many times that only drug therapy is not sufficient in the treatment of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. The fact that family attitudes and the interventions of the teacher in the classroom are as important as psychopharmacological treatment has motivated me to write such a book.
With this book, it is aimed to inform about the mistakes that we know to be true about Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, which is heard by everyone and perhaps defined as today's fashion disease. In addition, it is aimed both to ensure that children with ADHD are understood and to strengthen effective behavior management for families and teachers by providing accurate information and tips to our families and teachers about the relationship between ADHD and learning, which causes misunderstandings and prejudices.
We hope that this book, which offers solutions suitable for the needs of children who are our future, will be a useful resource for everyone who reads it.

Füsun Aygölü, Melis Seray Özden In psychotherapeutic studies with infants, children and adolescents in clinical psychology, the first interview is important both in terms of taking the developmental history of the case and the first relationship established. In the first interviews, it can be determined how the therapeutic process will be shaped in the future and with which approach the therapy will continue.
The purpose of writing this book is to contribute to our colleagues working in the field by bringing together theory and practice with the case sharing of psychologists working in the clinical field. In the book; Fifteen case examples are presented, inspired by the first interviews made with infant, child and adolescent clients during three years of supervision.

Mustafa Şahin - Sırrı Akbaba One of the traumatic experiences in childhood and adolescence is "bullying" behaviors. Bullying behaviors of various types (verbal, physical, emotional, racist, hiding, behavior disrupting, taking/destroying something belonging to someone else and sexual) seen at school and in virtual environments adversely affect the social, emotional and psychological development of children and adolescents. and cause legal problems.
These negative effects of bullying behaviors are not limited to childhood and adolescence, but it is seen that they negatively affect important personality traits such as self-esteem, self-confidence, psychological resilience, psychological well-being and feelings of love, respect, tolerance and trust in bilateral human relations.
In this work, the types, causes and consequences of bullying behavior, which is an important obstacle to individual development and positive bilateral human relations, are discussed in detail, and a model for the prevention of these behaviors with empathic skills is presented. With this book, besides academicians and practitioners (school psychological counselor, child and adolescent psychologist, classroom guidance teacher) who will work on bullying; It is aimed to help school administrators, branch teachers and parents develop awareness about the types, causes and consequences of bullying behavior.

Akif Avcu, Çınar Kaya, Çiğdem Demir Çelebi, Derya Eryiğit, Erdem Sevim, Halil Ekşi, K. Gamze Yaman, Mustafa Otrar, Müge Yüksel, Simel Parlak, Tuğba Türk Kurtça It is obvious that the presence of a child with special needs at home affects all family members. The financial and moral efforts of parents to support the developmental processes of their children can sometimes lead to very tiring experiences. During this time, the needs of siblings with normal development also appear, but these needs can be ignored. It should not be forgotten that having a sibling with special needs can affect a child with normal development from career choice to character. When the domestic and international literature is examined, it is seen that support groups, psychological counseling and guidance activities are mostly focused on parents, but there is not much work on siblings. The book "Living with My Special Sister", whose main purpose is to fill this gap, includes a psychoeducation program to support secondary and high school students with special needs siblings in their problems, as well as psychological counselors, psychologists, special education specialists who work/will work in the field within the scope of rehabilitation counseling. and aims to be a guide for social workers. In the five different chapters in the book, a content that will provide clues about both the social perspective and the emotions experienced by family members and their coping methods is aimed. This study, which is planned without forgetting that the sibling with normal development, as well as the parents, has a common denominator, will further strengthen the family system.

Figen Karaceylan Çakmakcı, B. Meryem Gönenç, Seçil Çiçek Eren “My teachers; They said my mind was slow, that I was antisocial, and that I'd be dazed by my stupid dreams until I died."
Albert Einstein – Scientist
Specific Learning Disability (SLD); It is a neurobiologically based disorder that is often noticed with the beginning of the child's academic life, but if it is not detected and intervened by specialists, its lifelong effect compels the person to struggle in all areas of his life, and genetic and environmental factors are effective. The definition of "DYSLExia" is used more often than "Specific Learning Disorder", as it is often defined as only the difficulty experienced in the "reading" skill.
Although it is sometimes defined as "disorder", sometimes "disease", sometimes "difficulty", sometimes "difference", it is a condition independent of intelligence that seriously affects both social and academic life of the individual, but in some cases it is a mis-perceived "intelligence retardation". is a hassle.
ÖÖG; Since it is a difficulty that affects language development and use, verbal and written expression, literacy and mathematics skills, it can lead to school failure and additional school adjustment problems. Considering the importance of school life in the child's mental development, when not correctly detected and intervened, the accompanying Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety Disorders and Behavioral Disorders are often overlooked comorbid conditions and pave the way for the child to experience emotional trauma.
As a result of nearly 10 years of experience and experience, it was decided to write this book. Practical practices of a team of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and Child Psychologists were shared. I hope it will be used as a reference book about what are known to be true about SLD, the importance of early detection and correct intervention, and what the legal rights of the child with SLD are…

Ahmet Rıfat Kayış, Banu Yıldız, Ezgi Ekin Şahin, Hüseyin Öztürk, İlknur Yeniçeri, İsmail Yelpaze, Kerem Coşkun, Mehmet Sarıçalı, Meryem Demir Güdül, Osman Hatun, Özge Canoğulları, Sinan Okur, Şeydi Ahmet Satıcı, Tuba Aydın Güngör, Yalçın Kanbay, Zeynep Ayça Terzioğlu Since you have started to read this book, we can assume that you have an interest and curiosity in psychology. Psychology attracts the attention of almost everyone at some point because it tries to explain the "me" as a human being. Some want to understand themselves, some their partner, their boss, some their children and some their parents. In other words, the effort to understand people and ourselves in the first place leads us to learn psychology. As in the verses of the famous folk poet of Anatolia, Yunus Emre, which are rosewood in our language, "Science is knowledge, knowledge is knowing yourself, if you do not know yourself, it is a lot of reading".
However, this self-knowledge, self-learning, self-discovery can often turn into a toy in the hands of those who turn science into a profit for their own interests. As a matter of fact, not understanding psychology correctly "Are you reading my mind now?" It may also cause you to become the target of the question. “I am also interested in psychology.”, “We also understand psychology, I love personal development books.” Such sentences will be some of the things that those who will specialize in this field will often hear. So, is psychology really a field that anyone who is interested in can specialize in by reading a few books? I can imagine that you answered “no” to this question. Still, it can be equally dangerous to popularize psychology too much and push it away from science, leaving it only in the hands of scientists and making it elitist. Because science will only be useful as long as it reaches people and continues to develop like a living organism in life.
The science of psychology was shaped centuries ago by the answers given by philosophers to the questions they asked to understand human, and then it was born as a science on the basis of physiological studies. Psychology continues to keep our curiosity alive today, with hundreds of theories and millions of concepts written about it.

Semih Tezelli Children can convey what they cannot verbally convey through their pictures, in accordance with their developmental level and individual characteristics.
These pictures have characteristics that are unique to children's environments and to themselves.
It tells not only linear development, but also feelings and thoughts.
It helps us to see the inner worlds of children more clearly.
Child Psychology with Pictures aims to get to know children by examining pictures drawn by children.
When you finish reading the book, you will look at the children's pictures from a different window and you will see what a clear expression tool it is.
Hope to meet you in a children's painting…