I. An Ecological-Developmental Framework for Helping Children. 1. Children's Problems and Needs. 2. Necessary Background for Helping Children -- II. The Process of Helping Children: A Running Case Illustration of a Child in a Single-Parent Homeless Family. 3. Building Relationships with All Relevant Systems. 4. The Biopsychosocial Assessment of the Child. 5. Contracting, Planning Interventions, and Tracking Progress -- III. Different Methods of Helping Children. 6. Working with the Family. 7. One-to-One Work with the Child. 8. Group Work with Children. 9. School-Based Interventions -- IV. Helping Children in Special Circumstances. 10. Children in Out-of-Home Placements. 11. Children in Nontraditional Families. 12. Children in Families Affected by Illness and Death. 13. Children in Substance-Disordered Families. 14. Child Victims and Witnesses of Family Violence. 15. A Changing World's Impact on Practice with and for Children. App. Child-Related Professional Organizations -- App. Child-Related Professional Journals -- App. Forms for Assessment of the Bereaved Child -- App. Forms for Assessment of the Child in Crisis -- App. Suppliers of Play Materials -- App. Training Programs in Play Therapy.