P.T.K- Parents, Teachers, Kids

About the Book

This book is an accumulation of information from those years as a psychologist and as a university professor. The present book is a revised edition from the original copy, which was used as a university textbook. This revision is adapted for the lay public--mother, father, teachers, children—and designed to give a common sense approach in adult/child relations.

About the Author

William R. Van Osdol received a Ph.D. in Psychology and Special Education at The University of Oklahoma. He is licensed as a psychologist by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners. Dr. Van Osdol is a professor emeritus at the University of Central Oklahoma where he was chairperson of the Special Education Department. He has authored five university psychology/special education textbooks, one of which was adopted by sixty-seven different universities. Dr. Van Osdol also has over fifty published papers and has presented professional programs throughout the United States; in Regina and Toronto, Canada; at London University, England; and at Montpellier University, France. He was a visiting professor at Memorial University, St. Johns, Newfoundland, worked twelve years as a psychologist for an adolescent psychiatric hospital, and also offered a private practice. This book is an accumulation of information from those years as a psychologist and as a university professor. The present book is a revised edition from the original copy, which was used as a university textbook. This revision is adapted for the lay public--mother, father, teachers, children—and designed to give a common sense approach in adult/child relations.