John Visser: 10 books

Parenting can be a challenging task at best. It is made even more difficult when we carry with us a lot of unresolved pain from the past. Olive Shoots Around Your Table by John Visser is a comprehensive examination of the factors that contribute to family dysfunction and how, with God’s help, we...

“I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” - Deuteronomy 30:19 “I awoke with a knife at my throat. ‘Why did you make me born?’ my son said angrily. ‘Don’t you know I don’t want to be here?’ How does a mother...

“In the last days,” God says, “I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your young men will see visions, Your old men will dream dreams.” Acts 2:17 As the Old Testament story of Joseph illustrates, one of the ways God leads His people is through...

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. —James 1:12 Trials and temptations are a sad reality in this fallen world. None of us is immune to the effects of sin.The original...

As of 2016 the Department for Education (DfE) want to ensure all trainee teachers have an understanding of emotional development and attachment, and so this book presents the key concepts that are essential for training in this area to ensure all teachers are up to date. Attachment issues and...

As inclusive practice becomes more embedded in the policy and practice of schools around the globe, there remains groups of children and young people for whom education is a problem because of the behaviours, poor emotional development and lack of social skills. These pupils often display disaffection...

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

All cultures have children and young people whose emotional wellbeing requires attention and whose behaviours give them, their peers and those who care for them challenges in how to meet their needs. Developing good practice across work with children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural...

There are over 600 neuromuscular disorders and the variability of these syndromes can leave clinicians feeling as if they are lost in a maze as they seek to diagnose and manage patients. This book addresses this problem by using the case-history and symptom manifestation as a starting point for the...