Jessica Kingsley Publishers: 1951 books
by Susan Buchalter
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
It can be difficult to be spontaneous during every art therapy group. It is helpful to have a resource full of creative and inspiring ideas that can be utilized as needed. This broad-ranging collection of projects injects variety into art therapy sessions. A Practical Art Therapy is written in an...
Everyday Activities to Help Your Young Child with Autism Live Life to the Full
Simple Exercises to Boost Functional Skills, Sensory Processing, Coordination and Self-Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Does your child struggle with brushing their teeth? Is it difficult to get them dressed and undressed each day? Do they struggle to understand their body's relationship to the world?
This book is brimming with simple ideas, activities and exercises to address these daily challenges that young...
Simple Low-Cost Games and Activities for Sensorimotor Learning
A Sourcebook of Ideas for Young Children Including Those with Autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Other Learning Differences
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
This practical sourcebook is packed full of fun, low-cost games and activities that encourage the development of motor skills, coordination and sensory tolerance in young children.
Using materials that are readily-available in most households or that can be purchased or homemade at a very low...
The Verbal Behavior Approach
How to Teach Children with Autism and Related Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
The Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.F. Skinner's analysis of verbal behavior and works particularly well with children with minimal or no speech abilities. In this book Dr. Mary Lynch Barbera draws on her own experiences as a Board Certified...
Autism and Everyday Executive Function
A Strengths-Based Approach for Improving Attention, Memory, Organization and Flexibility
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
Understand and support executive function in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with this fully-explained, innovative model. Showing how to use an individual's strengths to address executive functioning weaknesses, this approach will also help to build a strong foundation for social and...
Learning without School
Home Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
While some people look back on school as the 'best days of your life', for others the experience can be unpleasant and gruelling. Learning without School is a practical handbook for parents who want to educate their children at home but are unsure that they have the skills and know-how required to...
Asperger Syndrome and Employment
What People with Asperger Syndrome Really Really Want
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
The number of adults with Asperger Syndrome retaining full-time employment is extremely low in comparison to those who may be considered to have more limiting conditions and disabilities. This book identifies why this is the case by asking the individuals concerned what they find difficult about working.
Looking...
Betraying the NHS
Health Abandoned
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2006
Based on his experiences of helping to fight cuts and closures in Suffolk, Michael Mandelstam delivers a damning verdict on the mismanagement of the NHS at national, regional and local level. He charts the widespread cutbacks and closures, both rural and urban, to clinics, A&E services, beds,...
Activities for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Having Fun, Meeting Needs
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
This valuable resource for people working with adults with learning disabilities provides over 60 sessions of fun and engaging activities that aim to entertain and stimulate the minds of people with learning disabilities. The sessions are divided into different types of activity including cookery, arts...
Inside Anorexia
The Experiences of Girls and their Families
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2007
Inside Anorexia provides valuable insight into the experiences and challenges faced by teenage girls with anorexia and their families.
The authors use the stories of individuals and their families as a starting point for understanding the issues associated with anorexia including: physical...
All About Drugs and Young People
Essential Information and Advice for Parents and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Packed with information, advice and learning activities, this book tells you what you need to know about drugs, young people's drug use, and how you can help them stay safe.
It covers everything from what the effects are and why young people take drugs, to how to negotiate drug rules and ways...
by David Wiegan
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
In the United States alone, there are roughly three million individuals living with a developmental disability, but less than a third are active in the labor market. This book provides a comprehensive approach to developing a successful jobs program for persons with developmental disabilities, drawn...
Surviving Girlhood
Building Positive Relationships, Attitudes and Self-Esteem to Prevent Teenage Girl Bullying
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Teenage girls can be mean. Often stemming from poor self-awareness, self-esteem and lack of relationship skills, complex friendship dynamics can be difficult to unravel and bullying can be hard to resolve.
Surviving Girlhood provides a unique resource for preventing girl bullying by addressing...
Child Protection and Child Welfare
A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Child Protection and Child Welfare draws on the knowledge of child protection experts and social care professionals to provide an authoritative international overview of child protection strategy and policy.
Devoting particular attention to the role played by culture in determining child welfare...