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DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Working with Teens
Skills and Exercises for Working with Clients with Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, and Other Emotional Sensitivities
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
This fun and engaging activity book helps to teach teens to manage emotions and develop relationships by tracking their progress using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) techniques. DBT is specifically designed for emotionally sensitive young people, especially those with borderline personality disorder,...
An Adult with an Autism Diagnosis
A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Being diagnosed with autism as an adult can be disorienting and isolating; however, if you can understand the condition and how it affects perceptions, relationships, and your relationship with the world in general, a happy and successful life is attainable. Through an introduction to the autism spectrum,...
Practical Strategies for Supporting Emotional Regulation in Students with Autism
Enhancing Engagement and Learning in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
For professionals who work with students on the autism spectrum in inclusive classroom settings, supporting emotional regulation is key. This practical guide outlines cognitive and language strategies that support emotional regulation, which the authors have found successful with their students with...
Anna Halprin
Dance - Process - Form
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
Anna Halprin is a world-famous theatre artist and early pioneer in the expressive arts healing movement. This book explores her personal growth as a dancer and choreographer and the development of her therapeutic and pedagogical approach.
The authors, who each trained with Halprin, introduce...
Defying Disability
The Lives and Legacies of Nine Disabled Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2009
This book tells the stories of nine disabled leaders who, by force of personality and concrete achievement, have made us think differently about disability. Whatever direction they have come from, they share a common will to change society so that disabled people get a fair deal.
There are...
Asperger Meets Girl
Happy Endings for Asperger Boys
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Men with Asperger's Syndrome, young and old, experience difficulty with social interaction, which can be a stumbling block when it comes to getting a girlfriend. Here is a book that demystifies the enigma of 'relationships' by explaining everything in Asperger-friendly terms (some of them mathematical,...
The Healing Forest in Post-Crisis Work with Children
A Nature Therapy and Expressive Arts Program for Groups
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
Nature Therapy is an innovative approach for working with children who have experienced stress or trauma. For the first time in the English language, this book presents the theory behind the approach along with detailed guidelines for introducing it to the classroom and other group settings
The...
by Margot Waddell
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2005
How much independence should parents allow teenagers who claim rights and privileges, show excessive confidence and test the boundaries of discipline? How can parents handle the physical and emotional changes in their adolescent child?
This book offers helpful advice to parents whose children...
Domestic Violence and Child Protection
Directions for Good Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2006
How do you respond simultaneously to the needs of adults experiencing domestic violence and the specific needs of their children? Domestic Violence and Child Protection explores the challenges of working effectively in this complex field and offers positive models for practice.
Leading practitioners...
Relationship-Based Research in Social Work
Understanding Practice Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
Relationship-based research is founded on the idea that human relationships are of paramount importance and should be central to social work research and practice.
Drawing on psychodynamic and systemic understandings of research and practice, this book offers practitioners and academics an...
CBT to Help Young People with Asperger's Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) to Understand and Express Affection
A Manual for Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
Children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are often not instinctive and intuitive in expressing their liking or love for someone, or in understanding that family members, friends and others need affection. Expressing affection to teachers, other close professionals, or family friends,...
Secrets to Success for Professionals in the Autism Field
An Insider's Guide to Understanding the Autism Spectrum, the Environment and Your Role
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Gunilla Gerland's extensive experience of the autism spectrum means she is expertly placed to offer a fresh perspective on working with autism as well as a wealth of effective tools and interventions to use in practice.
In a highly readable style, with many inspiring examples, this book offers...
Tales from the Table
Lovaas/ABA Intervention with Children on the Autistic Spectrum
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2007
Tales from the Table is a practitioner's account of the successes and limitations of using Lovaas/ABA home education with five young boys on the autistic spectrum.
The abilities and skills of these children before, during and after intervention are documented with a focus on the realities of...
Asperger's Syndrome - That Explains Everything
Strategies for Education, Life and Just About Everything Else
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Students with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) frequently find the school environment challenging, despite often having a high level of academic ability, because their unique social and sensory difficulties are not fully understood or accommodated. This book clearly explains proven and practical approaches...