Jessica: 2764 books
Play for Sick Children
Play Specialists in Hospitals and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Play for Sick Children offers a unique insight into the crucial work of the play specialist. It examines the repercussions of being ill and receiving treatment experienced by children and their families, and highlights the importance of receiving quality play opportunities to counter these negative...
by Carol Potter, Christopher Whittaker
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2001
Addressing the complex issue of what constitutes a communication enabling environment for children with autism who use little or no speech, Potter and Whittaker show that the communication of these children can be significantly affected by a range of social and environmental influences. As well as...
Music, Language and Autism
Exceptional Strategies for Exceptional Minds
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
Children with autism often have an intense natural musicality. This book explains how music and language 'work' as systems of communication, and why music holds such a fascination for many young people on the autism spectrum. There are strategies for showing how music can be used to support language...
Adoption at the Movies
A Year of Adoption-Friendly Movie Nights to Get Your Family Talking
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Get your family talking about adoption with the ultimate collection of films to help the whole family to explore their feelings in a fun and safe way.
With a film for each week of the year, Addison Cooper has compiled the best movies, new and old, for family-friendly viewing. Among those featured...
End of Life Care
A Guide for Therapists, Artists and Arts Therapists
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
The many unfounded myths and fears that surround working with people at the end of their lives are dispelled in this thoughtful book, and the authors provide both practical and emotional support for those involved in caring for dying patients.
The book covers everything from the philosophy...
by David Hewitt
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2004
This text is a guide to good practice within adult mental health care, providing a comprehensive introduction to mental health and illness. It is designed to aid mental health professionals and workers, agencies, and any individuals coming in to contact with mental illness, in recognising a mental...
Spiritual Care in Common Terms
How Chaplains Can Effectively Describe the Spiritual Needs of Patients in Medical Records
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Encouraging a broad, compassionate, humanistic approach to spirituality, this book shows how patients' spiritual needs can be communicated well within interdisciplinary teams, leading to better patient wellbeing.
This book describes the art of charting patients' spiritual perspectives in an...
Talking About Death and Bereavement in School
How to Help Children Aged 4 to 11 to Feel Supported and Understood
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Children experiencing bereavement are often confused, unprepared, and in need of help and support from those around them. It is important that school teachers and staff know how to respond to bereavement and how they can best help the child.
This short, easy to read book offers simple but important...
Integrated Yoga
Yoga with a Sensory Integrative Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Practising yoga creates a sense of calm and focus and heightens awareness of the body's functions and movements. For children with sensory processing difficulties - because they either have low sensory thresholds and are overwhelmed by sensory stimulation, or because they have high thresholds and...
Music and Altered States
Consciousness, Transcendence, Therapy and Addictions
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
This international collection examines the opportunities for using music-induced states of altered consciousness to promote physical and mental healing, treat substance dependence, and in spiritual and palliative care.
The contributors describe the successful use of altered states and their...
Studio Art Therapy
Cultivating the Artist Identity in the Art Therapist
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Arguing that the profession of art therapy has its roots in the studio environment, Catherine Moon proposes that it is now time to reclaim these roots, and make art once again central to art therapy. She suggests that there has been a tendency for art therapy not merely to interact with and be enriched...
Implementing Restorative Practices in Schools
A Practical Guide to Transforming School Communities
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Restorative practice is a proven approach to discipline in schools that favours relationships over retribution, and has been shown to improve behaviour and enhance teaching and learning outcomes. However, in order for it to work, restorative practice needs a relational school culture.
Implementing...
Arts Activities for Children and Young People in Need
Helping Children to Develop Mindfulness, Spiritual Awareness and Self-Esteem
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Art-based activities can develop resilience and self-esteem, enabling children in need to cope better with ongoing stress and loss. Arts Activities for Children and Young People in Need offers interventions and exercises drawn from practice and research, for practitioners to use as a basis for their...
by Nicola Morgan, Gill Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Disruptive classroom behaviours can prevent effective teaching and create a negative learning environment. This handy directory of behaviours has been written by teachers for teachers, and is bursting with tried and tested techniques to make the classroom a happier and more productive place for everyone....