Jessica Kingsley Publishers: 1951 books
Can I tell you about Sensory Processing Difficulties?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Meet Harry - a young boy with sensory processing difficulties. Harry invites readers to learn about why he finds it hard to process sensory information effectively, and how even simple thing such as washing, dressing and coping with meal times can be challenging for him. He also talks about difficulties...
Brotherly Feelings
Me, My Emotions, and My Brother with Asperger's Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2007
It isn't easy being eight years old and having an older brother whom other children often misunderstand. They don't realize that when he doesn't laugh at their jokes it's because he doesn't understand them. They don't know that when he doesn't speak to them or look at them it's because he doesn't...
Meditation for Aspies
Everyday Techniques to Help People with Asperger Syndrome Take Control and Improve their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Meditation is an effective, life-long practice that can help people with Asperger Syndrome to steer their own life course and improve wellbeing. This useful guide provides Aspies with a clear explanation of how to reap the benefits of welcoming meditation practices into their lives.
In addition...
Engaging with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence
Practical Techniques for Early Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Child protection and family workers can complete training without learning about how to work with domestic abuse perpetrators - but intervening at an early stage can make a real difference to increasing family safety.
This concise book equips practitioners with the knowledge and techniques...
Love and Grief
The Dilemma of Facing Love After Death
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2005
A welcome read for the lay person who has been bereaved and is now experiencing the difficulties of loving again.'
- British Journal of Social Work
'For someone who is wrestling with the dilemmas of a new relationship, this is a comforting read which presents the candid accounts of other...
by Erica Brown, Anne Smallman, Brian Warr
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2007
Supporting the Child and the Family in Paediatric Palliative Care provides a comprehensive overview of good practice in caring for terminally-ill children, young people and their families.
Drawing from extensive personal experiences of working in paediatric palliative care, the author provides...
by Marian Liebmann, Nancy Slater
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2002
Art therapy enables the client and therapist to explore issues that may ordinarily be difficult to articulate in words; one such issue is the complexity of gender, which can be a subject of therapy in a range of ways. Gender identity is at the heart of our self-understanding. The contributors to this...
The Writer's Key
Introducing Creative Solutions for Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
The Writer's Key is a complete beginner's guide to writing for self-reflection and personal development.
Creative writing can deepen our understanding of ourselves and our lives. This book unlocks the potential for gaining these insights, widening perspectives, finding new positivity, increasing...
The Simplicity of Dementia
A Guide for Family and Carers
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
This book offers an accessible and sympathetic introduction for relatives, carers and professionals looking after or training to work with people with dementia. Drawing on the two `laws of dementia', the author explains the causes of communication problems, mood disturbances and `deviant' behaviours,...
by Panos Vostanis
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2004
This comprehensive guide provides overviews of the key psychological processes affecting mental health, such as development, attachment, emotion regulation and attention, and draws out the implications for preventive measures and promotion of emotional well-being. The authors, from a range of professional...
Safeguarding Adults Under the Care Act 2014
Understanding Good Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Practice in safeguarding adults is changing, with a shift in approach to ensure it is person-centred and outcome-focused. The Care Act 2014 introduced new safeguarding duties for local authorities, and this book describes what up-to-date practice should look like, and how to provide the best quality...
So Odd a Mixture
Along the Autistic Spectrum in 'Pride and Prejudice'
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Autism was not a recognised disorder in Jane Austen's lifetime, nor for well over a century after her death. However there were certainly people who had autism, and Phyllis Ferguson Bottomer proposes that Austen wrote about them, without knowing what it was that she was describing.
So Odd a...
Katie Careful and the Very Sad Smile
A story about anxious and clingy behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Katie Careful has just moved in with her siblings and their new parents. Even if she's sad or scared, she smiles and smiles to try and hide her wobbly feelings.
She clings on to her Mum's leg and won't let go and she even follows her to the toilet, banging on the door to remind her that she's...
Sophie Spikey Has a Very Big Problem
A story about refusing help and needing to be in control
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Today Sophie Spikey has a very big problem. She has lost her shoes, again! There is no way she is asking her mum for help, though. I can fix it all by myself, she thought.
Sophie did not have an easy start in life and now she cannot trust grown-ups to help her. Luckily, her new mum is good...