Jessica Kingsley Publishers: 1951 books
Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury
A Light on a Dark Night
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Musical improvisation is an increasingly recognised rehabilitative therapy for people who have experienced traumatic brain injury initially thought to be `unreachable' or `non-responsive'.
Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury demonstrates how music therapy can be used to attend to the holistic,...
Interactive Music Therapy - A Positive Approach
Music Therapy at a Child Development Centre
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
In Interactive Music Therapy - A Positive Approach, Amelia Oldfield explains how her approach to music therapy sessions establishes a constructive musical dialogue with children that emphasises positive experiences - these establish trust and allow feelings to be expressed through music.
Describing...
Beginning Research in the Arts Therapies
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2001
* Are you about to write a dissertation for an MA in an arts therapy?
* Is your workplace pressuring you to do research on your practice?
* Do you fancy trying your hand at a bit of research without any pressure from anyone?
* Are you bewitched, bothered and bewildered?
A...
Developmental Drama
Dramatherapy Approaches for People with Profound or Severe Multiple Disabilities, Including Sensory Impairment
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
People living with severe or profound multiple disabilities (PMLD) can often struggle to connect with the world around them. This book shows how, through enjoying dramatic interaction, they can develop their communication skills, learn to deal with emotions more effectively and gain a greater understanding...
Stroke Survivor
A Personal Guide to Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2006
`Having had a stroke aged 37 years, Andy McCann has written this clear, easily readable account of his experiences, showing insight and the value of his learning along his personal journey…This book would be invaluable for any health professional, including technicians and students, with any level...
by Nick Luxmoore
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
This book is about boyfriends and girlfriends - getting them, keeping them and moving on from them. Young people put enormous energy into these processes: they worry, they hope, they conspire and they cry because, in a sense, having a boyfriend or girlfriend is about much more than just having a boyfriend...
The Yellow Book of Games and Energizers
Playful Group Activities for Exploring Identity, Community, Emotions and More!
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
People of all ages learn important life skills through playing games, and recognising this can be the key to enhancing their social, educational and personal development. Incorporating play into teaching and training not only makes learning fun, but it can also open minds to the value of cooperation,...
Can I tell you about Loneliness?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Meet Jan. Jan is sometimes lonely. In this illustrated guide, he describes what loneliness feels like and how it affects him at home and school. He explains what he can do to feel less lonely, and how his teachers, family and friends can help him too.
Child loneliness is an area of growing...
Music and the Social Model
An Occupational Therapist's Approach to Music with People Labelled as Having Learning Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2013
Music has always been an essential part of what it is to be human and yet not everyone has access to the music-based opportunities others take for granted. Motivated by the belief that individuals are disabled by society rather than any impairment they might have, Jane Williams sets out to show how...
Art Therapy and Postmodernism
Creative Healing Through a Prism
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
This comprehensive book brings together the voices of international art therapists with diverse backgrounds and experiences and asks them to consider the role of postmodernism in their understanding of art therapy. These practitioners share a common postmodern belief that art is a unique way of expressing...
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Child Trauma and Abuse
A Step-by-Step Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
The effects of trauma and abuse on children can be long-lasting, acute and damaging. Evidence suggests that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a highly effective form of psychotherapy to help children to overcome these effects.
This book uses an evidence-based CBT treatment model to assist...
Crime and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Myths and Mechanisms
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can - given certain situational conditions - make individuals more vulnerable to becoming caught up in criminal activity and vulnerable to unfavourable interactions once in the criminal justice system.
Guided by empirical research, psychological theory...
by Peter Raynor, Iain Crow, James Bonta
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2007
Developments in Social Work with Offenders explains the organisational and legislative changes that have occurred in social work and probation across the UK in the past 10 years, in the context of the accumulating body of knowledge about what constitutes effective practice in the assessment, supervision...
Genetic Syndromes and Applied Behaviour Analysis
A Handbook for ABA Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
This ground-breaking resource demonstrates how genetic knowledge can influence our understanding of a child's behaviour and therefore inform their behavioural support plan. With expert advice and clear instructions, it shows exactly how to go about incorporating syndrome knowledge into ABA practice...