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Overcoming school refusal : a practical guide for teachers, counsellors, caseworkers and parents / Joanne Garfi.
Description: - vi, 116 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- School refusal affects up to 5% of children and is a complex and stressful issue for the child, their family and school. The more time a child is away from school, the more difficult it is for the child to resume normal school life. If school refusal becomes an ongoing issue it can negatively impact the child's social and educational development. Psychologist Joanne Garfi spends most of her working life assisting parents, teachers, school counsellors, caseworkers, and community policing officers on how best to deal with school refusal. Now her experiences and expertise are available in this easy-to-read practical book. Overcoming School Refusal helps readers understand this complex issue by explaining exactly what school refusal is and provides them with a range of strategies they can use to assist children in returning to school.
Publisher: - Samford Valley, QLD : Australian Academic Press, 2018
B 410.3 GAR
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Shut away : when Down syndrome was a life sentence / Catherine McKercher.
Description: - 261 pages : illustrations : 23 cm
- "How many brothers and sisters do you have?' It was one of the first questions kids asked each other when Catherine McKercher was a child. She never knew how to answer it. Three of the McKercher children lived at home. The fourth, her youngest brother, Bill, did not. Bill was born with Down syndrome. When he was two and a half, his parents took him to the Ontario Hospital School in Smiths Falls and left him there. Like thousands of other families, they exiled a child with disabilities from home, family, and community. The rupture in her family always troubled McKercher. Following Bill’s death in 1995, and after the sprawling institution where he lived had closed, she applied for a copy of Bill’s resident file. What she found shocked her. Drawing on primary documents and extensive interviews, McKercher reconstructs Bill’s story and explores the clinical and public debates about institutionalization: and explores the clinical and public debates about institutionalization: the pressure to "shut away" children with disabilities, the institutions that overlooked and sometimes condoned neglect and abuse, and the people who exposed these failures and championed a different approach."
Publisher: - Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions, 2019
B 810 MCK
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Something very sad happened : a toddler's guide to understanding death / by Bonnie Zucker; illustrated by Kim Fleming.
Description: - 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 27 cm
- A "tool for parents, caregivers, therapists, and teachers to help young children understand the concept of death and begin the process of coping with the loss"--Amazon.com.
- Intended to be read to two- and three-year-old children to help them understand death and process the loss of a loved one. The 22-page text has a simple, reassuring text that can be personalized by the adult reader. Zucker includes an introduction of "How to use this book", and a five-page "Note to parent and caregivers" and provides more detail and suggestions for helping children cope with the death, and with the funeral process.
Publisher: - Washington, DC : Magination Press, 2016
B 900.215 ZUC
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Stand up to OCD! : a CBT self-help guide and workbook for teens / Kelly Wood and Douglas Fletcher.
Description: - 164 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Imagine each person's brain has a captain and crew. For a person struggling with OCD, it's as if OCD has kidnapped the captain and changed the settings in the brain. Luckily there are plenty of tips and skills you can learn to disobey OCD and not do what he tells you. Join David, Riya and Sarah as they find out about how OCD sneaks into their lives and all the tricks you can use to stand up to OCD! This illustrated CBT self-help guide and workbook is ideal for young people with OCD ages 12-17 years. It gives teens a deeper understanding of how OCD works and how they can carry out their own CBT with the help of the interactive workbook at the back of the book.
Publisher:
- London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019
- 2019
Other title: - CBT self-help guide and workbook for teens
B 790.44 WOO
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Starving the depression gremlim : a cognitive behavioural therapy workbook on managing depression for young people / Kate Collins-Donnelly ; illustrated by Tina Gothard and Kate Collins-Donnelly.
Description: - 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Part of the award-winning Starve the Gremlin series, this engaging and accessible workbook helps young people aged 10+ to understand their feelings by explaining what depression is, how it develops and the impact it can have on the lives of young people. Based on the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy and packed with valuable tips and strategies, this workbook also aims to empower the reader to change how they think and act in order to manage their depression. Full of fun and creative activities, Starving the Depression Gremlin can help support and inform wider therapeutic work with young people with depression, and it can be used independently or with a parent or practitioner. It will be of interest to school counsellors, therapists, social workers, youth workers, teaching staff and other professionals working with young people.
Publisher:
- London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019
- 2019
Other title: - Cognitive behavioural therapy workbook on managing depression for young people
B 410.3 COL
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Such a pretty girl : a story of struggle, empowerment, and disability pride / Nadina LaSpina.
Edition: First edition.
Description: - x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Such a Pretty Girl is Nadina LaSpina's story--from her early years in her native Sicily, where still a baby she contracts polio, a fact that makes her the object of well-meaning pity and the target of messages of hopelessness; to her adolescence and youth in America, spent almost entirely in hospitals, where she is tortured in the quest for a cure and made to feel that her body no longer belongs to her; to her rebellion and her activism in the disability rights movement. LaSpina's personal growth parallels the movement's political development--from coming together, organizing, and fighting against exclusion from public and social life, to the forging of a common identity, the blossoming of disability arts and culture, and the embracing of disability pride. While unique, the author's journey is also one with which many disabled people can identify. It is the journey to find one's place in an ableist world--a world not made for disabled people, where disability is only seen in negative terms. La Spina refutes all stereotypical narratives of disability. Through the telling of her life's story, without editorializing, she shows the harm that the overwhelming focus on pity and on a cure that remains elusive has done to disabled people. Her story exposes the disability prejudice ingrained in our sociopolitical system and denounces the oppressive standards of normalcy in a society that devalues those who are different and denies them basic rights. Written as continuous narrative and in a subtle and intimate voice, Such a Pretty Girl is a memoir as captivating as a novel. It is one of the few disability memoirs to focus on activism, and one of the first by an immigrant.
Publisher:
- New York, NY : New Village Press, 2019
- 2019
B 820 LAS
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The autism language launcher : a parent's guide to helping your child turn sounds and words into simple conversations / Kate Wilde, foreword by Samahria Lyte Kaufman
Description: - 287 pages : illustrations : 23 cm
- "The Autism Language Launcher gives you something totally new: a step-by-step guide that ignites language lift-off by using methods such as tapping into your child's innate intelligence, going with your child instead of against your child and providing techniques that work with adults on the spectrum.
Written for parents, relatives, professionals, educators, or caregivers of a child or adult who is not yet verbal, making some sounds, using some words, speaking in single words, or using two-word phrases, this book uses the author's decades of experience with children and adults on the spectrum. Kate also demonstrates how to effectively address your child's echolalia, repetitious language, and repetitive questions in a way that your child will find supportive, bonding, and even joyful. Ultimately, this book shows you how to make language happen." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE
Publisher: - London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019
B 720 WIL
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The goodbye book / Todd Parr.
Edition: First edition.
Description: - 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
- Illustrations and brief text relate how a person might feel when they lose someone they love.
- "Through the lens of a pet fish who has lost his companion, Todd Parr tells a moving and wholly accessible story about saying goodbye. Touching upon the host of emotions children experience, Todd reminds readers that it's okay not to know all the answers, and that someone will always be there to support them. An invaluable resource for life's toughest moments."
Publisher: - New York, NY ; Boston, MA : Little, Brown and Company, 2015
B 900.215 PAR
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The unofficial guide to therapeutic parenting - the teen years / Sally Donovan ; foreword by Dr Vivien Norris. - "Ever wondered what to expect from parenting teens who have experienced early life trauma? Award-winning writer Sally Donovan's unofficial guide, written with honesty, wit and love, contains all the wisdom and insight she has gained during her years of therapeutic parenting." - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE
Publisher:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019
- 2019
B 410.3 DON
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Uncomfortable labels : my life as a gay autistic trans woman / Laura Kate Dale. - In this candid memoir, Laura Kate Dale recounts what life is like growing up as a gay trans woman on the autism spectrum. From struggling with sensory processing and learning social cues and feminine presentation, through to coming out as trans during an autistic meltdown, Laura draws on her personal experiences from life prior to transition and diagnosis, through to the years of self-discovery, to give a unique insight into the nuances of sexuality, gender, and autism, and how they intersect.
Publisher: - London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2019
B 820 DAL
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Understanding profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in adults / Dreenagh Lyle. Series: Routledge advances in disability studies- This book explores what happens to people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) when they reach adulthood. It provides an examination of various terms and definitions in use and a critical exploration of current UK policies. The author brings a wealth of many years' experience as a family carer, independent consultant and trainer to demonstrate the significant changes that a person-centred, specialised therapeutic and incremental approach can make to an individual's life. Advances in medical science mean more than ever, people with (PIMD) are growing into adulthood. What is this experience like for an adult who needs support in all aspects of their life? How do we include them in planning support when their intellectual disability means they cannot tell us first hand, what they want or need? Too often this group are overlooked or considered as an afterthought in policy and planning. Notions of independence, employment and mainstream inclusion are all problematic policy ideas for this group of people. Within one-size-fits-all service planning this focus means there is less capacity to meet their life-long specialist, complex and individualised needs.
Publisher: - Abingdon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
B 710.2 LYL
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What's the buzz with teenagers? : a universal social and emotional literacy resource / Mark Le Messurier and Madhavi Nawana Parker.
Description: - xv, 278 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
- "Pre-teens and teenagers are faced with a continually changing and complex social world which not only involves face-to-face action, but also online and social media interaction. What's the Buzz with Teenagers? is offers a highly practical programme designed to explicitly teach young people to get along and maintain healthy relationships with their friends, family and the broader community. Embracing current thinking on `self-awareness and behaviour transformation' in adolescents, it uses highly interactive role-plays, filmmaking, thinking exercises, quizzes, group discussions, and confidence building games to improve social skills and promote inclusion in a fun, effective and appealing way. Easy to implement in upper primary and middle schools, in health care settings and beyond." - BOOK JACKET
Publisher:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
- 2019
B 410.3 LEM
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What's the buzz? for primary students : a social and emotional enrichment programme / Mark Le Messurier and Madhavi Nawana Parker.
Edition: Second edition.
Description: - xiv, 298 pages : illustrations : 30 cm
- "What's the Buzz? is an internationally renowned series of programmes designed to help children and young people develop social and emotional awareness. Now available in a revised second edition, What's the Buzz for Primary Students is a sixteen-lesson programme targeting everyday social challenges faced by primary aged children, such as peer pressure and bullying style behaviours; competition and handling disappointment; feelings and wellbeing and self-awareness. Each lesson is designed around the SAFE criteria (Sequenced; Active; Focused; Explicit) and includes: A new and beautifully illustrated 'Archie' story, in which the popular character faces a new and relatable social challenge A series of lively and exciting games and activity suggestions Role-plays and discussion points so that children can put their skills into practice in a supportive environment Having already proven to appeal to teachers and support staff, counsellors and psychologists worldwide, this resource is suitable for anybody looking to enrich the social lives of children. Resources and training modules to support this book can be found on the website www.whatsthebuzz.net.au"--
Publisher: - Abingdon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
B 410.3 LEM
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Who's in? Who's out? : what to do about inclusive education / edited by Marnie Best, Tim Corcoran and Roger Slee. Series: Studies in inclusive education ; volume 39 | Studies in inclusive education (Sense Publishers) ; v. 39.
Description: - xvi, 177 pages ; 25 cm : illustrations
- "A group of respected international scholars come together to think about education at a momentous time in global history, where the world has fractured, people are displaced and we search for new research, education programmes and political leadership to restore social cohesion and rebuild school systems that may claim to be an apprenticeship in democracy. This book highlights the challenges inclusive education researchers take on in working to dismantle barriers involving access, presence, participation and success in education." - BOOK JACKET
Publisher: - Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, 2018
B 420 BES
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You can't make me! : pro-active strategies for positive behavior changes in children / James Ball
Description: - xxi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- "A unique look at behavior through the child's perspective!
Behavior isn't an isolated event. All behavior is communication, and when it comes to figuring out what your child is trying to say, Dr. Jim Ball has the answers. This book walks the reader through a variety of scenarios that will explore why a child may engage in a specific behavior, and help you build your "behavior-investigator" skills to develop a behavior plan that works. A unique look at behavior through the child's perspective!
Behavior isn't an isolated event. All behavior is communication, and when it comes to figuring out what your child is trying to say, Dr. Jim Ball has the answers. This book walks the reader through a variety of scenarios that will explore why a child may engage in a specific behavior, and help you build your your "behavior-investigator" skills to develop a behavior plan that works. As the adult, behavior change starts with you. This book applies a whole-person perspective toward behavior management and will help you address the unwanted behavior in the moment, as well as provide strategies to prevent the behavior from recurring again in the future. " - PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE
Publisher: - Arlington, TX : Future Horizons Inc., 2019
B 410.3 BAL
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