Over the last twenty-five years there has been an unprecedented expansion of opportunity for Traveller and Gypsy children to attend school. Educational outreach services have developed in parallel with an increased willingness on the part of parents to put their children into school. Cathy Kiddle has studied the effects of this expansion on the ......
Exploring the complex issues of trauma, attachment and family placement, the contributors to this book provide a variety of complementary perspectives on practice in this area. Focussing on how to integrate attachment theory and developmental psychology in practice with adopted or fostered children, they emphasise the need for understanding of ......
Based on work carried out by staff at the Cotswold Community over a number of years, Therapeutic Approaches in Work with Traumatised Children and Young People provides a clear and comprehensive link between theory and practice. The author shows how practice in the field of residential child care, fostering and other areas of work with children can ......
Graham Ramsden's brilliant book will help parents understand their teenagers better and give them practical advice to make parenting easier. Describing complex and sophisticated models in simple and accessible way to allow the lay person to access high level research to make parenting easier.
What You Can Do to Help Your Child and Your Family
Bipolar disorder is difficult at any age, but it can be particularly daunting for teenagers and their families. This book provides information parents can use to help teens cope - and thrive. It helps parents distinguish between the typical ups and downs of teen life and the symptoms of mania or depression.
A complete, straightforward guide to the issues and challenges commonly faced by children and young people as they face up to the demands of secondary education - and the practical ways in which parents, carers, teachers and schools can help.
A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Youth Group Facilitators
Teaching Teens About Relationships describes how to teach a relationships course for adolescents. This book includes many learning activities and instructional strategies, along with student reactions. The course integrated mindfulness work into each session and examines such topics as flirting, jealousy, infidelity, gossip, starting and ending ......
A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Youth Group Facilitators
Teaching Teens About Relationships describes how to teach a relationships course for adolescents. This book includes many learning activities and instructional strategies, along with student reactions. The course integrated mindfulness work into each session and examines such topics as flirting, jealousy, infidelity, gossip, starting and ending ......
Social workers and allied professionals will find this book to be a valuable resource, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disability services and parental and family support. Combining a wide-ranging survey and in-depth interviews, the authors build a rich picture of the lives of South Asian families with a child with ......
