Sometimes living with a condition like type 1 diabetes can be a mammoth task. How to Manage a Mammoth is a book for children and families living with type 1 diabetes. Join Jake, his Mum and Mel the diabetes mammoth as they join forces with their friends to become a super-team and work out how to shrink Mel to a manageable size. This fun and imaginative story helps children to understand the challenges they face living with diabetes and assists them in communicating with their carers about their feelings. Featuring a list of tasks and activities that children and parents can do to help manage the psychological challenges of living with diabetes. An ideal resource for parents and carers supporting a child with type 1 diabetes, as well as the wider diabetes healthcare team, including clinical psychologists, specialist nurses, endocrinologists and general practitioners.

A fun and imaginative storybook to help children understand the emotional impact of diabetes and how it can be managed.

About the Author
Dr Rose Stewart is a multi-award winning Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, NHS Wales and is chair of the National Diabetes Psychology Network.


Book Information
ISBN 9781009065641
Author Rose Stewart
Format Paperback
Page Count 20
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 120g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 297mm * 2mm