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Learning without School: Home Education by Ross Mountney
Booksplease Price: $35.08While some people look back on school as the 'best days of your life', for others the experience can be unpleasant and gruelling. Learning without School is a practical handbook for parents who want... -
Asperger Syndrome and Adults... Is Anyone Listening?: Essays and Poems by Spouses, Partners and Parents of Adults with Asperger Syndrome by Karen E. Rodman
Booksplease Price: $31.18This short book, a collection of essays and poems, looks at the loneliness, frustration and sadness experienced, not by the person with the syndrome, but by their partners, parents and other family... -
A Step-by-Step Curriculum for Early Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Lindsay Hilsen
Booksplease Price: $86.31Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is recognized as one of the most effective ways to teach children with autism and studies have shown that the earlier the interventions take place the more likely they... -
How Behavioral Optometry Can Unlock Your Child's Potential: Identifying and Overcoming Blocks to Concentration, Self-Esteem and School Success with Vision Therapy by Joel H. Warshowsky
Booksplease Price: $34.52Visual dysfunctions can limit children's concentration, self esteem and school success as they struggle to understand fundamentals such as colors, letters and how to judge distance. With the right... -
Coping with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): A Guide to Managing Memory Loss, Effective Brain Training and Reducing the Risk of Dementia by Mary Jordan
Booksplease Price: $29.23Adults are being increasingly diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and this book provides strategies for concerned individuals to help slow the onset of the condition. Around 50% of adults... -
Divorcing Children: Children's Experience of Their Parents' Divorce by Ian Butler
Booksplease Price: $55.59Drawing on a three-year multidisciplinary study of children of divorced parents, the authors, leading academics in their fields, present a much-needed guide to understanding the experience of... -
Medical Aspects of Autism and Asperger Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Mohammad Ghaziuddin
Booksplease Price: $32.68People with autism are at a higher risk of having additional medical conditions, so increased care should be taken to ensure any other needs are detected early and effectively managed. This book is... -
Coach Yourself Through the Autism Spectrum by Ruth Knott-Schroeder
Booksplease Price: $41.05Parenting a child with autism can be isolating, draining, and stressful. Parenting a neurotypical child alongside them is even more complicated and confusing. Coach Yourself through the Autism... -
Friendship and Other Weapons: Group Activities to Help Young Girls Aged 5-11 to Cope with Bullying by Signe Whitson
Booksplease Price: $59.24Long before most school programs begin anti-bullying campaigns, young girls are getting a full education in social aggression. Girls as young as age five are experiencing acts of bullying, disguised... -
Welfare and Culture in Europe: Towards a New Paradigm in Social Policy by Prue Chamberlayne
Booksplease Price: $73.83This innovative volume describes how an awareness of culture must be applied to the study and provision of welfare in Europe. It shows how the cultures underpinning social welfare systems are... -
From Thoughts to Obsessions: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents by Per Hove Thomsen
Booksplease Price: $42.86'By far the best chapters are those derived from the author's clinical experience, particularly a good account of the significant social problems experienced by those with severe OCD. There is a... -
The CBT Art Workbook for Coping with Depression by Jennifer Guest
Booksplease Price: $36.31Using the principles of CBT, these illustrated worksheets help clients to understand and manage their symptoms of depression. The activities follow the framework of a typical CBT course: how it... -
Helping Students Take Control of Everyday Executive Functions: The Attention Fix by Paula Moraine
Booksplease Price: $42.86This book presents an innovative model for strengthening and developing executive function in any student, including those with attention, memory, organization, planning, inhibition, initiative, and... -
Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies by Yvona Fast
Booksplease Price: $50.13Most people with Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD) or Asperger Syndrome (AS) are underemployed. This book sets out to change this. With practical and technical advice on everything from job hunting... -
Games and Activities for Exploring Feelings with Children: Giving Children the Confidence to Navigate Emotions and Friendships by Vanessa Rogers
Booksplease Price: $46.51This is a fun, imaginative and creative resource designed to help children aged 7--13 get thinking and talking about their feelings and the issues that affect their lives. It is packed full with... -
Speak, Move, Play and Learn with Children on the Autism Spectrum: Activities to Boost Communication Skills, Sensory Integration and Coordination Using Simple Ideas from Speech and Language Pathology and Occupational Therapy by Lois Jean Brady
Booksplease Price: $55.59This practical resource is brimming with ideas and guidance for using simple ideas from speech and language pathology and occupational therapy to boost communication, sensory integration, and... -
Communication and Mental Illness: Theoretical and Practical Approaches by Jenny France
Booksplease Price: $65.31`This is a unique book that addresses an interesting aspect of work in mental health settings.' - Mental Health OTCommunication and Mental Illness is a comprehensive and practical textbook written by... -
Social Work and Dementia: Good Practice and Care Management by Margaret-Anne Tibbs
Booksplease Price: $55.59A practical resource written specifically for social care professionals working with people with dementia and their families, this book gives guidance on person-centred good practice throughout the... -
Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at Home: A Parent's Guide by Pamela B. Tanguay
Booksplease Price: $36.31Do you know a child who is bright, charming and articulate, but has no friends? A child who showed early signs of intelligence, but is now floundering, academically and emotionally? Children with... -
Brain Injury and Returning to Employment: A Guide for Practitioners by James Japp
Booksplease Price: $48.32`Brain Injury and Returning to Employment attempts to give the professional a broad introduction to dealing with clients who have suffered a brain injury of some sort. Although aimed at a wide range... -
Sexuality and Relationships in the Lives of People with Intellectual Disabilities: Standing in My Shoes by Sue Ledger
Booksplease Price: $61.68Drawing extensively on personal experiences, this important volume looks at sexuality and relationships in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities, painting a genuine picture of the range... -
Working with Schizophrenia: A Needs Based Approach by Gwen Howe
Booksplease Price: $55.59This is a practical handbook for all professionals, especially those based in the community, and others working with people suffering from schizophrenia. It is concerned with promoting real... -
Family Day Care: International Perspectives on Policy, Practice and Quality by Sue Owen
Booksplease Price: $64.72Family day care or childminding plays a significant role in the provision of childcare in many countries, but is facing new challenges. Bringing together theory, research and knowledge from practice,... -
Communicating Partners: 30 Years of Building Responsive Relationships with Late Talking Children Including Autism, Asperger's Syndrome (Asd), Down Syndrome, and Typical Devel by James D. MacDonald
Booksplease Price: $55.59Communicating Partners, the result of over thirty years of clinical practice and research work with pre-verbal and verbal children with language delays, offers an innovative approach to working with... -
Navigating the Medical Maze with a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Practical Guide for Parents by Sue X. Ming
Booksplease Price: $43.45This comprehensive guide enables parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to play an active and effective role in their child's medical care from diagnosis to early adulthood. With... -
Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse: The Cost of Fear by Una McCluskey
Booksplease Price: $77.45Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse brings together psychoanalytic psychotherapists, political theorists, organisational consultants, social workers and social policy academics to explore the nature... -
Dealing with Death: A Handbook of Practices, Procedures and Law by Jennifer Green
Booksplease Price: $96.25Dealing with Death is a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for professionals on the procedures, laws and cultural customs that should be observed when someone dies. This completely... -
Children's Unspoken Language by Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon
Booksplease Price: $50.13Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon, a developmental psychologist and the mother of two young children, demonstrates the way in which a young child's developing personality and intelligence is revealed through... -
A Matter of Security: The Application of Attachment Theory to Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy by Friedemann Pfafflin
Booksplease Price: $77.45As a psychodynamic theory of both normal development and psychopathology, attachment theory has particular utility for forensic psychiatry. A Matter of Security provides an attachment theory based... -
Cannabis and Young People: Reviewing the Evidence by Richard Jenkins
Booksplease Price: $42.86Cannabis is at the centre of ongoing controversial and often confused debate. Opinions on its potential impact on health are sharply divided: some argue that it poses serious risks to mental health... -
Understanding and Supporting Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties by Paul Cooper
Booksplease Price: $50.13This is a comprehensive guide to some of the difficulties and disorders which can cause children to become disruptive at school and in the home. It examines the nature of EBDs and their potential... -
Elder Abuse Work: Best Practice in Britain and Canada by Jacki Pritchard
Booksplease Price: $85.33The abuse, neglect and exploitation of older people in community and residential care settings is increasingly being recognised and addressed as a serious social concern in Britain. In Canada, where... -
When I'm Away From Home by Jean Camis
Booksplease Price: $36.31When I'm Away From Home is a workbook designed to provide specific information about the individual care requirements of a disabled child for anyone responsible for their care. It includes the... -
Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome: A Step-by-Step Program by Kim Kiker Painter
Booksplease Price: $96.25Social Skills Groups for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome is an empirically-grounded, ready-to-use curriculum for clinicians, teachers and other professionals wishing to lead social... -
Creative Ways to Help Children Manage Anxiety: Ideas and Activities for Working Therapeutically with Worried Children and Their Families by Fiona Zandt
Booksplease Price: $55.59This book sets out therapeutic activities to help children aged 4-12 years and their families to better understand and manage anxiety. It explains how to work with anxious children, providing a... -
Professional Boundaries in Social Work and Social Care: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Maintaining and Managing Your Professional Boundaries by Frank Cooper
Booksplease Price: $44.83Professional boundaries between worker and client underpin all areas of practice in social work and social care, and the mismanagement of these boundaries can lead to unprofessional conduct and... -
Parents Have the Power to Make Special Education Work: An Insider Guide by Judith Canty Graves
Booksplease Price: $34.52Written by parents who have been through the US special education system, this book cuts through the jargon to provide other parents with a no-nonsense road map full of valuable first-hand insights... -
Immigration Controls, the Family and the Welfare State: A Handbook of Law, Theory, Politics and Practice for Local Authority, Voluntary Sector and Welfare State Workers and Legal Advisors by Steve Cohen
Booksplease Price: $55.59Cohen challenges the assumption that one cannot work for the central or local government and challenge it at the same time. He does not encourage law breaking, but provides practical suggestions on... -
Supporting South Asian Families with a Child with Severe Disabilities by Yasmeen Akram
Booksplease Price: $72.01Social workers and allied professionals will find this book to be a valuable tool, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disability services and parental and family support... -
Child Welfare Services for Minority Ethnic Families: The Research Reviewed by Ashok Chand
Booksplease Price: $64.72Based on extensive studies into child welfare services, this important book brings together research into what works in service provision for minority ethnic families. Reviewing studies of the nature...