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22 Things a Woman with Asperger's Syndrome Wants Her Partner to Know by Rudy Simone
RRP: $44.00Booksplease Price: $29.21Rudy Simone covers 22 common areas of confusion for someone dating a female with AS and includes advice from her own experience and from other partners in real relationships. She talks with humour... -
Helping People with a Learning Disability Explore Choice by Eve Jackson
Booksplease Price: $47.80The books are short, simply laid out, easy to use with practical advice and exercises. The case studies seem to be taken from real life scenarios. Clients, staff and families would find these books... -
Parenting the ADD Child: Can'T Do? Won't Do? Practical Strategies for Managing Behaviour Problems in Children with Add and ADHD by David Pentecost
Booksplease Price: $38.77Children with ADD or ADHD can be a parenting nightmare. They can be disruptive and destructive and do not respond to guidance like other children. Medication may reduce symptoms, but disruptive... -
Understanding Your One-Year-Old by Sarah Gustavus-Jones
Booksplease Price: $32.84How does the world look to a one-year-old? When your child doesn't have words to explain things to you, how can you begin to understand how she feels? How do you support and understand your very... -
Feeling Like Crap: Young People and the Meaning of Self-Esteem by Nick Luxmoore
Booksplease Price: $33.58We use the word all the time, but what exactly is self-esteem, and how do young people develop it? Feeling Like Crap explores how a young person's self is constructed, and what might really help that... -
Kindergarten and ASD: How to Get the Best Possible Experience for Your Child by Margaret A. Oliver
Booksplease Price: $36.79Answering all of the key questions about the kindergarten experience, this compact guide will give parents the confidence to be the most effective, up-to-speed advocates as their child enters formal... -
Imprisoned Fathers and their Children by Peter Wedge
Booksplease Price: $69.47More than 125,000 children in the UK alone are 'sentenced' to separation from their imprisoned parents, mainly fathers. Gwyneth Boswell and Peter Wedge draw on extensive research and experience to... -
Gangs, Guns and Knives: Activities and Lesson Plans to Raise Awareness with Young People Aged 14-19 About the Risks and Realities of Gang Related Crime by Vanessa Rogers
Booksplease Price: $53.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787750883Author Vanessa RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Jessica Kingsley... -
The Partner's Guide to Asperger Syndrome by Susan J. Moreno
Booksplease Price: $31.48Adults with Asperger Syndrome (AS) often have difficulties acquiring relationship skills due to the defining characteristics of the syndrome, experiences with peers during childhood and adolescence,... -
Pervasive Developmental Disorder: An Altered Perspective by Barbara H. Quinn
Booksplease Price: $47.80Pervasive Developmental Disorder, or PDD, is the umbrella term used to cover the whole family of autistic spectrum disorders - including autism and Asperger Syndrome. Within this group there is a... -
Gifted Children: A Guide for Parents and Professionals by Kate Distin
Booksplease Price: $43.87Winner of the NAGC Celebrating Gifts and Talents 2007 "Most Important Book" Gold AwardGifted Children is a lively and informative exploration of the mystery of the gifted mind and the social and... -
A Beginner's Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders: Essential Information for Parents and Professionals by Paul G. Taylor
Booksplease Price: $32.84What is Autism Spectrum Disorder? What does a diagnosis of ASD mean for the child and for you? How can you learn to fully understand behaviours common to ASD and help the child grow and prosper? ... -
Six Theories of Child Development: Revised Formulations and Current Issues by Ross Vasta
Booksplease Price: $102.94The respective authors are some of the leading developmental scholars of this time, and are also major proponents of the theoretical traditions they address...- British Journal of Occupational... -
Mental Illness: A Handbook for Carers by Rosalind Ramsey
Booksplease Price: $57.65`This handbook planned for carer's will offer relatives and friends with noteworthy organizational health care information. It will also help guide carer's regarding the key roles, and the functions... -
Self Experiences in Group: Intersubjective and Self Psychological Pathways to Human Understanding by Irene Harwood
Booksplease Price: $112.83Using clinical examples, the contributors demonstrate the 'good enough' healing power of carefully constructed and supervised groups conducted by therapists who apply both Kohut's self psychological... -
School Phobia, Panic Attacks and Anxiety in Children by Marianna Csoti
Booksplease Price: $53.72Many children are challenged by anxiety at some time in their school career. Bringing together knowledge from her years of teaching and parenting, Marianna Csoti shows how parents and professionals... -
Working with Parents of Young People: Research, Policy and Practice by Debi Roker
Booksplease Price: $59.62This book provides practical guidance for a wide range of professionals working with parents and families, answering common questions such as 'How can parents facilitate their child's transition to... -
A Supported Employment Workbook: Using Individual Profiling and Job Matching by Steve Leach
Booksplease Price: $73.44A practical tool for all job developers, this workbook presents strategies based on real situations and includes example exercises throughout. It draws on Steve Leach's thirteen years' practical... -
Dictionary of Psychological Testing, Assessment and Treatment by Ian Stuart-Hamilton
Booksplease Price: $41.90`A useful book for the specialist engaged in assessment and research'.- Journal of Analytical Psychology`This book is a must-have for the bookshelf if you are a student or practitioner in the fields... -
Art Therapy Exercises: Inspirational and Practical Ideas to Stimulate the Imagination by Liesl Silverstone
Booksplease Price: $49.77This accessible book comprises a collection of 80 tried-and-tested exercises, with guidelines for applying them and advice for devising new ones. Liesl Silverstone offers a variety of exercises for a... -
Asperger Syndrome in the Inclusive Classroom: Advice and Strategies for Teachers by Stacey W. Betts
Booksplease Price: $32.84Asperger Syndrome in the Inclusive Classroom offers support and practical techniques for teachers who work with children with Asperger Syndrome (AS).Based on the successful experiences of classroom... -
How Does Foster Care Work?: International Evidence on Outcomes by Elizabeth Fernandez
Booksplease Price: $143.01How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international figures in... -
Child Protection and Child Welfare: A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice by Penelope Welbourne
Booksplease Price: $142.38Child Protection and Child Welfare draws on the knowledge of child protection experts and social care professionals to provide an authoritative international overview of child protection strategy and... -
Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities by Jane Scott
Booksplease Price: $143.01Improving the well-being of children is more effective when social care professionals work with the children's parents, families and communities. This collection brings together innovative... -
A Manual of Dynamic Play Therapy: Helping Things Fall Apart, the Paradox of Play by David Crenshaw
Booksplease Price: $59.62Children will experience natural growth and change throughout their lives. Play, by its very nature, always results in things falling apart, often literally, and children generally find satisfaction... -
Karina Has Down Syndrome: One Family's Account of the Early Years with a Child Who Has Special Needs by Cheryl Rogers
Booksplease Price: $41.90We mourn the death of the child we had assumed I had given birth to, yet dearly love the baby we have. We want our child, but don't want her to have Down Syndrome...'Since their initial shock at... -
Third Party Assisted Conception Across Cultures: Social, Legal and Ethical Perspectives by Eric Blyth
Booksplease Price: $124.64Involving a third person in a child's conception raises many difficult issues and dilemmas. This book provides a comprehensive guide to the place of third party assisted conception within health care... -
Choosing a Groupwork Approach: An Inclusive Stance by Oded Manor
Booksplease Price: $69.47How do you choose an appropriate approach for working with each different group you come across? Grounded in systems theory, Oded Manor's model provides a framework that bridges the gap between... -
Talking Consent: 16 Workshops on Relationship and Sex Education for Schools and Other Youth Settings by Pete & Thalia Wallis
Booksplease Price: $64.18This book provides teachers and parents with the 'need-to-knows' to educate groups of young people about consent, pornography, sexting and many other related topics, as well as giving them the tools... -
Quality of Life and Disability: An Approach for Community Practitioners by Ivan Brown
Booksplease Price: $73.44A refreshing book that can hold the reader's interest throughout. Quality of Life and Disability should be a compulsory text for all students in the disability field and would make a useful one for... -
An A-Z of Genetic Factors in Autism: A Handbook for Parents and Carers by Kenneth J. Aitken
Booksplease Price: $54.35The concept of a single condition known as 'autism' is quickly becoming outdated, and is now understood to be an umbrella term for a variety of predominantly genetic conditions. This can be confusing... -
Therapeutic Interventions for Forensic Mental Health Nurses by Alyson M. Kettles
Booksplease Price: $102.94Written by experts in the growing field of forensic mental health care, this book explores current and emerging interventions in forensic nursing and the care of the mentally disordered offender,... -
Thumbsucker: An illustrated journey through an undiagnosed autistic childhood by Eliza Fricker 9781839978548
RRP: $35.60Booksplease Price: $22.68Spoilt. Weirdo. Fussy. Hypochondriac. Chatterbox.Eliza spent her childhood being told she was all of these until her autism diagnosis as an adult revealed why she had experienced the world so... -
Personhood, Illness, and Death in America's Multifaith Neighborhoods: A Practical Guide by Lucinda Mosher 9781785927843
Booksplease Price: $63.55In this interfaith book Lucinda Mosher investigates different understandings of destiny, loss, death, and remembrance in America's many religions. Using stories and interviews with a variety of... -
Working with Offenders by Gill McIvor 9781853022494
Booksplease Price: $59.62Significant changes have occurred in recent years in the nature and delivery of social work services to offenders and their families. Working with Offenders considers the implications for policy and... -
Growing Up with Disability by Carol Robinson 9781853025686
Booksplease Price: $53.72Growing Up with Disability encompasses a wide range of perspectives on childhood impairment and its social implications. The book adopts a child-centred approach, stressing the importance of... -
A Kit Bag for Promoting Positive Behaviour in the Classroom by Nicola S. Morgan 9781849052139
Booksplease Price: $45.84Disruptive classroom behaviours can prevent effective teaching and create a negative learning environment. This handy directory of behaviours has been written by teachers for teachers, and is... -
Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia: Opportunities and Obstacles by Malcolm Goldsmith 9781853024061
Booksplease Price: $45.84Written for all those concerned with providing services for people with dementia and their families, this book explores the idea that communication is not only possible but also vital to the... -
An Illustrated Guide to Clinical Psychology by Juliet Young 9781805010043
Booksplease Price: $47.80What does a day in the life of a practising clinical psychologist look like? Which therapeutic approaches do they use? How do you become a clinical psychologist? Answering these questions and more,... -
Sensory Healing after Developmental Trauma: The Connected Therapist’s Guide to Low-Cost Activities for Working with Children by Marti Smith 9781839975004
Booksplease Price: $47.80In using this resourceful guide, therapists can develop a comprehensive understanding of how trauma impacts their young clients' brains and sensory systems. Filled with therapeutic strategies and...