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Adults on the Autism Spectrum Leave the Nest: Achieving Supported Independence
by Nancy PerryThis book shows that with appropriate lifelong care, it is possible for those with neurodevelopmental disabilities to achieve supported independence and fulfilling adult lives. It provides a guide for parents on how to prepare their children for adulthood, and describes in detail the kinds of services people with ASDs need to live independently.
Fun with Messy Play: Ideas and Activities for Children with Special Needs
by Tracy BeckerlegThis activity book heightens the sensory perception of children with special needs through the imaginative use of everyday 'messy' materials like baked beans, condensed milk, jelly or glue. The activities in this book help to improve co-ordination, communicative and cognitive abilities, as well as their self-esteem and social skills.
Reaching and Teaching the Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Using Learning Preferences and Strengths
by Heather MacKenzieThis book provides a positive approach to understanding and educating children on the autism spectrum. The book gives greater insight into the perspective and behavior of a child with autism and explores how the child's learning preferences, strengths and interests can be used to facilitate learning and enhance motivation.
Music Therapy with Children and their Families
by Amelia Oldfield Claire FlowerThe contributors describe their approaches to family work with different client groups. Their experiences demonstrate that involving the family in a child's music therapy can be beneficial for everyone, and that it is possible to address relationship issues within the family as part of the treatment.
Person-Centred Counselling for People with Dementia: Making Sense of Self
by Danuta LipinskaAlthough currently many people with dementia are not given the opportunity to receive professional counselling, this book explores the value of counselling for people living with this condition and how it enables them to make sense of themselves. The author shows how counselling can have positive outcomes for those with dementia and their carers.
Liam Goes Poo in the Toilet: A Story about Trouble with Toilet Training
by Jane Whelen-BanksLiam Goes Poo in the Toilet illustrates the relationship between eating and excreting. It provides visual instructions on how to "relax and push". After much fanfare, Liam finally masters going 'poo' in the toilet, and both he and Mum bask in the glory of a job well done.
The Pocket Guide to Restorative Justice
by Pete Wallis Barbara Tudor Pete & WallisThis pocket-sized guide covers every stage of the process, from how a facilitator should prepare for taking on a new case, through initial contacts with victim and offender and facilitating meetings, to recording and evaluating a case. This is an invaluable companion for any professional needing to know about restorative justice.
Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities
by Shelley L. Watson Barbara Vyrostko Karen Stoner Deborah Richards Yona Lunsky Jennifer Robinson Voula Marinos Jacqueline Murphy William R Lindsay Donato Tarulli Maurice Feldman Diane Cox-Lindenbaum Carol Sales Christine Tardiff-Williams Jocelin Lecomte Tricia Vause Marjorie Aunos Leanne Gosse Celine Mercier Kaleigh Regehr Beverley Fedoroff Nancy Miodrag Kajsa Klassen Krystine Donato Paul Fedoroff Carolyn Gracey Susan Havercamp Marion Trent-Kratz J Gregory OlleyThis book provides a multidisciplinary examination of human rights and the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. It combines historical, psychological, philosophical, social, educational, medical and legal perspectives to form a unique and insightful account of the subject.
Anger Management Games for Children
by Deborah PlummerThis book helps adults to understand, manage and reflect on children's anger. Featuring a wealth of games, it is designed to foster successful anger management strategies for children aged 5-12. It covers the theory behind the games, and includes a broad range of activities: active and passive, verbal and non-verbal, and for different sized groups.
Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities to Flourish: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
by Marilyn Martin ZionMartin presents a comprehensive developmental profile of children with NLD. She helps parents and professionals to identify learners with NLD and insure they receive early intervention. Offering practical advice on NLD at home and at school, she describes step-by-step interventions for improving a range of skills from penmanship to social acumen.
Supporting Children and Families: Lessons from Sure Start for Evidence-Based Practice in Health, Social Care and Education
by Pamela Graham Ann Martin John Carpenter Alison Edgley Matthew Pearson Sharon Hodgson Geoff Lindsay Alissa Goodman Miranda Thurston Graham Bowpitt Jill Jesson Martin Manby Marjorie Finnigan Pauline Hall Valerie Wigfall Nicky Nicholls Sarah Chaudhary Barbara Sianesi Mairi Ann Cullen Brid Featherstone Susan McQuail Lynn McKennaThis book gathers together the lessons learned from perhaps the largest scale social experiment ever undertaken in England - Sure Start. In addition to summarizing the findings of numerous innovative projects, contributors draw on their experiences of the successes and challenges to offer advice for those engaged in current and future practice.
A Personal Guide to Living with Progressive Memory Loss
by Prudence Twigg Sandy BurgenerThis book provides practical guidance for coping with progressive memory loss, and includes examples of real people who have faced similar challenges. These stories highlight both good and bad ways to deal with the problems that arise, and are also useful for describing the experiences of memory loss to friends and family.
Early Psychosocial Interventions in Dementia: Evidence-Based Practice
by Bob Woods Linda Clare Suzanne Cahill Irene Carr Richard Cheston Steffi Urbas Inge Cantegreil-Kallen Rose-Marie Droes Hilary Husband Rabih Chattat Myrra Vernooij-Dassen Georgina Charlesworth Manuel Franco Molly BurnhamThis comprehensive guide covers everything from the symptoms and diagnosis of dementia to community and residential care options, support for carers, ethical and legal considerations, end of life decisions and the latest research and treatment options. It will demystify the condition and be an invaluable resource for relatives and professionals.
Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life
by Malcolm Goldsmith John Swinton Christine Bryden Rosalie Hudson Christopher Newell Dagmar Ceramidas Eileen Mary Glass Matthew Anstey Ruwan Palapathwala Alan Niven Kirstin Robertson-Gillam Lorna Hallahan Lawrence McNamaraThis collection examines theological and ethical issues of ageing, disability and spirituality, with an emphasis on how ageing affects people who have mental health and developmental disabilities. The book presents ways of moving towards more effective relationships between carers and older people with disabilities.
Asperger's Syndrome and Mindfulness: Taking Refuge in the Buddha
by Chris MitchellMitchell draws parallels between his own journey towards personhood through AS and the spiritual tenants of Theravada Buddhism, as outlined in the Eightfold Path, a guide to personal development. He takes the reader through key beliefs of Theravada Buddhism showing how practices such as Insight Meditation can lead to resolution of these feelings.
The Pursuit of Permanence: A Study of the English Child Care System (Quality Matters in Childrens Services)
by Jenny Lee Claire Baker Ian Gibbs Ian SinclairChildren in public care complain that they have too many placements. Professionals agree but little is known about the reasons for this instability or how it affects different groups of children. The Pursuit of Permanence explores this core issue for children's services.
Working with Ethnicity, Race and Culture in Mental Health: A Handbook for Practitioners
by Hári SewellThis book enables practitioners to understand why it is important to consider the needs of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds in mental health settings. It offers guidance on how they can take positive steps to improve the quality of their work their relationships with BME users, and ultimately how to improve their outcomes.
Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Issues for Case Managers and Other Professionals
by Eric Emerson David Green Gordon Grant Susan Balandin Kelley Johnson Phillip Graves Gwynnyth Llewellyn David Sykes Marie Knox Janet Robertson Colin Hiscoe Brenda Burgen Tim Stainton Margaret Spencer Lesley Gough Estelle Fyffe Paul Ramcharan Margaret Flynn Peter Flynn Susana Gavidia-Payne Thomas J. Willis Gary W. LaVignaThe authors outline the skills needed and common issues in case management practice across a range of people with disabilities at different stages of their life. They argue that case management needs to be individualised and carried out in partnership with the individual and their family in order to draw up a lifestyle plan that meets their needs.
Social Skills Games for Children
by Deborah PlummerThis book is designed to foster successful social strategies for children aged 5-12, and will help adults to understand and reflect on children's social skills. It covers the theory behind the games, and includes a broad range of enjoyable activities: active and passive, verbal and non-verbal, and for different sized groups.
Dyslogic Syndrome: Why Millions of Kids are "Hyper," Attention-Disordered, Learning Disabled, Depressed, Aggressive, Defiant, or Violent - and What We Can Do About It
by Bernard RimlandThis book is full of advice on the safe, effective treatments that are available to children, and offers positive strategies for helping parents and professionals to do the best for their dyslogical child. Drawing on the latest research, Rimland outlines the impact of biological factors and exposes the influences of toxins and dietary deficiencies.
Understanding Controversial Therapies for Children with Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Other Learning Disabilities: A Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (JKP Essentials)
by Elizabeth A KurtzOffering a balanced overview of complementary and alternative therapies, this book will be useful for parents of children with autism, ADD or other learning disabilities. The book covers a wide variety of mind-body interventions and manipulative techniques, as well as energy therapies, biologically based methods, and alternative medical systems.
Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome: A Practical Guide to Day-to-Day Life
by Nancy J PatrickThis resource provides practical strategies for helping teenagers and adults with Asperger Syndrome to navigate social skills, friendships and relationships at home and in the community. The chapters are structured around real-life scenarios and the challenges they present, followed by step-by-step solutions and suggestions.
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and the Law
by Michael MandelstamThe book focuses on how many areas of law apply to vulnerable adults, bringing together an extensive body of case law to illustrate this. Also covered is how local authorities and the NHS may themselves be implicated in the harm suffered. For example, in terms of gross lapses in standards of care and basic dignity sometimes found in hospitals.
Who's Who of the Brain: A Guide to Its Inhabitants, Where They Live and What They Do
by Bryan Lask Tanya Hanstock Ken NunnThis book provides an immediate and entertaining way for anyone to gain a basic understanding or to refresh their knowledge of the inside workings of the brain. The authors shows what happens when things go wrong in the brain, and illustrate the work using examples of classic clinical cases.
Play Therapy with Abused Children: Second Edition
by Ann CattanachThis second edition explores the use of play therapy with abused children as a way of helping them heal their distress and make sense of their experiences through expanding their own creativity in play. The book provides practical ways of starting play therapy with abused children and explains how the child can use this process for healing.