Our books on education focus on pastoral care (also look at our child psychiatry and psychology page). We also publish on particular issues, and are proud to have published Growing up with Science for the Academia Europaea, which looks at science education and how to get it right.

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Bible Stories in Cockney Rhyming Slang

Keith Park

This innovative collection of Bible stories, written in cockney rhyming slang, is a fresh and fun approach to learning about the Bible. From Adam and Eve to the Resurrection, the book presents well-known stories in an original and accessible way for everybody to enjoy. more »

2009, Paperback: £6.99/ $13.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-933-4, 210mm x 210mm / 8.25in x 8.25in, 32pp

Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, bible stories, dramatherapy, practical theology, psychodrama, special education, speech and language therapy, theology

The Spiritual Dimension of Childhood

Kate Adams, Brendan Hyde and Richard Woolley

The authors outline exactly what is understood by contemporary spirituality, and discuss the importance of context in a consideration of spirituality. They explore key issues in understanding children's spirituality under three broad headings: children's voices, children's worlds and children's lives. more »

2008, Paperback: £18.00/ $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-602-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp

Keywords: child psychology, counselling, education, parenting, practical theology, spirituality, theology

Children and Spirituality

Searching for Meaning and Connectedness

Brendan Hyde

This book provides ways in which schoolteachers and parents can nurture and foster these particular characteristics of children's spirituality. It also considers two factors, material pursuit and trivialising, which may inhibit children's expression of their spirituality. It will be of great interest to educators, policy makers, and parents. more »

2008, Paperback: £19.99/ $34.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-589-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp

Keywords: child psychology, education, parenting, practical theology, spirituality, theology

Working Ethics

How to Be Fair in a Culturally Complex World

Richard Rowson

Working Ethics sets out an ethical foundation for professionals and for the professions in a modern, culturally complex society. Rowson shows how this ethical framework can enable professionals to work more effectively, earn trust, mutual support and respect, and how it can foster democratic ideals in the workplace and community. more »

2006, Paperback: £16.99/ $26.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-750-5, royal, 208pp

Keywords: disability law, education, health care, practical theology, psychiatry, social work law, theology

The Spirit of the Child

Revised Edition

David Hay
With Rebecca Nye

David Hay argues for the inclusion of spiritual awareness as a cross-curricular element in the school syllabus to promote the development of morality and social cohesion. This stimulating book will encourage educators, parents and others involved in teaching children to consider new approaches to foster children's natural spiritual development. more »

2006, Paperback: £15.99/ $26.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-371-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Keywords: child psychology, education, fostering, parenting, practical theology, social care, spirituality, theology

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• ADD,
• addiction,
• ADHD,
• adolescence,
• adoption,
• adults,
• advocacy,
• alcohol,
• alternative therapies,
• anger management,
• anorexia,
• anxiety,
• applied behaviour analysis,
• art therapy,
• arts therapies,
• Asperger syndrome,
• attachment,
• augmentative communication,
• autism,
• bereavement,
• bible stories,
• biomedical intervention,
• bipolar disorder,
• bulimia,
• bullying,
• careers,
• carers,
• cerebral palsy,
• challenging behaviour,
• chi kung,
• child development,
• child protection,
• child psychiatry,
• child psychology,
• children,
• children's rights,
• cognitive behavioural therapy,
• colour therapy,
• communication,
• community care,
• complementary therapies,
• counselling,
• creative therapies,
• creative writing as therapy,
• creativity,
• dance and movement therapy,
• death,
• dementia,
• depression,
• developmental coordination disorder,
• diet,
• disability,
• disability law,
• divorce,
• domestic abuse,
• Down's syndrome,
• dramatherapy,
• drugs,
• dyslexia,
• dyspraxia,
• early intervention,
• Early Years Foundation Stage,
• eating disorders,
• education,
• educational psychology,
• educational training,
• emotions,
• employment,
• epilepsy,
• expressive therapies,
• families,
• fiction,
• folklore and myth,
• forensic psychotherapy,
• fostering,
• further education,
• gifted and talented,
• giftedness,
• grief,
• group psychotherapy,
• health care,
• high functioning autism,
• higher education,
• higher education policy,
• homeschooling,
• housing,
• hyperlexia,
• inclusive classroom,
• intellectual disabilities,
• interdisciplinary arts therapies,
• joint working,
• Key Stage 0,
• Key Stage 1,
• Key Stage 2,
• Key Stage 3,
• Key Stage 4,
• law,
• life skills,
• literacy,
• looked after children,
• mainstream education,
• massage,
• mental health,
• mental illness,
• messy play,
• mindfulness,
• movement,
• music therapy,
• nonverbal learning disabilities,
• nursing,
• obsessive compulsive disorder,
• occupational therapy,
• offenders,
• older people,
• palliative care,
• parenting,
• pastoral care,
• person-centred,
• personal hygiene,
• pervasive developmental disorder,
• play,
• play therapy,
• probation,
• PSHE,
• psychiatry,
• psychoanalysis,
• psychodrama,
• psychology,
• psychosis,
• psychotherapy,
• qigong,
• race,
• reference,
• relationships,
• residential care,
• resilience,
• restorative justice,
• risk assessment,
• safeguarding children,
• savants,
• school phobia,
• SEAL,
• seizures,
• self esteem,
• self harm,
• sensory issues,
• sensory stimulation,
• sex education,
• sexual abuse,
• sexuality,
• social care,
• social policy,
• social skills,
• social stories,
• social work,
• social work law,
• special education,
• speech and language pathology,
• speech and language therapy,
• spirituality,
• storymaking,
• substance abuse,
• suicide,
• supervision,
• supported living,
• tai chi,
• taiji jian,
• taiji quan,
• teenagers,
• theatre,
• theology,
• therapeutic communities,
• tics,
• tourettes,
• transitions,
• trauma,
• violence,
• yoga,
• youthwork