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Connecting with Kids through Stories
Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children
2nd edition
This is an accessible guide to using therapeutic stories to help connect with troubled adopted children. It demonstrates how parents and professionals can create their own stories to help children heal, and explains the theory behind the therapy. This second edition includes updated research and full sample stories. more »
2011, Paperback: £16.99/ $24.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-869-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: adolescence, adoption, arts therapies, attachment, child development, child psychology, children, communication, counselling, creativity, educational psychology, emotions, expressive therapies, families, fostering, looked after children, parenting, play therapy, psychology, psychotherapy, residential care, resilience, safeguarding children, self esteem, social care, social skills, social stories, social work, storymaking, supervision, teenagers, trauma
Working with Young Men
Activities for Exploring Personal, Social and Emotional Issues
2nd edition
Working with Young Men offers a wealth of positive group activities to engage, motivate and meet the needs of young men. Designed to help them improve their self-esteem and develop leadership skills, this book is full of fun and imaginative activities that explore issues such as anger, peer pressure, risk-taking and emotional health and well-being. more »
2010, Paperback: £17.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-101-9, 279.4mm x 216mm / 11in x 8.5in, 176pp
Keywords: adolescence, alcohol, anger management, anorexia, anxiety, attachment, bulimia, bullying, challenging behaviour, children, communication, creativity, diet, drugs, eating disorders, education, emotions, families, health care, inclusive classroom, mainstream education, mental health, offenders, pastoral care, personal hygiene, probation, PSHE, relationships, resilience, SEAL, self esteem, self harm, sex education, sexuality, social care, social skills, social stories, social work, special education, substance abuse, teenagers, transitions, trauma, violence, youthwork
Working with Young Women
Activities for Exploring Personal, Social and Emotional Issues
2nd edition
Packed with fun sessions and practical group activities, Working with Young Women presents a multitude of opportunities for young women to build self-esteem, confidence and assertiveness. From art activities to life story work, the author offers ideas for a wide range of projects, games, discussions, drama and role-play to engage and motivate. more »
2010, Paperback: £17.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-095-1, 279.4mm x 216mm / 11in x 8.5in, 176pp
Keywords: adolescence, alcohol, anger management, anorexia, anxiety, attachment, bulimia, challenging behaviour, children, communication, creativity, diet, drugs, eating disorders, education, emotions, families, health care, inclusive classroom, mainstream education, mental health, offenders, pastoral care, personal hygiene, probation, PSHE, relationships, resilience, SEAL, self esteem, self harm, sex education, sexuality, social care, social skills, social stories, social work, special education, teenagers, transitions, trauma, violence, youthwork
Life Story Books for Adopted Children
A Family Friendly Approach
This concise book shows a new family-friendly way to compile a Life Story Book that promotes a sense of permanency for the child, and encourages attachments within the adoptive family. Joy Rees' improved model works chronologically backwards rather than forwards, aiming to reinforce the child's sense of security within the adoptive family. more »
2009, Paperback: £14.99/ $23.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-953-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 96pp
Keywords: adoption, child protection, children, children's rights, creative therapies, emotions, families, fostering, safeguarding children, social stories, social work
Caring for Myself
A Social Skills Storybook
This is an entertaining social skills storybook that will help children with ASDs to understand the importance of taking care of their bodies. Fully illustrated with colour photographs, it sets out fun, simple steps that explain what caring for yourself actually involves – how you can do it, where it is done and why it is important. more »
2007, Hardback: £25.00/ $39.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-872-6, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 96pp 2007, Paperback: £12.99/ $24.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-887-0, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 96pp
Keywords: Asperger syndrome, autism, child development, child protection, children, families, health care, high functioning autism, inclusive classroom, occupational therapy, parenting, personal hygiene, sensory issues, social skills, social stories, special education
Connecting with Kids through Stories
Using Narratives to Facilitate Attachment in Adopted Children
Connecting with Kids through Stories is an accessible guide to Family Attachment Narrative Therapy for the parents of adopted or fostered children, and for the professionals who work with them. This book provides a thorough theoretical grounding, and detailed information on therapeutic techniques and how to assess progress. more »
2005, Paperback: £12.95/ $19.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-797-2, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp
Keywords: adoption, challenging behaviour, child development, child protection, families, fostering, parenting, social stories, storymaking
The Child's Own Story
Life Story Work with Traumatized Children
The authors explain the concepts of attachment, separation, loss and identity, using these contexts to describe how to use techniques such as family trees, wallpaper work, and eco- and geno-scaling. They offer guidance on interviewing relatives and carers, and how to gain access to key documentation, including social workers' case files. more »
2004, Paperback: £15.99/ $29.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-287-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
Keywords: adoption, challenging behaviour, child protection, child psychology, children, counselling, emotions, fostering, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, social care, social stories, social work, trauma
Social Work in the British Isles
This ground-breaking book provides invaluable insight into the diverse nature of social work practice within the British Isles. The contributors explore key differences in social work's role and character, and the legal systems and organisational structures in which it operates in the different regions. more »
2001, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-833-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
Keywords: social policy, social stories, social work
Helping Families in Family Centres
Working at Therapeutic Practice
The book is a comprehensive guide for family centre workers, and for all social workers working with children and families. Based on a psychodynamic approach emphasising the central importance of attachment in relationships, the book also applies systemic ideas and the 'therapeutic community' approach to the overall design of the centres. more »
2001, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-835-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: child protection, children, community care, emotions, families, occupational therapy, parenting, social care, social stories, therapeutic communities
Healing Through Meeting: Martin Buber's Conversational Approach to Psychotherapy
Healing Through Meeting explains Martin Buber's ideas in simple terms and shows how they can offer a philosophical framework within which to hold a therapeutic conversation. John Gunzburg shares his skills in composing therapeutic stories and encourages therapists to formulate their own stories out of their and their clients' experiences. more »
1997, Paperback: £26.99/ $46.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-375-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 250pp
Keywords: counselling, creative therapies, health care, occupational therapy, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, social care, social stories
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