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Good Grief 1
Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death with Under Elevens: 2nd Edition
Barbara Ward and Associates
Good Grief has been designed to explore and demystify the experience of loss - in different contexts - within the framework of the National Curriculum. Suitable for all professionals, carers and parents, Good Grief 1 facilitates the use of children's own experiences and encouraging improvisation and extension. Learn More1995, 276pp -
Good Grief 2
Exploring Feelings, Loss and Death with Over Elevens and Adults: 2nd Edition
Barbara Ward and Associates
Good Grief has been designed to explore and demystify the experience of loss in different contexts within the framework of the National Curriculum. Primarily designed for mixed ability secondary and adult education, Good Grief 2 will also be invaluable for many other statutory, professional and community organisations. Learn More1995, 276pp -
Parenting Teenagers
Bob Myers
Based on more than twenty years' experience, this very level-headed text is intended for all who have to deal with the needs of adolescents. Strategies are developed for problem solving and helping the teenager build self-esteem, responsibility and independence while at the same time keeping the carer's sanity. Learn More1995, 152pp -
Growing Up
From eight years to young adulthood
Jennie Lindon
Setting the experiences of 8- to 18-year-olds within a practical framework, this classic practical guide describes the main changes for children as they grow from middle childhood to adulthood. Learn More1996, Paperback / softback, 0.04in x 0.04in / 1mm x 1mm, 200pp, £23.00ISBN: 97818745796181996, Ebook, PDF, 200pp, £23.00ISBN: 9781907969638 -
Child Adoption
A Guidebook for Adoptive Parents and Their Advisors
R.A.C. Hoksbergen
Child Adoption is a straightforward, concise and comprehensive guide which adoptive parents and the professionals who advise them will find invaluable. R.A.C. Hoksbergen covers the practical and emotional issues and possible problems which affect child and parents in adoption. Learn More1996, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 118pp, £25.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-415-3 -
Raising Responsible Teenagers
Bob Myers
Raising Responsible Teenagers combines comprehensive discussion about child development with practical advice on parenting styles and discipline techniques. Each stage of child development is discussed, creating a picture of where the child 'is at' on entering adolescence. Learn More1996, Paperback / softback, 8.46in x 5.51in / 215mm x 140mm, 256pp, £21.99ISBN: 978-1-85302-429-0 -
How We Feel
An Insight into the Emotional World of Teenagers
Edited by Jacki Gordon and Gillian Grant
This innovative and accessible book shows, largely in their own words, how young people really feel about themselves and the world around them. They speak about school, parents, siblings, peers, romance, good looks, jealousy, bullying, sex, drugs, normality and difference, their joy, pain and confusion, and everything else. Learn More1997, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.14in / 233mm x 156mm, 250pp, £25.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-439-9 -
Children's Homes Revisited
David Berridge and Isabelle Brodie
In this book, based on a three-year national research study, the authors examine the changes in structure and use of residential child care services over the last ten years. They make a comprehensive analysis of the quality of care available and recommendations for policy, practice, and the future management of children's homes. Learn More1997, 250pp -
Young People Leaving Care
Life After the Children Act 1989
Bob Broad
This book contains extensive practice information, original research material and policy findings about young people leaving public care and the work of leaving care projects. Each chapter contains good practice and policy examples, and the book concludes with a critical analysis of key practice, policy, and theoretical issues. Learn More1998, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 288pp, £27.99ISBN: 978-1-85302-412-2 -
The Adoption Experience
Families Who Give Children a Second Chance
Ann Morris
This is a book of real life stories of adopters which takes the reader through every stage of the adoption process starting with the moment when they decide that adoption is the right option for them to the stories of adoptees brought up by adoptive parents. In between, the book looks at all the different types of adoption that are carried out. Learn More1999, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.10in / 233mm x 155mm, 224pp, £15.99ISBN: 978-1-85302-783-31999, Ebook, ePUB, 224pp, £15.99ISBN: 978-0-85700-116-0