Art Therapy Cards for Children: What they are and how to best use them
The author of Art Therapy Cards for Children, Elitsa Velikova introduces her Art Therapy cards and shares some ideas on how one can work with…
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“Boys are strong and girls are pretty…” Why we need books like ‘A House for Everyone’
This is the second book from Jo Hirst, author and mother of a trans child. She is a board member of the group Parents of Gender…
A Light Touch – Understanding Autism
Jonas Torrance provides creative therapy & behaviour support for autistic children. His first book, Therapeutic Adventures with Autistic Children: Connecting through Movement, Play and Creativity is published…
PDA by PDAers
Fittingly, Sally Cat’s first ever blog piece is about her first book, PDA by PDAers, which is out now. Here, she describes how the online…
Life after “He’s Always Been My Son”
Janna Barkin is the proud mother of a transgender son, and a passionate transgender youth rights advocate. She writes regularly for the Huffington Post and…
How can we put Character Education into practice?
Frederika Roberts and Elizabeth Wright discuss Character Education as a way of helping children to develop positive values and emotional resilience, and provide an example…
It’s Time to Tell a Story…
Mary Medlicott, author of Storytelling and Story-Reading in Early Years, is a professional storyteller, storytelling trainer and storytelling workshop leader with over 30 years’ experience. Here she…
PDA Action Day – Positive PDA
The PDA Society are encouraging everyone to mark today, 15th May, as PDA Day! The theme is ‘Positive PDA’ and in keeping with that, they’ll…
Weight Expectations: One Man’s Recovery from Anorexia – Extract
Ahead of its publication next month, here is an exclusive extract from Dave Chawner’s upcoming title Weight Expectations: One Man’s Recovery from Anorexia. This extract…
Why can’t people talk about their mental health?
Dave Chawner, author of Weight Expectations, is a mental health campaigner, an award winning stand-up comedian and anorexia survivor. In this blog, he addresses the stigma around…