How to give an awesome assembly for autism awareness: a teaching resource
Click here for an exclusive extract from Creating Autism Champions Follow Joy’s easy to follow guide which shows you how to run your own assembly,…
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Managing Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum
The dramatic increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum conditions among children and adolescents and the correspondingly large number of youth transitioning into adulthood has…
Recommended reading for new and prospective foster carers
An extract from Welcome to Fostering, for foster agencies considering books for their recommended reading lists for new and prospective foster carers. Download the extract …
Strategies in Supporting Children with Special Needs around Death and Dying
“My grandma isn’t a dinosaur. Why are the dinosaurs in this book teaching about death?” “My dad’s not a leaf. I don’t understand what falling…
“I stopped to buy chewing gum and I was getting called ‘sir’ when I opened my mouth”
“When I was 35, when I went full time and was working in my office as a woman, I was acutely aware of the maleness…
Read an exclusive extract from “Straight Expectations: The Story of a Family in Transition”
Read an exclusive extract from Straight Expectations Chapter 13: The Transition (2004—2006) “I did my own research to get clear about what we were…
The demand for new foster carers has never been greater
Andy Elvin, CEO of the UK’s largest adoption and fostering charity TACT, describes the immense contribution that foster carers make on a daily basis to…
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Sign up to our mailing list to receive a free copy of our new Pastoral Care and Special Educational Needs catalogue. Our resources offer valuable guidance…
Read the poem about a foster family that won the National Poetry Slam
Unorthodox Beginnings is an uplifting poem by rapper-poet Solomon OB about his foster family. In 2016, his performance of the poem at the Royal Albert…
How has the field of dementia care changed in the past 30 years?
Dementia Awareness Week 14-20 May 2017 To mark JKP’s 30th anniversary year, Professor Dawn Brooker writes for us on the challenges and achievements of 30…