Helping a Child with Autism Handle Halloween
Walking around the shops in October it is impossible to escape the ghoulish Halloween theme. The supermarkets are full of masks, deathly hands and creepy…
Category: Adoption and Fostering
‘Contact with Nature can be immensely healing.’
Caroline Jay founded and runs the Seeds of Hope Children’s Garden, a national charity which aims to promote the use of nature in helping children manage…
Praise from a reader— An insight into how ‘The Asperkid’s Launch Pad’ changed one mother’s life
Rebecca in England shares how reading The Asperkid’s Launch Pad by Jennifer Cook O’Toole changed the way she thinks about autism: Just dropping by to…
Browse our latest collection of books for adoptive and foster parents.
Here are our new and bestselling titles for adoptive and foster parents, or those thinking of adopting or fostering. For more information on any of…
Browse our latest collection of new and bestselling titles for professionals in adoption and foster care.
Here are our new and bestselling titles for professionals working in adoption and fostering. For more information on any of the books inside, simply click…
Learning about Sexuality and Safety with Tom
Learning about Sexuality and Safety with Tom The idea for storybooks about sexuality and safety came from being the single mother of a boy with…
Summer Holiday activites for younger children with Autism and other learning difficulties (Day 5).
This one probably requires a trip to the local arts store but will provide hours of possibilities and fun once it’s mixed together. GLOWING WATER…
Drawing your family as animals – activity from How to Get Kids Offline, Outdoors and Connecting with Nature
In this extract, you can try several different activities based on drawing family members metaphorically. For the younger children, this may be a case of…
Attachment, schools and vulnerable children: An interview with Nicola Marshall.
Nicola Marshall is a certified coach, adoptive parent of three, and author of the newly published The Teacher’s Introduction to Attachment. We spoke to her about why…
Summer Holiday activites for younger children with Autism and other learning difficulties (Day 4).
We want to highlight activities that you can do without having to spend any (or that much) money in order to have fun. This game…