Three truths about the history of racism and learning disability
Three truths about the history of racism and learning disability By Saba Salman, author of Double Discrimination. Saba Salman is an author, editor and award-winning social…
Category: Social work
Introducing Taya the Tortoise: An Activity Book for the Children Who Bottle-Up, Retreat, or Disconnect
Introducing Taya the Tortoise: An Activity Book for the Children Who Bottle-Up, Retreat, or Disconnect By Dr. Karen Treisman. Find her latest book, Taya the…
Free download – Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families
Free downloadable extract from Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families on building meaningful relationships. In Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families: Creative Tools…
What Is ‘Challenging Behaviour’ — And Why It Might Be About Us Too
Reframing ‘Challenging Behaviour’ This piece by Andy Baker explores how reframing the term ‘challenging behaviour’ to ‘behaviour that challenges’ and shifting the focus from blaming…
Messy Social Work
This is an adapted extract from Chapter 2 titled ‘Working with Children’ of Messy Social Work by Richard Devine. Working with Children The police…
Targeting the Positive with Behaviours that Challenge
How This Book Was Born: The Story Behind Targeting the Positive I didn’t set out to write a book. I set out to understand people.…
The Psychologically Responsive Leader
Defining psychologically responsive leadership We define psychologically responsive leadership as ‘drawing on current psychological theory and knowledge of humans as individuals and in groups, with…
Building Blocks of Emotion: Helping Children Understand Big Feelings Through Play
Help children to understand feelings like anger using play! This World Children’s Day, the author of the Creative Ways books Fiona Zandt shares an engaging method for helping children understand and regulate their emotions, using a playful activity with interconnecting blocks.
Review of The Adverse Childhood Experiences Card Deck by Dr Warren Larkin
Review written by Kate Cairns. This resource is both deeply knowledgeable and accessibly presented. It enables anyone working with people in relation to adversity in…
Why Gender Affirming Care is Critical
Why Gender Affirming Care is Critical This blog post was written by JKP authors Kelly Darke and Shannon Scott-Miller Gender affirming therapy is part of…