15 Things to Say at your Book Launch
Adapted from the inspiring speech she gave at the launch of her first book, Debby Elley highlights the reasons why she wrote Fifteen Things They…
Tag: parents
Developing Resilience: Top 5 Tips for Parents of Autistic teens
Announcing the second book in the Parents’ Practical Guide to Resilience range, authors Jeanette Purkis & Emma Goodall take us through their top tips for…
“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…
Coming Home to Autism
New book Coming Home to Autism takes a room-by-room approach to guide the parents of a newly diagnosed child through day-to-day family life. There are ideas…
Tiger Mums & Parenting Pressures
Uttom Chowdhury is a Consultant Psychiatrist and a dad. His new book, The Tiger Mum Who Came to Tea, is a funny and insightful adults’ picture…
How to make your school an LGBTQ friendly place for students and staff
At the end of last year, the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) issued new guidance on how to ensure that schools are friendly and…
Autism: A Journey of Discovery as a Parent and Psychologist
Raelene Dundon is a parent, a psychologist and the author of Talking with Your Child about Their Autism Diagnosis: A Guide for Parents. In this…
Top five tips for parents on developing resilience in their autistic child
All children need help to bounce back from life’s challenges, but having autism can sometimes make this more difficult. Building resilience and independence in children…
“Nanny, you do know I’m a girl, don’t you?” Anna Bianchi’s journey of grand-mothering a gender-expansive child
“I had no premonition, when my first grandchild was born, that I would be writing this book. How could I know that Ruben’s birth would…
Why do we need to talk about Religious Education?
Although Religious Education (RE) is a legal requirement in UK schools, it is an oft-neglected and misunderstood subject. It is important to seriously re-think this…