Dyslexia, self-harm and attempted suicide
Research shows that at least 5% of schoolchildren are likely to have dyslexia. Children sometimes lack the maturity to ask for help and things can go sour…
Tag: special education
The lifelong social and emotional effects of dyslexia
With the aim to assist both parents and educational practitioners to recognise the emotional turmoil that both young and older dyslexics face in life, Neil Alexander-Passe…
FASD: A life-long neurodevelopmental disability that needs to be SEEN
Liam Curran is a PhD INDI Social Sciences student at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He has over 25 years’ experience working with young people in…
Preparing a child with ASD for a move to another country
Heather Jones is the author of Talk to Me: Conversation Strategies for Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum or Speech and Language Impairments – in this…
Why one growing up talk is not enough…
Davida Hartman is a Senior Educational Psychologist who has been working with children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder for fifteen years. Author of the two new…
Browse our latest collection of Special Educational Needs and Pastoral Education books for 2015
For more information on any of the books inside, simply click the title or book cover to view the full book page. To receive…
A new one day course on the 5P approach from Linda Miller
Course: Using the 5P Approach to prevent and manage behaviour difficulties Date: Wednesday 1st July 2015, LONDON at the British Psychological Society Head Offices. This is a…
Put the Fun Back into Tooth Brushing
JKP author Kate Wilde, Director of The Son-Rise Program®, shares tips from her forthcoming book, Autistic Logistics, on helping your spectrum child enjoy brushing his or…
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…
Jessica Kingsley Publishers acquires National Children’s Bureau publishing division
We are delighted to announce the establishment of a co-publishing partnership with the National Children’s Bureau, a leading children’s charity in the UK. Jessica Kingsley…