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…
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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…
Social Skills: Just a Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down! by Shawn Amador
Shawn Amador, LCSW, is a school social worker who runs an after school comedy troupe, and is a part time therapist. Her new book, Teaching…
Happiness & Positive Psychology for Young People with Autism – author Q&A
Victoria Honeybourne is a senior advisory teacher, trainer and writer with a particular interest in promoting wellbeing amongst young people on the autism spectrum. We…
A comic book story to get teenagers talking about sexual consent
Age range: Ages 13 to 18 Description: A comic book story that gets teenagers talking about sexual consent. It invites them to debate what’s OK…
Looking after the Mental Health of Girls with Autism
A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum: Diagnosis, Intervention and Family Support is the first book to…
What are the different forms of bullying and what strategies can be used to overcome the problem?
Michael Panckridge, co-author of Be Bully Free, takes a look at the different forms that bullying can take and suggests strategies that victims of bullying can…
Counsellors working with young people often find it can feel like messy, complex work. What helps when counsellors are stuck?
Nick Luxmoore, author of Practical Supervision for Counsellors who Work with Young People, explores the positive impact that good supervision sessions can have on counsellors…
What is the science behind being creative and why are people with dyslexia so good at it?
Margaret Malpas, author of Self-fulfilment with Dyslexia, provides an overview of the creative process in a person’s brain and explores the reasons why creativity is…
Disruptive, stubborn, out of control? How can we tackle challenging behaviour in schools?
In this extract from Disruptive, Stubborn, Out of Control?, Clinical Psychologist Bo Hejlskov Elvén looks at the psychology behind children’s behaviour and offers fresh advice…