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What is death? And how can we help children understand it? – Marian Carter
In this extract from Helping Children and Adolescents Think about Death, Dying and Bereavement, Marian Carter draws upon her experience as a chaplain who has worked…
Incorporating creativity in supervision
Anna Chesner, co-author of Creative Supervision Across Modalities, explains why using creativity in supervision sessions can benefit both the supervisor and supervisee, and gives her…
Using Mindfulness Practices to Develop Calm in Asperger’s Syndrome, with Chris Mitchell
As well as helping to develop calm through cultivating the mind, mindfulness practice, including meditation and yoga, can also aid quality of life by tuning…
VIDEO: An insider’s perspective on what you can do to help a person with dementia – with JKP author Christine Bryden
“I think it’s really important to stay in communication with us, as human being to human being – because we are still human beings with a spirit. And it’s spirit to spirit that we can really stay in touch.”
The Reverend Albert Jewell answers one JKP Reader’s Questions about his latest book, Spirituality and Personhood in Dementia
This month, we offered one of our readers a chance to preview a copy of the Revd Jewell’s latest JKP title, Spirituality and Personhood in Dementia, and ask him some questions about it: “Q: To what extent and how far has your exploration of dementia enhanced your understanding of spirituality? A: …People with dementia in the main live in the present moment because the past tends to get dismantled. To be able to live fully in the present, rather than be bugged by the past or worried about the future, is a great gift and one I covet…”
How meditation can help people with Asperger’s Syndrome release tension and recognise body language
By Chris Mitchell, author of Asperger’s Syndrome and Mindfulness: Taking Refuge in the Buddha. Body language, or non-verbal communication, is an aspect of life that…