Parenting challenges
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Be Bully Free
A Hands-On Guide to How You Can Take Control
Michael Panckridge and Catherine Thornton
Seeking to empower children who are bullied, this book presents a wide range of common bullying scenarios, before giving practical suggestions on how the recipient can take control in these situations. Written in a young adult fiction style, this is an essential resource for children who are experiencing bullying. Learn More2017, Paperback / softback, 8.46in x 5.51in / 215mm x 140mm, 160pp, CA$24.95ISBN: 97817859228242017, Ebook, ePUB, 176pp, CA$24.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-583-7 -
The Cookbook for Children with Special Needs
Learning a Life Skill with Fun, Tasty, Healthy Recipes
Deborah French, illustrated by Leah Ehrlich
This fully-illustrated book introduces children with special needs to the fundamentals of food preparation, healthy eating and cookery skills. Recipes pitched at three increasing levels of difficulty cover a wide range of skills making the book suitable for all abilities. The importance of health and safety is emphasised throughout. Learn MoreDec 2045, Hardback, 9.92in x 6.46in / 252mm x 164mm, 200pp, CA$33.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-538-32015, Ebook, PDF, 200pp, CA$33.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-156-3 -
Supporting Young Parents
Pregnancy and Parenthood among Young People from Care
Elaine Chase, Ian Warwick, Abigail Knight and Peter Aggleton
This book draws on authoritative research into the reasons for and experiences of pregnancy and parenthood among young people from local authority care. It questions the assumptions that early parenthood always limits young people's choices and opportunities and examines the types of support most likely to enable successful parenting. Learn More2008, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.22in / 233mm x 158mm, 192pp, CA$54.00ISBN: 978-1-84310-525-12008, Ebook, ePUB, 192pp, CA$54.00ISBN: 978-1-84642-883-8 -
Parenting in Multi-Racial Britain
Ravinder Barn with Carolina Ladino and Brooke Rogers
Based on research, this book provides an insight into parenting and the lives of families from a range of diverse ethnic groupings living in the United Kingdom. Learn More2006, Paperback / softback, 9.65in x 6.69in / 245mm x 170mm, 72pp, CA$29.95ISBN: 97819047878392006, Ebook, PDF, 72pp, CA$29.95ISBN: 9781907969928 -
Relative Grief
Parents and children, sisters and brothers, husbands, wives and partners, grandparents and grandchildren talk about their experience of death and grieving
Clare Jenkins and Judy Merry
In this collection of accounts, people share their experiences of losing loved ones through death from natural causes, genetic conditions, accident, suicide and murder. Looking at death from different perspectives, it encourages people to understand their own grief and how those around to them might be affected by what can seem a very private loss. Learn More2005, Paperback / softback, 9.09in x 6.10in / 231mm x 155mm, 208pp, CA$34.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-257-12005, Ebook, PDF, 208pp, CA$34.95ISBN: 978-1-84642-127-3 -
The Views and Experiences of Disabled Children and Their Siblings
A Positive Outlook
Clare Connors and Kirsten Stalker
Drawing on one-to-one conversations with disabled children and follow-up interviews with their families, this volume takes an in-depth look at the effects of disability on disabled children. Informed by the social model of disability, the authors identify and draw out the implications of their findings for social work and health services. Learn More2002, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.06in / 232mm x 154mm, 192pp, CA$59.00ISBN: 978-1-84310-127-72002, Ebook, PDF, 208pp, CA$59.00ISBN: 978-1-84642-367-3 -
Strengthening Emotional Ties through Parent-Child-Dyad Art Therapy
Interventions with Infants and Preschoolers
Lucille Proulx
Proulx explores many aspects of dyad art therapy including attachment relationship theories, roles in dyad interventions, the importance of the tactile experience and ways in which dyad art therapy can be used. This original book will be invaluable to mental health professionals and to parents wishing to enrich interactions with their children. Learn More2002, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.14in / 232mm x 156mm, 192pp, CA$53.00ISBN: 978-1-84310-713-22002, Ebook, ePUB, 208pp, CA$53.00ISBN: 978-1-84642-362-8 -
Finding a Way Through When Someone Close has Died
What it Feels Like and What You Can Do to Help Yourself: A Workbook by Young People for Young People
Pat Mood and Lesley Whittaker
This unique workbook is both written and illustrated by children who have experienced the death of someone close to them. They offer advice, based on their own experiences, on how to cope with the upheavals of bereavement. The workbook encourages readers to consider personal coping strategies and examine their relationships with those around them. Learn More2001, Paperback / softback, 8.54in x 7.24in / 217mm x 184mm, 80pp, CA$23.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-920-22001, Ebook, PDF, 80pp, CA$23.95ISBN: 978-0-85700-173-3 -
Growing Up
From eight years to young adulthood
Jennie Lindon
Setting the experiences of 8- to 18-year-olds within a practical framework, this classic practical guide describes the main changes for children as they grow from middle childhood to adulthood. Learn More1996, Paperback / softback, 0.04in x 0.04in / 1mm x 1mm, 200pp, CA$51.95ISBN: 97818745796181996, Ebook, PDF, 200pp, CA$51.95ISBN: 9781907969638 -
Stepchildren
A National Study
Elsa Ferri
Based on the findings of the National Child Development Study, a long-term research project conducted by the National Children's Bureau into the development of all children, this publication offered the first full picture of the complexities of the step-relationship. Learn More1984, Ebook, PDF, 207pp, CA$12.00ISBN: 9781905818747