How to support grieving college students – Part 1
Between 35% and 48% of college students have lost a family member or close friend within the last two years. Grieving college students and young adults can often feel isolated and vulnerable, and may...
View ArticleHow to support grieving college students – Part 2
Between 35% and 48% of college students have lost a family member or close friend within the last two years. Grieving college students can often feel isolated and vulnerable, and may feel that no one...
View ArticleIndependent Mental Health Advocacy: A glass half full?
Independent Mental Health Advocacy is all about giving a voice to those whose rights have been compromised. Hot on the heels on the release of their new book Independent Mental Health Advocacy – The...
View ArticleFASD: 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 residential homes, child and family social...
View ArticleFirst Hand Experience: Good and bad responses to self-harm from health...
In this frank and open post, Dr Pooky Knightsmith talks about self-harm and shares her own experiences, both good and bad, of responses from health professionals. This post was originally shared on...
View Article2015 Family Choice Award Winner
The Pocket Occupational Therapist for Families of Children With Special Needs won a 2015 Family Choice Award! Pediatric occupational therapist, Cara Koscinski, MOT, OTR/L, is the author of The Pocket...
View ArticleThe 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 illustrates the lifelong...
View ArticleDyslexia, 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 when they’re left to fend for themselves....
View ArticleArt Therapy catalogue 2015
Browse our latest collection of titles in Art Therapy. For more information on any of the books inside, simply click the title or cover image to view the full book page.
View ArticleTalking about BIG problems with your autistic child
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 new blog she talks about how she was able...
View ArticleWorking with Asperger Couples Online
ASD-Specific Couples Counseling If you or your partner has a diagnosed or suspected case of Asperger Syndrome or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it’s important to seek counseling with an ASD-specific...
View ArticleHow do we respond to children we consider need protecting?
Informed by her many years on the frontline and subsequent experience writing serious case reviews, Joanna Nicolas has identified the most common pitfalls in child protection cases in her latest book...
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Sign up to our mailing list to receive a free copy of our latest brochure of new and bestselling dementia titles. Featuring: The Books on Prescription for Dementia scheme; exclusive new titles from...
View ArticleUsing non-threatening direct work with children – an interview with Audrey Tait
With one bestselling direct work resource under her belt already, Audrey Tait, with Helen Wosu, has produced another must-have guide, full of creative ideas to engage the whole family and effect...
View ArticleYoung People and Drugs – What can adoptive parents do?
Julian Cohen, author of All About Drugs and Young People, is a writer, educator, counsellor and consultant who has specialised in drug and sex education work with children, young people, parents,...
View ArticleResearch, innovation and social work education
Co-editor of Innovations in Social Work Research, Aidan Worsley, offers some reflections on the function of research in the development of social work education. Having recently completed my role as...
View ArticlePersonality disorder: What about recovery?
Exploring the process of recovery from personality disorder, and how this can be achieved, Heather Castillo, author of The Reality of Recovery in Personality Disorder, provides some insight about the...
View ArticleYour Role as Your Child’s Advocate
Judith Canty Graves and Carson Graves are co-authors of Parents Have the Power to Make Special Education Work: An Insider Guide, and are the parents of a son with learning disabilities who is about to...
View ArticlePutting restorative theory into practice
Belinda Hopkins, author of Restorative Theory in Practice, provides her unique insight into what works in restorative practice and why. Facilitating restorative conferences is one of the most rewarding...
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Sign up to our mailing list to receive a free copy of our latest brochure of new and bestselling Music Therapy titles. To request a free print copy of the JKP complete catalogue of books on Music...
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