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Overcoming Everyday Racism
Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Face of Discrimination and Microaggressions
Susan Cousins
Considering the impact of racism and discrimination on mental health, this handbook offers tools to improve wellbeing, manage everyday racism and live with more resilience. It includes case examples, spaces for reflection and creative exercises in areas such as self-acceptance, positive relations with others and purpose in life. Learn More2019, 224pp -
The Mentally Healthy Schools Workbook
Practical Tips, Ideas, Action Plans and Worksheets for Making Meaningful Change
Pooky Knightsmith. Foreword by Norman Lamb.
This is a hands-on whole-school guide to help staff identify their school's mental health strengths and weaknesses and what can be done to improve them. Packed with helpful tips and ideas, it provides both a framework and practical steps to evaluate and support the mental health and wellbeing of all learners, and staff, and to engage parents too. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 11.69in x 8.31in / 297mm x 211mm, 200pp, $27.95ISBN: 97817877514842019, Ebook, ePUB, $27.95ISBN: 9781787751491 -
The Trauma and Attachment-Aware Classroom
A Practical Guide to Supporting Children Who Have Encountered Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences
Rebecca Brooks
Offering teachers and other education staff guidance on how to work with children who have experienced trauma, this practical book is full of hands-on tips and guidance as to the most effective ways they can offer support. It covers a wide breadth of topics such as behavioural issues and home and school co-operation. Learn More2019, 200pp -
The Little Book of Autism FAQs
How to Talk with Your Child about their Diagnosis and Other Conversations
Davida Hartman, illustrated by Margaret Anne Suggs
Exploring a topic that is frequently brought up, this book helps parents to tell their children about their autism diagnosis. It equips parents with a language of positivity and prepares them to support their children's relationships with peers and family members. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 9.02in x 6.73in / 229mm x 171mm, 112pp, $15.95ISBN: 97817859244912019, Ebook, ePUB, $15.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-824-1 -
Diary of a Dyslexic School Kid
Alais Winton and Zac Millard, illustrated by Joe Salerno
This positive and relatable diary of a dyslexic teen covers school life, bullying, tests and homework, with warmth, humour and insight. Based on the authors' real-life experiences, it shows kids and young teens with dyslexia that they are far from alone in their experiences. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 8.43in x 5.35in / 214mm x 136mm, 112pp, $14.95ISBN: 97817859244222019, Ebook, ePUB, $14.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-814-2 -
Therapeutic Parenting Essentials
Moving from Trauma to Trust
Sarah Naish, Sarah Dillon and Jane Mitchell
This is an original take on the experience of what it's really like to use therapeutic parenting while raising children who have experienced trauma, telling the story of a family who have really been there, from both a parent and child perspective. Helpful tips, and things to remember about how trauma can affect families, are provided throughout. Learn More2019, 320pp -
Crafting Meaningful Funeral Rituals
A Practical Guide
Jeltje Gordon-Lennox. Foreword by Margaret Holloway
A helpful and caring guide to creating a personalised funeral ceremony that reflects the deceased's life and creates a meaningful connection for their families and friends. Specific tools include checklists, charts and a specially designed ritual toolbox for writing tailor-made letters and notes and crafting secular funeral rituals. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.91in / 228mm x 150mm, 192pp, $19.95ISBN: 97817859238902019, Ebook, ePUB, $16.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-746-6 -
Dementia - Support for Family and Friends, Second Edition
Dave Pulsford and Rachel Thompson
An updated edition of this supportive guide to dementia care, this book is ideal for anyone with a friend or relative with dementia. It covers the latest developments in terms of policy, debates and approaches to care, has more detailed reference to UK government guidance, and features the voices of people with dementia. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 8.50in x 5.35in / 216mm x 136mm, 304pp, $18.95ISBN: 97817859243782019, Ebook, ePUB, $18.95ISBN: 978-1-78450-811-1 -
Creativity and the Arts in Early Childhood
Supporting Young Children’s Development and Wellbeing
Ruth Churchill Dower
Recognising the importance of creative learning processes and the arts for young children's physical, social and emotional development, this book provides guidance for early childhood practitioners to encourage creativity in their settings. Each chapter includes reflective questions and strategies that can be implemented in daily practice. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.91in / 228mm x 150mm, 272pp, $29.95ISBN: 97817859261362019, Ebook, ePUB, $29.95ISBN: 9781785926143 -
Supporting Positive Behaviour in Intellectual Disabilities and Autism
Practical Strategies for Addressing Challenging Behaviour
Tony Osgood
This is a practical book that presents evidenced-based methods for addressing challenging behaviour in children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. It offers a person-centred approach to analysing and addressing challenging behaviour in an engaging and jargon-free style. Learn More2019, Paperback / softback, 8.43in x 5.43in / 214mm x 138mm, 240pp, $24.95ISBN: 97817877513232019, Ebook, ePUB, $24.95ISBN: 9781787751330
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