Bøker utgitt av Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Max Cross has big feelings - she's energetic, smart and bold. But sometimes she gets stuck in her big, angry feelings and she wants to lash out. This story and workbook with ACT activities helps children aged 8-12 to understand their anger and teaches them how to cope with overwhelming feelings without causing others pain.

Deeply personal stories from the authors and other autistic people in their thirties, forties, fifties and beyond to support others and help explore their autistic identity later in life.

In this new edition of her bestselling guide on what it means to be a highly sensitive person, Ilse Sand encourages other highly sensitive people to embrace their unique creative potential. It is full of new activities to support wellbeing, cope with overwhelm and boost self-esteem for highly sensitive people.

When it comes to studying - one size does NOT fit all - especially if you're neurodivergent. How we approach learning and what works can vary widely depending on if we're ADHD, AuDHD, Autistic, Dyslexic, Dyspraxic... and maybe some of those profiles overlap. So where do you begin? Neurodivergent study skills expert and tutor Julia Childs has put the power back in your hands to experiment and find out exactly what works for you. With a pick 'n' mix of strategies and templates, tailored not only on your neurotype but also potential overlaps in profiles with other neurotypes, you'll be guided to try out the strategies most likely to work for you and your brain based on your skills and how you experience the world. Through the journey of experimenting (and enjoying it) you can get your own perfect 'bag' of study skills. Covering everything from self-care and burn out (yes that's actually a study skill) to getting organised, reading, and notetaking and much more, you will obtain personalized study skills for life.

This thoughtful guide breaks down the learning process. It's brimming with practical tips, brain-based strategies, and illustrative examples that teachers can implement in the classroom. Stories of real teachers and neurodivergent students help educators envision how to apply neurodiversity-affirming approaches.

A how-to for the queer disabled community about dealing with ableism, making inclusivity mandatory, and how to experience queer crip joy. With advice on everything from sexual autonomy, self-pleasure, and sex workers, to date-prep and disability disclosure - this is both a self-care bible and an urgent call for the queer community to do better.

Gremlins love to snack on tricky feelings, and the more you feed them with your thoughts and behaviours, the more they grow! So how can you fight back? Specially designed for children aged 5-9 to use on their own or with a grown-up, these books show children how to use cognitive behavioural therapy strategies to stop feeding the pesky gremlins that make life hard.The collection includes:Starving the Anxiety Gremlin for Children Aged 5-9Starving the Anger Gremlin for Children Aged 5-9The activities and real-life examples in these easy-to-use workbooks help kids understand where difficult emotions come from, and offers techniques to manage them in a healthy way.

Dolores and Tristan Glumm are smart and full of good ideas. But when sadness shows up, they both struggle: Tristan retreats into avoidance and Dolores tries to control everything. This story and workbook with ACT activities helps children aged 8-12 to understand their sadness and teaches them how to reach out for help.

Written for movement professionals, this book is packed full of research and practices that take a whole body approach to working with pregnant clients.

Emotional regulation is a huge challenge in primary schools and in the homes of children with SEND. Using the approachable and adorable 'feelings furballs', experienced SENCo Lynn How provides teachers and other childcare workers with a variety of activities to help children better regulate their emotions. The furballs cover a range of emotions and offer kids relatable characters through which to understand and express their feelings. They also compliment other popular regulation strategies like the 'zones of regulation'.With easy-to-read theory about emotional regulation and why it needs to be supported, you'll also learn how to apply these lessons both in the classroom and one-to-one.

A resource and roadmap to help adults with ADHD understand the value and positive impact of ADHD coaching so they can better advocate for their needs and find the very best coach for them.

This book addresses and responds to the forced displacement crisis by exploring how music and music therapy can assist people in a range of settings around the globe. It offers a further understanding of practice and the opportunity to stimulate critical exploration of this area of work.

This pioneering text amalgamates knowledge from classical acupuncture texts and integrates them into clear, practical guidance on how to create acupuncture treatments. Supplemented with case studies and step-by-step frameworks, this book offers practitioners the knowledge required to increase the success of their clinical treatments.

This book encourages yoga professionals to delve deeply into a place of self-exploration and self-inquiry. Readers can learn how to be present with themselves and their needs whilst also nurturing a meaningful environment for their clients. It provides reflection exercises and practical tips focussed on holistic and sustainable self-development.

Based on the author's lived experience and expertise as a therapist, this guide offers practical support for the realities of eating disorder recovery. From advice on making sustainable changes to tips for avoiding pitfalls like food-centric holidays, this book offers real help to get started, stay motivated, and make improvements that last.

An ACT-based guide for practitioners working with adults with intellectual disabilities, with the aim of fostering self-advocacy and individual empowerment and centring their needs. With case studies and ideas for exercises, this is a clear roadmap for accessible ACT interventions.

This is an impactful and innovative A-Z social work reference guide through the lens of the lived experience and realities of social workers. A diverse range of real-life cases are paired with critical reflections and relevant case law from a Principal Social Worker allowing for legal literacy and practice wisdom within a relational framework.

A beautifully-illustrated introduction to trans and non-binary people through history, for children aged 7+. Featuring Marinos the Monk, the Chevalier d'Eon, James Barry, Marsha P. Johnson, Lucy Hicks Anderson and more, this book explores the lives of gender-nonconforming icons and includes activities for kids to discuss with parents and educators.

An introduction to the concept of energy management for neurodivergent children, told through a rhyming story based on the child-friendly concept of battery packs and with warm, engaging illustrations.

In this vibrant insight into life with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Rossi shares the tough bits, the highlights, and advice for other young people to live fabulously with FASD. Chapters from a specialist psychologist and Rossi's birth mum give context for parents and professionals supporting young people living with FASD.