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Welcome to Different Like Us!, the book that explores how being different helps shape our world.Sharing the stories of more than 40 children from across the globe, this book celebrates their strength and joys, without shying away from the tough stuff that's part of the package. Reading their words will help you identify your own strengths and work out how your unique qualities and experiences can drive you forwards.Along the way you will meet· Cora, aged 10, whose painful medical condition has led to a special bravery that has shaped her life.· Afua, aged 14, who has sickle cell, and explains how she came to accept her condition. She talks about the tips and tricks she uses to stay positive.· Jensen, aged 10, who has hearing loss and has taught his school sign language.· Kais, aged 9, who escaped from two wars, and has grown to see his new friends as a second family.· Aidan, aged 13, who talks about dealing with the grief of losing his father.Plus others who have been bullied, who stammer, who have sight loss, who are autistic, have ADHD, dyslexia, Tourette's or epilepsy, who have parents in prison, and many more.

Are you a dyspraxic or ADHD woman, or do you think you might be?Does a lot of life advice for women feel like it's not quite meant for you?Were you told you'd grow out of dyspraxia or ADHD as a child, not grow into them as a woman?If you want to understand what dyspraxia or ADHD means to you as an adult, and a woman, this book is for you. It will support you in every part of your neurodiversity journey and help you understand what dyspraxia and ADHD mean to you as a women, in your relationship with others, yourself and even your body. It's the survival guide I wish I had growing up - so I have written it for you instead. Sometimes uplifting and humours and at other times unflinchingly honest about life's rock bottoms, think of reading this book as having a coffee with someone who's seen the best and worst of life and is ready to cheer you on when you're doing great and be there for you when you fall.

Are you caring for a loved one who is living with dementia? Do you struggle to know what to do when they become distressed? Do you often feel like you're going through this journey alone? Well, you're not alone, and this book is here to help you discover invaluable insights on handling challenges that often come with dementia.

An updated, dyslexia-friendly edition of Lauren Brukner's bestselling guide, featuring new illustrations. Packed with accessible strategies and tools to help children aged 7-14 with emotional and sensory regulation, this guide will help kids feel calm in body and mind.

Maybe you've heard of autistic burnout before and want to learn more, or maybe you're feeling burnt out right now and really need help - however this book finds you, it's here to help.In this informative and supportive guide, autistic author and advocate, Viv Dawes, gently provides you with all the information you need about autistic burnout: what causes it, how to prevent it and what helps with recovery. Including artwork from an autistic teen illustrator, and first person lived experience stories, you can see you're not alone.So let's get started so we can shed some light on the things you're feeling and explore all the things that will help you to feel better.

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.

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.

The serious issue of sexual consent is discussed in a graphic novel format that depicts the conversation of teenagers aged 13-18 and their personal feelings on the subject. The comic book story is accompanied by sexual health resources for students and teachers including PSHE practitioners and international equivalents.