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Attention and Listening in the Early Years

Sharon Garforth

The ability to attend, to listen and to look are prerequisites to all forms of learning. By facilitating children's attention and listening skills, we are able to give them a better chance of achieving their potential in communication, speech and language, and therefore learning skills.
Attention and Listening in the Early Years is an innovative course designed for groups of children aged 2-4. Each group session is planned around a theme such as 'The Farm' or 'The Zoo'. The themes provide an anchor for the children to gain meaning from the listening activities, games and songs that will help them learn to sit still, not talk, look at the speaker and think about the words - all vital skills in good listening. Complete with full instructions, including lists of the equipment needed for each session and the auditory and visual objectives of each activity, the book also includes photocopiable detailed preparation plans and shorter prompt plans for use during the sessions.
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Awards for JKP titles

Shortlisted for the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution's Awards for Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2008 (category: publication or article).
Developing the Craft of Mediation
Highly Commended in the BMA Medical Book of the Year award for Popular Medicine
Making Babies the Hard Way
Shortlisted for nasen Award 2008: Book to support Teaching and Learning
Planning to Learn
Shortlisted for nasen Award 2008: Book that supports SEN and Disability Issues
ADHD - Living without Brakes
Bronze Medal Winner in the 2008 IPPY awards
Autism Heroes

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New titles

Art as an Early Intervention Tool for Children with Autism

Nicole Martin

The early years are the most critical period of learning for a child with autism. Therapeutic art-making can be a useful tool to tap into their imaginations and help them to express their...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-807-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp, 2009, £13.99, $18.95

Categories: Art Therapy, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Parenting
Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Death

What Children Need to Know

Linda Goldman

Why do people die?
Where is heaven?
Will I die too? What happens to me?
Death is never an easy subject for discussion and adults can have difficulty finding the right words when talking...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-805-6, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp, 2009, £9.99, $14.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Parenting, Working with Children and Families
Group Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

A Focus on Social Competency and Social Skills

Albert J. Cotugno

Given the significant core deficits in social interaction and communication that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) demonstrate, it is critical to understand and develop interventions...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-910-5, 279.4mm x 216mm / 11in x 8.5in, 208pp, 2009, £29.99, $55.00

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Special Education
Safeguarding Children in Primary Health Care

Edited by Julie Taylor and Markus Themessl-Huber

Safeguarding children from harm has, until recently, been driven primarily by social work practitioners. With current shifts in child care and protection practice and policy, combined with an...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-652-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2009, £19.99, $36.95

Categories: Health Care, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families
Alchemy of Pushing Hands

Oleg Tcherne

The practice of Pushing Hands (Tui Shou) is generally thought of as a means of enhancing the practice of Taiji Quan, but it is also an independent practice in its own right. Pushing Hands...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84819-022-1, 190 x 215mm, 128pp, 2009, £14.99, $22.95

Category: Tai Chi
22 Things a Woman Must Know

If She Loves a Man with Asperger's Syndrome

Rudy Simone

"There are many books that have been written about being in a relationship with a man with AS, but I have found none to be as insightful, accurate and understanding of both perspectives as this...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84905-803-2, 216mm x 138mm / 8.5in x 5.5in, 112pp, 2009, £9.99, $15.95

Category: Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Breath in Action

The Art of Breath in Vocal and Holistic Practice

Edited by Jane Boston and Rena Cook

Breath in Action looks at the significance of breath to human life - not just the simple fact that if we stop breathing, we die, but also the more subtle ways in which our breath interacts with...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-942-6, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 256pp, 2009, £16.99, $24.95

Categories: Dramatherapy and Psychodrama, Health Care, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy
Can the World Afford Autistic Spectrum Disorder?

Nonverbal Communication, Asperger Syndrome and the Interbrain

Digby Tantam

Digby Tantam argues in this book that the world affords us a web of subliminal nonverbal communication that regulates our brains. It helps us understand whether our beliefs do or do not have...

Hardback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-694-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, 2009, £16.99, $24.95

Category: Autism and Asperger Syndrome
A Child Sees God

Children Talk About Bible Stories

Rev Dr Howard Worsley

In A Child Sees God, Howard Worsley explores how we can all learn from a child's perspective of the world and shows how a child's eye view of the Bible reveals many interesting ideas about...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-972-3, 246mm x 173mm / 10in x 7in, 176pp, 2009, £14.99, $29.95

Categories: Parenting, Spirituality
Decision-Making, Personhood and Dementia

Exploring the Interface

Edited by Deborah O'Connor and Barbara Purves

Dementia is a devastating disorder which may dramatically interfere with decision-making abilities. Effort has focused on trying to determine when a person is no longer capable of making...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-585-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp, 2009, £18.99, $34.95

Categories: Dementia, Working with Older People

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