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We are independent publishers of accessible professional and academic books in the social and behavioural sciences.

Jessica Kingsley Publishers was named Independent Publisher of the Year at the inaugural Independent Publishing Awards in 2007.

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Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know

Fanny Cohen Herlem

Why was I abandoned?
Why did my parents adopt me?
What if I want to meet my biological parents?
Children who find out they are adopted have many questions that are difficult for a parent to answer. This book explores children's thoughts and feelings and provides parents with guidance on how to respond to difficult questions.
The author covers all the common questions that children ask and provides sensitive, candid answers in a way that children will be able to understand and relate to. Each chapter is devoted to a particular issue, such as why a child is adopted, who chose the child's first name and what happens when the child grows up. The book recognizes the emotions and reactions of everyone in the family and includes separate conclusions for parents and children.
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Awards for JKP titles

Bronze Medal Winner in the 2008 IPPY awards
Autism Heroes
Gold Medal Winner in the 2008 IPPY awards
Help your Child or Teen Get Back On Track
Ken Book Award Winner
Help your Child or Teen Get Back On Track
NAGC Celebrating Gifts and Talents 2007 "Most Important Book" Gold Award Winner
Gifted Children
2007 ASA Literary Work of the Year
Parenting Across the Autism Spectrum

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New titles

Art Therapy and Anger

Edited by Marian Liebmann

Professionals working in a range of clinical settings are regularly called upon to work with angry clients, and they may find their skills and resources for working with this powerful emotion...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-425-4, 272pp, 2008, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Art Therapy, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Counselling, Forensic Psychotherapy, Working with Offenders
Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol

Drinking to Cope?

Matthew Tinsley and Sarah Hendrickx

Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol exposes the unexplored problem of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) using alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with everyday life. Alcohol can...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-609-8, 144pp, 2008, £13.99, $19.95

Category: Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Bagua Daoyin

A Unique Branch of Daoist Learning, A Secret Skill of the Palace

He Jinghan
Translated by David Alexander

Bagua Daoyin emphasizes the perception and training of muscles (jin), bones (gu) and skin (pi), and combines elements of fitness, martial arts and medical science in order to promote harmony and...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84819-009-2, 160pp, 2008, £14.99, $19.95

Category: Bagua
The Colors of Grief

Understanding a Child's Journey through Loss from Birth to Adulthood

Janis A. Di Ciacco PhD

Following a life shattering experience, a child enters upon a confusing emotional journey that can be likened to a prism of many colors of dark feelings like sadness and fear, but also warm...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-886-3, 176pp, 2008, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Parenting, Working with Children and Families
Counselling Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Christiane Sanderson

Counselling Survivors of Domestic Abuse explains how counsellors can facilitate recovery from domestic abuse within a secure, supportive therapeutic relationship.
There has been...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-606-7, 272pp, 2008, £25.00, $45.00

Categories: Counselling, Psychiatry and Psychology, Working with Children and Families
Feeling Like Crap

Young People and the Meaning of Self-Esteem

Nick Luxmoore

We use the word all the time, but what exactly is self-esteem, and how do young people develop it? Feeling Like Crap explores how a young person's self is constructed, and what might...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-682-1, 160pp, 2008, £13.99, $24.95

Categories: Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Psychology, Working with Children and Families
Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Divorce

What Children Need to Know

Fanny Cohen Herlem

Is it my fault that my parents are getting divorced?
Do I have to choose between my mum and my dad?
Is it normal to feel angry with my parents?
When faced...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-672-2, 96pp, 2008, £9.99, $14.95

Categories: Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Education, Parenting, Social Work, Working with Children and Families
The Integrated Children's System

Enhancing Social Work and Inter-Agency Practice

Hedy Cleaver, Steve Walker, Jane Scott, Daniel Cleaver, Wendy Rose, Harriet Ward and Andy Pithouse

The Integrated Children's System (ICS) was developed to support effective practice with children and families and improve decision making and planning for children in need. This book outlines...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-944-0, 224pp, 2008, £35.00, $70.00

Categories: Social Work, Working with Children and Families
Making Sense of Children's Thinking and Behavior

A Step-by-Step Tool for Understanding Children with NLD, Asperger's, HFA, PDD-NOS, and other Neurological Differences

Leslie Holzhauser-Peters and Leslie True

Making Sense of Children's Thinking and Behavior offers parents and professionals a tool for understanding children with neurological differences. These children have an atypical view...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-888-7, 192pp, 2008, £13.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
Overcoming Loss

Activities and Stories to Help Transform Children's Grief and Loss

Julia Sorensen
Illustrated by Maryam Ahmad

Overcoming Loss is a photocopiable resource that addresses childrens' feeling of loss, which can arise from changing communities, schools, moving house, divorce or the death of a parent...

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-646-3, 144pp, 2008, £19.99, $35.00

Categories: Bereavement and Palliative Care, Counselling, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

This new imprint publishes authoritative books on Tai Chi and Qigong for martial arts, health and wellbeing. It brings together the best in theory and practice from all over the world and is not allied exclusively to any one tradition.

Find out more about Singing Dragon