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Parental Learning Disability and Children's Needs

Family Experiences and Effective Practice

Hedy Cleaver and Don Nicholson

Parents with a learning disability face a high risk of losing their children, and current support for them is inadequate. This book, based on original research, looks into current social care practice and the support systems available to parents with learning disabilities, evaluating their effectiveness and examining their impact on the families affected.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-632-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp, 2007, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Intellectual Disabilities, Parenting, Working with Children and Families

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Let's All Listen

Songs for Group Work in Settings that Include Students with Learning Difficulties and Autism

Pat Lloyd

Music provides a unique and powerful means of promoting communication and social interaction in students with learning difficulties. In this collection, Pat Lloyd brings together 46 songs composed or adapted for use with children with communication problems.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-583-1, 279.4mm x 216mm / 11in x 8.5in, 144pp, 2007, £24.99, $39.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Intellectual Disabilities, Music Therapy, Special Education

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The Pool Activity Level (PAL) Instrument for Occupational Profiling

A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment
3rd edition

Jackie Pool

Praise for the first edition:
'An extremely practical resource with photocopiable activity checklists, personal profile records and outcome sheets…the resource is well presented and easy to read and it flows. The inclusion of short case studies provides the reader with workable illustrations so that at no point is he or she left unsure as to how ideas might be translated into practice.'

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-594-7, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 176pp, 2007, £25.00, $45.00

Categories: Dementia, Intellectual Disabilities

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Promoting Social Interaction for Individuals with Communicative Impairments

Making Contact

Edited by M. Suzanne Zeedyk

All humans have an innate need and ability to communicate with others, and this book presents successful approaches to nurturing communicative abilities in people who have some type of communication impairment.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-539-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp, 2008, £16.99, $24.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Intellectual Disabilities, Music Therapy, Working with Children and Families, Working with Older People

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Small Steps Forward

Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs
2nd edition

Sarah Newman
Illustrated by Jeanie Mellersh

Praise for the First Edition:
'… A warm feeling of positive reassurance and guidance runs throughout the book. [It] offers practical and emotional help, not only to a child's family, but equally to health and educational workers starting out within this field. This book should have a prominent place in every toy and leisure library as well as within childcare agencies.'
- Play Matters

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-693-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp, 2008, £13.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Intellectual Disabilities, Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, Parenting, Special Education

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Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia

Developing Effective Interventions

Diana Kerr

Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia covers all the essential issues in supporting a person with a learning disability when they develop dementia.
The increased longevity of the population at large also means that the number of people with a learning disability is living longer, and the numbers of these people developing dementia will continue to increase. Service providers, planners, doctors, social workers, carers and direct support staff need to be equipped with relevant knowledge prior to the onset of the condition, so they can devise appropriate therapeutic interventions and coping strategies for managing the effects of dementia, including health and medication management and palliative care.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-442-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 200pp, 2007, £18.99, $34.95

Categories: Dementia, Health and Social Care, Intellectual Disabilities, Working with Older People

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Using Intensive Interaction and Sensory Integration

A Handbook for Those who Support People with Severe Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Phoebe Caldwell
With Jane Horwood

People with severe autism experience the sensory information they receive from the world completely differently to those not on the spectrum. They feel cut off and overwhelmed, and their behaviour can become very distressed. This handbook shows how we can engage with people who are non-verbal or semi-verbal and sometimes even those who have speech but lose the power to process it when they are in crisis. We can help them to make sense of the world.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-626-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 112pp, 2008, £12.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Intellectual Disabilities

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Challenges to the Human Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities

Edited by Frances Owen and Dorothy Griffiths

'A book such as this both demonstrates the progress that has been made over recent years, and will also serve to enhance respect for the human rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the years to come'
- From the Foreword by Orville Endicott

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-590-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp, December 2008, £27.99, $45.00

Categories: Disability, Disability Law, Intellectual Disabilities, Social Policy, Social Work, Social Work Law

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Multisensory Rooms and Environments

Controlled Sensory Experiences for People with Profound and Multiple Disabilities

Susan Fowler

This unique, fully photocopiable resource offers guidance and materials to aid those developing multisensory environments - artificially engineered spaces that encourage relaxation, social skills and learning by stimulating the five senses.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-462-9, 297mm x 210mm / 11in x 8.5in, 256pp, 2008, £29.99, $55.00

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Disability, Intellectual Disabilities, Occupational Therapy

All Intellectual Disabilities titles in alphabetical order

Achieving Best Behavior for Children with Developmental Disabilities

A Step-By-Step Workbook for Parents and Carers

Pamela Lewis

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-809-2, 279.4mm x 216mm / 11in x 8.5in, 160pp, 2005, £13.99, $19.95

Categories: Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Intellectual Disabilities, Parenting

Advocacy and Learning Disability

Barry Gray and Robin Jackson

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-85302-942-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp, 2001, £19.99, $38.95

Intellectual Disabilities books and resources

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Family Experiences and Effective Practice

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Songs for Group Work in Settings that Include Students with Learning Difficulties and Autism

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A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment3rd edition

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Making Contact

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Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs2nd edition

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Developing Effective Interventions

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A Handbook for Those who Support People with Severe Autistic Spectrum Disorder

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Controlled Sensory Experiences for People with Profound and Multiple Disabilities

All Intellectual Disabilities titles in alphabetical order

A Step-By-Step Workbook for Parents and Carers

for People with Developmental Disabilities

An Introduction

In and Out of Institutions

Learning Disability

Testimonies of Resistance

Using Intensive Interaction to get in touch with people whose severe learning disabilities are combined with autistic spectrum disorder

Making Friends without Words

How Two Young Women with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities Achieved Their Own Home

A Fifty Year Quest

Past, Present and Futures

Crime and Abuse Against People with Learning Disabilities

One Family's Account of the Early Years with a Child who has Special Needs

The one stop guide for parents, teachers, and other professionals

Performative Communication

The Use of Photography in the Care of People with a Learning Disability

Songs for Group Work in Settings that Include Students with Learning Difficulties and Autism

Communicating the Needs of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

A Guide for Parents

Controlled Sensory Experiences for People with Profound and Multiple Disabilities

Family Experiences and Effective Practice

Issues for Case Managers and Other Professionals

A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment3rd edition

Making Contact

Sensory-Focused Activities for People with Physical and Multiple Disabilities

Your Sons and Daughters with Intellectual Disabilities

An Evaluation of a Family-Based Respite Care Service

Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs

Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs2nd edition

Drama for People with Learning Disabilities

A Healthy Hygiene, Puberty and Personal Curriculum for Young People with Autism

Back to First Principles

Developing Effective Interventions

A Handbook for Those who Support People with Severe Autistic Spectrum Disorder

A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Finding a Place in the World

A Practical Guide to Teaching People with Learning Disabilities

Theory and Practice

A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment
3rd edition

Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs
2nd edition

A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment
3rd edition

Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs
2nd edition