Can I tell you about...?
The 'Can I tell you about...?' series offers simple introductions to a range of limiting conditions. Friendly characters invite readers to learn about their experiences of living with a particular condition and how they would like to be helped and supported. These books serve as excellent starting points for family and classroom discussions.
Can I Tell You About Parkinson's Disease?
A guide for family, friends and carers
Meet Nikolai - a man with Parkinson's disease. Nikolai invites readers to learn about Parkinson's from his perspective, helping them to understand how Parkinson's affects his daily life and why some tasks can be especially challenging for him. He also gives advice on how to help someone with... more »
2013, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-948-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 56pp
Subject: Disability
Keywords: adults, alternative therapies, carers, disability, nursing, occupational therapy, older people, pain management, palliative care, Parkinson's disease
Can I tell you about OCD?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Katie - a teenager with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Katie invites readers to learn about OCD from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is, how her obsessions and compulsions affect her daily life, and how people around her can help. more »
2013, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-381-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 48pp
Subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
Keywords: adolescence, anxiety, bullying, child psychiatry, child psychology, cognitive behavioural therapy, families, mental health, mental illness, obsessive compulsive disorder, parenting, pastoral care, teenagers
Can I tell you about ADHD?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Ben - a young boy with ADHD. Ben invites readers to learn about ADHD from his perspective. He helps children understand what it means to have ADHD and describes what it is and how it feels. Ben explains how he was diagnosed and what he has learnt about ways to relieve his ADHD symptoms,... more »
2013, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-359-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 64pp
Subjects: Education, Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes
Keywords: ADD, ADHD, challenging behaviour, child psychology, children, education, parenting, pastoral care, special education
Can I tell you about Dementia?
A guide for family, friends and carers
Meet Jack - an older man with dementia. Jack invites readers to learn about dementia from his perspective, helping them to understand the challenges faced by someone with dementia and the changes it causes to memory, communication and behaviour. He also gives advice on how to help someone with... more »
2013, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-297-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 48pp
Subject: Working with Older People
Keywords: adults, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, communication, dementia, families, health care, life skills, older people, relationships, residential care
Can I tell you about Asthma?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Alfie - a young boy with asthma. Alfie invites readers to learn about asthma from his perspective, describing how it feels to have an asthma attack and what the common triggers are. He talks about the challenges of having asthma and how important it is that his friends and the people... more »
2012, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-350-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 56pp
Subjects: Health, Social Work and Social Care, Psychiatry and Psychology
Keywords: anxiety, bullying, child development, child psychology, children, disability, education, health care, parenting, pastoral care
Can I tell you about Adoption?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Chelsea - a young girl who is adopted. Chelsea invites you to learn about adoption from her perspective and introduces us to two friends of hers who have been transracially adopted. Chelsea and her friends help children understand what it means to be adopted, the experiences and... more »
August 2013, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-942-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 64pp
Subjects: Education, Parenting, Health, Social Work and Social Care
Keywords: adoption, child psychology, counselling, parenting, pastoral care, social care, social work, youthwork
Can I tell you about Stuttering?
A guide for friends, family, and professionals
Meet Harry – a young boy who stutters. Harry invites readers to learn about what it is like to stutter from his perspective and how it affects his daily life and makes him feel. He talks about techniques that can help reduce stuttering and describes how friends, family and others can help him... more »
August 2013, Paperback: / $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-435-5, 56pp
Subjects: Disability, Psychiatry and Psychology
Keywords: anxiety, child development, child psychology, children, education, mental health, parenting, pastoral care, self esteem, speech and language pathology, speech and language therapy, teenagers
Can I tell you about Dyslexia?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Zoe - a young girl with dyslexia. Zoe invites readers to learn about dyslexia from her perspective. She helps readers to understand the challenges faced by a child with dyslexia, explaining what dyslexia is and how it affects her at home and at school. Zoe describes exactly why she finds... more »
July 2013, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-952-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 56pp
Subjects: Education, Disability
Keywords: adolescence, child psychology, children, dyslexia, education, educational psychology, inclusive classroom, pastoral care, special education
Can I tell you about Stammering?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Harry – a young boy who stammers. Harry invites readers to learn about what it is like to stammer from his perspective and how it affects his daily life and makes him feel. He talks about techniques that can help reduce stammering and describes how friends, family and others can help him... more »
July 2013, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-415-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 56pp
Subjects: Disability, Psychiatry and Psychology
Keywords: anxiety, child development, child psychology, children, education, mental health, parenting, pastoral care, self esteem, speech and language pathology, speech and language therapy, teenagers
Can I tell you about Selective Mutism?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Hannah - a young girl with selective mutism (SM). Hannah invites readers to learn about selective mutism from her perspective, helping them to understand what it is, what it feels like to have SM, and how they can help. more »
2012, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-289-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 56pp
Subjects: Disability, Psychiatry and Psychology
Keywords: anxiety, child psychology, children, communication, disability, education, mental health, parenting, self esteem, speech and language pathology, speech and language therapy
Can I tell you about Epilepsy?
A guide for friends, family and professionals
Meet Ellie – a young girl with epilepsy. Ellie invites readers to learn about epilepsy from her perspective. She introduces us to some friends who help present the varying forms of epilepsy. Ellie and her friends help children to understand the obstacles that they face by telling them what it... more »
2012, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-309-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 48pp
Subjects: Disability, Psychiatry and Psychology
Keywords: child development, child psychology, children, disability, education, epilepsy, health care, parenting, seizures
Can I tell you about Asperger Syndrome?
A guide for friends and family
Meet Adam - a young boy with AS. Adam invites young readers to learn about AS from his perspective. He helps children understand the difficulties faced by a child with AS - he tells them what AS is, what it feels like to have AS and how they can help children with AS by understanding their... more »
2003, Paperback: £7.99/ $13.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-206-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 48pp
Subject: Asperger Syndrome, Autism and other Syndromes
Keywords: Asperger syndrome, children, inclusive classroom, occupational therapy, special education, speech and language therapy
