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Screening for perinatal depression
- Editors:
- HENSHAW Carol, ELLIOTT Sandra, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 240p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Screening for perinatal depression is receiving increasing attention and is now widely undertaken in the UK and Europe. This book offers guidance for health care professionals on the issues and controversies surrounding screening and on good practice in the use of screening tests. The editors have brought together international authors, with backgrounds in psychiatry, psychology, medicine and nursing, to discuss the available screening methods, their advantages and drawbacks, and the roles of different professionals. The wide range of topics discussed includes: women's views of screening and its accessibility, the role of the midwife, screening in the US, Australia or developing countries, screening of women with serious mental illness, Black Caribbean women's views of screening, and health visitor intuition. Many chapters draw on the author's own work and can stand alone. The role of the UK National Screening Committee is explored, along with the problems faced when implementing screening programmes in developing countries. This practical book is designed to help mental health professionals, social workers and health visitors to provide sensitive and informed services to women at risk of perinatal depression.
Music therapy in children's hospices: Jessie's Fund in action
- Editors:
- PAVLICEVIC Mercedes, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 188p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Eleven music therapists write about their experiences of working in children’s hospices. They discuss the adaptation of the therapy to the hospice environment and to the individual needs of children who are in the final stages of life-limiting illness. Topics covered include how to help bereaved siblings and how the therapists themselves can find support. The contributors take a holistic approach to children's hospices with chapters on involving family and staff in sessions and the creation of a music community. The book is aimed at music therapists working in palliative care and for health care professionals considering introducing music as a therapy.
Without you: children and young people growing up with loss and its effects
- Author:
- GRANOT Tamar
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 240p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Adults often believe that children are quick to overcome and forget loss, but there is evidence that children are affected by the memory and impact of loss throughout their lives, and especially during the years that they grow-up. In this book, the author explains the immediate and long-term effects of loss on children and adolescents. She describes how loss is experienced at different ages, explains the significant consequences it can have at each stage of the children's development and the effects it might have on the development of their personality. The author describes how the circumstances of the loss and its aftermath and the behaviour of parents and other significant caregivers influence the child's reaction. She explores the special effects of different kinds of loss, including the suicide of a parent or sibling, murder, the loss of a parent through death and parental abandonment due to divorce, disease, substance abuse, etc. Tamar Granot emphasizes how important it is to stay attuned to the special needs of these children along their growing years and provides practical and sensitive explanations and advice on how best to support them. Adults who experienced loss in childhood will find the book insightful to retrospective understanding of the effects of the loss on their growth and adult life, especially on their emotional state and their functioning in intimate relationships and as parents.
Assessing and developing communication and thinking skills in people with autism and communication difficulties: a toolkit for parents and professionals
- Author:
- SILVER Kate
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 77p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This fully photocopiable resource offers a flexible framework for the assessment and measurement of the communication skills of children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs). Containing practical assessment and planning sheets, it enables teachers, educators and other professionals to observe and record how children use and understand language, and to follow their progress over time. The completed assessment record is an accessible summary of a child's individual communication style, identifying strengths and weaknesses and the ways in which he or she is best assisted and motivated to communicate. It focuses on how children express themselves in everyday situations - for example, how they make requests or gain attention, the words they use most frequently, and how their communication is affected by different people and places. Most importantly, it provides a diagnosis of where communication skills can be developed and improved.
Supporting children in public care in schools: a resource for trainers of teachers, carers and social workers
- Authors:
- HOLLAND John, RANDERSON Catherine
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 110p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on collaborative multi-agency and multi-professional work with psychologists, teachers and social workers, this book focuses on the different types of loss that children in care may experience as a result of significant changes in placement, such as the loss of family, friends, routine and the familiar school environment. The training pack includes photocopiable material and instructions for more than a dozen training sessions. These address a range of issues including why young people are in care, how feelings of loss relate to the experience of being in care and how being in care may affect education, attainment and emotional attachment. There is a focus on making any necessary school transitions work effectively in order to provide educational stability in a young person's life. The authors realise that the transition into school is a key event, so it is crucial that it is carefully planned, that there is a positive welcoming ethos and that there is effective communication within the school.
Counselling and psychotherapy with refugees
- Author:
- BLACKWELL Dick
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is to help counsellors and psychotherapists understand and engage with the experiences of persecution, violence and exile often faced by refugees. The author's framework is based on work carried out at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. It offers a flexible approach to the special circumstances of displaced and traumatized clients from different cultural and political backgrounds. The author considers four levels of experience - political, cultural, interpersonal and intrapsychic - and explores each of these in relation to both the client and therapist. He also includes practical information on advocacy, supervision and working with interpreters.
When babies read: a practical guide to helping young children with hyperlexia, Asperger Syndrome, and high-functioning autism
- Author:
- JENSEN Audra
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 189p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Audra Jensen' son began reading when he was only two years old. She shares her experiences - both the challenges and joys - of raising a child with autism and hyperlexia - an early and obsessive interest in the written word associated with social deficits and significant difficulty in understanding verbal language. The author stresses the importance of diagnosis of the condition for successful implementation of effective teaching strategies and encouragement of more typical childhood development. As well as useful advice, this guide provides a comprehensive reading curriculum specially designed for young, challenged children to help promote their reading ability. With practical suggestions on how to modify teaching and therapy programmes to suit a child's individual learning style, this practical guide will prove invaluable for parents of children with autism and hyperlexia.
Elijah's cup: a family's journey into the community and culture of high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome
- Author:
- PARADIZ Valerie
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 235p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
This book is both an exploration of the history of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and a powerful story of the author's own struggle with her son Elijah's Asperger's Syndrome. From her first inklings of Elijah's difference to her discovery of a whole spectrum of another way of life that includes everything from civil rights organizations for autistics to Asperger artists, the author describes how she decided to cross what she calls 'cultural boundaries' to overcome her fears about her son's condition. Her inspiring narrative offers compelling insights into daily life with Elijah's Asperger's syndrome and her own 'shadow syndrome', which affects many family members of autistics. It is also a celebration of the idiosyncratic beauty of the Asperger mind and the sense of mutual support and self-respect in the ASD community. This revised edition includes a contribution from Elijah and a new chapter that brings the story up-to-date: the author successfully sets up a specialist educational unit for Asperger pupils, Elijah experiences his first two years of school, and the author's dawning recognition of her own Asperger's Syndrome leads to major life changes.
Managing with Asperger Syndrome
- Author:
- JOHNSON Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 138p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This insider account provides much-needed information about a subject of increasing interest: people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) working in management positions. Johnson draws on his personal experiences to explain how elements such as the working environment, managing staff, group dynamics and office politics can have a profound influence on work performance. He provides useful examples and guidance on adapting to the workplace and coping with the pressures and demands of professional roles.
The little class with the big personality: experiences of teaching a class of young children with autism
- Author:
- HUNNISETT Fran
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 152p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The book is an account of the day-to-day challenges faced by the teacher of seven very different autistic children. The author's creative, accessible approach invites the reader to look beyond the stereotypes of mainstream schooling and explore the experience of teaching a lively group of children with autism. The illustrations, by one of the children, add a pupil's perspective of the diverse personalities and class activities described within the book. The author provides an insight into the hopes and concerns of parents as their children begin their educational journey. Some of the parents share their anxieties about handing over the care of their son or daughter to an unknown teacher in these early years, and their worries about placing them in the new and alien classroom environment, trusting that their child will be understood, accepted and liked.