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Perspectives on Bullying and Difference: The experiences of young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities

Edited by Colleen McLaughlin, Richard Byers and Caroline Oliver

Integrating the evidence from young people, parents, carers and practitioners with case studies of practice, this book shows the remarkable overlap between their experiences and research findings. Bringing the multiple perspectives together for the first time is compelling.

Perspectives on Bullying and Difference will show there is a great deal that can be done in schools right now to reduce the levels of bullying that these children and young people are experiencing - solutions are closer than we may think.

This book has a powerful message and will set the agenda for future research and practice. It is a must read for everyone involved in education.

Click here to order online now and take advantage of our early bird discount. 

£18.99 / NCB members £15.19 (RRP £21.99 / NCB members £17.60)

ISBN:978 1 907969 36 2
Publication: March 2012

Building Resilience in Families under Stress: Supporting families affected by parental substance misuse and/or mental health problem
2nd edition
Emma Sawyer and Sheryl Burton

 
Parental mental health problems and substance misuse affect a significant number of British families. Many of these families are living in poverty or on low incomes. In economically and socially challenging times, additional stresses are placed on these already vulnerable families. In December 2011, David Cameron announced plans and a £450m fund to support robust engagement aimed at turning around the lives of 120,000 of the country's most 'troubled families'.

There is an urgent need for services to ensure that children and families receive support that is based on a full understanding of their day-to-day experience, and of the potential impacts on children's development and life chances.

Essential reading for all family service professionals, Building Resilience will also be of interest to service commissioners and academics with interest in 'what helps' to support vulnerable children and families.

This 2nd edition has been updated to reflect developments in policy and service provision.

Preorder online before 5 March 2012 to take advantage of our early bird discount. 

£16.99 / NCB members £13.60 (RRP £19.99 / NCB members £16.00)

ISBN:978 1 907969 49 2
Publication: March 2012

Assessment, Evaluation and Sex and Relationships Education: A practical guide for education, health and community settings
2nd edition

Young people consistently describe SRE in schools as 'too little, too late and too biological' - they say they want better SRE. This hugely popular practical guide highlights why assessment and evaluation are fundamental to effective sex and relationships education.

This second edition has been fully updated and gives practitioners clear advice on how assessment and evaluation can be used in SRE. Assessment, Evaluation and Sex & Relationships Education includes:
• an overview of best practice in SRE
• a summary of the theory and practice of assessment and evaluation
• activities to assess the learning and development of individuals
• activities to evaluate and review teaching approaches.

This guide will assist educators to support children and young people in accessing relevant information, developing emotional and social skills, and clarifying beliefs and values about sex and relationships.

Preorder online before 5 March 2012 to take advantage of our early bird discount. 

£19.99 / NCB members £16.00 (RRP £22.99 / NCB members £18.40)

ISBN: 978 1 907969 50 8
Publication: March 2012

Including Me: Including children who require clinical procedures, moving and handling and intimate care

Jeanne Carlin, Jan Morrison and others

This practical resource will help local authorities, schools, early years settings and health providers develop policies and procedures to ensure that children with complex health needs can access education and childcare. Including Me closely examines the business of managing complex health needs and illustrates the process with examples of good practice from across the country. These examples illustrate the ways in which all agencies can work together to develop local policies and procedures to ensure that the needs of this group of children are met in a co-ordinated and child-centred way.

Publication: Summer 2012

Including Me Too: Including children whose behaviour is challenging as a result of either a severe learning disability or autism

Jeanne Carlin, Jan Morrison and others

This practical resource will help local authorities, schools, early years settings and health providers develop policies and procedures to ensure that children whose behaviour is challenging as a result of either a severe learning disability or autism can access education and childcare.

Including Me Too will look at what constitutes good practice in both inclusive and specialist provision across all settings. It will outline the protocols, procedures and policies that service providers need to have in place in order to effectively promote positive behaviour.

This publication will stand alongside Including Me, which focuses on children who require clinical procedures, moving and handling and intimate care.

Both books include examples of good practice drawn from organisations working in all sectors.

Publication: Summer 2012

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