Over the last ten years a number of new concepts have emerged within social psychology, gerontology, socio-linguistics and psychotherapy which present a challenge to the view of dementia as simply an organic illness. These ideas have led to service innovations including the development of support groups for people with dementia; the adaptation of ......
James Thompson was the Founder and Director of the Theatre in Prisons and Probation (TIPP) Centre and is now the Director of the Centre for Applied Theatre Research at the Manchester University Drama Department.
Using the latest ideas on good practice from the Bradford Dementia Group, Anthea Innes provides a complete and concise guide to running a training programme for dementia care workers. She begins with a brief outline of the key factors to consider prior to the design, delivery and implementation of a programme. In particular the book stresses the ......
Clear, focused, and practical, this book is a useful introduction to ABA for parents and professionals working with children with autism.Successful child rearing is an essential skill for any parent. For most of us this skill is handed down from our own parents and society in general. In real terms this means that rather than relying on any formal ......
Stella Waterhouse takes as the basis for her fresh and positive book the writings of people with autism. Only by reading these, she argues, can practitioners approach an understanding of what it means to be autistic; and only by appreciating how people with autism experience the world can parents or professionals begin to help them. In this ......
This innovative guide to achieving sporting excellence employs the latest NLP techniques. An immensely practical and progressive book, it introduces new and revolutionary ideas to professionals and serious amateurs, while also being an ideal tool for the occasional player or beginner. Provided is a practical plan for the focused evolution of ......
Working with Difficult Adolescents and Abused Parents
Proposing new solutions, Price delineates the levels and types of abusive behaviour in teenagers and outlines how to help parents regain control by learning to be both more understanding and more decisive.
Just James provides a fascinating treatment of Jesus' brother based on all the ancient sources: New Testament, early church fathers, Nag Hammadi codices, and other early Christian writings. Painter evaluates the importance of this towering figure of the early church whose contributions have been obscured from the consciousness of modern ......
An autobiography of Frank Harris (1856-1931), an Irish writer and editor who founded "Pearson's Magazine" in the United States (1914-1918). It includes depictions of his sexual exploits with willing Victorian Age debutantes.
