Poetry can be a great way to get people talking about difficult issues around mental health. This book is a complete guide to using poetry for this purpose. It includes a collection of over 100 poems written by the author with accompanying activities, as well as a 50 prompts to encourage clients to write their own poems.
This is a hands-on whole-school guide to help staff identify their school's mental health strengths and weaknesses and what can be done to improve them. Packed with helpful tips and ideas, it provides both a framework and practical steps to evaluate and support the mental health and wellbeing of all learners, and staff, and to engage parents too.
Tips and Advice on How to Parent Successfully Alongside Your Neurodivergence
Exploring the unique experiences of parenting as an autistic individual, this guide offers structured sections on crucial topics such as self-care, managing meltdowns, and fostering relationships. It addresses both the challenges and joys of raising children, providing practical strategies to avoid burnout and celebrate special interests. With a focus on support and understanding, it empowers autistic parents to navigate their journey with confidence and joy.
With steadily increasing incidences of self-harm and eating disorders among students and long waiting lists for specialised support, schools have a more active role than ever in supporting young people with these issues. This guide provides information and guidance on how to help students from whole-school policies to day-to-day strategies.
Full of creative activities, this journal and colouring book aims to help young people aged 8-14 manage difficult thoughts, feelings and emotions such as anger and anxiety. It includes space to write and draw, colouring pages, inspirational quotes and poems, and provides a host of healthy coping strategies.
Meet Asher - a teenager who self-harms to manage their feelings when it all feels like too much.The latest in the best-selling Can I Tell You About... series describes what self-harm is, along with the wide range of behaviours that qualify, why teens do it, and how to get help if you feel the need to self-harm. Reflecting on the different aspects of self-harming behaviour, including treatment of injuries and scars, this concise introduction dispels common myths and offers helpful resources to break the cycle of self-harm. By initiating the conversation around self-harm, this guide will offer alternative avenues for children and young adults to pursue when dealing with big feelings, such as professional counselling, distraction, and friends and family.This easy-to-read guide is suitable for readers 7+, along with their parents, teachers, and friends. All author royalties from the book will go towards the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust.
This is a mental health guide from popular campaigner and educator Pooky Knightsmith, author of The Healthy Coping Colouring Book. Pooky describes her living experience with mental health and the things that have helped her and which she's learnt along the way. The advice, ideas and guidance are sourced from many unlikely teachers and experiences, and there are tips at the end of each lesson for the reader.
Ako zvládnuť úzkosť a skoncovať so záchvatmi paniky? Objav stratégie, ako zabojovať s úzkosťou, porozumieť jej a znížiť jej vplyv na tvoj život. Príručka obsahuje vedecky overené techniky kognitívno-behaviorálnej terapie na zvládanie nechcených pocitov od obáv až po úplný záchvat paniky. Kartičky s ich skrátenými verziami môžeš mať stále pri sebe a v prípade potreby sa na ne obrátiť. Či už ťa trápi úzkosť na pracovisku, v škole, doma, alebo na cestách, použitie týchto techník ti zlepší náladu, zvýši pozornosť a celkovú kvalitu života.
Das Mal- und Tagebuch bietet kreative Aktivitäten sowie Strategien zur Bewältigung von Stress und Emotionen. Es ist ideal, um dem Alltagschaos zu entfliehen und sowohl belastende Gedanken als auch schöne Momente festzuhalten. Nutzer haben die Freiheit, ihre Gefühle durch Malen, Schreiben oder Zeichnen auszudrücken. Inspirierende Zitate, Gedichte und praktische Ratschläge der Autorinnen begleiten den Prozess und fördern die Selbstreflexion. Das Buch ermutigt dazu, Emotionen wie Freude und Trauer zuzulassen und kreativ zu werden.