The Period Book

Karen Gravelle & Jennifer Gravelle

Karen Gravelle and her fifteen-year-old niece, Jennifer Gravelle, have written a down-to-earth practical book that answers any questions you might have about your period...

from what it is and what it feels like, to how to choose your form of protection, to how to talk to your parents about it. The Period Book will guide you through all the physical, emotional and social changes that come with your period, as well as related issues such as dealing with spots, mood swings and new expectations from friends and family. Debbie Palen’s funny and sympathetic cartoons ease the confusion and exasperation you might feel and celebrate the new sense of power and maturity that your period can bring. Perfect for sharing, The Period Book is a trusty friend that can help you feel happy and confident about this new phase or your life.

The Period Book

The Red Beast

K.I. Al-Ghani

Deep inside everyone, a red beast lies sleeping. When it is asleep, the red beast is quite small, but when it wakes up, it begins to grow and grow.

This is the story of how one boy, Rufus, conquered his anger and sent the red beast back to sleep. Developed in conjunction with the National Autistic Society (NAS in the UK), this book offers a range of anger management strategies and useful guidance for parents on how to help their child ‘tame the beast’

The Red Beast

The Resolving Anger Book

Fiona McAuslan and Peter Nicholson

Anger is probably the emotion most of us have the biggest difficulty with. This book shows how anger happens and helps readers understand how it affects the mind.

It is aimed at children, their parents/guardians, teachers and professionals who work with the age group of six to twelve years.

The Resolving Anger Book

The Resolving Bullying Book

Fiona McAuslan and Peter Nicholson

In recent years, bullying has come to the forefront of schools as a serious problem. Policies have been written and strategies created.

This book looks at bullying as a relational issue and puts forward ideas and strategies for the individuals themselves to use. It is aimed at children, their parents/guardians, teachers and professionals who work with the age group of six to twelve years.

The Resolving Bullying Book

The Resolving Sibling Rivalry Book

Fiona McAuslan and Peter Nicholson

Siblings squabble all the time. Sibling rivalry goes hand in hand with sibling love and, for parents, can be extremely wearing and confusing.

This book tells the story from both sides and demonstrates strategies that families can use to turn sibling squabbles into healthy sibling negotiations.

The Resolving Sibling Rivalry Book

The sc

Chris Wever

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Approximately one or two percent of children and teenagers will suffer from this Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It is a hidden problem where few of those who have it will admit to symptoms, preferring to suffer in silence.  It can cause misunderstanding and disruption for a child and for the child’s family.   Much of the suffering is due to lack of knowledge and delay in getting help.

 

In “The Secret Problem”, OCD is explained in clear and simple language.  Cartoons are used to help children, teenagers and their parents understand the problem and it’s treatment.

The sc

The School Wobblies

Chris Wever

Some children find it very hard to go to school.

If they refuse to go it can wreck their education and cause parents and schools a lot of worry and frustration.  The School Wobblies is a book about the worries and scary thoughts lurking in the minds of children who are phobic about going to school.  It shows how to deal with such troubling thoughts and encourages ways of thinking and coping to allow a return to school.

The School Wobblies

The Science of Making Friends

Elizabeth A. Laugeson

This book offers a groundbreaking approach for helping socially challenged teens and young adults make and keep friends.

Based on UCLA’s acclaimed PEERS program – the only evidence-based approach of its kind in the world – this accessible book and DVD offer tools parents and educators need to become “social coaches” to the teens and young adults in their lives.

The Science of Making Friends

The Secret Business of Relationships, Love and Sex

Heather Anderson, Fay Angelo, Rose Stewart

This book is for all young people approaching or already in their teens. It is an educational resource that prepares them for the physical, emotional and social aspects of their emerging sexuality.

The Secret Business of Relationships, Love and Sex

The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens

Jennifer Shannon

Offers a complete program based in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for helping teens break free from social anxiety...

and stop worrying about what others think. This book helps teens come to see that painful emotions, such as embarrassment, are inevitable and survivable.

The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens

The Sixth Sense 11

Carol Gray

An easy-to-use lesson plan for teaching mainstream students about autism, with perspective-taking exercises that focus on the five senses and the sixth "social" sense.

The Sixth Sense 11

The Social Skills Picture Book

Jed baker

Winner of an iParenting Media Award, this book uses photographs of students engaging in a variety of real-life social situations.

The realistic format plays to the visual strengths of children with ASD to teach appropriate social behaviors. Color photographs illustrate the ‘right way’ and ‘wrong way’ to approach each situation – and the positive/negative consequences of each. A facilitator – parent, teacher, etc. – is initially needed to explain each situation, and ask questions such as ‘What is happening here?’ Children role-play skills until confident enough to practice them in real-life interactions.

The Social Skills Picture Book