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Identity and culture affect every part of a person's life, but exploring the layers of a client's experiences can feel intimidating and awkward. The creative exercises and reflection prompts in this book provide a framework for therapists to open complex conversations about identity with clients, helping them to break the silence of difference.

Essential reading for all music therapists, this detailed primer explores the rich array of languages, religions, histories, and influences that make up Latin American musical culture, and how they can be used to tailor music therapy practice to Latine clients.

A must-read for care professionals, people living with dementia, and family caregivers, this practical handbook answers key questions about human rights in dementia care. Drawing on research and practice, it explains the principles of human rights approaches and how to apply that theory to enhance your practice and improve quality of life.

This book is a modern Western approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine food therapy and is the first book of its kind. Melissa Carr's accessible guide aims to help the reader with the key elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine through a Western lens.

Develop your leadership skills with this psychologically-informed guide to the EVOLVING framework. In-depth explanations of the latest research and theory back up practical techniques tailored to leaders in health, social care, and education organisations, helping you to support your team through the unique challenges of the field.

Being a woman in your thirties and beyond is challenging enough when your brain works the way society expects, add ADHD into the mix and it opens a whole new can of worms!Written by Laura Kerbey with witty illustrations from Eliza Fricker and quotes from other ADHD woman from across the world, this accessible, lived experience guide is here to help you make sense of it all.Candid, funny and validating, Laura offers a truly honest look into the realities of being a woman with ADHD, with chapters focused on parenting, rejection sensitive dysphoria, menopause, working life, mental health and relationships - Laura uses a combination of research and her own lived experience as a late-diagnosed ADHDer to provide advice you can actually use in your busy, everyday life.

Beautifully-illustrated picture book for young autistic children to help them to stop masking before its effects become damaging - with help from engaging character, Camille the Chameleon.

How can we understand and recover from traumatic experience? This concise, accessible guide explores twenty different ways that trauma can affect our lives -- and how we can break free from it. With stories, poetry and reflective exercises, this will help you to move beyond pain, shame, anger and discover a path to strength and resilience.

An illustrated book to help children understand their dyspraxia in a positive light. Each character in the book focuses on a specific aspect of dyspraxia, such as motor skills and mobility issues, problems with reading and writing and general social anxiety. They also introduce readers to the unique strengths being dyspraxic provides.

An in-depth guide for carers that focuses on the positive, e.g. reduction of behavioural challenges, reduction in the use of restrictive practice, improved morale and relationships, and improved service reputation and lower costs. The author breaks down bigger concepts and ideas that can easily be incorporated into a care setting.

This clear, supportive guide explores the joys and challenges of parenting as an autistic person. Clearly-structured sections including self care, special interests, meltdowns and shutdowns, building relationships, avoiding burnout and more help you to navigate the tough parts of raising children and enjoy the rewards.

Disclosing an autism diagnosis is an often-tricky issue that pops up throughout people's lives. This insightful book by leading autism advocate Haley Moss unpacks the challenges that disclosure presents at different stages and in different settings, from how to talk about disclosure with younger children through to self-advocacy as an adult.

An illustrated book that helps children understand dyslexia in a positive light, showing how they can help themselves, and how adults can help them. The characters in the book also explain the unique strengths their dyslexia provides, with links to further resources and support.

An LGBTQ+ inclusive guide to consent for children aged 8-12, with beautiful illustrations and questions for further discussion, from the author of the bestselling The Every Body Book. Topics include body autonomy, verbal and nonverbal consent, puberty and privacy and recognizing gut feelin

Managing co-existing autism and ADHD can be challenging, but here Sarah Boon unpicks the difficulties and provides advice and guidance for fellow young people who are in the same situation. Written by an author with lived experience, it mixes understanding with practical support for all those who want to find out more about dual diagnosis.

Bold, fun and vibrantly illustrated, this book is the ultimate guide for teens wanting to learn more about ADHD and how they can live their best life.

This collection of activities helps care professionals adopt a trauma-informed approach to communicating with children. Worked examples based on real cases illustrate how the activities can help children to build trust with safe adults around them and develop healthy ways to process traumatic experiences.

A practical guide to the questions that come in the later stages of polyamorous relationships - with chapters on parenting, finance, households, metamours and breakup plans.

A clarion call for all autistic readers from award winning author Charlotte Amelia Poe, Notes from the End of the World is an honest and unbending exploration into the autistic experience of trauma and grief.

Relationships and sexuality are key elements of human development, regardless of neurodiversity. So how can families and frontline staff help autistic adults and those with additional needs to navigate their sexual development safely?Grounded in peer-reviewed research, this evidence-based resource guides parents and care professionals through the complex issue of sexual behaviour in adults with additional needs. Covering key topics such as privacy, appropriate touch and abuse, readers are provided with a comprehensive action plan to ensure issues can be addressed as they arise. Emphasising the importance of communication as a two-way street between families and frontline staff, practical advice and easy-read chapter summaries explore how and when parents and professionals can work together. This is an essential read for anyone who supports adults with additional needs, and who is seeking a clear, practical approach to encourage healthy exploration and development.

This innovative and comprehensive toolkit profiles 40 lesser-known essential oils from around the world, including background, uses, safety precautions, properties, and sustainability. Including case studies and over 80 recipes, this specialist guide allows aromatherapists to create a more innovative and wider knowledge base for their practice.

This textbook offers a complete overview of the ethics surrounding acupuncture practice. It is supplemented with practical online material for teachers and includes chapters on research ethics, boundaries, HIPAA and confidentiality, scope of practice, and legal implications, as well as guidance on trauma, finance, gender, sexuality, and race.

This book integrates western medical understanding around pharmaceuticals into the framework of Chinese medicine, giving practitioners an understanding of how drugs may be interacting with their diagnoses and treatment plans. It includes various illnesses for which medicines are prescribed and offers an integrative approach to healing.

An explorative guide for women to help them work through the challenges arising from late autism discovery including understanding past behaviours, accessing support and developing a positive identity. Interweaving stories of lived experience with practical activities, this is the ideal dip-in/dip-out guide to achieving autistic self-acceptance.

This book provides a toolbox of strategies for clinicians and individuals to integrate the brainbody therapies, EMDR, Brainspotting, and Yoga Nidra in recovery or self-care programs. Based on the author's internationally renowned research, clinicians will be able to learn the science behind these modalities and their integrated applications.

Executive function is the cognitive process that organizes thoughts and activities, prioritizes tasks, manages time efficiently, and makes decisions. This must-read guide gives practical steps and strategies to support children who face difficulties caused by impaired executive function, often experienced by neurodivergent children.

Autistic advocate, Jodi Lamanna, explores the voices of late diagnosed autistic women from across the world.

Written by academic expert and parent of neurodivergentkids, Eve Bent, this dip-in/dip-out pre-diagnosis roadmap offers accessible andpractical tips and tricks for parents to help them manage day-to-day life moresuccessfully.

Dive into the science and art of taping with this clear and practical guide tailored for manual therapists and students. Armed with their wealth of experience, Calvert-Painter and Allardyce navigate the dynamic world of taping with utmost care and precision.