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With instructions for yoga therapists and yoga teachers on helping to alleviate exhaustion and stress, Fiona Agombar looks at how modern-day living exacerbates stress and its manifestations, the yogic approach to these conditions, the solutions that yoga can provide and helpful practices to help discover more energy and freedom.

A highly practical resource to support practitioners working with families affected by parental drug and alcohol misuse. With practice tools and examples, professionals will find a wealth of information to help them to assess the impact of parental drug and alcohol misuse and make informed decisions about a child's welfare.

Diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) at aged 12 and writing this memoir at age 37, Julia Daunt depicts the ins and out of PDA and its symptoms, while maintaining a positive outlook on what is possible to achieve. Co-written with professional specialist Ruth Fidler, it covers how PDA impacts Julia's life, including meltdowns, sensory issues and communication in relationships.Including examples of school reports and handwritten letters, a chapter written from Julia's partner's perspective and even an example of Julia's favourite recipe, this warm and personal look at living and thriving with PDA is informative and inspiring.

People with autism often find themselves excluded from working life. This practical handbook lays out reasonable, achievable ways in which working environments can be adapted and autistic people included as valuable members of the workforce.

Kids with ASD take a big leap when they start kindergarten and parents have as much to learn about school expectations and available services. This book will take away the stress of the move to kindergarten, giving parents key information and the "how-to's" to make the transition as smooth as possible and be the best advocates for their child.

Providing clear information on the causes, symptoms and diagnosis of POTS and other acquired dysautonomia, this practical handbook allows parents and professionals to gain a fuller understanding of post-viral syndromes. It covers a range of interventions and includes strategies for management and treatment at home and in clinical settings.

This concise guide provides everything you need to know about deep pressure and using weighted blankets to help with sensory integration, improve sleep, lessen anxiety, ease chronic pain, and more. Based on up-to-date research, it dispels online myths and provides reliable information on selecting safe and effective weighted blankets.

Narrated by a superhero called Self-Control, this illustrated book provides a variety of super power strategies to help children with emotional and sensory regulation difficulties, aged approximately 4 to 7 years, to master self-control.

Boy hides behind his wall because he doesn't trust people and he knows how it feels to be hurt and let down. That is until Someone Kind arrives on the other side of his wall. This colour picture book will help children aged 4-9 who have experienced trauma, loss or neglect to come to terms with their experiences and to build healthy relationships.

For young people with ASD, navigating leaving home, parties, and the first sexual encounters of their twenties can be tricky. This practical guide is full of tips for how to stay safe while making the most out of life and it includes advice on socialising, relationships, online safety, looking after your health, and more.

Encouraging wellbeing in the entire family, this book shows how foster and adoptive parents can promote physical and emotional health for those in their care. It includes tips and techniques for mindfulness, yoga poses for relaxation, recipes for healthy eating, and suggestions for ways in which carers can support each other.

Foster children rarely receive the education they deserve and can struggle with behavior and academic performance. This book is full of positive strategies to help foster parents, educators and social workers to support them more effectively.

Providing readily accessible and practical information, this guide addresses the impact of PANDAS and PANS in school settings. Contributors share their expertise and experience to provide educators with a thorough understanding of the disorders, alongside practical strategies for dealing with associated symptoms, such as tics, OCD and ADHD.

Revealing what comparative psychology can offer clinical psychologists and therapists, this book presents effective interventions based on insights from research into animal behaviors. Chapters focus on different disorders or behaviors that are difficult or impossible to study in humans, from autism to substance abuse, and include case examples.

Overflowing with creative activities, this toolkit will help carers and relatives support and communicate effectively with people with dementia. Portraits, parlour games, puppets and more can be used to build relationships with people who may no longer be able to rely upon words and memories.

The depression gremlin loves it when you feel down. As he feeds on your depression he gets bigger, and as he gets bigger your mood gets lower. Part of an award-winning series, this workbook is full of simple exercises that will help young people aged 10+ to understand depression, mange periods of low mood, and starve their depression gremlin.

A complete resource to provide the best possible response to pupil and staff bereavement and loss in schools. Includes guidance on communication and the importance of considered whole-school support, audit and assessment tools, as well as a full set of photocopiable exercises for in-school training.

Understanding Qi, what it is, how it is used, and how we can cultivate it, is of vital importance to achieving balance in life through Internal Arts practices. Exploring of the nature of Qi and how to cultivate it, this book will enlighten advanced Internal Arts practitioners and beginners alike.

A key reference for yoga therapists and teachers working with clients affected by Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis, this practical guide outlines both conditions, describes how sessions can be tailored to meet specific and individual needs, and reveals the physical and emotional benefits yoga can unlock for these client groups.

The Inner Power of Stillness is not just another book about therapeutic presence, mindfulness and meditation. It explores and highlights the next evolutionary step, leading us beyond the already well-researched teachings of these topics, by looking at the multidimensional scale of stillness from an entirely different point of view. The focal point is the inner development by therapists, practitioners and teachers of the mainly dormant potential of stillness and the storage capacity of stillness-stimulus and imprints in our tissue/fascia, as well as their benefits, use and application in a treatment or teaching environment. The Inner Power of Stillness endeavours to illuminate the lost value of stillness for the therapist and practitioner both as a person and as a professional.The authors anchorthe possibility of this inner evolution of the power of stillness tothe latest research into tissue and cell memory. Theyintroduce the concept of a potential new modality called 'stillness-memory', and build upon this new understanding a logical and practical framework in which science and philosophy truly inform each other. This opens up access to a much larger scale of new ideas and possibilities which,providing the transformative teachings they embody are put into practice, carry the potential for practitioners to be the best person and the best professional theycan be, without compromising theirown overall health and wellbeing. In-depth knowledge of how to arrive at this promising new modality, as well as how to apply it in everyday work and life, is at the heart of the book. It covers topics such as working from your inner power of stillness, the insightful self and, most importantly, the practitioner's toolkit. Some thought-provoking themes that might be of great value to therapists, teachers and practitioners who intendto dedicate some of their time to working for the greater good can be found at the end of the book, where consideration is given toa universal view of compassion and the solace that stillness can bring to people who are nearing the end of their life and final departure. The book concludes with a philosophical note acknowledging the timeless nature of ancient wisdom, and the ever more important relevance and role of the philosopher in our modern world today. The Inner Power of Stillness is a comprehensive guide for people working with people. Itprovidespractical knowledge that will revolutionise the way practitioners help others:Working from a greater perspective, being aware of the whole as well as the parts, and responding to the cause and not only the effect. Working from an internal place of stillness. Innovative and practical exercises and techniques to dissolve friction/struggles in sustaining a state of authentic therapeutic presence, mindfulness and meditation. Simple exercises to help clients build long-term memory of stillness as a foundation for successful mindfulness and meditation practice. Includes Forewords from John Matthew Upledger, Lauren Walker and Charles Ridley

A comprehensive and highly illustrated guide to examining and assessing patients prior to massage therapy.

Based on two linked studies, this report explores how families living in disadvantaged communities manage parent child relationships during middle childhood

DBT-informed art therapy encourages patients to engage with and retain the three key concepts of mindfulness, metaphorical thinking, and mastery, to better understand and control their emotions. This highly practical resource provides thorough explanations and training for successfully integrating DBT therapy into current art therapy practice.

This book presents a realistic picture of the positive and negative aspects of the transition to higher education as experienced by students with disabilities. It combines findings from special education studies, personal stories from individuals with disabilities, and practical tips to help those facing the challenges.

Arts therapy training does not generally cover building a professional practice, even though business skills are essential for success in the field. This book provides the economic fundamentals along with business strategies to develop an effective arts therapy practice that is profitable while affording ethical care to those who need it most.

This accessible and clear guide presents the essential information on a range of eating disorders. The experienced authors explain the differences between eating disorders, what symptoms to look out for, with practical advice for teachers and parents on recognising problems and offering support to young people.

This easy-to-implement programme helps educational professionals to engage and motivate students aged 8-12 who are underachieving or have low self-belief. Based on techniques from CBT and AR, the workbook, games and activities in this programme teach students how negative and positive thinking can affect learning.

As the field of digital art therapy rapidly expands, this book guides readers through the many applications of digital media in art therapy. With consideration of professional and ethical issues, expert contributors discuss materials and methods, with case examples to show how digital art therapy works in practice.

This practical guide explains to adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) how they can begin to overcome their sensory issues. The book explains how the senses work and how to create a personalised plan for coping with sensory difficulties that affect routines and relationships, whether at home, work, in educational settings or in public spaces.

Full of real life stories from adopters and adoptees, this book takes the reader on a journey through every stage of the adoption process. Readers will be inspired, encouraged and comforted by the honest accounts of the highs and lows of the adoption experience.