Helping Children
Support as children grow up:
Confessions of a bad mother by Stephanie Calman. Pan, 2006
"Funny and accutely observed, drawing on her own and hundreds of other mum's personal experiences"
Life choices: teaching adolescents to make positive decisions about their own lives by Phil Carradice. Sage, 2005
"Decision making is a skill involving both a cognative and an affective process. This series of books provide all the material needed to teach a course on decision making at differnt age levels as well as being a practical guide"
Adolescence: The survival guide for parents and teenagers by Elizabeth Fenwick and Dr Tony Smith. Dorling Kindersley
"A detailed guide to help with changes and problems"
For children to read:
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
“Lonnie Collins finds that poetry helps him to communicate his feelings after his mother and father die in a fire”. Review
Mercy's birds by Linda Holeman
“A powerful yet compassionate exploration of a young life touched by abuse and alcoholism” Review
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