Extracts from ‘Bringing up babies and young children who have very special needs’
‘There are many negative mental states practitioners can suffer in common with parents and other family members. Examples are denial, hope, worry and guilt. We are all subject to these mental states from time to time.
‘For many parents the focus of those around them is solely on the child and their own needs become neglected.’
New book by Joanna Griffin
Published 7th May 2021
Free Association Books
Paperback Original £14.99
From press release:
‘The title ‘Day by Day’ is taken from one of the
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Launch of the Lowitja Institute Report. They say:
The 12th annual Close the Gap report —Leadership and Legacy Through Crises: Keeping our Mob safe— written by the Lowitja Institute and released by the Close the Gap Campaign, received a strong reception on its release to the public on March 18.
The r
Lying and Rolling, Sitting, Crawling and Kneeling, Standing, Walking, Running and Jumping
From CanChild:
'The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) is an assessment tool designed and evaluated to measure changes in gross motor function over time or with intervention in children with cerebral
From National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) UK
From their newsletter: ‘We’re very excited to be partnering with Cosmic Kids to create three fantastic yoga videos: Squish the Fish, On the Farm, and Betsy the Banana. They’re aimed at 3 to 5 year olds and each video is British Sign Language (BSL) inte
Dr Stuart Shanker: ‘We are in the midst of a scientific paradigm-revolution in our understanding of the effects of excessive stress on behaviour, social-emotional development, intelligence, empathy, motivation, and character.
'The theoretical foundation of the Shanker Self-Reg® framework rests on t
These two items help build a coherent picture of the UK prime minister
One - Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain's Battle with Coronavirus
By Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott
From Waterstones: ‘From Britain’s top investigative journalist duo comes a meticulously researc
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‘...exposes a methodical process of pathological lying to secure power for its own ends’
From Waterstones:
‘When Peter Oborne wrote The Rise of Political Lying, looking at the growth of political falsehood during the governments of John Major and Tony Blair, he believed things had got as bad
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