Young People In Focus

EUPHORIC FLASH PICTURE EMOTIONS - POSTCARD IMAGES

Images produced by Euphoric Flash led by Helen Commack. Jo Brown and Janine Boyer. Worksheets devised by Sharon Landau and Dorothy Eddi Piper. Young People in Focus, 2008

Picture Emotions is a powerful series of images which have been produced by young people. The images focus on emotional health and cover; 'dealing with your emotions' and 'being alone'. This resource also contains worksheets which have been devised by experienced practitioners in youth work and education.

Picture Emotions is an excellent resource for training anyone working with young people. It brings to the training room images created by the young people. The well produced visual material stimulates ideas and discussion on a wide range of topics

Contents: A4 wallet containing a set of 17 well presented postcard sized photographs. Accompany booklet which provides facilitators suggestions on how to use the resource and photocopiable worksheets.

LISTENING IN COLOUR
Creating a meeting place with young people by Roberts Downes, Sue Lee, Foluke Taylor-Muhammad, Youth Access, & Young People in Focus 2002

"These materials represent a model of their kind and will undoubtedly serve as a landmark resource in the counselling field." (Young People Now)

Presented in an A4-size ring binder, this is an interactive resource for counsellors and trainers working with young people. It is easy to use and contains a wide range of material to help readers broaden their knowledge and reflect on their practice.

The commitment to understanding and working with diversity has been central to the development of Listening in Colour, alongside the belief that people learn through engaging with their own experience. The pack is based on a Youth Access course of the same name.

THERAPY TO GO

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Gourmet Fast Food Handouts for Working with Child, Adolescent and Family Clients

This collection of handouts provides a wide range of ready-made activities for all kinds of therapists working on a professional level with adolescent clients and their families. The handouts provide creative approaches to a variety of presenting problems, including anxiety, anger, depression and family issues.

CONTENTIOUS ISSUES
Discussion Stories for Young People by Marianna Csoti, Jessica Kingsley 2002

Designed to promote discussion and awareness among young people aged eleven to eighteen, this book is designed for use by professionals, parents or guardians. The collection of forty stories can be photocopied. The stories are designed with group work in mind and can be used on a one-to-one basis.

Issues include: abortion, bullying, bereavement, teenage pregnancy, marriage, relationships and decision-making, race and gender issues. The book is fully indexed with a list of useful contacts at the back.

COUNSELLING IN SCHOOLS
By Robert Bor, Jo Ebner-Landy, Sheila Gill, Chris Brace, Sage Publications 2002

A practical guide which provides effective counselling support within school settings. It recognises the very specific nature of this area of counselling practice and the uniqueness of every school. This book provides advice on setting upon a new counselling service, a framework for evaluating the service and accepted guidelines on key issues such as confidentiality and providing access to records.

Written from a systemic and solution-focused perspective and illustrated throughout with vivid case studies, the book examines:

- the need for school-based counselling services
- the range of problems with which pupils are presented
- legal issues involved in counselling children
the role and skills of the school counsellor
specific challenges faced in school settings