Young People In Focus

MOVING UP TO SECONDARY SCHOOL: REVISED EDITION
A pack to help organisations provide information and support to parents of children going up to secondary school

Debi Roker and Julie Shepherd, YPF

A revised and updated version of YPF's best-selling resource. This pack is aimed at anyone working with parents, around the time of the transition to secondary school. It includes YPF's popular 16 page Guide, containing information, resources, and guidance. The booklet and CD-Rom enables professionals to download the Guide, produce as many copies as needed, or adapt it and create their own version.

ISBN 9781871504828

Plus 16 page guide also available separately £1.00 each.

Made to Measure - Bespoke service for young adults: Examples of promising practice

Kerry Devitt and Kevin Lowe, YPF

This publication shows why young people aged 18-25 need tailored services. It showcases six innovative projects/services set up specifically to support young adults with complex needs. The work covers rehabilitation from prison; mental health support; education, training and employment; young carers; and drug use. It also includes a directory of over 50 organisations focusing on this age group. Practical tips from practitioners and young adults show what works best.

'Young adults aged 16 - 25 years are a distinct group within society but this is rarely recognised in the systems established by service delivery agencies, commissioners and policy developers… This publication is essential in highlighting guidance and best practice.'

Rob Smith, Chief Executive, YSS

9780956145314

The Nature of Adolescence
4th Edition

John Coleman, Routledge

Provides an introduction to all of the key features of adolescent development. Updated and rewritten, this edition includes material on new topics such as the development of the adolescent brain; sleep patterns in adolescence; parenting programmes for parents of teenagers; health; including sport and exercise; nutrition and obesity, and mental health; education and schooling; young people's use of digital technologies; new approaches to resilience and coping. It places a particular emphasis on a positive view on adolescence.

Bullying Ups and Downs Board Game

Susie Davis, Speechmark

Tackling bullying in schools a key priority. This board game can be used one-to-one, or with small groups to promote discussion. Includes guidance on cyber bullying and homophobic bullying.

Flesh Wounds?
New ways of understanding self-injury

Kay Inckle, PCCS Publishers

This book of research-based stories about self-injury explores the meaning and purpose of self-injury in an individual's life; the experiences that might lead to self-injury; and which approaches and responses to self-injury are helpful and which are not. It is intended to be a resource for people who hurt themselves and for those who live and work with them.

The Social Worker's Guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Steven Walker, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

The social worker's guide to Child and Adolescent Mental Health provides a comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems, and equips the reader with the knowledge and skills to provide the best service to these vulnerable young

How to Help Children and Young People with Complex Behavioural Difficulties
A Guide for Practitioners Working in Educational Settings

Ted Cole and Barabara Knowles, Jessica Kinglsey Publishers

The book begins by expanding the reader's general understanding of BESD in children. The authors examine the underlying causes, explore what can be learned from past experience, and discuss research -based theory. They then offer a range of interventions and therapies for use in and out of school, and encourage practitioners to develop skills such as engaging with parents, identifying special educational needs and setting constructive boundaries.

TOUCHING ROAD

Red Rose Chain 2008

Touching Road is a film written by and starring young men serving custodial sentences at HMP Hollesley Bay. Working alongside professional film makers from Red Rose Chain they have a created a film which is at once gritty, emotional and powerful. With the accompanying educational notes, this new resource is an excellent tool for discussing issues surrounding knife crime, including:

- Carrying a weapon
- Gangs
- Making positive choices

The DVD and accompanying teaching notes are ideal for encouraging discussions with Keystage 3 pupils and above.

WALKING AWAY DVD

Red Rose Chain 2008

Walking Away is a gritty short film that follows the story of 17 year old Falaize as she negotiates her way through the afternoon full of dramatic consequences. This new resource tackles the issues surrounding personal wellbeing including:

- Personal Identity
- Healthy Lifestyles
- Risk
- Relationships

The DVD and accompanying teaching notes are ideal for encouraging discussions with Keystage 3 pupils and above.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE
A film promoting alcohol awarenesss

Red Rose Chain

A film and resource pack promoting alcohol awareness. Under the influence DVD is a unique short film developed, written by and starring young people from The CYDS Project in Leiston.

Guidance Notes:
Concise, easy-to-use presentation cards with suggestions for exercises, areas of discussion and information about alcohol.

Adnams has supported this project as part of their inititative to promote sensible drinking.

CYBER BULLYING
Activities to help children and teens to stay safe in a texting, twittering, social networking world

Vanessa Rogers, Jessica Kingsley Publishers

This approachable book is packed with advice, games and activities for groups and individuals to help young people understand what cyber bullying is, how they should behave online and how they can stay safe. The activities range from quizzes and competitions to storyboard games and art activities, and cover issues such as how easily personal information can be

Lets Talk Relationships - Activities for exploring Love, Sex, Friendship and Family with Young People

Vanessa Rogers, Jessica Kinglsey Publishers

This resource offers a multitude of creative ways to get young people aged 13-19 talking about positive relationships, helping them to stay safe, healthy and happy. Ideal for groups or one-to-one work, this resource features over 90 tried and tested activities.

This is an invaluable resource for all those working with young people, including youth workers, teachers and voluntary sector youth leaders, helping them to make sessions, valuable, educational and enjoyable.

Sex and Relationship Education: The no-nonsense resource for sex education in primary schools for ages 9-11

Molly Potter, A&C Black

Sex and relationshop education (SRE) is an extremely valuable part of the curriculum but there still remains a degree of uncertaninty about what, how and when to cover different topics. This no-nonsense guide provides comprehensive advise and support for any primary school looking to develop an effective SRE programme and policy and to feel confident delivery it.

ISBN 978 14081 1087 4

Moving On Up! All you need to ease the transition from primary to secondary school.

Molly Potter, A&C Black

Moving on up! provides a ready-made resource to help teachers address their concerns with fun and meaningful activities and leaflets. Ranging from a 'How organised are you?' quiz to activities dealing with the effects of peer pressure and bullying, it covers issues that would be explored in PSCHE, year group assemblies and literacy lessons.

- A wealth of easy-to-use activities to support children through this potentially stressful time, requiring minimal preparation

- Photocopiable leaflets for parent and pupils on issues such as peer influence, bullying and coping with change

- CD-ROM of activity sheets and leaflets, with customisable versions of most activity sheets so they can be easily adapted

ISBN 978 1 4081 0913

Emotional Health and Wellbeing:
Activities and resources to support young people

Belinda Heaven, Teach to Inspire

This resource helps teachers engage young people in stimulating discussion and activities. Successfully trailled, its fous is on the following SEAL areas:

- social skills
- empathy
- motivation
- managing feelings
- self awareness

The pack is designed to:

raise awareness about the importance of mental health

explore common sources of stress such as bereavement, bullying, starting a new school, moving house and relationships

help create a comunnity that takes positive steps to promote and protect emotional health and wellbeing

All the necessary resources are provideed in the book or can be printed from the
CD-ROM.

ISBN 9781906517083

Wired Youth - The Social World of Adolescence in the Information Age.

Gustavo S. Mesch, Ilan Talmud

This book presents an up-to-date review of the literature on youth socialility, relationship formation, and online communication, examining the way young people use the internet to constuct or maintain their inter-personal relationships. The book sustematically explores the various effects of internet access and use on adolescents' involvement in social, leisure and extracurricular actitivties,, evaluating the arguments that suggest the internet is displacing other forms of social ties.


ISBN 978-0-415-45994

Helping Bereaved Children 3rd Edition
A Handbook for Practitioners

Nancy Boyd Webb, Guildford Press

This acclaimed work presents a range of counseling and therapy approaches for children who have experienced loss . Practitioners and students are given practical strategies for helping preshcoolers through adolescents copes with different forms of bereavement, including death in the family, school, or community.

Grounded in current research on child therapy, bereavement, trauma, and child development, the volumne clearly explains the principles that underlie interventions. It provides a framework for understanding the child's view of death and conducting thorough clinical assessments.

ISBN 978 1 60623 597 3

Child and adolescent mental health today: a handbook

Catherine Jackson, Kathryn Hill and Paula Lavis, Pavilion Publishers

This handbook introduces the subject to the wide array of frontline workes in health, education and social services who have regular contact with children and young people, and need some knowledge of the mental health issues that affect them, and the services available.

The handbook is divided into five sections:
- an overview of child and adolescent mental health policies and service structures
- maternal and infant mental health
- children's mental health
- adolescent mental health
- diagnoses and treatment

ISBN 978 184 1962 269

Eating Disorders
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People

Simon G. Gowers and Lynne Green, Guildford Press

Eating Disorders provides the clinician with an introduction about how CBT can be used to challenge beliefs about control, restraint, weight and shape, allowing young people to manage their eating disorder.