Young People In Focus

WORKING WITH PARENTS OF 8-11 YEAR OLDS TOOLKIT
Julie Shepherd and Debi Roker, Young People in Focus 2007
PRICE REDUCTION: Previously £58.00

This essential resource is for all those working with parents. It focuses on working with parents of 'pre-teens' i.e. those aged between 8 and 11, particularly around the move to secondary school. The Toolkit contains a wealth of information, resources and ideas. Topics covered include: What do parents of 8-11 year olds want? What are the options for working with this group? What training and support is available for workers? What resources are available to support workers, and parents? This Toolkit is invaluable for both experienced parenting workers, and those starting to work with this group of parents.

To view sample pages of this toolkit go to 'about our publications' and follow the links

ISBN 978 1871504 699

MOVING UP TO SECONDARY SCHOOL
A pack to help schools produce resources for parents of children going up to secondary school
Debi Roker and Julie Shepherd, Young People in Focus 2007
PRICE REDUCTION: Previously £29.99

Young People in Focus has produced a 16 page Young People in Focus 'Guide' to support parents of children going to secondary school. (Going to Secondary School, Code: GSEC is available separately). This guide is now available as part of a pack of resources for primary schools. The booklet and CD-Rom enables schools to:

• download the guide as it is from the CD-Rom
• photocopy the guide from the copy in the appendix
• or create their own version - by 'cutting and pasting' information from the booklet, or adding in information specific to the school

Funded by The Gulbenkian Foundation.

ISBN 978 1871504 828

GOING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL: A Guide for Parents
Debi Roker and Julie Shepherd
Young People in Focus, 2006

Guide for parents with children in the transition stage between primary and secondary school. It covers: moving to secondary school; helping your child prepare; new words and phrases; managing homework; children's and parents' views and experiences; dealing with bullying; books and materials for children and parents.

ISBN 978 1 871504 804

SUSSING OUT YOUR SECONDARY SCHOOL
Transition guide book
Snivel and Shriek
Aimed at Key Stage 2 and 3

This workbook invites young people to consider, record, challenge and discuss their thoughts, worries and questions in simple activities which are ideal for use within individual, group and whole year contexts. It can also be used by parents wishing to support their child before year 7 commences.

MOVING ON UP!
Surviving School Transition for 10-12 year olds
Speechmark Publishing 2006

This unique and innovative board game introduces students to the issues involved in moving school and helps develop the social, emotional and personal responsibility skills to support the transition to their new school.

Suitable for 2-6 players, it is a co-operative game which means there is no individual winner. It therefore encourages young people to work together as a team and cooperate in order to win the game.

MOVING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL
Advice and Activities to Support Transition by Lynda Measor with Mike Fleetham, Network Educational Press 2006

Helps teachers to understand and ease children's anxieties and to focus on the positive. It tackles worries about being bullied and getting on with teachers. Research shows that initiatives covered in this book help children to settle well and become more confident, ideal for year six and seven.

Together with resource can be photocopied, carefully described case studies and a comprehensive section giving further support materials, this is an invaluable guide that teachers will turn to again and again .

A4 Wiro 176pp

YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEER SUPPORT
How to Set Up a Peer Support Programme by Marilyn McGowan, Young People in Focus, 2002

All in all an excellent no frills starter pack which should be welcomed by any school trying to promote "citizenship" via self-esteem, emotional well-being and respect for self and others.

Raymond Simpson, Chartered Educational Psychologist, Counselling Trainer and Supervisor

This manual provides supporting materials for setting up a peer support service with young people. It gives practical advice and guidance and includes: Setting up the infrastructure; Getting started; Recruitment; Training; Communication; Monitoring. It also considers common problems and provides a range of training materials which can be photocopied..

58pp ISBN 978 1871504 460

BULLYING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE SUPPORT GROUP METHOD
George Robinson, Barbara Maines, Sage Publishers

Previously referred to as the No Blame Approach, the pioneering work of George and Barbara has been popular among practitioners seeking an alternative method to punishment for dealing with bullying in their setting. This book: explains how the Support Group Method began, charts the recent controversy over the approach, gives step by step guidance on using the SGM and includes real life accounts from a practitioner using the method.

BULLYING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
What it looks like and How to manage it
Keith Sullivan, Mark Cleary and Ginny Sullivan, Sage Publications 2004

A practical, guide to dealing with bullying in secondary schools. The authors present what we know about bullying, describe development issues for adolescence and discuss the social context of the school. They analyse key features of healthy and unhealthy schools, and set out a whole-school approach to bullying and other social problems that arise in the secondary school.

Written especially for secondary school teachers, administrators and students, and the families and caregivers of the students. It is also for those who train teachers, for counsellors and educators at all levels.

255pp

DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL LITERACY WITH TEENAGE GIRLS
Building Confidence, Self-esteem and Self-respect
Tina Rae, Lorna Nelson, Lisa Pedersen, Sage Publications 2005

This programme creates an opportunity for teenage girls to be clearer and more positive about their developing identities as young women. Suitable for use in mainstream schools, the 10 session programme improves confidence, self-esteem and self-awareness, with the talk element encouraging students to develop their own problem-solving strategies. Issues covered include: peer pressure, sex, role models, drugs and alcohol, being a parent. Comprehensive facilitator's notes and all resource needs are provided at the back of the book and on the accompanying CD-Rom.


96pp

DEVELOPING EMOTIONAL LITERACY WITH TEENAGE BOYS
Building Confidence, Self Esteem and Self-Awareness
Tina Rae, Lisa Pedersen, Sage Publications 2007

This programme, which has been developed from research, practice and teaching, and has been tried and tested in a pupil referral unit, helps the participants to acknowledge the importance of emotional development and the fact that they have a responsibility to do something about it.

The 12 sessions cover;

• appearance
• girlfriends
• sex, problem-solving and future goals

Comprehensive facilitator's notes and all the resources needed for the programme are provided. All the worksheets are easily printable from the CD Rom that accompanies the book. This is an excellent resource for all those concerned with boys' emotional development.