Young People In Focus

ADOLESCENCE AND HEALTH
Wiley, Editors: John Coleman, Leo B. Hendry & Marion Kloep

'As Minister for Children in Wales, I am delighted to commend this topical and significant book'

Jane Hutt, Welsh Assembly Government

Adolescence and health begins by examining topics such as sexuality, eating disorders and the use or abuse of substances, and then moves on to wider discussions including the best way to promote health or provide clinical services to a group who are neither fully adult nor children.


248pp

FEELING FABULOUS! BOYS
K.Watson, Snivel and Shriek

This workbook aims to enable young people to take ownership of their emotional, social and behavioural development, providing a variety of activities to stimulate thinking, raise self-awareness, improve skills, and promote personal development. Approximate age suitability: 8-14

Displaying either a girl or boy on the cover with identical interior content. Please see the below product if you wish to order the girl version.

FEELING FABULOUS! GIRLS
K.Watson, Snivel and Shriek

This workbook aims to enable young people to take ownership of their emotional, social and behavioural development, providing a variety of activities to stimulate thinking, raise self-awareness, improve skills, and promote personal development. Approximate age suitability: 8-14

Displaying either a girl or boy on the cover with identical interior content. Please see the above product if you wish to order the boy version.

TALKING ABOUT ALCOHOL
Information and support for the parents of young people by Louise Cox, Nigel Sherriff, Lester Coleman and Debi Roker, Young People in Focus, 2006

Funded by the Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC)

This guide aims to help young people and parents to communicate effectively about alcohol, in order to keep young people safe. It is based on research undertaken by Young People in Focus researchers during 2005. It is designed to provide information for parents, and to share parents' worries, ideas and 'hints and tips'. It will also be of use for practitioners working with the parents of young people.


ISBN: 978 1 871504 798

JUST ONE MORE DVD
Young people explore parental alcohol misuse.
Young Voice film

There is a lot of education around young people using alcohol and binge drinking, however questions aren't asked about a parent's drinking.

Parental alcohol misuse is often hidden. Young people do not like people talking about their parents, are protective towards them, and their drinking is often a source of shame. The DVD brings out the issue of teenagers becoming young carers because they hide the fact that their parents misuse alcohol.

Film approx 16 minutes pack also includes a discussion guide

Living It! A powerful teaching resource on homophobic bullying
Andrew Mulholland & Marie Bisset

Homophobic bullying in schools is a nationally-recognised problem, and this resource pack has been produced to help teachers tackle it. The pack encourages schools to build on existing expertise in PSHCE and related areas of the national curriculum. Pack includes a 20 min DVD and resource guide.

THE MENTAL HEALTH HANDBOOK
Trevor Powell, Speechmark Publishing Ltd

This revised edition of an old favourite contains a treasury of successful handouts to photocopy, covering many aspects of mental health: managing anxiety; assertiveness training; managing depression; managing stress; changing habits and behaviour and caring for others. It also covers anger management, schizophrenia and relationship difficulties.

186pp

TRAINER'S MANUAL- PROVIDING ALCOHOL EDUCATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE
Andrew Cummings, UK Youth

This training manual has been designed to provide trainers with all the materials they will need to deliver a two-day training course for those who work with young people, on the theme of alcohol education.

The manual aims to equip those who work with young people with the skills, information and ideas necessary for running sessions and activities aimed at exploring issues about alcohol with young people.

SAUCE - Sex & Alcohol Under Close Examination
d2 Digital

A powerful and humorous resource which explores serious issues. This pack turns what can be difficult and challenging topics into a real joy to teach. It contains; Teacher support book; photocopiable comics and 6 sets of 10 trigger cards. Topics covered; Alcohol use and misuse; Sexual health issues; Managing relationships; Communication issues; Generation gap and gender differences.

UNDERAGE RISKY DRINKING
An exploratory study into under age drinking by Lester Coleman and Suzanne Cater, TSA & JRF 2005

This report explores why some underage (aged 14-17) young people take part in risky drinking, and the effect this can have on their health and well-being.

Sixty-four young people were interviewed in the study and the report includes extensive quotes from the young people themselves, revealing the main reasons why they take part in risky drinking, and what they have experienced as a result.

WORKING THINGS OUT
A Therapeutic resource for adolescents dealing with depression and other mental health problems.
Eileen Brosnan, Pros. Carol Fitzpatrick and Dr. John Sharry, Parent Plus 2005

The working Things Out project is an interactive CD ROM/DVD that contains the personal stories of eleven adolescents who have managed difficult problems in their lives such as depression, bullying, eating problems and self-harm. The stories are illustrated by animation and graphics, narrated by the young people and backed up by professional information and handouts.

It is recommended that the CD ROM/DVD resource be used in a facilitative way by professionals working with young people. The focus is on raising awareness of Mental Health issues and helping young people to identify and develop their own coping skills.