 | Anger Control Training
This training manual addresses the need for a practical and easily accessible guide for professionals working with people presenting with anger problems. It is intended for use by psychologists, OTs...more
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 | Anxiety & Stress Management Toolkit
This pack uses cognitive therapy methods, as well as meditative and reflective techniques, to produce an accessible and comprehensive resource for use in combating anxiety and stress in many client g...more
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 | Anxiety Management
In 10 Groupwork Sessions
Designed for anyone wanting to develop an anxiety management programme for use with groups or individuals, this practical handbook will be invaluable to anyone who is called upon to respond to people...more
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 | Assertiveness
A Practical Approach
This highly successful title offers an opportunity for professionals from all backgrounds to develop an understanding of assertiveness. which has been shown to be therapeutically advantageous for all...more
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 | Challenging Behaviour in Dementia
A Person-Centred Approach
Understanding socially disruptive behaviour in dementia is never easy. Most explanations offer neither solace nor solutions for families and carers, and treatment is often characterised by policies o...more
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 | Common Parenting Issues
Handouts for Professionals working with Children & Families
Are you a professional who encounters children with a wide range of difficulties? Do you also work with their parents? Would you like a flexible source of information to support you in your work? Thi...more
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 | Creative Art in Groupwork
Highly accessible, this manual contains 142 art activities developed specifically for use with groups of people of all ages.
Activities include drawing, painting, collage and sculpture, covering the...more
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 | Creative Drama in Groupwork
150 ideas for drama in one practical manual makes it a veritable treasure trove which will inspire everyone to run drama sessions creatively, enjoyably and effectively.
"Features advice on setting up...more
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 | Creative Drama in Groupwork 2nd Revised Edn
This bestselling book is now updated with new material and more tried-and-tested ideas, bringing it up-to-date with contemporary drama.
150 ideas for drama in one practical manual makes this a verita...more
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 | Creative Games in Groupwork
Presented in a format that immediately allows you to see what materials are needed, how much preparation is required and how each game is played, this book presents practical resource material in an ...more
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 | Creative Music in Groupwork
This is is an inspirational manual that offers users effective ways of entering the field of music groupwork with adults of all ages and abilities.
Contains practical ideas for instrumental, vocal a...more
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 | Creative Play & Drama with Adults at Risk
This hands-on manual offers a clear introduction to play and drama work for professionals working with adults at risk. Many adults feel nervous about drama and think that play is childish. Sue Jennin...more
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 | Creative Play with Children at Risk
The companion volume to the successful 'Creative Storytelling with Children at Risk', this title is written for both professionals and parents. Using a practical and hands-on approach, Sue Jennings:
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 | Creative Puppetry with Children & Adults
This is a practical book on making puppets for anyone working with children, teenagers or adults. The puppets can be used for both emotional literacy work and therapeutic play. The positive effect of...more
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 | Creative Relaxation in Groupwork
With more than 100 activities this book offers a goldmine of techniques and processes for relaxation.
"Discusses the benefits of relaxation, covers both theoretical and practical relaxation methods, ...more
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 | Creative Writing in Groupwork
Activities designed to help participants express themselves, explore situations, compare ideas and develop both imagination and creative ability.
"Bursting with more than 100 ideas and activities for...more
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 | Depression
A Cognitive Approach
Based on cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, this resource book describes how to treat mild to moderate depression.
Aimed at the professional with little or no experience of treating depression, it...more
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 | Elder Abuse
Therapeutic Perspectives in Practice
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 | Family Therapy
with Older Adults and their Families
This is a practically based introduction to family therapy with older adults and their families.
The book sets the context for family work with later-life families and outlines both techniques and ...more
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 | Gentle Exercises & Movement for Frail People
This pack of 48 A5 photocopiable laminated cards, illustrate and describe specific exercises for frail elderly people. Each card has the exercise instruction on the reverse, some of which require sma...more
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 | Group Activities with Older Adults
If you have responsibility for providing activities for older adults and you aren't sure whether what you are providing is effective, or you have exhausted all your own activity ideas then this book ...more
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 | Group Games Building Relationships
"140 games and activities to foster personal development; improve social communication skills; and strengthen group dynamics.
"Full of practical and creative ideas that can be implemented with minima...more
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 | Groupwork Activities
The Resource Manual for Everyone Working with Elderly People
The resource manual for everyone working with elderly people.
This huge collection of practical activities and ideas can be used with every group of older people.
It contains many tried and tested ...more
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 | Groupwork with Learning Disabilities
Creative Drama
This practical manual is for anyone who has the opportunity of facilitating creative drama for people with learning disabilities.
Other basic principles of working, different approaches to drama and...more
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 | Head Injury
A Practical Guide Revised Edition
This popular and bestselling book has been brought up to date with the latest information on caring for someone with a head injury.
- Newly published, it includes an additional chapter on long term ...more
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 | Head Injury Education
A Group Therapy Manual
This practical manual outlines a head injury education therapy programme for use with groups of clients with traumatic brain injury.(TBI)
The programme covers introduction to TBI ; types of head inj...more
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 | Interventions for Schizophrenia
This step-by-step manual presents a flexible, five-module intervention programme to help clients with schizophrenia understand their illness, recognise, monitor and cope with their symptoms and reduc...more
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 | Let's Mime
Let's Mime is a simple non-competitive charades game for groups of two or more people of any age. Use it with a particular communication outcome in mind, or play it just for fun.
- Entirely non-verba...more
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 | Let's Talk!
Let's Talk! is a set of discussion and prompt cards designed for use by all groups. The pack is divided into the following three themes:
"One thing ... One thing I feel I do well is ... ; One thing ...more
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 | Lifestyle Matters
An Occupational Approach to Healthy Ageing
Lifestyle Matters is a practical CD-Rom resource that contains a wealth of ideas and activities for occupational therapists, support workers, students and other professionals working with older peopl...more
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 | Memory Joggers: Entertainers
Discusson around well-produced flashcards is a wonderful way of animating any group and we have produced two
sets on popular topics that are bound to trigger treasured memories, create interaction a...more
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 | Memory Joggers: Royalty
Discusson around well-produced flashcards is a wonderful way of animating any group and we have produced two
sets on popular topics that are bound to trigger treasured memories, create interaction a...more
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 | Mentoring Activities Box
The Mentoring Activities Box is a flexible, full colour resource designed for use with young people in a mentoring setting. After using the initial profiling resources, the mentor can focus on partic...more
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 | Musical Bingo (CD)
Add variety to your activity or bingo sessions with this musical version of the ever-popular game.
Includes twenty different game cards with twenty squares each and 336 playing counters.
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 | Musical Quiz
· Now on CD, you can play tracks in random order and easily repeat each track.
· An easy-to-play game: simply listen to the first few bars of each song and then name that tune!
· There are 80 differ...more
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 | Personal Relationships
Designed to help students understand and discuss personal relationships, this illustrated set shows different kinds of relationships and also the progression of attachments from initial meeting to se...more
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 | Person-Centred Approaches to Dementia Care
Person-Centred Approaches to Dementia Care traces the origin of the person-centred tradition, and describes and critically evaluates the theory and the practice of validation therapy. Resolution the...more
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 | Pocket ColorCards for Adults: Everyday Life
For a comprehensive series of daily living activities
- These photographic flashcards provide clear and appealing images of 40 of the most common activities for daily living. Essential for all profes...more
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 | Pocket ColorCards for Adults: In Hospital
An essential pack for staff and visitors
- For people with communication difficulties, a stay in hospital can be a difficult and upsetting time. These 40 photographic cards help the client, therapist...more
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 | Pocket ColorCards for Adults: Leisure Time
Encourage discussion of activities and interests
- These clear and lively photographic cards illustrate 40 popular activities and interests to promote discussion and communication.
- Use them to sti...more
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 | Pocket ColorCards for Adults: Personal Items
A versatile set illustrating personal belongings
- For improving vocabulary, communicating needs or as a flexible and targeted tool for language development with older adults, these 40 photographic c...more
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 | Positive Interaction Skills
A Group Therapy Manual
This practical, photocopiable manual provides group leaders with a flexible programme to teach interaction skills that can be adapted to a wide variety of groups, situations and needs.
The program...more
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 | Practical Ideas for Emotional Intelligence
This book covers a wide range of emotional literacy topics relevant to todays young people and can be used in any setting by learning mentors and other professionals. Each topic includes group and in...more
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 | Reminiscence
Social & Creative Activities with Older People in Care
Reminiscence sessions and associated activities are an appropriate and effective way of bringing pleasure, stimulation, meaning and purpose into the lives of older people in care. This popular manual...more
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 | SET: Creative Storytelling with Children at Risk & Creative Play with Children at Risk
This set comprises of the following:
0024722 Creative Storytelling with Children at Risk
0025264 Creative Play with Children at Risk
For availability of a set, please see the individual titles or c...more
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 | SET: Games for Talking (What do you Mean?, Let's Draw, Let's Talk!, Let's Mime, Top 5)
This set comprises of the following:
0034083 Let's Talk!
0034609 Let's Mime
0033780 Top 5
0035331 What do you Mean?
0035282 Let's Draw
For availability of a set, please see the individual titles or...more
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 | SET: Group Games (seven titles)
This set comprises of the following:
0025109 Emotional Strength & Self Esteem
0025124 Dealing With Aggression
0025134 Social Skills
0025133 Relaxation & Concentration
0025271 Playing With Words
0025...more
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 | SET: Illustrated ColorCards Personal Relationships; Social Behaviour & Personal Safety
This set comprises of the following:
0015160 Personal Safety
0015285 Personal Relationships
0015126 Social Behaviour
For availability of a set, please see the individual titles or contact us.
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 | SET: Pocket ColorCards for Adults x 4 (In Hospital; Everyday Life; Personal Items; Leisure Time)
This set comprises of the following:
0015341 Personal Items
0015339 Everyday Life
0015338 In Hospital
0015340 Leisure Time
For availability of a set, please see the individual titles or contact us.
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 | Sing Along CD
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 | Sing Along Tape
An audio cassette tape specially recorded for those who may not have access to piano, this tape features 20 of the songs from the Song Book.
Each song has a few introductory melodies to reacquaint t...more
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 | Sometimes I Feel ...
This beautifully illustrated card set is a practical tool for promoting emotional literacy with children aged from 4 to 8 years.
"The central characters (a boy and a girl) express and share their dif...more
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 | Song Book
· Featuring large clear print, the Song Book contains the words to 100 popular songs that are ideal for group sing-along sessions.
· The book is divided into six sections: traditional folk songs, ch...more
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 | Sounds Nostalgic: Radio Theme Tunes from the 40s & 50s (CD)
This CD has been especially compiled from the BBC Sound Archives and contains excerpts of famous radio programme
theme tunes from the 1940s and 1950s.
Designed to be used as a trigger for reminisce...more
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 | Sounds Nostalgic: Voices from the 40s & 50s (CD)
This CD has been especially compiled from BBC Radio archives and contains famous voices from the 1940s and 1950s. Politicians, radio broadcasters, royalty and show business personalities are included...more
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 | Stress Anxiety Depression
Allowing clients to work on their own problems and at their own pace, this excellent title recognises that solving personal
problems is a skill to be learnt just like any other. It teaches the reade...more
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 | Teamwork
A Guide to Successful Collaboration in Health & Social Care
In today's world, health and social care policy and theories can evolve and be disseminated at an ever increasing speed, making the simple act of keeping up-to-date and informed difficult and exhaust...more
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 | The Art Activity Manual
A Groupwork Resource
A simple, flexible and practical approach to art activities, this book enables group members to explore and discover their own level of artistic skills, creative styles and preferences.
"The activit...more
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 | The Brain Injury Workbook
Exercises for Cognitive Rehabilitation
Evolved from working with head injured groups at Headway and those attempting to return to work, this is a rich, comprehensive and photocopiable workbook for professionals, carers and clients.
Conta...more
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 | The Essential Dementia Care Handbook
Replacing the successful Working with Dementia, this edition draws together many new ideas and practical approaches from a wide variety of professionals working at the leading edge of the provision o...more
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 | The Good Practice Guide to Therapeutic Activities with Older People in Care Settings
There are many activity manuals on the market today but this publication is the first to offer a clear guideline on exactly what constitutes good practice in activity provision.
Written by the Natio...more
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 | The Mental Health Handbook 3rd edition
A Cognitive Behavioural Approach
An extremely comprehensive resource of photocopiable handouts to aid therapeutic intervention
This treasury of successful photocopiable handouts is sensibly organised for quick access in one conveni...more
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 | The New Culture of Therapeutic Activity with Older People
Once viewed as entertainment, activity provision is increasingly being seen as of therapeutic value and an integral part of quality care practice. This change has been so rapid and far-reaching that ...more
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 | The Non-Competitive Activity Book
This superb practical handbook contains 100 activities that are non-competitive and can be used across the whole age spectrum with individuals or groups. It provides indispensable material for use wi...more
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 | The Reminiscence Puzzle Book
Spanning the years 1930 to 1989, this is a highly practical and enjoyable puzzle book. It covers events, people, entertainment and everyday life and is designed to encourage group particpation to re...more
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 | The Reminiscence Quiz Book
· An enduringly popular, informative and unusual quiz book specifically produced for work with reminiscence groups.
· Covering the years 1930 to 1969, it draws on memories and experiences of daily li...more
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 | The Reminiscence Skills Training Handbook
This easy-to-use guide provides an accessible workbook for reminiscence skills training. It includes:
· Information on the history and definition of reminiscence work.
· The value of the reminiscence...more
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 | Themed Activities for People with Learning Difficulties
User-friendly and practical, this is an excellent resource for all professionals looking to run creative sessions with people with profound and complex learning difficulties. Using a selection of twe...more
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 | Top 5
Top 5 is a pack of cards for conversation, group openers or for use simply as a fun game. Each cards suggests a category for Top 5 discussion.
"Examples are: Name your top five excuses for being late...more
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 | Treasured Memories
Designed for older people in day centres, hospitals or residential care, this board game encourages players to recall people, events, things and stories from their past.
· Use this activity as a tri...more
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Speechmark’s mental health resources offer practical solutions for personal development, mental health and social care for people of all ages.
Publications cover emotional development with children, educational psychology, personal development with adults, counselling, stress and anxiety management, depression and schizophrenia.
Click on the category links on the left to see the mental health & social care catalogue.
