How can you become the very best coach you can be? Becoming a Coach provides all the knowledge and inspiration needed to reflect on who you are, what you do, and how you can develop as a professional coach. Drawing on the latest ICF coach competence framework and up-to-date coaching research, the authors set out a wide range of contemporary ......
'Oh please, no!' is the reaction many teachers might have when they are asked - or told - to teach writing skills at an advanced level. And often advanced learners also look on the writing element with trepidation. Advanced Writing Skills aims to provide teachers with a thorough understanding of essential writing techniques, alongside practical ......
How to Work with Diagnosed Populations and their Differences
Building on the success of Schema Therapy for Children and Adolescents, this book describes how to adapt schema therapy approaches to help young people with eight common conditions who experience difficulties in areas such as coping, relating and self image. The authors explore the schemas and modes that play a specific role in anxiety, ......
The Communication Games 2.0 series is a collection of resources for English language teachers, and Advanced Communication Games 2.0 is designed for intermediate language learners at CEFR B2+-C2 level.. Earlier editions of the series have been best sellers globally and have already been translated into 12 languages.
Talking Therapies for Autistic People is a compassionate guide designed to transform how professionals understand and work with autistic clients. Written from the author's dual perspective as an autistic person and a mental health practitioner, it presents a neuroaffirmative, person-centred and trauma-informed framework that exposes longstanding ......
Learning to Listen to People with Intellectual Disabilities who are Non-Speaking
This book reveals the inner worlds of non-speaking young people with intellectual disabilities. Drawing on many months of immersive observation of Cassie and Owen, two young people living in a specialist residential school, author Beverley Samways reveals the emotional depth and intelligence often overlooked in 'behaviour', showing that when we ......
A Contemporary Guide to Schema Therapy Concepts and Techniques
Schema Therapy, Step by Step is a practical guide to understanding schema therapy and applying it with clarity and confidence. The authors explain the basics of schema therapy theory - how unmet core emotional needs shape early maladaptive schemas, coping responses and modes, and how these patterns lead to longstanding psychological difficulties. ......
A self-study guide for use in health, social, education, justice and employment settings
This essential handbook provides a self-study route through the successful SPELL framework, which promotes the understanding of autism and offers a person-centred, neurodiversity-affirming approach. The book guides the reader through the updated and revised materials, highlighting when to watch particular videos and do the various exercises and ......
Effective relational support for autistic individuals and people with intellectual disability
Non-Violent Resistance and Neurodiversity introduces Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) as a parenting approach for neurodiverse families, where one or more members is autistic or has an intellectual disability. These families often face difficulties such as increased levels of distressed behaviour, challenges in emotional regulation, isolation and ......
