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You
could avoid all parenting problems by not having children . . .
or you could use QEd's parenting books
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Managing your 4-8 year-old

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As a parent, how many times have
you wished you had an instruction manual to hand when you're
dealing with a difficult moment? Parenting can be a tricky
business, but here's a guide to help you manage your child's
behaviour in a positive and effective way (£2.95) |
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Managing your 8-12 year-old

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A user-friendly
guide covering areas such as improving a child's self-esteem,
communication, making rules and setting boundaries, rewards,
sanctions and dealing with arguments. The advice given is
flexible and practical (£2.95) |
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Managing your 13-16 year-old

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Provides a practical guide for the difficult teenage years on
building self-esteem; the value of good communication; on
managing conflict; and negotiating with a teenager (£2.95) |
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Positive Parenting

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Common sense
advice put across in a lively and humorous way (£2.50) |
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Handwriting

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Includes ten tips to improve and
establish legible handwriting. It does not focus on a specific
style but encourages features that will result in an acceptable
and functional script (£6) |
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An A-Z of Tricky Behaviours in the Early Years

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A new book of imaginative ideas
for dealing with some of the more common difficult behaviours
that you might have to deal with from biting to swearing. The
book is divided into two sections - a short section offering a
set of principles for managing children's behaviour, followed by
an A-Z of typical problem behaviours, with real-life examples
and suggested solutions ... all for only £5. |
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Fireworks: Managing anger in young children

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Do you have a
child with a very short fuse . . . or a high level of anxiety? A
child that overreacts in most situations? There can be many
reasons why children react angrily, and here is a discreet
approach to help them to understand and then learn how to
control their angry feelings and reactions.
Based loosely on cognitive behaviour therapy and using a
‘talk-through’ approach, you will be able to help the child to
think about his/her feelings in a different way and feel more in
control of them.
There are twelve, clearly laid out practical sessions that use
fireworks as a model for understanding and working on strategies
to manage anger – the initial spark that lights the fuse, the
speed at which the fuse burns, and the explosive firework.
Hannah Mortimer’s practical and user-friendly approach has been
used successfully in both home and educational settings. (only £5) |
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Listening to Children in their Early Years

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Listening to children involves much more
than simply ‘hearing’ what they have to say . . . we know that. But how
do we tune in to children? How do we really see things from their point
of view? How do we consult them on things that are really important to
them?
Here are numerous practical ways to help you do just that. There are
techniques for developing good two-way communication; ideas on how to
use cameras to involve children; child conferencing; child passports;
the Mosaic approach and many, many more practical ideas. There are also
sections on how to tune in to babies; working with children with
disabilities and some examples of all these activities in practice.
In association with SureStart Stockton-on-Tees, Hannah Mortimer has put
together an approach that will enable you to really develop a listening culture in
your setting. |
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Worry Box: Managing anxiety in
young children

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A practical
framework to help adults provide emotional support to young
children aged 4 to 11. It can be used at home or at school.
There are 12 practical sessions with the emphasis on involving
the child in each. There are useful activities for working on
relaxation techniques, comments from adults who have used the
approach and a list of further resources to help (only £5) |
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AD/HD and Attention Difficulties in the Early
Years

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Identification, diagnosis and what
you might observe in this group of children and suggests ways of
providing practical support. "...so full of useful information,
ideas and strategies for dealing with the child who has
attention problems, that the practitioner will probably have it
constantly to hand ..." (£6) |
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Guidelines for a Speech and
Language Friendly School

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A criteria grid enables you to do
an audit of your current provision.
A warning checklist helps you identify problems at an early
stage.
There are strategies for the classroom dealing with attention
and listening skills, sequencing, memory skills, and
comprehension.
There are examples of IEP targets, referral forms for assessment
and much more - see details below
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Helping Children Hang
On To Your Every Word
by Maggie Johnson

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Why is it that the children who
can least afford to switch off are the ones who don’t pay
attention? And that children who most need to ask for help are
the ones least likely to do so? If children are opting out in
the classroom, switching off or passively waiting for direction,
we need to understand the barriers they face and help them
engage by making their learning opportunities more meaningful,
interactive and rewarding.
This book aims to make classroom experience more accessible to
all learners, and highlights the links between behaviour and
hidden language processing difficulties. Based on tried and
tested activities, strategies and self-help skills, you will
find answers to these questions and ways of improving attention
and concentration linked to a simple troubleshooting guide. (£10
inclusive of postage & packing) |
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Why not have a look at our
Trackers 0-5? Trackers provides a simple way of
monitoring the progress that children are making.
Click here for more details.
Do you
want to help your child with maths? We
have maths activities that your child will enjoy ... I guarantee it!
In the unlikely event that your child hates the activity, send it back and
we'll refund you. We recommend:
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Four in a
Row ... a game that is competitive and great fun and, incidentally,
reinforces addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills;
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Quick
Cards: Number Operations and Quick Cards: Time, Money, Approximation and
Estimation - a non-threatening way of practising these important skills;
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Target
Maths - a wonderfully simple idea that has become hugely popular. There are
so many ways of using these - quick mental maths, see how many you can solve
in 5 minutes - introduce the use of calculators ... solve the problem using a calculator.
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Managing
your 4-8 year-old
by Stockton-on-Tees Educational Psychology Service |
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This is a practical book for parents on how to
manage their young children’s behaviour positively and effectively. There
are suggestions for managing bedtimes and mealtimes, ideas for encouraging
independence and approaches for encouraging appropriate behaviour. There are
also helpful suggestions on preparing young children for nursery and school. |
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1 898873 19 4 Published 2001
A5 27 pages
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Managing
your 8-12 year-old
by Stockton-on-Tees Educational Psychology Service |
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In this practical guide for parents there is a
clear emphasis on the importance of developing children’s self-esteem that
provides the basis of good behaviour. There are suggestions on how to
communicate well with your child; on things to think about when making rules
and setting boundaries; guidelines about both rewards and punishment; and
dealing with arguments. |
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1 898873 23 2 Published 2001
A5 23 pages
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Managing
your 13-16 year-old
by Stockton-on-Tees Educational Psychology Service |
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For many parents the teenage years can be one
of the most difficult periods in their children’s development towards
adulthood. Young teenagers are beginning to assert themselves, keen to try
out new things and become more independent. Conflict often occurs as they
take more control of their lives and test parents ‘to the limit’. At the
same time they require steady guidance and support from their parents –
often not an easy task! This is a practical guide offering many useful
suggestions to parents. |
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1 898873 24 0 Published 2002
A5 28 pages
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Positive
Parenting
by Frank Merrett |
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Raising children has never been more in the
public eye than in recent times. It is just about one of the most difficult
tasks that we face. Children do need guidance. They also need freedom to
develop their personalities and independence and finding the right balance
is important.
Parents are increasingly recognised as the key
to enabling their children to learn socially acceptable behaviour.
Relationships are seen as central to providing children with an
understanding of how to behave. Positive Parenting has some simple,
practical strategies for parents which will enable them to develop and
improve relationships with their children. It will also provide
professionals with ideas they can pass on to parents.
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1 898873 05 4 Published 1997
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An A-Z of Tricky Behaviours
in the Early Years
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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How often have you wished for an
instruction manual when trying to deal with tricky behaviour? Of course
every child is unique and there are no ‘recipes’ when it comes to
dealing with difficult behaviour. However, here are some imaginative
ideas for managing some of the more common tricky behaviours you are
likely to have to deal with on a day-to-day basis in a nursery group,
crèche, playgroup or childminding setting.
These include biting, bossing,
climbing, crying, ditching the dummy, kicking
and smacking, lack of confidence, not doing as asked,
pulling and tugging, running off, scratching and
gouging, soiling, spitting, swearing and
temper tantrums.
Each has a brief pen picture of a child
displaying that kind of difficulty, how staff worked out what to do,
what they did and why it worked.
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978 1 898873 03 7 Published 2006
A5 40 pages
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Teaching
Handwriting: A Guide for Teachers and Parents
by Jean Alston and Jane Taylor |
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This book is designed to help those with
handwriting difficulties. It does so by:
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identifying and providing answers to the
questions most pupils, parents and teachers would like to ask;
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presenting some early requirements for
successful teaching;
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referring to handwriting rules. The authors
provide ten rules which can help to transform writing, so that it becomes
something of which to be proud, rather than a subject of concern.
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1 898873 12 7 Published 2000
A5 47 pages Read
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Autistic
Spectrum Disorders in the Early Years: A Guide for Practitioners
by Dr Rita Jordan |
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Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are complex. The numbers of children with these conditions seem to be increasing and staff in early
years settings are being faced with the difficulties of helping
these children learn and develop. This book will provide you with a
practical understanding to help you achieve this. Although aimed at all
those working in early years settings, this will also be helpful to parents
of young children with an ASD. Sections include:
The
main areas of concern are addressed in a clear and readable style, always
with a practical focus, and short examples, on what needs to be done and the
principles to guide your practice.
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1 898873 29 1 Published 2002
A5 103 pages
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Supporting
Children with AD/HD & Attention Difficulties in the Early Years
by Dr Hannah Mortimer |
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The term Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder (AD/HD) has become more widely used in the UK in recent years.
Nevertheless, it remains a controversial topic for many people particularly,
perhaps, because of the medication sometimes prescribed in its treatment.
In this book Hannah Mortimer concentrates on
planning and supporting the individual needs of children with attention
difficulties rather than being preoccupied with the dilemmas surrounding
diagnosis and treatment. There are useful pointers to help in
identification; examples of developing, implementing and monitoring
programmes and activities; working with other professionals; and working in
partnership with parents.
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1 898873 25 9 Published 2002
A5 43 pages
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