Speedy Publishing is a hybrid general interest trade publisher. One of the first of its kind Speedy publishes books, eBooks, mobile apps, pamphlets and free online resources that are meant to educate, edify and entertain readers regardless of demographic.
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Speaking Tiger is an independent publishing company based in New Delhi. Founded in September 2014, the company publishes a diverse list comprising quality fiction and non-fiction from South Asia and the rest of the world, with a strong emphasis on new voices.
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This comprehensive and practical book provides an ideal platform for the provision of effective vocabulary development in children of all abilities.This rigorously tried and tested approach is an outstanding resource that will be an essential addition to any school classroom and is also an important addition to the materials used by speech and language therapists. In particular it provides: A structured approach to promote vocabulary development in all children Comprehensive and structured approach to learning with a multitude of activities and lesson plans Adopts a whole school approach but is equally effective for specific classes and groups or individual learners An effective tool to teach children who speak English as an additional language. Particularly suitable for Key Stages 1 and 2.
A Speechmark core resource, this photocopiable manual provides practical ideas and material for speech and language therapists to use with clients whose speech difficulties arise from cleft palate and/or velopharyngeal disorders. Enables therapists in the community to feel confident in dealing with the specific problems that cleft palate speech can bring, even if they have no experience of working with this client group. The therapy ideas can be used flexibly and are designed to cover all age-groups: pre-school, school-age and adult. The suggestions presented in this book help to determine the best approach for each client.
These 10 beautifully-illustrated storybooks along with 10 practical guidebooks, (20 books in total), enable teachers, parents and professionals to help children aged 4-12 connect with unresolved feelings affecting their behaviour. Each guide focuses on a particular feeling, with exercises and ideas to help children think about, express and focus on that feeling to the point of resolution. The illustrated stories are designed to be told alongside the guide, but can be used independently to promote discussion and help to show children they are not alone. Titles included in the set are: Helping Children of Troubled Parents and Monica Plum's Horrid Problem. Helping Children Locked in Rage and Hate and How Hattie Hated Kindness. Helping Children Pursue Their Hopes and Dreams and A Pea Called Mildred. Helping Children Who Are Anxious or Obsessional and Willy and the Wobbly. Helping Children Who Bottle Up Their Feelings and A Nifflenoo Called Nevermind. Helping Children Who Have Hardened Their Hearts or Become Bullies and A Wibble Called Bipley. Helping Childen Who Yearn for Someone They Love and The Frog Who Longed for The Moon to Smile. Helping Children With Fear and Teenie Weenie in a Too Big World. Helping Children With Loss and The Day The Sea Went Out and Never Came Back. Helping Children With Low Self-Esteem and Ruby and the Rubbish Bin.
This book draws together advances in the understanding, assessment and treatment of stress, negative symptoms, social anxiety, OCD, PTSD and mood disturbance in people with a diagnosis of psychosis, providing a practical guide for clinicians. CBT for psychosis draws on the principles and interventions developed for anxiety and depression and adapts these to treat psychotic symptoms. CBT for schizophrenia is now widely accepted as an effective treatment in the reduction of psychotic symptoms. A review of findings led the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to recommend offering CBT to all people with schizophrenia. Content includes: The role of stress in psychosis Negative symptoms – emotional, motivational and behavioural deficits Social anxiety disorder Obsessional compulsive disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder Mood disturbance in psychosis Client handouts.
This concise and practical resource is for a range of carers and practitioners working with children who experienced trauma. A Practical Guide to Helping Children and Young People Who Experience Trauma highlights their characteristics in contrast with those for children living in stability, and describes specific techniques and strategies to help them in different environments and situations. The aim of this book will be to equip practitioners with a range of approaches for these groups of vulnerable children, which are appropriate to sensitively meet their needs and make a difference to their emotional well-being. Key Features are Case studies Work-sheets Evidence-based interventions
Written by a clinical neuropsychologist, this book is an accessible guide to everything you need to know about Asperger Syndrome, offering information and guidance, self-help and coping strategies and illustrated throughout with over 150 personal quotes, vignettes and anecdotes from clients with AS with whom the author has worked with clinically over the last 10 years. The book is deliberately aimed at a broad audience of people: those who have just received a diagnosis and want to know more, those who are considering seeking a diagnosis, family members, relatives, friends and clinicians including mental health workers, psychologists, support workers and all those who work with people with AS.
Almost all troubled children thrive in storytelling. However experience has shown that children with Aspergers’ or autistic tendencies neither enjoy nor benefit from storytelling, they need a different approach; also children in crisis are better helped in one to one counselling. The Adventure Tales Resource is a practical guide to providing a weekly therapeutic storytelling group for troubled children aged 7-12 years, through one school term. The guide provides a succinct, step by step method of setting up, organising and running a storytelling group. It facilitates the production of the finished story for the group. It offers ways of how to be therapeutically, with the group. It includes practical administration support with photocopiable proforma such as letters to parents and evaluation sheets. This practical resource will help:• develop inter and intra relationships • enhance emotional literacy • resolve emotional issues • improve ability to think round own problems • improve tolerance of difference • increase trust in others • stimulate the imagination • increase self esteem • increase the ability to express views clearly and calmly • increase confidence in literacy skills, especially reading.
Practical activity ideas to help people who have aphasia Designed for use by speech & language therapists, students, volunteers and carers, this is a very user-friendly and practical workbook providing activity ideas to improve skills in specific areas for people who have aphasia. The activities: Cover a range of difficulties encountered in aphasia including: colour recognition, reading and writing, numeracy, memory and vocabulary Progress from easy to more complex tasks for each topic Have a clear rationale for inclusion, form part of an overall progression, and have a simple list of materials required Aim to enhance the client's overall communication skills; this may be by strengthening or teaching skills that have not been so damaged such as gesture, drawing or writing. Resulting from many requests from volunteers, carers and students, this book is ideal for anyone wishing to help people with the frustrating and persisting problem of aphasia. The ideas can also be used as photocopiable homework activities for speech & language therapists to give to clients.
Assisting Students with Language Delays in the Classroom is a structured language programme designed for teachers and SENCOs to use in the classroom with children and adolescents with a range of language abilities. This resource caters to the needs of a broad range of students who require assistance with their language development, from the pre-verbal skills of language, progressing through to the skills required for effective, interactive conversation. The resource is accordingly structured within three key sections: The Pre-Verbal Skills of Language The Building Bricks of Language The Skills of Conversation Features are: Step-by-step instructions Language charts 200+ activities and exercise .
The Big Book of Blob Feelings 2 supplements the range of brilliant resources made available in Book 1. Following the same structure as the bestselling first book, this valuable addition uses questions linked to a new range of photocopiable pictures to help you explore feelings with those who struggle to communicate about their emotions. Tried, tested and loved internationally, these inspirational resources include a wealth of material around: Blob Theory - the feelosophy, our open-question approach and the importance of allowing people to express their choices freely. Emotions - every day we all experience a wide range of feelings, a broad selection of which have been illustrated to kick-start discussions. Developmental issues - the objective of each of the sheets is to see people of all ages grow in their awareness of who they are, their uniqueness, and how they can develop those gifts further as they share with others. Each picture is accompanied by ideas and questions to kick-start class, group or one-to-one discussion so that everything in the book is relevant to your needs in your setting. The complete book is also included electronically on the accompanying CD Rom so that you can print and re-use resources as often as you need to. This book is the perfect companion to the original Big Book of Blob Feelings, which offers a different range of material while following the same structure and approach.
Blob School is an educational resource designed specifically for one of the main purchasers of the Blobs – teachers! It was created by Ian whilst he was a full time primary school teacher. It aims to cover all the key areas of school life so that teachers, assistants, school workers, pupils and parents can reflect upon a wide range of contexts and issues which occur throughout the school year. The book has about 47 images in black and white (with a colour option which extends it to 94, to be made available on a companion CD or password protected website) which can be projected upon an Interactive White Board or photocopied for whole class or small group discussion. It has already been trialled as a downloadable resource by Ian and Pip, and is the most popular of the Blob products, with people purchasing it both in the UK and internationally.
This practical book provides school staff with lots of LEGO®/other building block activities to use with children of all ages (5-16) to improve communication skills. Whether it is whole class doing group building activities to encourage collaborative working or paired work to target specific communication difficulties, this book is packed full of engaging, fun activities to suit all ages and abilities. Building blocks never fail to entertain. Designed to look like play, each activity is structured to target the development of particular skills needed for successful learners, including many that focus on basic literacy and numeracy vocabulary. Building Blocks for Communication include: Chapter 1: Language and CommunicationChapter 2: Planning sessionsChapter 3: Delivery tipsChapter 4: Activities for Expressive LanguageChapter 5: Activities for Receptive LanguageChapter 6: Activities for group work skillsChapter 7: Activities for numeracy and literacy skillsChapter 8: Activities for Lego throughout the curriculumChapter 9: Photocopiable Templates
One of the best ways to reach a child is through stories. In this beautifully illustrated book, Jo Levett’s simple, touching tale tells the story through the eyes of a young child with selective mutism and perfectly captures her day-to-day conflict of uncertainty and optimism. Can’t Talk? Want to Talk! provides a vehicle for parents, grandparents and teachers to open up a dialogue around selective mutism and start the process of reducing the crippling anxiety felt by children with this poorly understood communication difficulty. The accompanying advice sheets provide sound, straightforward advice for people who know the child. This resource will help to identify selective mutism in a child’s early years, to destigmatise it and give it a name, thereby helping to reduce some of the anguish and distress felt by children, parents and teachers.
Communicate with MeHow can I communicate even more effectively with people who have learning disabilities?Communicate with Me is an invaluable toolkit for carers, professionals, schools and services striving to improve the quality of their communication with those they support. Key features include: A comprehensive range of techniques and guidance for carers and professionalsaround how to communicate with and involve children and adults with learning disabilities A wealth of practical examples and case studies to illustrate and contextualise the suggested approaches A detailed quality assurance framework to help schools and services develop CPD, establish excellence across their organisations in the way that they communicate with people with learning difficulties and improve outcomes for those they support Communicate with Me is a resource for anyone involved in supporting children or adults with a learning disability including residential or community support workers, play workers, advocates and teachers who work directly with people, as well as line managers and service managers who can facilitate change within service structures and promote good practice in their teams.
This practical resource is a follow-on from the hugely successful ‘Counselling with Reality Therapy’. The second edition provides a jargon-free and practical explanation of a theory and method of counselling which can be used in any therapeutic relationship. It presents a comprehensive, succinct and practical overview of Reality Therapy; also containing ideas which can be used by parents, spouses, partners, children, family and anyone wishing for more satisfying relationships. This book forms an easy-to-use introduction to this approach and includes:• A discussion of the concepts behind reality therapy, choice theory, the counselling environment, procedures and special applications• Information on how this approach has a wide application, including developing responsibility, motivation, self-esteem, improving relationships, dealing with discipline and problems and addictions• Details of how this technique can be used in schools, by the probation service, in prisons, at work, within clinics and the health service and in many other areas where counselling is necessary.
A stress reductionist approach The process of dementia makes the experience of day to day living an acute challenge. This could be mediated with educated and timely inputs and where the caring contract may be negotiated to preserve both dignity and quality of life. The premise of the adaptive response model is that armed with the knowledge of human systems and their ability to adapt and adjust, and with a firm application and emphasis on person centred approaches to dementia care, then the experience can be enhanced, and living with one of the dementias can be made less traumatic. This holistic approach proposes a method of using environmental and social psychology to maximise function in the individual and to minimise the negative and destructive elements of the perceived and real environment. Sections include: The biological domain The psychological and social domains Modern contexts of dementia care Stress and adaptive responses Adaptive response Stress Manipulating the social and built environments
A must-have book to study, learn and revise using various innovative techniques, including mind mapping. Teaching is often delivered in a way that best suits the learning style of those teaching rather than the recipient. This book provides a first step to understanding your own unique and most effective learning strategies. Includes illustrations on how to use and PowerPoint training tools. Easy to understand, comprehensive and rigorously tested. Includes: How to discover how you learn best The importance of mind mapping - a powerful learning tool How to boost memory. The author introduces a range of strategies to achieve the goal of becoming a more effective learner, for example STEPS: Select strategies and tips that appeal to you Try out each one, ideally a few times Evaluate their effectiveness (see whether they work) Practise the ones that work Savour your success! Part one of the book deals with understanding that each person is unique and it is important therefore to understand that learner styles will differ, but all are valid. It provides methods to examine and understand personal and emotional strengths and then apply that to identifying study skill strengths. There are activities that identify learning preferences and how to maximise on this discovery. Clearly understanding yourself is the first step to working out the very best way to work. How to use the mind-mapping tool to good effect is explored in detail with many examples and clear illustrations. The second part of the book explores how to apply this new found knowledge and challenges the reader to really examine their attitude to themselves and to learning; how to use this knowledge in a positive way to improve and really enjoy the learning experience. Activities for motivation, attention, creating a suitable learning environment, avoiding distraction and removing stress. This unique book focuses exclusively on learners and their learning. It includes a range of activities especially designed to empower the learner with knowledge about the variety of ways in which people learn, taking the reader on a positive and rewarding journey of self-discovery.
A jargon-free resource for all professionals working with pre-school children as well as for parents and carers who wish to approach early communication skills through activities and play. Suitable for use in homes, playgroups and nurseries, this inspiring book provides a framework for addressing early communication needs, including hearing impairment, as well as a treasure trove of fun and practical activities.Special features include: Exercises and worksheets with over 100 activities spanning all areas of communication from pre-verbal skills to early words so that you are equipped to meet the needs of all the children in your care. Many of the activities can be naturally incorporated into everyday routines as they are built on the ways in which parents and carers instinctively communicate with their children. A framework and resources to support a six-session training module for staff and parents so that learning can be reinforced in all settings. Early Communication Skills has been a popular and widely used publication since becoming available in 1991. Now in its third edition, the resource retains its original approach to communication and provides fresh educational and therapeutic ideas for pre-school children.
This resource is designed to support education and health professionals to better understand how autism (including Asperger's syndrome) presents in girls. It explains the various difficulties and disadvantages they face in educational settings and provides strategies to overcome them. While supplying background information and theory, it also offers practical strategies for working with girls on the autism spectrum. The resource comes equipped with a broad range of worksheets and activities on key issues: self-awareness, preparing for school life, learning, wider school life, preparing for employment and preparing for further study. Other features include: Illustrated throughout with real-life quotes and case studies Guidance on best practices when working with girls with autism spectrum conditions Activities and resources for young females on the autism spectrum to support them in developing self-awareness, coping strategies and learning skills Uses ideas and strategies from the field of positive psychology Supports educational establishments in creating environments which enable females on the autism spectrum to fulfil their potential.
Grandpa Sea Shells tells the story of three young children who spend a day with their grandparents after their grandfather has been diagnosed with dementia. The book is intended to support conversation at the time of first changes in a relative, a diagnosis of dementia and mild to moderate progression. Families and clinicians have told us this is the time period when they need material to support their explanations to children. Whilst the book could be used to start a conversation about any form of dementia, most of the key symptoms described in this story reflect the typical features associated with the Alzheimer’s type, as this continues to be the most common. This book has been designed so that children of between four and ten can read it independently. Ideally it should be used with an adult to facilitate discussion about all aspects of family life and to enhance general emotional wellbeing. The book deliberately makes dementia one of many things going on for this family and highlights things that families can still enjoy together. We have included ideas for positive activities at the end of the book as well as puzzle and description pages that children can enjoy doing with a family member, teacher or clinician.
