We have a range of new books aimed at adults that you can now borrow from our postal library. L6929 – Understanding ADHD in Girls and Women by Joanne Steer L6930 – ADHD: raising an explosive child by Theresa Miller L6931 & L6932 – Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew by Ellen …
We have some new children’s books available for you to borrow from our library: C0396 – Thriving with ADHD: workbook for kids by Kelli Miller C0397 – The Survival Guide for Kids with ADHD by John F Taylor C0398 – Avery by Marta Altes C0399 – My Brother is Different by Louise Gorrod C0400 – …
Samuel Turner has published a new book ‘The Autistic Side of Love’. Librarian Jan reviews the book, which is now also available in our library.
In a sense, Josh MacAlister’s independent review of children’s social care was always going to disappoint. Billed as a “wide-ranging, independent review”, “a wholesale independent review of children’s social care” and “a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reform systems and services”, its remit was also to look at how the children’s social care system responded to all …
The Welsh Government has recently issued two written ministerial statements updating the phased transition from the special education needs (SEN) system to the additional learning needs (ALN) system which we have previously reported on. The first statement announces that it has been decided to extend the time available to move children during the first year …
Wales: update on the transition from the SEN to the ALN system Read More »
Schools have a range of duties under the Equality Act 2010: to staff, as employees; to parents and others, where the school is providing a service to other people using the school; and to pupils, staff and others who share other protected characteristics as well as disability. The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has recently …
If I’m asked by parents which books do I think they should read to start with, I suggest one of these: Understand Autism: the essential guide by Katrina Williams Published 2018 Autism and Asperger Syndrome in Children: for parents of the newly diagnosed by Luke Beardon Published 2019 Talking with Your Child About Their Autism …
Recommendations for Books on Autism in the Library Read More »
Books in the library on Epilepsy for parent carers Complex Childhood Epilepsy a Parents Handbook by Nina Solomon Published 2010 by The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy now known as Young Epilepsy. Epilepsy and Seizure: first aid, preventions, symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, Disability Act, help, research by James Lee Anderson Published 2014 by …
When you get a diagnosis, you can feel like you’re the only family going through it. How great to find other families who know what it’s like. For families of children diagnosed with Hydrocephalus, this book does just that! Many families have shared their stories about their own child with Hydrocephalus and they are all …
Book Review: ‘Hydrocephalus: What I Wish I’d Known’ by Harry’s HAT Read More »
Teddy was born healthy and well, although he suffered with what we thought was terrible reflux. When he was a year old I noticed he wasn’t breathing correctly, our local hospital couldn’t work out what was wrong and he was referred to a specialist team in London. After many tests a CT scan revealed that …