Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2026 Catalogue

Autistic Menopause

A Guide to the Menopausal Transition for Autistic People and those Supporting Them

By Julie Turner-Cobb, Rachel Moseley

This groundbreaking book explores the intersection of autism and the menopause, drawing on the authors research and the lived experience of sixteen people. Providing an understanding of the changes and symptoms caused by the menopause, and their unique effects on autistic people, this book offers the clarity this community has been missing.

Here to provide you with clarity are Dr. Rachel Moseley, who is autistic herself, and Professor Julie Gamble-Turner, who has personal experience of the menopause. They combine their years of experience researching autism, health and wellbeing to bring you this indispensable book. Drawing on the powerful voices of sixteen autistic experts, chapters cover everything from understanding why being autistic will affect your experience of the menopause to advice about finding the strategies that work for you and seeking help.

You will learn how the menopause can cause changes to your emotions, attention and memory as well as affect things like sensory issues, masking and communication, giving you tools to manage changes effectively and, most importantly, provide reassurance that you’re not alone. Whether you’re an autistic person currently going through the menopause, are not yet menopausal, or have come out the other side, this book provides the knowledge and support you have been missing.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

229 X 152 mm

Release Date: April 2026

9781805010975

The Insider Guide to PDA

By Sally Cat, Brook Madera, Linda K. Murphy

"Don’t tell me what to do" - everyone’s said it (or thought it!), but for the PDA brain it’s a tenet that makes everyday tasks a constant challenge. Whether it’s a request from a friend or a social expectation to do something, pathological demand avoidance can throw a bucket of ice water on your motivation or create anxiety that builds up and boils over as a meltdown. In this essential primer, PDAers Sally Cat and Brook Madera explain what PDA is, how it manifests, and what you can do to minimise its impact.

They explore its interaction with other forms of neurodivergence, potential misdiagnosis as a multitude of other conditions and disorders, and how it actually feels in reality. They also highlight the positives of PDA life, as shared by other PDAers and their loved ones.

Whether you’re a PDAer yourself, or know one and want to support them, this Insider Guide will help you understand what PDA is and how to live with it.

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256 pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

AUD$: 49.99

216 X 138 mm

Release Date: April 2026

176 pages

B&W THROUGHOUT 9781399830690 AUD$: 44.99

Welcome to AuDHD

How to Survive (and Thrive) as an Adult with Autism and ADHD

By Megan Griffith

Whether you just got diagnosed as AuDHD, or came to the realization on your own, you’re probably wondering...what do I do now? That’s how Megan Griffith felt after her own AuDHD diagnosis in her late 20s. So she wrote the AuDHD welcome guide that she (and so many other late-realized AuDHDers) desperately needed. As an adult who’s AuDHD, you need adult advice on how to do adult things, like how to make dinner every single night for the rest of forever, or how to interview for, get, and keep a job without burning out. This book covers all of that, and more. From gentle emotional validation to incredibly practical advice, and exercises to help you create real change in your daily life, Megan Griffith is ready to be your guide into the wonderful, terrible, confusing, liberating world of AuDHD. Welcome home.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

208 Pages B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: December 2025

9781805012382

Could I Really Be Autistic?

Your First Steps to Self-Discovery

By Sarah Hendrickx, Jess Hendrickx

Perhaps a child in your family has been diagnosed as autistic, your therapist has suggested it, or people you know have called you 'Rain Man' throughout your life. Whatever the reason, here you are, either seeking to confirm or dispel the idea that you might be autistic. Written by two experts in autism assessment, this is a pathway for you to explore the likelihood of meeting the diagnostic threshold for autism, while offering advice on possible next steps. With guidance on ways autism can manifest in day-to -day life, factors that prompt people to wrongly dismiss the label, commonly co -occurring conditions, and alternative explanations for autistic traits - this will help you decide whether a professional assessment is appropriate, and give you the best chance of an accurate outcome should you seek one.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

229 X 152 mm

240 Pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: December 2025

9781805013433

AUD$: 53.99

We're All Neurodiverse

How to Build a Neurodiversity-Affirming Future and Challenge Neuronormativity

By Sonny Jane Wise

This affirming and thoughtful guide outlines how and why we need to fundamentally shift our thinking about neurodivergent people. We need to accept differences rather than framing them as a problem, abnormality or disorder. Welcome to the neurodiversity paradigm. At times challenging and radical, Sonny Jane Wise explores the intersections of neurodivergence with disability, gender, sexuality and race. Through interviews, narratives, and the lens of their own raw experiences, they consider how current systems and structures that impact neurodivergent people are rooted in outdated capitalist and racist frameworks, and how and how these need to change and adapt to be neurodiversity affirming.

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Author is from Australia

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216 X 138 mm

208 Pages NOT ILLUSTRATED

Rel Date: November 2023

9781839975783

AUD$: 45.99

The Autism-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and the Fourth Trimester

By Aimee Grant

The ultimate, accessible guide to navigating every step of pregnancy, birth and the fourth trimester for Autistic people. Exploring the reality of pregnancy and acknowledging its challenges, autistic researcher Dr Aimee Grant interweaves advice from autistic pregnant people and registered midwives to answer any questions you may have on being an autistic pregnant person. The dip-in-dip-out format provides you with an easy-to-navigate exploration into sensory overwhelm, managing demanding medical appointments, navigating being a new parent and everything in between. There are also QR codes to informative YouTube videos throughout and downloadable materials, including birth plans, to help support you in navigating your journey.

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229 X 152 mm

288 Pages B&W THROUGHOUT

Hi World, I'm Dad

How Fathers Can Journey to Autism Awareness, Acceptance, and Appreciation

By James Guttman

Raising a non-verbal autistic kid is a rollercoaster - especially as a single dad. In this no-nonsense, often laugh-out-loud funny guide to parenting an autistic child, James Guttman shares everything he’s learnt about fatherhood - including reckoning with traditional masculinity and care roles; creating a unique communication style with your autistic child; navigating relationships with family and community- and moving from autism acceptance to autism appreciation. With an exploration of the specific challenges facing male carers in this space, this book will help dads, and parents of all genders, reach a point of understanding, equilibrium and joy on their parenting journey. A compelling look at parenting an autistic child, written from the perspective of a dad who has made the journey from no awareness of autism, through to actively embracing its role in his life

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

208 Pages B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: October 2025

9781805014249

AUD$: 41.99

The Autistic Guide to Communicating and Connecting

Understanding our communication differences and social needs

By Niamh Garvey

Written by autistic author Niamh Garvey, this book combines up-to-date research and lived experience perspectives to create the ultimate guide to supporting your autistic social self in hectic, everyday life. Split into three parts that cover communication, socialising and strategies for specific social situations, this book covers everything you need to understand your communication style and helps you to explore your own social comfort zone, which looks different for everyone! This guide is supportive, affirming and packed full of strategies on how you can support yourself and manage daily social situations, from restaurants to interviews.

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229 X 152 mm

304 Pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: November 2025

9781805012580

AUD$: 45.99

ADHD Coaching to Live Your Life on Purpose

By Katie Friedman, Alex Campbell

Why is coaching an important approach for ADHDers? Where do I find an ADHD coach that is right for me? How can I advocate for my needs? Coaching can be transformational for ADHDers - especially for the latediagnosed, when the new discovery can be really overwhelming. This guide demonstrates how coaching is to understanding who you are, by reframing challenges through an ADHD lens, and achieving selfvalidation through a strengths-based approach. Written by two ICF accredited ADHDer coaches, this will arm you with the insight to find a coach that is right for you, understand how to advocate for your needs, and give you the tools to start living your life on purpose.

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229 X 152 mm

224 Pages

A Study Skills Survival Guide for Neurodivergent Learners

A Pick n Mix of Study Skills Strategies for ADHD, Autistic, Dyslexic and Dyspraxic Learners

By Julia Childs

When it comes to studying - one size does NOT fit all - especially if you're neurodivergent. How we approach learning and what works can vary widely depending on if we're ADHD, AuDHD, Autistic, Dyslexic, Dyspraxic... and maybe some of those profiles overlap. So where do you begin? Neurodivergent study skills expert and tutor Julia Childs has put the power back in your hands to experiment and find out exactly what works for you. With a pick 'n' mix of strategies and templates, tailored not only on your neurotype but also potential overlaps in profiles with other neurotypes, you'll be guided to try out the strategies most likely to work for you and your brain based on your skills and how you experience the world.

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Paperback

279 X 216 mm

208 Pages

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Rel Date: November 2025

Finding Joy in Studying

An Autistic and ADHD Guide to Uncovering the Study Skills that Work for You

By Victoria Honeybourne

Do you know how to work with your brain rather than against it? Neurodivergent study skills specialist Victoria Honeybourne guides you through the exploration of your neurodivergent brain. Everyone learns differently and what is best for your unique neurodivergent brain, might not work for someone else. That's what this book is about. This isn't just a book of study hacks; it isn't a book of 'do this, not that'. Yes, you'll find many tips and strategies to try out and choose from, but more importantly you'll have opportunity to learn and reflect on what works best for YOU, for YOUR unique neurodivergent brain. And that's really exciting, because it's something only you can discover.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

246 X 173 mm

240 Pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: October 2025

9781805012535

67.99

Intimacy After Trauma A Guide for Gay Men

COMING SOON

The

Queerly Autistic

Workbook

By Michael Duryea

Have you ever felt hesitant to let someone in because you're scared of what they might find? Or have you been hiding parts of yourself because you're convinced that the real you is "too much"?

In a world where conversations around trauma and intimacy are sparse, particularly within gay relationships, this essential book from experienced therapist, Michael Duryea, offers the perfect antidote. Laying the groundwork to transform shame into selfacceptance, this book places the shared experiences of gay men at its centre, exploring how cultural pressures, traumas and hidden fears can inform our approaches to closeness.

With therapeutic insights and practical exercises that encourage healing through mindfulness, forgiveness, communication and more, you'll learn not only how to build trust and deepen intimacy with others, but you'll also uncover your own strength and reshape the beliefs that kept you small. Whilst the path to healing is never straight-forward, with these reflections you'll have all the tools you need to build a future where your connection with yourself and others can thrive.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

Release Date: June 2026

9781805017097

240 pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

AUD$: 53.99

The Ultimate Workbook and Journal for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum

COMING SOON

By Erin Ekins, Victoria Barron

This affirming and compassionate workbook is the perfect companion to Queerly Autistic, the bestselling guide for LGBTQIA+ autistic teens from Erin Ekins. In Queerly Autistic, Erin Ekins opened conversations around gender, sexuality, relationships and exploring your identity as a queer autistic teen.

Now, in this workbook, she empowers you to take a hands-on approach to figuring out how these topics relate to you. Full of creative activities, games, quizzes and journal prompts, this workbook is designed to help you understand and express yourself.

It covers topics from different identities, LGBTQIA+ media and spaces to navigating difficult conversations around coming out, transitioning and consent. With advice and guidance from sample scripts to resource lists, this book will support you as you discover yourself and your place in the queer community.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

246 X 173 mm

Release Date: June 2026

9781839975547

160 pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

AUD$: 44.99

Queer Latine Heroes

25 Changemakers from Latin America and the U.S. from History and Today

By Sofia Aguilar, Dali Valentino

From the heroes of the Mexican Revolution, muxe living outside of gender norms, stars of the Ballroom scene, and era defining artists, singers and performers - the creativity and activism of queer Latine heroes has changed the world. This beautifully illustrated book will help children ages 5+ discover the beauty and richness of Latine history - and inspire them to live and love as they choose! With biographies, fun facts and a glossary of key terms - this groundbreaking book brings history to the fingertips of children and educators alike.

Queer Minds

LGBTQ+ Therapists and Advocates on Mental Health, Neurodivergence and the Things That Help

By Katy Lees

It’s time to give queer minds the attention they deserve. As a non-binary and queer psychotherapist, Katy Lees knows how crucial it is to feel seen and supported as a queer person with mental health challenges. Drawing on their own experiences and featuring interviews with other queer mental health advocates and experts, this book offers insight on everything from the psychiatric system, navigating eating disorders as a queer person, autistic queer liberation, radical community care, as well as dreaming, healing, and navigating hardship. Filled with joy and hope, but not shying away from the challenges, this book brings the lived experiences of queer people into focus and gives practical advice on finding comfort and connection.

Letting Go of Perfect

A Gay Man's Guide to Healing from Body Dysmorphia

By Daniel O'Shaughnessy

This book isn't just about finding peace with your reflection-it's about finding peace with who you are. Body dysmorphia is a significant issue among gay men, driven by societal masculine ideals and rigid beauty standards. The pursuit of a 'perfect' body can lead to obsessive behaviours, harming both mental and physical health. Daniel O'Shaughnessy knows this struggle firsthand. Having battled extreme dieting, excessive exercise, and steroid use, he combines personal experience with his expertise as a nutritionist and mindset coach to offer guidance. This book explores why body dysmorphia is so prevalent in the gay community, unpacking its psychological roots, providing practical tools to reshape self-image. Through personal storytelling, professional guidance, and practical exercises, Healing from Body Dysmorphia is a roadmap to helping you cultivate a healthier, more balanced approach to your body and identity that isn't dictated by the mirror.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Hardback

251 X 248 mm

64 Pages

COLOUR SECTION(S)

Rel Date: December 2025

9781805012245 AUD$: 44.99

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

256 Pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: December 2025

9781805011811

AUD$: 44.99

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

256 Pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: December 2025

9781805017981

44.99

Love Beyond Monogamy

How Polyamory Can Enrich Your Spirituality, Faith, and Relationships

By Brian G. Murphy

Integrating your spirituality and sexuality can be daunting - these parts of life can feel very separate, even contradictory. Activist, educator, relationship coach and co-founder of QueerTheology.com, Brian G. Murphy, is here to change that. Exploring the spiritual roots of polyamory and drawing on his own personal perspectives, Brian guides you through essential spiritual and relational notions including love, ritual, commitment and vulnerability to show how the practices of queerness, polyamory, and faith can complement and sustain each other. Whether you practice non-monogamy or simply want to broaden your understanding of love, this empowering book will break open your assumptions and encourage you to consider the expansive possibilities for (re)structuring your relationships and faith.

Supporting Someone Polyamorous

FAQs About Non-Monogamy and Allyship for Family, Friends and Loved Ones

By Lola Phoenix, Rachel Wright

Could my loved one's polyamory just be a phase? What does it mean for raising children? How should I navigate meeting multiple partners? Having a polyamorous family member or friend can bring up lots of questions - including some that you might be too scared to ask. This non-judgemental, accessible guide addresses common concerns, explains new terminology and walks you through key scenarios to help you best support your polyamorous loved one.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL

216 X 138 mm 240 Pages

44.99

JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS Disc: TRADE

X 138 mm

176 Pages

THROUGHOUT

Date: November 2025 9781805018605

AUD$: 43.99

Step Bi Step

The Ultimate Guide for Bisexual, Pansexual and Queer Young People

By Laura Clarke, Laura Tubb

Am I really bisexual if I haven't kissed someone of the same gender? How do I handle people sexualising my identity? What does it mean if I like one gender more than others? With advice from bi+ activists and influencers including Megan Jayne Crabbe, Sofie Hagen, Pearl Mackie, and Zachary Zane, this is your guide to thriving as a bi, pan, or queer young person. Tackling everything from myths, misconceptions and biphobia, to coming out, dating and sex, Laura Clarke - sex educator and LGBTQIA+ expert - will help you explore, reflect on, and embrace your bi+ identity.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

240 Pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: November 2025

9781805017516

AUD$: 38.99

The Autism Parents' Club

Simple strategies for managing common challenges

COMING SOON

By Ritu Kiran

This supportive and encouraging guide addresses the most pressing questions faced by parents and carers of autistic children, with answers provided by contributors with a wide and diverse range of lived experience. This indispensable book provides practical strategies that can be adapted to meet the unique needs of autistic children, allowing them to feel understood and empowered. Parenting an autistic child is a journey of discovery, growth, and boundless love. Raising an autistic child comes with a completely unique set of challenges which can leave you feeling isolated and frustrated. In this empowering guide, Ritu Kiran uses her experience as mother to an autistic son, to show you why a one-size-fits-all approach to raising autistic children never works. Offering her own perspective and bringing together anecdotes, reflections and advice from other parents within an illuminating question and answer format, she explores the most pressing issues related to caring for autistic children. With practical strategies and honest insights on topics including managing emotions, education, social activities and many more, this outstanding collection of peer-to-peer voices will leave you feeling equipped and supported. Structured so you can easily access guidance when specific situations arise, this is the go-to book that will help you create an environment where you and your child can thrive.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

Release Date: June 2026

9781805012832

We Need to Talk About Autism and ParentCarer Blame

A resource for parent-carers of autistic young people and associated professionals

By Alice Running

COMING SOON

Parents of autistic children are often subject to scrutiny of their parenting strategies. At best this can be exhausting and intrusive; at worst it can lead to formal accusations of harm.

The consequence is a society where autistic families are unable to access the correct services for their children, increasing risk of family burnout and breakdown.

Based on the author's lived experience, this book looks at the different ways blame can manifest and how parents can manage these moments.

It identifies when and why professionals may incorrectly raise safeguarding concerns without understanding the context of neurodivergence and how professional practice can be improved.

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224 pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

AUD$: 44.99

216 X 138 mm

Release Date: June 2026

9781805012153

192 pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

AUD$: 41.99

School Isn't For Everyone (and what you can do instead)

A Practical Neuro -affirming Guide to Unschooling

COMING SOON

By Heidi Steel, Naomi Fisher

School Isn’t For Everyone shows what is possible when you leave school behind and start living a life of learning. It discusses the principles that form this educational philosophy, explains how unschooling works, sets out what the parents role is and explores what children do all day when they don’t follow a curriculum. It draws on current theory and evidence whilst sharing practical tips and being grounded in the reality of dayto-day life with children.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

224 pages

Release Date: May 2026 B&W THROUGHOUT

9781805018056

AUD$: 50.99

Supporting Parents and Families with Perinatal Mental Health

The Essential EHCP Guide for Parents and Carers

By Dr Jane Hanley, Mark Williams

Providing help for practitioners to support parents and grandparents during the perinatal period, this book offers advice on how to maintain good mental health. The authors lay the groundwork for understanding the factors that affect perinatal mental health and offer practical interventions which enhance the practitioners' ability to help both parents.

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229 X 152 mm Paperback

Release Date: March 2026

9781839970375

192 pages

AUD$: 63.99

By Eliza Fricker, Abigail Fisher

Through clear, accessible and relatable information, this book provides a solid knowledge base for journeying through the EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan) process from start to finish. From learning to identify your child's needs and how to apply for an EHCP to what to expect from mediation and implementing and maintaining an EHCP once you have one, you'll have all the information you need to make the right decisions for you and your child.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback 216 X 138 mm 224 pages

Release Date: April 2026 B&W THROUGHOUT

9781805018377

AUD$: 56.99

Raising Kids and Teens with FASD

Advice and Strategies to Help Your Family to Thrive!

By Barb Clark

Barb Clark shares her experiences raising a child with FASDwhat she got wrong, what she got right, and what you can do to support your family. With chapters including explanations of what FASD actually is, the strengths and struggles of kids with FASD, and strategies for keeping your head above water, it offers practical advice for looking after yourself and your family.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

Release Date: January 2026

208 pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

9781805013907 AUD$: 44.99

Not Alone in NICU

A

Compassionate Companion for Parents of a Baby in Neonatal Care

By Rebecca Chilvers, Kelly Phizaklea

Having a baby in neonatal care is often described as an emotional rollercoaster. Feeling overwhelmed and distressed is common and many parents experience anxiety, guilt, anger and fear in a new and strange environment. Written by an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist specialising in neonatal care, this book is a compassionate companion for parents of premature and sick babies.

It will:

• Help you find ways to get through the first bewildering weeks

• Support you to look after the emotional wellbeing of yourself and your family

• Work your way through the complexities of becoming and parent and forming a relationship with your baby

• Help you make complex decisions and be involved in your baby’s care

• Address your needs if your baby has a long term or life limiting condition

• Help you prepare for the transition to home and make sense of your experience

Containing over 50 tailored written exercises, links to supporting audio files and parent stories this book will help you navigate the emotional challenges of your baby’s stay in neonatal care.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

246 X 173 mm

304 pages

Release Date: December 2025 B&W THROUGHOUT 9781787758858 AUD$: 65.99

The Parents' and Professionals' Simple Guide to PDA

By Laura Kerbey, Eliza Fricker

A short, introductory guide to PDA for parents, extended family and professionals who are supporting a PDA child, with engaging illustrations throughout.

Including explanations of the basics of PDA and how it can present, as well as straightforward advice on how best to meet the needs of the PDA child and their family, this is the go-to guide for anyone who wants to get a clear overview of PDA and how to provide high-quality support.

“Readable, down to earth and filled with real-life examples, Laura and Eliza have produced a simple guide to something which often doesn't feel simple at all. If you have a child for whom the usual rules don't seem to apply, then this book explains their apparently inexplicable behaviour. You'll end it with a better understanding of your amazing child, and a new awareness of how they may experience the world. And you'll recognise your family in the on-the-nose illustrations!” -Dr Naomi Fisher, clinical psychologist and author of When the Naughty Step Makes Things Worse

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

128 pages

Release Date: November 2025 B&W THROUGHOUT 9781805018117 AUD$: 38.99

The Family Experience of PDA

An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance

BESTSELLER

By Eliza Fricker

Eliza Fricker gets it. Describing her perfectly imperfect experience of raising a PDA child, with societal judgements and internal pressures, it is easy to feel overwhelmed, resentful and alone. This books comedic illustrations explain these challenging situations and feelings in a way that words simply cannot, will bring some much-needed levity back into PDA parenting.

Humorous anecdotes with a compassionate tone remind parents that they are not alone, and they’re doing a great job. If children are safe, happy, and you leave the house on time, who cares about some smelly socks? A light-hearted and digestible guide to being a PDA parent covering everything from tolerance levels, relationships and meltdowns to collaboration, flexibility, and self care to dip in and out as your schedule allows to help get to grips with this complex condition.

This book is an essential read for any parent with a PDA child, to help better understand your child, build support systems and carve out some essential self care time guilt free.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL

214 X 138 mm

Release Date: January 2022

9781787756779

Raising a Whole Child

By Carrie Cariello

You're the parent of an autistic child...except they're not a child anymore. So, now what?

As autistic children grow into teenagers, you will experience new challenges, both as a parent and as a family.

Supporting the leap into adulthood can seem daunting, but here Carrie Cariello takes you through her journey with her son Jack, shining a light on how to help your young person prepare for different life stages and grow in independence.

Carrie's own experiences form the basis of her deeply empathetic advice - in this warm, astute and thoughtful book she offers a guiding and steadying hand so you can move through periods of change with increased confidence and calm.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

216 X 138 mm

Paperback

AUD$: 42.99

176 pages

Release Date: October 2025 B&W THROUGHOUT

9781805011118

AUD$: 42.99

The Trauma-Informed Practice Toolkit for Schools

A Whole-School Guide to Implementation - with Downloadable Templates and Resources

By Abi Manly

COMING SOON

This highly practical guide will give you the knowledge and structures you need to incorporate trauma-informed practice into your school. It provides an introductory primer to attachment styles, threat responses, adverse child experiences and recent neuroscience, and outlines how to embed trauma -informed practice using a PACE approach (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy). Ready-to-use resources include case studies, example prompts, activities, scripts and training materials for staff and parents. Perfect for educators embarking upon their trauma-informed journey, this guide will help you to create a nurturing and responsive school environment.

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Disc: ACAD & PROFESSIONAL Paperback

229 X 152 mm

160 Pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: June 2026 9781805017394

49.99

The Maths and Dyscalculia Assessment

By Robert Jennings, Jane Emerson

An easy-to-use maths and dyscalculia assessment aimed at pupils aged between 6 to 18. Designed for everyone from maths teachers to SENCOS, specialist maths teachers, teaching assistants and parents working with young pupils and teenagers with suspected dyscalculia and maths difficulties. Differing from screener type assessments, this tool focuses on the key aspects of the foundation areas of maths. It then provides essential information for formulating effective teaching intervention plans. It also gives you data that can lead to an error analysis for each part of the assessment. There are two parts to the assessment: Form A and Form B, each containing an assessor booklet and a separate booklet for the child being assessed. This two-part assessment allows you to re-test the student after six months to see how effective the interventions have been and what progress your student has made.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback

297 X 210 mm

160 Pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: October 2025

9781805011750

AUD$: 135.00

Autism and Learning Differences

An Active Learning Teaching Toolkit

By Michael McManmon, Stephen M. Shore

Teaching essential skills for life, school, work, and independent living, this comprehensive and practical toolkit supports educators and clinicians in their work with adolescents and young adults with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Learning Difference (LD) diagnosis. It presents tried-and -true strategies that address difficulties with social skills and Executive Function, cognitive rigidity, self-esteem issues, and more. It includes: Focused chapters on skills for life, school, work, and independent living. Photocopiable teaching materials and tips for classroom management Sections on peer-mentoring, mediation, and inclusion. Assessment strategies, including student self-assessment materials and feedback forms and contributions from experts in the field

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL

Paperback

276 X 216 mm

544 Pages NOT ILLUSTRATED

Rel Date: October 2025

9781399827638

AUD$: 180.00

Creating a Neurodiversity-Affirming Classroom

Easy Ways to Achieve Access, Agency and Wellbeing for All

By Kara Dymond

The world expects the impossible from teachers, with so many young people in our care - all with unique needs. How do we help everyone to thrive? Imagine a classroom where there is no 'normal' - where all brains are expected and welcomed. Students are taught about neurodiversity, metacognition, and self-advocacy alongside the curriculum and are encouraged to identify their own needs. Learning tools are taught and available to everyone! This thoughtful guide breaks down the learning process. It's brimming with practical tips, brain -based strategies, and illustrative examples that teachers can implement in the classroom. Stories of real teachers and neurodivergent students help educators envision how to apply neurodiversity-affirming approaches.

This book invites a compassionate lens for teachers and students alike. It's the how-to of forging partnerships with students - our best resources in collaboratively problem-solving pressing classroom concerns and invisible learning needs. Everyone benefits when we plan with accessibility in mind!

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The Educator's Experience of Pathological Demand Avoidance

An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance and Learning

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By Eliza Fricker, Laura Kerbey

I realised EVERYTHING I was doing was wrong. I needed to learn. I needed to change. During Laura Kerbey's time teaching autistic children, she had a sudden realisation that those with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) are children like no other! None of her tried and tested autism strategies would work to help them focus or learn and most of her time was spent wondering, what am I doing wrong? If you feel the same, this short, easy-to -read guide is here to teach you everything you need to know from one educator to another. With an introduction to what PDA is followed by PDA tailored advice on how to connect with your student and create an autonomous, spontaneous environment that is personalised for you both, this guide is here to ensure that you and your PDA student thrive!

Illustrated by the popular Eliza Fricker and packed with entertaining anecdotes (including one about Jabba the Hut's poo), this go-to-guide contains everything you need to start implementing PDA friendly learning to help you connect with your student and help them make the most of their learning experience.

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Systemic Social Work Practice

By Liz Bosanquet

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Bridging everyday social work with systemic theory, this book translates familiar ideas into purposeful, intentional and relational practice. Systemic social work is an understanding that we do not work with problem people or problem families. Rather, the issues or needs that our clients present to us, originate and are maintained by the (multiple) systems that they live within. In order to understand the nature of the issue and what we, as practitioners, need to do, (including how we can help), we need to consider and try to understand the complex functioning of these systems around the issue. Designed for busy professionals, this book is packed with reflexive exercises and examples from direct practice in children's and adult's social work.

Rewriting Social Care

By Bryony Shannon

The way we communicate with people matters, and the way we communicate about people, and about the purpose and practice of social care and social work matters too. The words we use reflect our values and feelings which influences the way we think and behave. This is a book about language, and how the words we hear, read and choose to use both expose and perpetuate attitudes and behaviours. It's about the words that are too dominant in our narrative and practice, and the words that should dominate. It's also a book about change. Changing how we communicate about people. Changing how we understand and articulate the purpose of social care. Changing how we practice. And ultimately changing the story of social care. And mainly it's a book about being human. About recognising each other as equal, valued human beings, and about creating a more human, humane future for us all.

Creating Culturally Competent Services for Children and Families

Cultural Diversity and Social Justice in Health and Social Care

By Iyabo Fatimilehin, Hasan Waheed

Experts share how to develop cultural competence and integrate it into your practice. From the pervasive effects of racism to practicalities like ensuring interpreters speak the correct dialect of a language, it explores how to engage with service users culture and adopt a flexible approach based in mutual understanding. Understanding someone’s cultural context is key to understanding and supporting them as a whole person. How do they view the world? What role does their community play in their lives? How does their culture influence the way they interact with health and social care professionals? Expert authors, recognised for their work in cultural competence across the legal, psychological, mental health and social work fields, share how to bring their pioneering techniques into your service.

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Nourishing Desire

A Guide to Sexual Recovery and Discovery for People with Eating Disorders

By Jessica Singh

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Eating disorders affect more than a persons physical health. Nutrient deficiencies, hormone imbalances, struggles with body image and emotional difficulties can create a disconnect with your body and make intimacy complicated. This compassionate workbook will help you to understand how eating disorders, body image and sexuality interconnect, and how to navigate the way this affects your intimate relationships.

Practical exercises, reflections and advice from an expert sex therapist with lived experience of eating disorder recovery will support you in exploring your relationship with your body, and empower you to reclaim your sexuality.

Whether you’re in the early stages of eating disorder recovery or have been working on healing for years, this workbook is a tool to help you reconnect with your body and reclaim your sense of desire.

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A Guide to Exploring Your Kinks, Dispelling Shame and Staying Safe

By Gigi Engle

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Listen up! Humans are kinky! Kink has been around as long as humans have existed, but comes with an astonishing amount of myths and misunderstandings. This is a sex-positive, shame-free guide to kink for everyone from curious beginners to seasoned kinksters.

This book delves deep in every corner of the kink sphere. It jumps headfirst into the foundations of powerplay, at the differences between kink and fetish, and gives you the lowdown on all kinds of bondage and impact play styles, while putting mental and physical health at the forefront.

Whether you want a 101 in flogging safely, to plan a roadmap for experimenting with different kinds of niche play, or to learn how to explore what your desires and boundaries are in a fun, consensual and trauma-informed way - this is the guide for you. With kink exercises, journal prompts, worksheets and agony aunt letters, this has all the practical tools youll need for a spicy, shame-free kink journey.

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The Bullsh*t-Free Guide to Depression

How to Get Out of Your Mental Health Hole (from someone who has fallen down one or two)

By Jacs Guderley, Dr Dr Emma Hepburn

Sorry My Mental Illness Isn't Sexy Enough for You

Lessons on Living with Personality Disorders and Mental Illness (That We Learned the Hard Way)

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Kick your depression to the curb and find self-acceptance in the process. Depression can feel like being caught in a cyclone, totally powerless and never knowing when it will let up. But no matter what lies depression tells you, you have the power to take a stand. Packed full of illustrations, this book will show you how to take positive action even when depression drains your energy.

Jacs lives with depression and knows how to cut through its bullshit. With insight from her own mental health journey, this book will help you lead your own recovery, from understanding your mental health to making an action plan and seeking professional support.

With her compassionate, down-to-earth and funny advice, you'll be empowered to feel more confident, less fearful and more accepting of yourself.

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By Kay Garbett, Katja Pavlovna, Peter Tyrer

We've all seen the prettied-up image of mental illness. That movie-perfect, 'single artful tear', 'gazing wistfully out of the window' situation that conveniently disappears when you need to do the laundry. Well, life with a personality disorder isn't like that. At all. Katja Pavlovna and Kay Garbett have been there, wading through stigma, discrimination, and all the worst bits of mental illnesses that people don't like to talk about.

In this candid guide, they share the lessons they learned the hard way, to help you tackle everything from labels and disclosure to working with medical professionals and maintaining relationships. Whether you're newly diagnosed, have been living with a personality disorder for years, or are supporting someone who is, this book will help you to make it through the unsexy bits and build a solid strategy to make it work.

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The Talking About BPD Workbook

Reflections and Creative Prompts for Exploring Your Life with a Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder

By Rosie Cappuccino, Imi Lo

Living with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder can be tough. Facing stigma from professionals and people in your life, as well as your own intense emotions and urges, it can be hard to feel good about yourself. This stigma-free workbook includes creative activities designed to encourage self-expression and deepen your self-understanding, while exercises based on DBT and ACT offer ways to handle distressing emotions and intense urges.

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Conquer Your Emetophobia

Advice from a Therapist who Overcame the Fear of Vomiting

The DID and OSDD Handbook

Understanding and Navigating Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Anna S. Christie

In this empathetic guide, clinical Anna Christie shares how emetophobia controlled her life for years, and how she finally overcame it for good. The book gradually walks you through the steps to recovery, starting with being able to read "that word" without discomfort. Each step is designed to be taken at your own pace, with no pressure to race ahead to a fixed finish line

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By Ella Everett, Dr Adrian A. Fletcher

The DID and OSDD Handbook is a supportive, accessible guide to life with dissociative identity disorder (DID) and other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD), based on author Ella Everett's experience living with DID. This essential guide will offer kindness, understanding, recognition and representation for everyone living with DID and OSDD, as well as mental health professionals, therapists and those who support them.

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The Mixed + Multiracial Guide To Wellbeing

Navigating Family, Identity + Healing

By Namalee Bolle

"What aaaaarrrrrrrrrreeeeeee you?!" This book explores ways for mixed and multiracial people to recognise how their identity has shaped their life, handle common challenges, and resist othering and erasure. Informed by experience and expertise, it shows you how to handle microaggressions, confront systemic issues, and control your own story.

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The Muslim Guide to Wellbeing

A Faith-Sensitive Guide to Nurturing Personal, Spiritual and Relationship Growth

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By Myira Khan, Tahirah Yasin

The Muslim Guide to Mental Wellbeing is a compassionate companion offering practical tools for emotional and mental health. It will enable you to deepen and enrich your wellbeing and adopts an anti-oppressive approach which recognizes individual and societal pressures. Written by multi award-winning counsellor Myira Khan, it covers the essential topics including self-esteem, self-compassion, shame, loss, boundaries, and emotional needs. Every topic covered using a three-tiered approach: your relationship with the self, your relationship with others, and your relationship with Allah, enabling you to centre your journey through the book. Filled with reflective prompts, worksheets, and exercises, this faith-sensitive guide is an invitation to reflect upon and honour the complexities of your Muslim identity.

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The Essential Guide to Women's Sleep

Supporting Healthy Sleep Practices for Wellbeing and Performance

By Dr Sarah Gilchrist

Maintaining good sleep is a crucial yet often underrated pillar of a persons wellbeing and general health. Despite this, there is limited guidance on how and why the various phases women experience in their lifetime may impact their quality of sleep, and what can be done to improve it. This practical and accessible guide for health professionals introduces the concept of female sleep health across the lifetime, including key stages such as menstruation, fertility, working life, birth, perimenopause, and menopause. It also addresses sleep disorders, pain, and the impact poor sleep may have on mental health. Readers will benefit from practical and detailed strategies on improving sleep, guidance on sleep aides and technology, and signposts to when clinical intervention is needed.

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The Insider's Guide to Foster Care

What Care Leavers Need You to Know

By Sue Knowles, Kim Emenike

Navigating foster care can be overwhelming for everyone. There are thousands of books offering professional opinions on how to be a good foster carer and provide therapeutic support for children in care, but what about asking the young people who’ve been there? This essential guide brings the voices of care-experienced authors to the forefront, sharing their first-hand knowledge and advice for making a real difference. From big-picture concepts like understanding healthy relationships to more practical things like scrapbooks to hold onto happy memories, the authors discuss what really matters to children and young people in care. They explore how their previous experiences and their carers approaches affected the way they felt and reacted during their time in care, providing vital context for carers and professionals.

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Unlearning Ableism

The Ultimate, No-Nonsense Guide to Understanding Disability and Unlearning Ableism

By Jamie Shields, Celia Chartres-Aris

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"Ableism is everywhere, and we cannot continue just burying our heads in the sand. To not stand up to ableism is to contribute to the exclusion and discrimination of Disabled People." Think you know what ableism is? Think again. Welcome to Unlearning Ableism, the book rips the lid off outdated myths, exposes the hard-hitting stats, and prepares you to be the Disability inclusive ally we know you are! Written by people who get it, this book is a call to action from Disabled advocates and changemakers from around the world. You’ll learn about language, identity, advocacy, intersectionality and how to stop disabling people at work and at home. Whether you’re Disabled and ready to self-advocate or an ally who wants to do more than just talk about inclusion, this is your starting point.

The Power of Protest in Healthcare

By Dr Meenal Viz

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"This was avoidable. These are unnecessary deaths. It’s not a war. This is a health crisis. This is systemic negligence." When Dr Meenal Viz, a heavily pregnant frontline NHS doctor, witnessed her colleagues die from the negligent handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, she was determined to take a stand. This trail-blazing account explores the influences that drive powerful protest through the story of Dr Vizs refusal to back down in the face of mounting pressure, prejudice, and adversity. It details her landmark legal case against the UK government which led to national changes to PPE guidelines and legal obligations around risk assessments for NHS staff. Dr Viz provides a beacon for healthcare professionals who are invested in social justice and want a realistic and honest understanding of what that means in actionable terms, stage by stage.

Human Leadership

How to Succeed (and How to Fail) in the Helping Professions

By Claudia Megele, Tanya Moore

How can we lead creatively, effectively and authentically in public sector organisations? This wide-ranging collection pulls together experts from across public life. From ambitious proposals on reforming child protection and social care, to person-informed essays on leading with emotion and dealing with blame, shame and trauma - this isn't a 'nuts and bolts' guide to leadership, but a look at some of the most innovative case studies and organisations in the public sector. Whether it's perfecting your communications approach or creating a dynamic, inclusive culture, this toolbox of essays, taking a mixture of public policy, psychodynamic, and trauma-informed approaches, is full of practical guidance and inspiration.

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Harmful Sexual Behaviour

and Autism Working with Children & Young People

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By David Russell, Dr Sophie King-Hill

Autistic children and young people can face particular challenges in their sexual development. For many professionals in health, education, social care and justice, questions around harmful sexual behaviour remain especially complex. Research shows that autistic young people are not more likely than their peers to display such behaviour, yet they are consistently overrepresented in referrals, creating uncertainty about how best to respond.

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The DDP Guide to Healing Childhood Trauma

A Visual and Creative Companion for Parents and Practitioners

The Occupational Therapy Student Guide to Understanding Identity

By Dr Razan Hamed, Vikram Pagpatan

This book centres on the contrasting experiences and challenges faced by two occupational therapy students, Allie and Gemma, highlighting the systemic inequalities often faced by marginalised groups in healthcare education. Through their journeys, readers are able to learn about and integrate key concepts such as cultural humility, implicit bias, and allyship within wider occupational therapy education.

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By Kim S. Golding, Juliet Young

Written by DDP expert Kim S. Golding, this visual guide is an ideal introduction to the core principles of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Parenting and how the model works. It offers concise summaries of key ideas, stories to explain what these ideas mean in everyday life and reflective exercises to support you in implementing the approaches.

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ACT for Neurological Conditions

By Kimberley Fletcher, Amanda Mobley

This unique guide presents evidence-based ACT techniques, from mindfulness exercises to creating visual prompts and workbooks, to be used by professionals working with clients experiencing acquired brain injury and progressive neurological conditions and the challenges these present to their identity. It provides ready-to -use resources for their practice

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CBT to Support Adults with ADHD A Therapist's Guide

By Antonia Dittner, Ailsa Russell, Trudie Chalder, Katherine Rimes

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This step-by-step guide, from expert professionals, helps clinicians develop formulation-driven cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) that is individually tailored to adult ADHD clients. Despite a growing number of adults being diagnosed with ADHD and seeking mental health services, clinicians continue to express a lack of confidence in being able to offer effective support.

Given the uniqueness of each ADHD clients experiences, this book sets out an approach for professionals to work with individuals to co -develop tailored CBT interventions rather than a using a one size fits all approach. In a clear, step-by-step manner clinicians are guided through the three stages of therapy from Assessment and Therapy, Planning to Active Therapy, and finally Ending Therapy and Looking Ahead. Client handouts at the end of the book also form useful materials for providing further information to clients and recording the therapy process. Taking a neuro-affirmative approach, this book will allow clinicians to support their clients to see their ADHD characteristics as differences not deficits.

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Exploring ADHD and Child Trauma A Practitioner's Guide to Supporting Children and Young People

By Laura Hanbury

This book serves as a valuable guide for professionals across working across health, education, and social care, aiming to deepen understanding of the complex relationship between ADHD symptoms, learnt survival strategies and trauma responses in children.

By examining overlapping behaviors, exploring practical implications, and offering strategies for effective intervention, it encourages practitioners to adopt a more curious, reflective approach to understanding behavior and providing compassionate support

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Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

By Dr Sarah Tomlinson, Dr Jonathan Williams

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Adults with intellectual disabilities can often have their views and needs overlooked and are frequently not sufficiently involved in their own care or behaviour support plans. The central focus on values in ACT helps people identify what matters to them, allowing the practitioner to instead truly support the values-based goals of the individual with intellectual disability. This first-of-its kind guide adapts an ACT model to ensure a meaningful, person-centred therapeutic approach for this group. From managing the lifelong impact of cognitive difficulties, having trouble regulating and understanding feelings, and experiencing distress from disability related trauma - this guide will help the practitioner adapt ACT for salient issues related to adult intellectual disability.

Creative

DBT Activities for Children Using Music

By Deborah Spiegel, Lauren Bonavitacola

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Musical DBT-informed activities that equip educators, therapists, and parents with tools to reach the social and emotional needs of children through fresh and creative activities. “A great resource for any skills teaching programme introducing DBT to younger children. The musical activities have been imaginatively linked to DBT skills helping to make the concepts accessible to younger minds. Each chapter includes a session plan, suggested adaptations and links to supporting resources for flexible use.” Stephanie Hastings PhD, Co-Deputy Director PG Dip DBT, Bangor University.

An Occupational Therapist's Guide to Sensory Integration and Adult Mental Health

By Rebecca Matson

Gaining knowledge of sensory integration is key for any occupational therapist to better understand and support those they work with. In mental health settings, sensory approaches have been shown to aid deescalation, promote development of healthy coping strategies, and decrease restrictive practice. However, there are a lack of resources available for adult patients, and many practitioners find it difficult to adapt existing paediatric guidelines. This book provides a reference manual for occupational therapists working in mental health and aiming to use a range of sensory approaches with adult patients. Structured according to diagnostic group and area of mental health, each chapter distils the relevant evidence and literature, commonly identified areas o f sensory processing difficulty, ideas and approaches for that client group, and additional considerations in view of risk and health status.

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Latin American Cultural and Musical Contexts in Music Therapy

By Patricia Zarate de Perez, Jeniris M. Garay

Culturally-conscious music therapy has the power to create meaningful therapeutic connections between practitioners and clients from different backgrounds, and to support healing by honoring clients' heritages and experiences. This essential handbook dives into the wide range of linguistic, historical, and cultural influences that shape different Latin American clients, and suggests ways to apply these contexts in music therapy settings. Stories, case studies, and research provide a comprehensive overview of both theory and its practical applications, allowing better client-centred practice.

Narrative Therapy and Older People

Challenging Stigma, Supporting Connection and Building Hope

By Rosslyn Offord, Polly Kaiser

Healthcare for older people tends to focus on physical limitations and cognitive decline, and the person's own perspective and strengths are often overlooked. Narrative therapy centres a person as the expert in their own story, and is particularly effective when combined with an older person's wealth of life experience. It highlights the way their views have been shaped by their cultural and personal contexts, which allows better understanding and communication, and improves people's lives. Written by experienced psychologists, group facilitators and service users, this guide explores how to use narrative therapy with older people, including those with dementia or age-related conditions.

Learning from Occupational Therapy in Latin America

Transformative Approaches for Social Justice and Inclusive Practice

By Nick Pollard, Pamela Talero

What can occupational therapy practitioners in the Global North learn from the ways OT is practiced across Latin America? This book offers a deep dive into the rich epistemologies, practices, and critical perspectives of Latin American occupational therapists. Featuring contributions from over 30 authors and collaborators across 15 Latin American countries, it presents a ground breaking resource that addresses urgent global challenges such as discrimination, migration, social inequality, and systemic injustice. Edited by an international team of scholars, the book bridges cultural and professional divides, providing practical tools, case studies, and reflective exercises to enhance education, research, and practice. Tailored for anglophone audiences, it encourages transformative inter-regional dialogue and inspires a more inclusive, justice-driven approach to occupational therapy.

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Dementia Support for People from Diverse Ethnicities and their Families

A Good Practice Guide

By Sahdia Parveen, Jan Oyebode

Over 25,000 older people from minority ethnic backgrounds live with dementia in the UK. Research suggests that these communities often face inequalities across the dementia care pathway and often don't receive/access support until crisis point. Our modern society is wonderfully diverse with a range of cultures and ethnicities, with their own traditions, languages, and religions. When dealing with the challenges of dementia, individuals, their families, and communities from minority ethnic backgrounds-must be provided with appropriate advice, care, and support.

Creative Dementia

Engaging people living with dementia with the creative arts

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By Maria Pasiecznik Parsons, Richard Coaten

This handbook examines why, how and where creative arts can help meet the social, psychological and occupational needs of people living with dementia and their family carers. Bringing together case studies of music, dance, poetry, digital arts and more, this book explores the core skills needed to co -create inspiring programmes in various settings. Foregrounding the lived experience of people living with dementia and their carers, each chapter showcases best practice, person-centred approaches, core learning points and online resources. Full of expert information and clear practical guidance, this book is essential reading for students, early career and experienced practitioners seeking to improve health and wellbeing for people living with dementia.

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Human Rights in Dementia Care

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Good Practice Guide

By Suzanne Cahill, Fiona Kelly

Human rights are a key issue for all healthcare and social care practitioners, and almost every aspect of dementia care has a human rights dimension. How can we balance the individual's right for dignity, autonomy and privacy against the backdrop of time constraints, duty of care and limited resources? Can a person with dementia be supported to participate in decision making? Is assistive technology always empowering? What must it feel like to be denied a dementia- specific service because of one's age? This practice guide addresses these along with other critical questions, helping you to better understand the diverse and often complex dimensions of dementia caregiving. It provides a new framework to enable you to apply a human rights approach to real life situations, placing the person with dementia at the centre stage and keeping their dignity, independence, sense of purpose and quality of life at the fore.

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Approaches for Body Image in Art Therapy

By Eileen Misluk-Gervase, Taylor McClane

This book examines how the development of a sense of self and body, and the social, cultural and situational factors responsible for that shaping, are understood through a therapeutic lens. Intended for practicing art therapists to enhance their understanding and treatment of body image within their work, this book applies contemporary research in neuroscience and diverse clinical populations.

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Children's Art and Yoga for Autism and Diverse Abilities

Improve Body Awareness, Sensory Integration, and Emotional Regulation

Sandplay: the Image Speaks for Itself

Signposts, Symbols and Themes on the Path of the Sandplay Journey

By Yael Calhoun

Based on the trauma -informed GreenTREE Yoga (R) Approach of building safety, supporting empowerment, and maintaining simplicity, this book provides an easy-to-use art and yoga program for autistic children and those with differing needs. The structured program guides teaching six classes to introduce the benefits of yoga in any setting, including schools, residential centers, camps, and homes.

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Release Date: November 2025 B&W THROUGHOUT

9781839978302 AUD$: 49.99

By Lenore Steinhardt

Every sandtray is filled with symbolic meaning - the key is learning what there is to read and how to read it. This book emphasizes the importance of visual imagery and meticulous observation to interpret sandplays, allowing practitioners to find the authentic meanings in clients' sandplay expression before applying theory or referring to a patient's history.

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Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Paperback 229 X 152 mm

272 pages

Release Date: November 2025 COLOUR SECTION(S) 9781805014287 AUD$: 105.00

Music Therapy with Displaced Persons

Trauma,

Cultural

Transformations and

Connections

By Elizabeth Coombes, Emma Maclean

This book addresses and responds to the forced displacement crisis by exploring how music and music therapy can assist people in a range of settings around the globe. It offers a further understanding of practice and the opportunity to stimulate critical exploration of this area of work.

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229 X 152 mm

288 pages

Release Date: October 2025 B&W THROUGHOUT

9781805013822 AUD$: 96.99

Stuck on Hard Mode

The ADHD, Autistic and AuDHD Strategy Guide for Real Life

COMING SOON

By Erin Phillips

Your energy levels are depleted; those laundry and washing up questlines are all flashing with red exclamation marks and nearly everything is on fire...but that's just an average day for many neurodivergent people, right? Being autistic, ADHD or AuDHD can sometimes feel like you're stuck on hard mode with no option to toggle that difficulty setting. Fear not! The first ever neurodivergent-friendly strategy guide to everyday life is here to improve your gameplay in a world built for neurotypicals.

Hilarious, witty and packed full of gorgeous art and 'screenshots' from the ultimate videogame - real life - this strategy guide is your tool to surviving the missions and quests of the daily grind. Helped along by your digital companion Erin and allies you'll meet along the way, this guide features advice on customising your character, developing your stats, managing tricky status effects like burnout, and even making friends and exploring relationships in multiplayer mode.

In this guide you have all the strats, tips and tricks you need to thrive during all aspects of gameplay as a neurodivergent player. So, let's begin and establish a play style that works for you.

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246 X 173 mm

Release Date: June 2026

9781839977985

Building Social Awareness in Autistic Children and their Peers Using Minecraft®

A

Step by Step Guide to Running NeurodiversityAffirming Groups (Revised Edition)

By Raelene Dundon, Chloe-Amber Scott, Jessica Scott

Minecraft (R) provides an ideal space for children of all neurotypes to learn and develop social awareness. The game makes exploring concepts like perspective-taking and communication fun, and it quickly provides common ground for both structured group and playground conversations. This new edition shares everything you need to know about setting up and running a Minecraft Social Group that supports both autistic children and their peers, with each session plan focusing on a different aspect of social development, like cooperation, persistence, and accepting difference - all aimed at helping kids to build lifelong skills.

It has been fully updated with neuro-affirmative language and principles, including an age-appropriate exploration of the double empathy problem (the idea that communication is a two-way street, and those who aren't autistic need to make adjustments just as much as those who are). With over 100 pages of downloadable session plans and handouts, this manual makes it easy for professionals to use Minecraft to help children develop their social awareness and feel more confident with communication.

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Author is from Australia

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AUD$: 44.99

297 X 210 mm

224 pages

Release Date: January 2026 B&W THROUGHOUT 9781805018537

AUD$: 74.99

Free to Be Me with a BFRB

The Ultimate Kids' Guide to Living Well with Hair Pulling, Skin Picking, Nail Biting, and Other Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours

NEW

By Dr. Renae Reinardy, Dr. Marla Deibler, Dr. Jennifer Gola, Rebecca Price

Having a BFRB doesn’t mean you can’t have fun, enjoy life, or be yourself. You are so much more than your BFRB! Dealing with BFRBs or Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours like skin picking, nail biting or hair pulling can feel really hard. But don’t worry, you’re not alone.

In this workbook you’ll learn lots of amazing things about yourself and your BFRB. You’ll read Just Like Me stories to meet other people who’ve had similar experiences. You will even learn a bunch of tools and skills to help you feel in control of your behaviours, so you can spend more time doing the things that really matter to you.

Full of interactive and creative activities, this book gives kids aged 7-12 expert advice presented in a fun way, which can be done on their own or with a grown up. Using proven methods like DBT, ACT and CBT, it will help kids to say "I’m free to be me with a BFRB!".

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246 X 173 mm

Release Date: April 2026

9781805019053

The BFRB Workbook for Teens and Young Adults

Recover from Skin Picking, Hair Pulling, and other BodyFocused Repetitive Behaviours

By Laura Chackes, Lauren McKeaney

NEW

This workbook is for you if: You are missing out on living the life you want to live because of your body-focused repetitive behaviour (BFRB). You are tired of trying to manage your BFRB on your own with little success and are ready to find something that actually works. You feel embarrassed, frustrated, or ashamed of your BFRB and its effects on your life.

Within this book you will find a 10-week plan for recovery written by psychologist Laura Chackes, as well as practical exercises and access to meditation recordings. There are also contributions from Lauren McKeaney, founder of The Picking Me Foundation, sharing her lived experience of BFRBs and the advice that helped in her recovery.

This workbook will give you the tools to manage not only your BFRB, but also your thoughts and feelings about other stressors in your life. It's time to end the cycle for good!

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AUD$: 44.99

246 X 173 mm

160 pages

Release Date: February 2026 B&W THROUGHOUT

9781805018650

AUD$: 50.99

In Care and Incredible

30 Care Experienced Superstars You Need to Meet

By Dee Michel, Rosie Canning

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216 X 138 mm

There are lots of different paths to happiness and success Did you know that many of the most inspiring people in the world from Steve Jobs to Mary Seacole - didn't always have the simplest of childhoods? From record-breaking athletes and award-winning writers, to activists, inventors, and leaders who have shaped history, learn about the stories of 30 incredible people who also spent some time in foster care, lived with relatives or who were adopted. Many faced tough times as kids but all went on to do INCREDIBLE things - and you can too!

80 Pages B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: May 2026

9781839977770

38.99

A Trip into a Dyspraxic Person's World

By Charlotte O'Neill, Charlotte O'Neill

NEW

A cartoon book for kids age 8+ about being dyspraxic written by a young dyspraxic author. Stay Dyspraxic and Fantastic! If you’re dyspraxic, you might struggle with things like sports, handwriting, remembering stuff or staying organised. But you will also have great strengths too! In this book you will meet Lotty, a young dypraxic person who can share all her knowledge about dyspraxia and give you plenty of handy advice. Filled with funny illustrations, this book explains what dyspraxia is, why it can make some things harder and how dyspraxia also makes you awesome! You can also find handy tips and simple activities to feel confident and proud in your identity. Lotty teaches you how to build routines, develop your coordination, ask for help at school, and so much more so you can turn challenges into opportunities. There are also ideas for how your friends, teachers and family can support you along the way

All About Dyspraxia

Understanding Developmental Coordination Disorder

By Kathy Hoopmann

COMING SOON BESTSELLER

All About Dyspraxia follows in the best-selling footsteps of Kathy Hoopmanns All Cats are on the Autism Spectrum and All Dogs have ADHD. Through engaging text and full-colour photographs, this book shows how people with dyspraxia see and experience the world and highlights the unique characteristics that make them special. A perfect introduction to dyspraxia for those recently diagnosed with the condition, as well as their families, friends, and the people who work with them. People with dyspraxia will also appreciate the book for the way it shares their perspectives on life with care and gentle humour.

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168 X 240 mm

80 Pages

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Rel Date: April 2026

9781839975172

AUD$: 41.99

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Author is from Australia Age: 3+ years

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216 X 213 mm

80 Pages

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Rel Date: March 2022

9781787758353

AUD$: 37.99

He's My Mom!

A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative

NEW IN PAPERBACK

By Sarah Savage, Joules Garcia

My Mom's name is David. He used to be a she but now he is a he! Last year he did this thing called transition. He took some medicine which made his voice deeper and he started wearing different clothes. When Benjamin's cousin accidently misgenders his mom David, Benjamin explains why misgendering is hurtful and why we need to treat trans people with respect. Benjamin speaks with confidence about transitioning and gender identity, and helps to educate and empower others with trans relatives or friends. This brightly illustrated book for children aged 3 - 7 will aid discussion with children about a loved one transitioning.

The Mouse's House

Children Reflexology for Bedtime or Anytime

By Susan Quayle, Melissa Muldoon

Mouse finds a new house and calls upon her woodland friends to help her to make it a cosy home, but will it be ready in time for winter? Combining reflexology with delightfully engaging rhymes and illustrations, this book features easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for giving basic reflexology to a child during a bedtime (or anytime) story. This unique book, written by a specialist maternity reflexologist, uses this non-invasive complementary therapy to help strengthen the bonding process between parent (or carer) and child and offers a gentle remedy for problems such as sleep difficulties, anxiety and mild pain. No prior reflexology knowledge is required.

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Age: 3+ years

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318 X 244 mm

40 Pages

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Rel Date: March 2026

9781399835060

AUD$: 38.99

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172 X 244 mm

40 Pages

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Rel Date: January 2026

9781399832885

AUD$: 44.99

A rhyming book about fun, friendship - and Autism

By Jude Welton, Jane Telford

Tomas is a little boy who loves trains, trampolines and his dog Flynn. He hates sudden noise, surprises and changes in routine. There are many things about Tomas that make him special and unique, but despite his differences he loves fun and friendship - just like you. This beautifully illustrated, rhyming book is a perfect introduction to autism for young readers aged 2 and over, including children on the autism spectrum and their friends and siblings. In helping the reader get to know Tomas, the book encourages children to recognise what they have in common with him, not just what makes him different.

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214 X 278 mm

32 Pages

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Rel Date: January 2026

9781399832601

AUD$: 38.99

Taya the Tortoise Activity Book for Children who Bottle

Up, Retreat or Disconnect

A Therapeutic Story with Creative Activities About Trauma and Dissociation for Children Aged 5-10, with Advice for Adults

By Dr. Karen Treisman, Sarah Peacock

NEW

In the lush green Ethiopian mountains lives a tortoise called Taya, who loves basking in the sun and going to Baobab school to play with all her animal friends. But Taya has lived through some painful things. She copes and protects herself by retreating, disconnecting and going inwards. She keeps her feelings locked away, she finds it hard to share with others or to let them in-and this makes her feel even sadder and more alone than ever! How can Taya's friends and family help? Taya the Tortoise is a much -needed activity workbook and therapeutic story written by award winning clinical psychologist, Dr Karen Treisman.

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297 X 210 mm

240 Pages

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Rel Date: January 2026

9781805017950

AUD$: 83.99

My Body's Power Pack

How to Manage your Energy and Stay in Charge!

By Sandhya Menon

BESTSELLER

My Body's Power Pack uses elements of neuroscience to help children understand why their energy ebbs and flows, and why this may cause dysregulation. It provides gentle neuro-affirmative coping strategies, including the basics of energy accounting (which is like the popular 'spoons theory' for adults). The story arc introduces the idea of Dremlins (drainer gremlins, who 'drain' a child's energy) as a metaphor for tough events. The book empowers children with language to understand their experiences, offers suggestions on what the child can do to cope, and offering advice and support for parents and carers too.

Chloe and the Bossy Cloud

A Children's Book About OCD

By Natasha Daniels, Anjali Singh

Chloe is a happy little girl who loves drawing, playing with her dog, and swinging on her swing set. Until one day a big dark cloud appears and starts telling her how to keep safe. At first the cloud seems friendly and helpful, but it gets bossier and bossier and makes Chloe more and more worried! Written by child OCD specialist Natasha Daniels, this beautifully illustrated story helps children aged 3-6 to understand OCD and learn ways to overcome their compulsions. The book includes guidance for parents and carers, with discussion prompts and tips for introducing the strategies in the story to young children.

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Author is from Australia

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279 X 213 mm

32 Pages

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Rel Date: August 2025

9781805018254

AUD$: 34.99

JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS

Age: 3+ years

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251 X 248 mm

32 Pages

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Rel Date: November 2025

9781805018490

AUD$: 38.99

Life After School

Dyslexic and Taking on the World

NEW

By Margaret Rooke

"The stories told in this book show how foolish we are if we underestimate this creative and powerful dyslexic generation" When you're dyslexic, life at school can feel like a daily grind. In this book, around 40 dyslexic young people from across the globe, who have been where you are now, explain how they've made life beyond the school gates work for them. This is a book to reassure you and open up possibilities for the years ahead. Funny, fascinating, and brimming with the ups and downs of adult life, each interview explores strategies that have helped deal with challenges they've faced. They offer top tips for harnessing your strengths and working out the path that's right for you.

How to Be a Superhero Called Self-Control 2nd edition

By Lauren Brukner, Rebecca Burgess

Empower children aged 7 and upward to process big feelings and regulate their senses with Lauren Brukner's bestselling guide. This updated edition has been fully revised to be accessible for neurodivergent and dyslexic readers. Are you ready to be a superhero? Self-Control is here to teach you! With these amazing superpowers, you'll be able to understand your big feelings and find the strength and confidence to feel better. Inside, you'll team up with Self-Control to learn powers that help you feel calm and in control. Try quick boosts, like deep breaths and using mantras, or practice recharging powerups like finding your peaceful place. Whether you're feeling tired, angry, worried or wiggly, you can calm those big feelings with Self-Control's help.

Porn is Not Sex Ed!

A Young Person's Illustrated Guide to Debunking Sexuality Myths

By Jessica Melendez

Every wondered why it feels so awkward to talk about pornography?

Here to guide you through those tricky topics is sexual health expert Jess, who will uncover common porn misconceptions and support you to becoming a porn literacy expert! Designed for you to read on your own, while encouraging you to seek the support of a trusted adult to discuss the topics with, this guide explores how porn shapes our lives, covering everything from body image, anatomy, consent, safe sex and much more. Keeping you informed about what you might find in the media, this book helps you identify what porn is, understand the differences between sexual fantasy and reality and have healthy conversations about porn with others. With fun activities, conversation prompts and self-reflection exercises, you’ll have all the tools you need to navigate porn safely, discuss topics important to your own health and sexuality and feel empowered!

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216 X 138 mm

288 Pages

THROUGHOUT Rel Date: January 2026

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Hardback

252 X 176 mm

112 Pages

B&W THROUGHOUT

Rel Date: December 2025

9781805017554

AUD$: 47.99

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297 X 210 mm

96 Pages

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Rel Date: December 2025

9781805013259 AUD$: 43.99

The Kids' Simple Guide to PDA

By Laura Kerbey, Eliza Fricker

A gentle and engaging introduction to PDA for kids so they can better understand PDA friends or family members. Through simple, childfriendly and age-appropriate explanations, readers can explore what PDA is and how they can support their PDA siblings or peers. There are also lots of opportunities for the reader to think about how everything relates to their own situation, and what they may need to stay safe and happy. Containing funny and helpful illustrations throughout, this is the ideal way to explain the basics of PDA to kids - both the good bits and the tricky bits!

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229 X 152 mm

64 Pages

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Rel Date: October 2025

9781805018155

AUD$: 35.99

The Panda on PDA

A Children's Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance

By Gloria Dura-Vila, Rebecca Tatternorth

BESTSELLER

In this positive, gentle and PDA-friendly guide for young children, PDA is explained by a playful Panda who has PDA and is very proud of it. The Panda is full of talents and strengths, but finds it very hard to do what others want. In fact, the Panda has become great at climbing trees and bamboo, and hiding in caves to escape demands! The Panda addresses the challenges and struggles of PDA honestly, but can also thrive and live a happy life in the right environment, when supported by others.

Different Like Us!

Inspiring Real-Life Stories from Kids Everywhere

By Margaret Rooke

Welcome to Different Like Us!, the book that explores how being different helps shape our world. Sharing the stories of more than 40 children from across the globe, this book celebrates their strength and joys, without shying away from the tough stuff that’s part of the package. Along the way you will meet Cora, aged 10, whose painful medical condition has led to a special bravery that has shaped her life. Afua, aged 14, who has sickle cell, and explains how she came to accept her condition. She talks about the tips and tricks she uses to stay positive. Jensen, aged 10, who has hearing loss and has taught his school sign language. Kais, aged 9, who escaped from two wars, and has grown to see his new friends as a second family. Aidan, aged 13, who talks about dealing with the grief of losing his father. Plus others who have been bullied, who stammer, who have sight loss, who are autistic, have ADHD, dyslexia, Tourettes or epilepsy, who have parents in prison, and many more.

JESSICA

KINGSLEY

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Age: 4+ years

Disc: TRADE INTERNATIONAL Hardback

216 X 213 mm

40 Pages

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Rel Date: September 2022

9781839970061

AUD$: 40.99

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216 X 138 mm

240 Pages

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Rel Date: October 2025

9781805012924

AUD$: 41.99

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