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Paperback. Music therapist Mercedes Pavlicevic develops a broad-based discourse to describe, analyse and guide the practice of group musicking, drawing on her own extensive experience. The text is illustrated with vignettes drawn from a range of formal and informal settings. If you're involved in any kind of group musicking, this book is for you. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: AV; MMZ; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100812
- ISBN
- 9781843100812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
Paperback. This easy-to-read booklet answers commonly asked questions about DCD and presents all the necessary information to aid parents, carers and professionals in selecting the best options for their child. In clearly laid out chapters, the author describes the features of DCD and provides practical solutions. Num Pages: 96 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JMC; JMP; MQT; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 7. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100904
- ISBN
- 9781843100904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.54
€ 23.54
Paperback. This much-needed text provides guidance for health care professionals on the issues and controversies surrounding screening and on good practice in the use of screening tests. The role of the UK National Screening Committee is explored, along with the problems faced when implementing screening programmes in developing countries. Editor(s): Henshaw, Carol; Elliott, Sandra. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MJWN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102199
- ISBN
- 9781843102199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Hardback. This book offers a comprehensive overview of clinical, research and personal perspectives on Asperger Syndrome, including contributions from parents and experts in the fields of psychology, social work, psychiatry, genetics, sexology and vocational counselling. Editor(s): Stoddart, Kevin. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MMH; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102687
- ISBN
- 9781843102687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.98
€ 85.98
Paperback. This book offers new insights into the application of a well-established approach to people who have traditionally been thought not to benefit from them. It demonstrates that rehabilitation has positive outcomes for people with dementia's quality of life and self-esteem, especially if rehabilitation is seen as a positive philosophy of practice. Editor(s): Marshall, Mary. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102861
- ISBN
- 9781843102861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. The authors explain the concepts of attachment, separation, loss and identity, using these contexts to describe how to use techniques such as family trees, wallpaper work, and eco- and geno-scaling. They offer guidance on interviewing relatives and carers, and how to gain access to key documentation, including social workers' case files. Series: Delivering Recovery. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MJW; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102878
- ISBN
- 9781843102878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Gillian White draws on her experiences and proposes that multi-professional health care teams should talk about spirituality in challenging but safe environments to develop shared understanding of it, and to increase their confidence about integrating spiritual care into their daily practise. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103059
- ISBN
- 9781843103059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. This book provides a guide to effective case management, outlining all the key issues that professionals working with brain-injured people will need to know, from understanding what brain injury actually is and how it feels to experience it to strategies for rehabilitation, assessing risk and implementing support plans. Series: Good Practice in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103158
- ISBN
- 9781843103158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. This concise book is an essential tool to help counsellors and psychotherapists understand and engage with the experiences of persecution, violence and exile often faced by refugees. It also includes practical information on advocacy, supervision and working with interpreters. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103165
- ISBN
- 9781843103165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. This interactive resource book encourages front-line staff working with dementia sufferers to examine their working practice and modify it to meet best practice guidelines. Packed with photocopiable exercises, discussion points and questions, this training manual provides a framework for care work in line with statutory requirements and standards. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSG; MJND; MQCL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 295 x 212 x 12. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103189
- ISBN
- 9781843103189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Paperback. This book asserts that a good understanding of child development and attachment theory is essential to effective therapeutic parenting of a traumatized child, it details the roots of trauma as well as the impact this has on a child's ability to maintain normal family bonds, whether with birth or foster parents, or staff in a residential setting. Series: Delivering Recovery. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MJW; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103288
- ISBN
- 9781843103288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. People living with eating disorders find it hard to take the step of choosing recovery, often because the disorder has developed as a way of 'coping' with problems or stresses in the their life. This book outlines new and positive ways of dealing with eating disorders for people living with eating disorders and their families. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMZD; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103400
- ISBN
- 9781843103400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. The authors outline the skills needed and common issues in case management practice across a range of people with disabilities at different stages of their life. They argue that case management needs to be individualised and carried out in partnership with the individual and their family in order to draw up a lifestyle plan that meets their needs. Editor(s): Bigby, Christine; Fyffe, Chris; Ozanne, Elizabeth; Bigby, Christine M. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103547
- ISBN
- 9781843103547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. The book looks at using cognitive behavioural approach to working with families of people with severe mental illness, but also at reframing challenges and overcoming common personal and external barriers to effective family work. It aims to increase the confidence of new family workers and broaden the knowledge of those already working in the area. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103691
- ISBN
- 9781843103691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
Paperback. This book explores how IT can help people with learning and communication difficulties increase their independence, communicate in more direct ways and express themselves as part of society. It examines common problems, and shows how IT can help solve them. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBP; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103752
- ISBN
- 9781843103752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Drawing on detailed case studies and a growing body of evidence of the benefits of non-verbal therapies, the contributors - all leading practitioners in their fields - provide an overview of creative therapies that tap into sensate aspects of the brain not always reached by verbal therapy alone. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: MMKB; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103868
- ISBN
- 9781843103868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. Felicity Baker and Jeanette Tamplin combine research findings with their own clinical experience and present step-by-step instructions and guidelines on how to implement music therapy techniques for a range of therapeutic needs. Photographs clearly illustrate interventions for physical rehabilitation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; MQTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104124
- ISBN
- 9781843104124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.91
€ 46.99
€ 46.91
Paperback. Jeanette Purkis spent her early life reacting violently against feelings of embarrassment, anger and confusion about her 'difference' from other people. She was unaware until adulthood that this could be a result of having Asperger Syndrome. Jeanette's remarkable life and her journey towards finding a different kind of normal is inspiring reading. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJNA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104162
- ISBN
- 9781843104162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Making Babies the Hard Way is a frank account of one couple's discovery that they cannot have children of their own, and their ensuing struggle through four years of fertility treatment. Writing with humour and honesty, Caroline Gallup describes the social, emotional, spiritual and physical impact of infertility on her and her husband, Bruce. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: MJS; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104636
- ISBN
- 9781843104636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.54
€ 23.54
Paperback. Advance directive (AD) is a way of making a person's views known if he or she should become mentally incapable of giving consent, or making informed choices about treatment, in the future. This book advises users on their choices about treatment in the event of future episodes of mental illness, covering all legal and medical aspects of AD. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKSM; LNTM1; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104834
- ISBN
- 9781843104834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76