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Success Assessment Papers English 6-7 (PDF)
by Anne RooneySuitable for the 2020 tests. Covering all required English Key Stage 1 curriculum content, this book offers clear assessment testing and includes advice from teachers on how best to use the tests in order to move up to the next level. With a simple layout in black and white, these English tests are designed to mimic the real tests, encouraging children to gain confidence through the assessment process. Children age 6-7 will enjoy practising the key English skills learned at KS1.
Success Assessment Papers - Verbal Reasoning 6-7 Years (PDF)
by Alison HeadHelping pupils to practise and build upon logical reasoning skills, this book of Verbal Reasoning assessment papers offers clear assessment testing by level, and includes advice from teachers on how best to use the tests in order to move up to the next level. Verbal reasoning assesses a child’s ability to see patterns and relationships at sentence, word and letter level. This Verbal Reasoning Assessment book tests comprehension, vocabulary and spelling, as well as the ability to identify patterns and apply logic to solve simple problems.
Success Assessment Papers - More English 10-11 Years (PDF)
by Val Mitchell Alison HeadAdditional carefully levelled English tests provide invaluable practice for SATs, APP and 11+ selection tests. Covering all required curriculum content, this book of English assessment papers offers clear assessment testing for KS2, and includes advice from teachers on how best to use the tests in order to move up to the next level. Providing more English practice, these English tests will encourage children to gain confidence through the assessment process. With a simple layout in black and white, the tests are designed to mimic the real tests and provide practice of the key English skills learned at Key Stage 2.
Success Assessment Papers: More Verbal Reasoning 10-11 Years (PDF)
by Colin SowterAdditional tests assess verbal reasoning skills and provide invaluable practice for the 11+ selection tests. Helping children practise and build upon reasoning skills, this Verbal Reasoning assessment book offers assessment testing by level, and includes advice from teachers on how best to use the tests in order to move up to the next level. Providing more Verbal Reasoning practice, these tests will assess a child’s ability to see patterns and relationships at sentence, word and letter level. This assessment book also tests comprehension, vocabulary and spelling, as well as the ability to identify patterns and apply logic to solve simple problems. With a simple layout in black and white, the tests are designed to mimic the real tests and provide practice of the key verbal reasoning skills learned at Key Stage 2.
Success Assessment Papers - English Age 10-11 (PDF)
by Alison Head Val Mitchell Sally MoonSuitable for the 2020 tests. This book is intended for use in the final year before the 11+ English tests. The questions within it cover all the key English skills that may be tested and reflect the question formats that will be used on the actual papers to help familiarise your child.
Success Assessment Papers Verbal Reasoning 10-11 (PDF)
by Letts Letts 11Suitable for the 2020 tests. Covering all required Verbal Reasoning Key Stage 2 curriculum content, this book offers clear assessment testing and includes advice from teachers on how best to use the tests in order to move up to the next level. Verbal reasoning assesses a child’s ability to see patterns and relationships at sentence, word and letter level. This Verbal Reasoning Assessment book tests comprehension, vocabulary and spelling, as well as the ability to identify patterns and apply logic to solve simple problems.
Communication And Interpersonal Skills For Nurses
by Shirley Bach Alec GrantGood communication and interpersonal skills remain one of the enduring and fundamental characteristics of high-quality nursing and midwifery practice. This is despite major developments in our knowledge of scientific, technological and pharmacological health treatments. However, because communication is viewed as an implicit part of everyday life, the skills required for effective communication and appropriate professional interactions are often overlooked. This book provides student nurses with the essential information on communication and interpersonal skills. It clearly explores the core concepts and evidence base and is practical and accessible, helping students to gain confidence in these skills.
Sport and Exercise Science
by Joanne Thatcher Rhys Thatcher Melissa Day Matthew Portas Simon HoodThis text introduces students to the essentials of the major contributing disciplines - biomechanics, physiology and psychology. It provides detailed knowledge and understanding of each subject area combined with explicit advice on how to study effectively, research further and think critically. Case studies clearly relate theory to practice and learning exercises support readers throughout the text.
Creativity in Primary Education
by Anthony WilsonA sound understanding of the role primary creativity plays in learning and teaching will help trainee teachers become creative practitioners and develop creativity in their pupils. The second edition of this popular text retains key material from the previous book, but it has been substantially updated and revised to include six new chapters which explore creativity in both a subject specific context as well as the broader issues of creativity in SMSC and the Foundation Stage. The book is linked throughout to the Standards for the award of QTS and also considers important government agendas such as Every Child Matters.
Social Work with Drug and Substance Misusers
by Anthony GoodmanThis student text covers all aspects of working with drug and substance misusers, including the history and changes in policy on substance misuse and the differences between working with young and adult clients. Recent government initiatives and legislative changes are carefully outlined, while discussions on why people take drugs and the policy implications of harm reduction and abstinence approaches to substance use/misuse are related back to practice, so that readers understand how to engage with the client group and the reasons for varying success across treatment approaches.
The Approved Mental Health Professional's Guide to Psychiatry and Medication
by Robert Brown Gwen Adshead Alan PollardThis book is essential reading for all Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) and those students and practitioners on mental health Post-Qualifying awards. It covers the core competencies of the AMHP and how the use of medication fits within the roles of the mental health professional. Fully updated to include aspects of the recently amended Mental Health Act 1983, this guide shows how the law is applied to compulsory administration of medication, the law relating to consent to treatment and the relevance to the European Convention on Human Rights.
Early Childhood Studies (3rd edition) (PDF)
by Caroline Leeson Rod Parker-ReesThe third edition of this popular core text provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the course content for Early Childhood Studies. The contents list reflects the multi-disciplinary and multi-professional scope of the discipline and provides an overview of current issues and approaches. Seven new chapters have been added including those on Frameworks for Understanding and Development, Providing an Enabling Environment and Action Research. Each chapter includes activities to help the reader engage with the text and advice on further reading.
Reflective Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy
by Sofie Bager-CharlesonA good understanding of reflective practice is essential for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy, and is a criterion for accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. This book takes students on a step-by-step journey through the history of reflective practice, from its origins with Donald Schon through to ideas of knowledge and power and how the counsellor or psychotherapist deals with issues surrounding the 'self'. A central theme of the book is the concept of self-reflection and what motivates a therapist to do an often difficult and sometimes emotionally complex job.
What is Counselling & Psychotherapy?
by Norman ClaringbullWritten specifically for students on counselling and psychotherapy courses, this book gives an overview of the profession from its early beginnings in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis through the development of the different schools and approaches of talking therapies including psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural and person-centred approaches. Working within various sectors, such as the commercial, educational and public, is also considered and discussed. The author concludes the book by looking at where counselling and psychotherapy is heading in the future.
Nursing and Collaborative Practice
by Benny Goodman Ruth ClemowAs modern healthcare evolves, it is essential for nurses to understand and work with a diverse range of people to provide quality care. But it is often difficult to grasp the many roles of those in healthcare services. This book provides a clear, practical and up-to-date guide to the various people that nurses work with, including the essential role of service users themselves, and how to work with them to improve care. This new edition includes increased coverage of teamwork and improving mental health. It is updated throughout including discussion of LiNKS, the Care Quality Commission and Every Child Matters.
Creating the Therapeutic Relationship in Counselling and Psychotherapy (PDF)
by Judith GreenAt the centre of good counselling and psychotherapy practice is the relationship between therapist and client. This book is an essential guide for counselling and psychotherapy students who want to explore the personal qualities and attitudes of the therapist, and to allow the client to engage in the therapeutic process with trust. The book will consider how students of counselling can develop these qualities and enhance their awareness of their attitudes, to enable them to be fully present and emotionally available in their encounters with clients.
Creating the Therapeutic Relationship in Counselling and Psychotherapy
by Judith GreenAt the centre of good counselling and psychotherapy practice is the relationship between therapist and client. This book is an essential guide for counselling and psychotherapy students who want to explore the personal qualities and attitudes of the therapist, and to allow the client to engage in the therapeutic process with trust. The book will consider how students of counselling can develop these qualities and enhance their awareness of their attitudes, to enable them to be fully present and emotionally available in their encounters with clients.
Counselling and Psychotherapy in Organisational Settings
by R. M. RobertsThis book introduces some of the specific contexts in which today's counsellors and psychotherapists find themselves working. It draws upon the experience of counsellors active in their field and uses relevant examples of the potential pitfalls and rewards of counselling in diverse institutional settings. Counsellors are introduced to the regulatory, legislative, economic, social and cultural considerations relevant to the confidential work between counsellor and client. They are also encouraged to think beyond the therapy room to the institutional context of the encounter with the client while keeping professional identity and integrity at the forefront of their work.
Counselling and Psychotherapy in Organisational Settings (PDF)
by R. M. RobertsThis book introduces some of the specific contexts in which today's counsellors and psychotherapists find themselves working. It draws upon the experience of counsellors active in their field and uses relevant examples of the potential pitfalls and rewards of counselling in diverse institutional settings. Counsellors are introduced to the regulatory, legislative, economic, social and cultural considerations relevant to the confidential work between counsellor and client. They are also encouraged to think beyond the therapy room to the institutional context of the encounter with the client while keeping professional identity and integrity at the forefront of their work.
What is Counselling and Psychotherapy?
by Norman ClaringbullWritten specifically for students on counselling and psychotherapy courses, this book gives an overview of the profession from its early beginnings in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis through the development of the different schools and approaches of talking therapies including psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural and person-centred approaches. Working within various sectors, such as the commercial, educational and public, is also considered and discussed. The author concludes the book by looking at where counselling and psychotherapy is heading in the future.
Reflective Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy
by Sofie Bager-CharlesonA good understanding of reflective practice is essential for good practice in counselling and psychotherapy, and is a criterion for accreditation with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. This book takes students on a step-by-step journey through the history of reflective practice, from its origins with Donald Schon through to ideas of knowledge and power and how the counsellor or psychotherapist deals with issues surrounding the 'self'. A central theme of the book is the concept of self-reflection and what motivates a therapist to do an often difficult and sometimes emotionally complex job.
Counselling and Psychotherapy in Organisational Settings
by Judith Moore Mrs R. M. RobertsThis book introduces some of the specific contexts in which today's counsellors and psychotherapists find themselves working. It draws upon the experience of counsellors active in their field and uses relevant examples of the potential pitfalls and rewards of counselling in diverse institutional settings. Counsellors are introduced to the regulatory, legislative, economic, social and cultural considerations relevant to the confidential work between counsellor and client. They are also encouraged to think beyond the therapy room to the institutional context of the encounter with the client while keeping professional identity and integrity at the forefront of their work.
Counselling and Psychotherapy in Organisational Settings (PDF)
by Judith Moore Mrs R. M. RobertsThis book introduces some of the specific contexts in which today's counsellors and psychotherapists find themselves working. It draws upon the experience of counsellors active in their field and uses relevant examples of the potential pitfalls and rewards of counselling in diverse institutional settings. Counsellors are introduced to the regulatory, legislative, economic, social and cultural considerations relevant to the confidential work between counsellor and client. They are also encouraged to think beyond the therapy room to the institutional context of the encounter with the client while keeping professional identity and integrity at the forefront of their work.
Creating the Therapeutic Relationship in Counselling and Psychotherapy
by Dr Judith A. GreenAt the centre of good counselling and psychotherapy practice is the relationship between therapist and client. This book is an essential guide for counselling and psychotherapy students who want to explore the personal qualities and attitudes of the therapist, and to allow the client to engage in the therapeutic process with trust. The book will consider how students of counselling can develop these qualities and enhance their awareness of their attitudes, to enable them to be fully present and emotionally available in their encounters with clients.
Cognitive Behavioural Interventions for Mental Health Practitioners
by Alec GrantIn line with current government policy and related recommendations, and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, mental health students will be increasingly required to either engage in, or be appropriately familiar with, the principles of cognitive behavioural interventions. This book guides the reader through the fundamental principles of the approach in its various mental health application contexts, enabling them to gain the confidence to engage in the supervised, safe and evidence-based application of these principles. It will be a useful guide for mental health students who are experiencing their 'novice' exposure to practice situations during their diploma or degree course.