Need to Know: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Need to Know)
by Sean Connolly
This new series provides thorough, factual information about drugs specifically aimed at teenagers. The series aims to educate young people about a range of drugs by providing clear information that does not patronise, over-simplify or judge. The books include: - a realistic range of real-life case studies and experiences - detailed information on the effects of drug-taking on the individual and society - details of organisations who can provide support or provide more information
Providing information that does not patronize, over-simplify or judge, this series examines social phenomena that are difficult or harmful. Each book traces the history, prevalence and consequences of such phenomena and offers ways of finding help for those involved or affected.
HIV and Aids: This book looks at the global impact of the HIV virus and the fatal disease that can lead to, Aids. It considers the effect of the disease on both the developed and developing world. It also highlights issues that have emerged as society has become 'used' to the disease, from concerns about complacency in the West about the likelihood of infection to the need to create affordable drugs for sufferers in the developing world.
Seb is a loner. Brilliant with numbers but hopeless with people, he prefers the company of computers and his only friend, Guzzle. Things change for the better when he makes friends with Kristie, Madeline and Jen, and a new computer teacher - Miss Adonia - arrives. However, Seb is soon caught up in a web of computer fraud and lies and turns to Madeline's mysterious cyber friend for help.Weaving the facts of Asperger Syndrome into the story, this fast-paced book is acclaimed author Kathy Hoopmann'...
Stimulating and accessible, the titles in the LIVEWIRE series have been produced in association with The Basic Skills Agency to ensure a non-patronising approach towards the requirements of readers with special needs. They provide teenagers/adult interest level fiction and non-fiction for those with reading ages below 10, or adult students learning English as a second language. All LIVEWIRE books are written by qualified Special Needs teachers. On your marks ...contains a wealth of poetry on t...
The Making of the UK Special Needs Support Materials (Discovering the Past for GCSE)
by Ann More and Colin Shephard
This material is based on the "real history" approach of the Schools History Project series "Discovering the Past". These special needs support materials for "The Making of the UK" are intended to support history teaching with low-attaining or special needs pupil. "The Making of the UK" is Study Unit 2 in the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum. All pupils in Y8 study this unit. The materials provide: a 224-page teacher's photocopiable resource book; a picture pack (16 cards) with teaching notes; an...
Charities at Work is an introduction to the work of charities in the world today. Each book concentrates on a different area of need. Each book starts with a simple explanation of what a charity is, then goes on to present a particular problem and shows how one or more charities work to solve that problem. The main text, illustrated with photographs, is aimed squarely at Key Stage 1, while boxed text offers further information for more able readers. The books address both UK-based issues and int...
Vikings (Invasion!, #1)
Schools (Victorian Times, #6)
Collateral Damage: The Mental Health Effects of the Pandemic
by Carla Mooney
The Thought That Counts (Adolescent Mental Health Initiative)
by Jared Douglas Kant, Martin Franklin, and Linda Wasmer Andrews
In this book for young people who have been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Jared Kant discusses his own experiences with the illness, and the disruption and distress that it brought to his life as an adolescent. Combining this personal story with a candid and easy-to-understand description of the science behind OCD, Kant (now an adult who healthily and successfully manages his illness) also provides the facts that young people diagnosed with OCD need, such as how to find pro...
When young people have questions about a brother or sister with autism or Asperger's Syndrome, clear answers can be hard to find. Written by Eve Band, PhD, a clinical psychologist, this book gives voice to ten-year-old Emily's story: her questions about her brother, her search for answers about autism, and her exploration of her feelings as a sibling of a young man with autism. Told in her voice, Emily's story is as uplifting as it is filled with valuable information for parents and siblings, or...
Livewire Investigates (Livewire Investigates S.)
by Sandra Woodcock
Stimulating and accessible, the titles in the LIVEWIRE series have been produced in association with The Basic Skills Agency to ensure a non-patronising approach towards the requirements of readers with special needs. They provide teenagers/adult interest level fiction and non-fiction for those with reading ages below 10, or adult students learning English as a second language. Each book is graded at one of the following reading ages: 6-7, 7-8, 8-9 or 9-10. All LIVEWIRE books are written by qual...
Livewire Investigates (Livewire Investigates S.)
The Social Survival Guide for Teens on the Autism Spectrum
by Lindsey Sterling Lindsey, PH
Hello Darkness is the true story of a young man who at the peak of his college career loses his eyesight and is plunged into total darkness. Once, Sandy Greenberg had dreamed of being a lawyer, maybe even president. Now, he’s told he must walk cautiously through life. But that’s not how this story unfolds. Love, friendship, and his own iron determination write an entirely different end to this exceptionally inspiring story. Imagine you are back home from college. It’s a beautiful summer evening...
Powerful Learning Strategies that Schools Don't Teach
by Penny McGlynn
In this uplifting and humorous memoir that includes black-and-white comic illustrations, mother and son tell the story of his growing up - from facing sixty-seven surgeries before the age of fifteen, to making friends, moving across the country, and persevering through hardships. How they tackle extraordinary circumstances with love and resilience is a true testament to Magda and Nathaniel’s family, and to families everywhere who quietly but courageously persist.