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Bullying In Britain

By Adrienne Katz of Young Voice in association with Oxford University, published 2000.

Over 7000 teenagers across Britain reveal the secret world of bullying. Links are shown with parenting style, depression and experience of violence. Ideas for classroom discussion and findings from research are offered in an accessible illustrated format. This is the book that provides the background knowledge to plan bullying prevention programmes.

80 pages illustrated

£12.00

Paperback A4

ISBN: 1-903456-01-0

Parenting Under Pressure:
Bereavement

 

by Claire Collis and Adrienne Katz, published 2004

This book explores through first hand interviews the pressures of parenting when there is bereavement in the family.

'The stories which cascade through the pages of this remarkable book shed all kinds of different lights on the way in which a death can affect us, and those around us'. Michael Morpurgo, Writer and Former Children’s Laureate.

76 pages, illustrated,

£10.00

200 x 210mm

ISBN: 1-903456-19-3

Parenting Under Pressure:
Prison

By Adrienne Katz, published 2002.

Paperback 162 pages illustrated

£13.00

200 x 210 mm

ISBN: 1-903456-09-6




Parenting Under Pressure:
Young People-Prison to
Parenthood

The Toolkit

By David Stockdale, Adrienne Katz, published 2007

Here is an opportunity to use this life changing event - the birth of a child, as an opportunity to fashion a new future and set young offenders on a new path. This is a guide to any service working on resettlement. Parenting support after prison is a vital component of successful resettlement.

This toolkit has direct input from 85 young parents and over 30 services. It gives insights into young prison parents' views, needs and experiences. The aim is to help design, commission and deliver a service. Includes a guide to evaluation written specifically for this setting.

There is a paperback book to accompany this toolkit. It contains the young people’s own words.

A Toolkit for services, By Adrienne Katz & David Stockdale, 105pp illustrated

£38.00

Ring bound in wipeable white plastic folder

ISBN: 978-1-903456-26-2

Parenting Under Pressure:
Young People - Prison to
Parenthood

By David Stockdale, Adrienne Katz, and Claire Collis, published 2007.

Read moving evidence from young parents in their own words with a comprehensive literature review. Research shows that good family ties can reduce offending and that 'fateful moments' such as parenthood can be a trigger for desisting from offending. This book explores issues arising for young parents post release and looks at their need for support with parenting. This is a companion to a Toolkit for services - a guide to delivering a service to these clients.

Paperback illustrated 104pp

£10.00

200 x 210 mm

ISBN: 9781903456248


Stress: Tackling it with
Teenagers

by Adrienne Katz, published 2003.

Is stress really ‘the teenage disease’? This is how one young man described today’s experience for adolescents. In this short practical book we learn how teenagers cope with stress and ways of approaching this. Use in PSHE, for health workers, parents, youth workers and a range of those working with young people, as well as young people themselves.

Paperback
43 pages illustrated

£4.99

200mm x 205mm


Thwarted Dreams

by Adrienne Katz

A powerful study of young peoples’ aspirations and their dreams for the future. It offers the views of 2722 young people across Britain with a case study of a mainly Muslim community in a deprived area.

Paperback A4

44 pages illustrated

£9.00

ISBN: 1-903456-05-03

What Sons Say

by Adrienne Katz, published 1999

A resource for parents of sons who want a quick and easy read

Here are the voices of 1400 boys and young men across the country with their collected wisdom and worries. This is a resource for parents’ groups, family services and parents of teenagers.

Pack of 10

£12.00

12 pages colour A4

Teach Your Child To Read

by Adrienne Katz (1989)  Thorsons Childcare Series. London

160 pages  UK RRP £3.99
 
We live in a world where video games and computers can sometimes make books seem challenging to small children. But the gift of reading can unlock your child's imagination and give them hours of pleasure. On the way to your child becoming a reader, you will hear some of the arguments about which method is best to teach children to read. it can be confusing. This book acknowledges the debate but encourages you to know your own child's strengths and work on the enjoyment of content.

Adrienne delivered book making workshops in primary schools and questioned hundreds of small children on how they felt about reading and why they chose the books they did.

 
May be available on ebay or Amazon

Naturewatch

by Adrienne Katz, Illustrated by Bridget Lewer, (1986)

Judy Piatkus Publishers Ltd, London, 128 pages

ISBN  9780201104578   You and your child needn't take to the wilds to appreciate the natural world.

Written by Adrienne Katz while living in the concrete inner city, Naturewatch offers dozens of ways to explore and learn from the natural environment.

More than 50 fun and easy projects to do with young children are explaine in easy steps. No special equipment or fancy skills needed. 
Occasionally available on ebay or Amazon

A World In Your Kitchen

by Adrienne Katz (1984) New English Library

 You're busy in the kitchen and you have small children with you, determined to help. Here are ideas on how you can make this fun, practical and a fascinating learning curve.

ISBN number which is  0450056899
paperback, 229 pages

'Sensitive and imaginative, practical and entertaining'

Have Fun With Cooped Up Kids

by Adrienne Katz (1987)
Judy Piatkus Publishers Ltd London


Illustrated 128 pages ISBN 0861886232
Creative activates to stimulate the mind and the imagination: dressing up, magic, story telling,
Music painting and dozens of creative projects offer an escape from the world of rainy days
and confined spaces. Chapters include:
   
Games without toys
   
Brainteasers
   
Travelling
   
In the kitchen
   
In a creative mood
   
Fun and Fantasy
   
Sound & Rhythm
 
Games for groups
For the sick child

£8.95 sometimes available on Amazon or ebay

You Can Teach Your Child About Numbers.
Published 1994 Thorsons £4.99 (now out of print)

This practical , readable and enjoyable book gives parents the encouragement they need to help their children learn, even if they were 'bad at maths' themselves. It explains how to turn playtime into learning time without losing out on the fun.

Featuring games and puzzles you can play in everyday situations this book offers imaginative ways to help your child enjoy numbers.
 

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