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.

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.

Parenting Under Pressure:
Prison

By Adrienne Katz, published 2002.

Voices of prisoners and their families bring to life the dilemmas, tensions and difficulties of maintaining family relationships. A stable family life can reduce offending dramatically but is all too often threatened by the strains of keeping in touch or understanding the struggles of those outside. Here we learn how some have managed against all the odds while others have faced depression, poverty or fear.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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