Helping Your Child with Friendship Problems and Bullying : A Self-Help Guide for Parents

Dunsmuir, Sandra, Birch, Susan, Dewey, Jessica

ISBN 10: 1472138937 / ISBN 13: 9781472138934

Published by Little, Brown Book Group Limited, 2020

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Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Helping Your Child with Friendship Problems and Bullying : A Self-Help Guide for Parents
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Limited
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472138937
• ISBN 13: 9781472138934
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.602 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Is your child struggling with friendships at school? Have they been the victim of bullying?

If so, this can be a stressful time, as you struggle to support your child when they encounter difficulties during their school education. This essential guide provides informed advice for parents and carers about how to support your child when they encounter difficulties with friendships and bullying.

Accessibly presenting research and proven techniques that work in a primary school context, this book introduces you to the range of challenges encountered by children in school, and will help you work alongside the education system to give the best possible support to your child.

This book can help you with:
- Focusing on your child's social development
- Understanding children's behaviour and social responses
- Planning strategies appropriate to a range of difficulties and situations

Written by experts in educational and child psychology, this step-by-step guide is for any parent who is seeking suggestions and guidance on how best to support their child.

Helping Your Child is a series for parents and caregivers to support children through developmental difficulties, both psychological and physical. Each guide uses clinically proven techniques.

Series editors: Professor Peter Cooper and Dr Polly Waite

About the Author

Sandra Dunsmuir (Author)
Professor Sandra Dunsmuir is a qualified educational psychologist. She is Director of the Educational Psychology Group at UCL and Co-Director of the UCL postgraduate courses in CBT for Children and Young People. Sandra has had extensive experience working as an educational psychologist in four different local authorities and continues to practice on a regular basis with children, their families and teachers in school and community settings. Her research integrates empirical research and psychological theory with a particular focus on relationships and communication, parent-teacher trust, interventions to support children's learning and cognitive behavioural interventions.

Jessica Dewey (Author)
Dr Jessica Dewey is a Senior Educational Psychologist and Deputy Programme Director on the Doctorate for Educational and Child Psychology at UCL. Jessica has practiced in both large rural county authorities and city borough contexts. Her research interests include the teaching of children's thinking skills, the effectiveness of metacognitive interventions on learning and the use of Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) to enhance relationships and communication between adults and children across a range of needs and settings.

Susan Birch (Author)
Dr Susan Birchis a Senior Educational Psychologist with Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Educational Psychology. She is the Deputy Programme Director on the Doctorate for Educational and Child Psychology and the Course Co-Director for the CPD Doctorate in Educational Psychology at University College London. Susan's current interests include supporting the emotional health and well-being of children and young people, bullying and interprofessional collaboration. Susan is an AVIG-UK accredited VIG Guider.