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The Teenage Girl’s Guide to Living Well with ADHD
Improve your Self-Esteem, Self-Care and Self Knowledge
Sonia Ali
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Have you ever been told you are chatty or fidgety at school?
Do you have a constantly whirring mind?
Do you ‘tune out’ and daydream or find it hard to pay attention?
ADHD can impact your life in many ways. This positive, self-affirming guide will increase your knowledge about ADHD and empower you in your daily life.
The chapters are full of tips, tricks and life hacks so you can better manage your time, harness your creativity, energy and enthusiasm, and make more time for fun! Reflection activities and quizzes will help you better understand yourself and learn strategies on how to manage the intense emotions of rejection sensitivity. You’ll learn the fundamentals of great self-care and how to look forward to life beyond school.
Learn how ADHD brains work, and tricky concepts like executive functioning. Quick chapter summaries let you pick which sections are most relevant to you right now, and the strategies and visuals are designed for ADHD brains and can be used with support from parents, mentors or teachers.
The Teenage Girl’s Guide to Living Well with ADHD gives you all you need to build on your strengths and overcome challenges to fully embrace who you are and live your best life.
‘Hurrah for this book full of “aha!” moments and practical ideas aimed specifically at teenage girls with ADHD. This book celebrates strengths and navigates challenges all in a highly accessible (but never condescending) format which is perfect for dipping in and out of.’ Pooky Knightsmith, author of The Healthy Coping Colouring Book and Journal
ADHD, Tics & Me!
A Story to Explain ADHD and Tic Disorders/Tourette Syndrome
Susan Ozer and Inyang Takon
Illustrated by Sophie Kennedy
Meet 9-year-old Jaime. Jaime has both ADHD and a tic disorder. Find out how these two conditions make him feel, how he was diagnosed, and how he has learnt to relieve his ADHD symptoms and minimise his tics. Jaime also explains how friends and adults can help at home and school. Other characters in the story share their unique experiences of ADHD, tics, or both, and the different ways the condition can present. The gentle reminder that others share these conditions helps children better understand ADHD and tics and increases self-esteem.
Dyslexia and Me
How to Survive and Thrive if You’re Neurodivergent
Onyinye Udokporo
Rising star entrepreneur Onyinye Udokporo shares her story of being young, black and dyslexic in a society where dyslexia was presented as a white male issue, and shares tips and strategies that enabled her to thrive in the face of adversity.
‘Onyinye thank you, for your openness and vulnerability in this book by sharing your highs and lows, it makes this book, so real and authentic as well as touching on wellbeing and self-care within the dyslexic journey.’ Marcia Brissett-Bailey, Observer of the BDA Executive Board and co-founder of the BDA Cultural Perspective Committee (Chair) s ep 2022 | £12.99 | 12–99 ye A rs | 208pp | p B | I s BN-9781787759442
Mission Dyslexia Find Your Superpower and Be Your Brilliant Self
Julie McNeill, Rossie Stone and Paul McNeill
Illustrated by Rossie Stone
Fun interactive book with three superhero characters representing dyslexic strengths (Creatia, Willforce and Persisto) for dyslexic kids aged 7-11.
The Bigger Picture Book of Amazing Dyslexics and the Jobs They Do
Kathy Iwanczak Forsyth and Kate Power
Foreword by Paul Smith s ep 2020 | £15.99 | 12 ye A rs | 200pp | p B | Be A ut I fully I llustr Ated IN full colour w I t H p H otos of t H e A m A z IN g dyslex I cs At work | I s BN-9781785925849
Funny and beautifully designed, packed with photos, this book puts amazing dyslexics and the jobs they do under the spotlight. The reader draws inspiration and insight from the stories which highlight the dyslexics’ low and high points, people who inspired them, their coping strategies, strengths, eureka moments and advice to younger selves.
Mission Dyslexia gently empowers children to develop strategies suited to their own unique strengths. This positive fully illustrated book, with draw in pages, will encourage children to use their own strengths and talents to build their self-esteem and develop the self understanding and coping mechanisms to thrive at home and school.
Fun Games and Activities for Children with Dyslexia
How to Learn Smarter with a Dyslexic Brain
Alais Winton
Illustrated by Joe Salerno
Fun, creative strategies to help with literacy and numeracy for children aged 7+ with dyslexia mA
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How to Learn Smarter with a Dyslexic Brain
Alais Winton
Illustrated by Hannah Millard
More games, strategies and activities from Amazon bestselling author Alais Winton for dyslexic children aged 7+ to build skills in literacy and numeracy
200 Tricky Spellings in Cartoons
Visual Mnemonics for Everyone - UK edition
Lidia Stanton
A collection of 200 memorable mnemonics to help students actively learn and effortlessly recall tricky spellings
‘A brilliant spelling book that uses cartoons and comedy to help you remember how to spell tricky words. We wish we had this book at school!’ Kate and Kathy, Authors, The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and Its Amazing People
J AN 2021 | £13.99 | 7–99 ye A rs | 272pp | p B | 240+ B r AN
I llustr At I o N s | I s BN-9781787755420
GCSE Maths for Neurodivergent Learners
Build Your Confidence in Number, Proportion and Algebra
Judy Hornigold and Rose Jewell
We all have to take GCSE maths, but that doesn’t mean we all find it easy! If you have been struggling with maths and find working with numbers particularly tough, this is the go-to GCSE maths study guide to help you ace your exams.
This is the first GCSE maths study guide (covering number, proportion and algebra) that uses engaging multisensory methods of learning for students with specific learning differences. It offers unique insight into why you may find maths extra challenging and gives practical advice on how you can adapt your studying processes to suit the way that you learn best.
With a range of study strategies and fun activities, the guide covers topics from fractions, multiplication and division to algebra, quadratics and percentages. With everything tailored to suit young people who think and learn differently, this GCSE maths study guide has all you need to improve your maths skills...and maybe even learn to love maths!
‘The study guide covers fundamental topics in a straightforward, easy to follow way with useful visual images and practical examples to aid understanding. A ‘must have’ resource.’ Catherine Eadle, The Dyscalculia Network
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I llustr Ated w I t H colourful dyslex IA AN d N d fr I e N dly l Ayout | I s BN-9781787757004