Young People In Focus

TEENAGE SUICIDE & SELF-HARM TRAINING PACK with audio CD

John Coleman, Young People in Focus 2004

"will aid interactive training and group discussions...a good start to open up a growing field within mental health that is at last increasing in public awareness."
Young People Now

It is based on interviews with young people, parents, friends and workers in the field, and offers five sets of training exercises. These cover:

- understanding suicide and self-harm

- recognising risk in relation to suicide and self-harm

- responding to self-harm behaviour

- working with family and friends

- the impact on the professional


Each training exercise takes in the region of 2 hours to complete and the material includes ideas for further work, and a resource list. The pack is accompanied by an audio CD which contains the full transcript of all the interviews.

ISBN: 978 1871504 538

WAVELENGTH
Josie Melia, Young People in Focus, 2005

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Wavelength contains 140-pages packed with practical ideas for engaging with young people. It covers 50 different techniques such as making lists, an ideas exhibition, using scenario cards, drawing relationships, a graffiti-wall, diamond ranking, dot voting, freeze the scene, sculpting and non-verbal language. It explains how these techniques work and provides suggestions of when to use them. The methods suit both group-work and work with individuals.

"In my opinion [the approaches in Wavelength] can be adapted to suit any situation. I will consult with this book on a regular basis, and am looking forward to exploring the vast range of activities provided in it." Martin Bellew, Guidance Counsellor, Navan Travellers' Education Centre

ISBN 978 1871504 583

WHERE TO LOOK FOR HELP
(2nd edition)

A guide for parents and carers of young people by Debi Roker, Young People in Focus

Funded by Dept for Children, Schools and Families

This Guide is aimed at all parents and carers of young people, as well as the professionals that support them. The Guide includes sections on: what type of information or support do parents want?; a list of all the main helping organisations, divided into key categories; a list of organisations providing support to young people - this is for the many parents who want information for their son or daughter as well as for themselves.

SBN: 978 1 871504 866

UNDER THE INFLUENCE
A film promoting alcohol awarenesss

Red Rose Chain

A film and resource pack promoting alcohol awareness. Under the influence DVD is a unique short film developed, written by and starring young people from The CYDS Project in Leiston.

Guidance Notes:
Concise, easy-to-use presentation cards with suggestions for exercises, areas of discussion and information about alcohol.

Adnams has supported this project as part of their inititative to promote sensible drinking.

EMOTION WORKS

Eddi Piper and Sue Shaw, Young People in Focus

NEW

This resource is based on the work of the Youth Voice Peer Power programme at Young People in Focus. The worksheets have been developed with young people who have shared their ideas, thoughts and feelings about emotional health and wish to pass on their experience to help others. This pack includes a CD rom containing a collection of easy to use ‘worksheets’ to print out, together with tips and suggestions on how to use them.

KEEPING THEM SAFE
Debi Roker and Stephanie Stace, Young People in Focus

This unique resource is designed to enable practitioners to help parents keep their young people safe. It focuses on 'monitoring and supervision' in families and addresses key issues raised in the government's recent Staying Safe consultation and Action Plan. Based on Young People in Focus research with young people and parents, the toolkit covers:

- how parents know about their young person's activities and whereabouts
the role of communication and parenting styles

- monitoring areas such as social life and friendships; education; media (internet, video games etc); smoking, drugs, sex and alcohol

- the significance of wider support networks

To view sample pages of this toolkit go to 'about our publications' and follow the links

ISBN 978 1871504 675

Living It! A powerful teaching resource on homophobic bullying
Andrew Mulholland & Marie Bisset

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Homophobic bullying in schools is a nationally-recognised problem, and this resource pack has been produced to help teachers tackle it. The pack encourages schools to build on existing expertise in PSHCE and related areas of the national curriculum. Pack includes a 20 min DVD and resource guide.

Eating Disorders
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People

Simon G. Gowers and Lynne Green, Guildford Press

Eating Disorders provides the clinician with an introduction about how CBT can be used to challenge beliefs about control, restraint, weight and shape, allowing young people to manage their eating disorder.

Flesh Wounds?
New ways of understanding self-injury

Kay Inckle, PCCS Publishers

This book of research-based stories about self-injury explores the meaning and purpose of self-injury in an individual's life; the experiences that might lead to self-injury; and which approaches and responses to self-injury are helpful and which are not. It is intended to be a resource for people who hurt themselves and for those who live and work with them.

SELF-HARM: YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT
Sheffield City Council Women's Committee, Young People in Focus 2001

A booklet which contains young people's thoughts on why they self-harm and offers advice on coping strategies.

SELF-HARM: YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAKING OUT
Sheffield City Council Women's Committee, Young People in Focus 2001

SET OF 4 BOOKLETS

Also available in single copies Price: £4.00 Code: YPSO

NEW APPROACHES TO PREVENTING SUICIDE
A manual for practitioners
Edited by David Duffy and Tony Ryan, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2004

Explores the links between self-harm and suicide and offers a wealth of practical guidance on issues such as risk assessment and management in a range of settings.

Includes an analysis of the rate and causes of suicide among specific groups, including black and minority ethnic groups, people in custody and people with mental illnesses.

This book provides information needed to make a positive contribution to suicide prevention in institutional and community settings.

Emotional Health and Wellbeing:
Activities and resources to support young people

Belinda Heaven, Teach to Inspire

This resource helps teachers engage young people in stimulating discussion and activities. Successfully trailled, its fous is on the following SEAL areas:

- social skills
- empathy
- motivation
- managing feelings
- self awareness

The pack is designed to:

raise awareness about the importance of mental health

explore common sources of stress such as bereavement, bullying, starting a new school, moving house and relationships

help create a comunnity that takes positive steps to promote and protect emotional health and wellbeing

All the necessary resources are provideed in the book or can be printed from the
CD-ROM.

ISBN 9781906517083

Child and adolescent mental health today: a handbook

Catherine Jackson, Kathryn Hill and Paula Lavis, Pavilion Publishers

This handbook introduces the subject to the wide array of frontline workes in health, education and social services who have regular contact with children and young people, and need some knowledge of the mental health issues that affect them, and the services available.

The handbook is divided into five sections:
- an overview of child and adolescent mental health policies and service structures
- maternal and infant mental health
- children's mental health
- adolescent mental health
- diagnoses and treatment

ISBN 978 184 1962 269

WHEN PARENTS PART DVD
A Young Voice film made by young people for separating parents and anyone working with families.

The purpose of this film is to help and support children and their families going through the experience of parental conflict and relationship breakdown.

In the film we see four scenes in the life of a family - from the point of view of the children, Maya, Joe and little Sasha. Here is the opportunity for mediators, parent group facilitators and all those working with parents, to share these messages from young people and explore how parents can respond.

This pack includes a DVD and discussion guide
Film approx 16 minutes

JUST ONE MORE DVD
Young people explore parental alcohol misuse.

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Young Voice film

There is a lot of education around young people using alcohol and binge drinking, however questions aren't asked about a parent's drinking.

Parental alcohol misuse is often hidden. Young people do not like people talking about their parents, are protective towards them, and their drinking is often a source of shame. The DVD brings out the issue of teenagers becoming young carers because they hide the fact that their parents misuse alcohol.

Film approx 16 minutes pack also includes a discussion guide.

ADOLESCENCE AND HEALTH
Wiley, Editors: John Coleman, Leo B. Hendry & Marion Kloep

"As Minister for Children in Wales, I am delighted to commend this topical and significant book" (Jane Hutt, Welsh Assembly Government)

Adolescence and health begins by examining topics such as sexuality, eating disorders and the use or abuse of substances, and then moves on to wider discussions including the best way to promote health or provide clinical services to a group who are neither fully adult nor children.

YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEER SUPPORT
How to Set Up a Peer Support Programme by Marilyn McGowan,

Young People in Focus, 2002

"All in all an excellent no frills starter pack which should be welcomed by any school trying to promote "citizenship" via self-esteem, emotional well-being and respect for self and others." Raymond Simpson, Chartered Educational Psychologist, Counselling Trainer and Supervisor

This manual provides supporting materials for setting up a peer support service with young people. It gives practical advice and guidance and includes: Setting up the infrastructure; Getting started; Recruitment; Training; Communication; Monitoring. It also considers common problems and provides a range of training materials which can be photocopied..

ISBN 978 1871504 460

TRAINER'S MANUAL- UNDERSTANDING YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHALLENGING BEHAVIOURS

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Andrew Cummings, UK Youth

This training manual has been designed to provide trainers with the material they will need to deliver a two-day training course for those who work with young people, on the theme of understanding young people’s challenging behaviours.

The manual provides the trainer with a detailed training programme, including numerous activities such as role plays, discussion starters and theoretical input.