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TAKE3

Price:: £159.00
Code:: TAKE3

Skills and Strategies for Supporting Parents to Deal with Challenging Teenagers
A training pack with DVD and CD

Rosie Hill, TSA 2008

Take3 is a comprehensive new parenting programme now published for the first time after having been developed and used extensively over an eight-year period in Oxfordshire. This pack (for course facilitators) contains material for working with groups of parents of 10-18 year olds, including parents of at-risk of vulnerable young people. The course has two parts; a ten-session basic course plus ten extra sessions which can be used as optional 'add-ons'. The in-depth facilitator notes distil a wealth of expertise in working with parents of teenagers.

What does it cover?
Part One: understanding adolescence; encourgement; listening; parenting styles; boundaries and consequences; when adults disagree; neighbourhood and peer influences and self care etc.

Part Two: role of a parent; managing anger; dealing with abuse and criticism; being assertive with professionals; talking about sex, drugs and alcohol; sibling rivalry; coping with joined-up families; dealing with anti-social behaviour and more.

The pack contains two volumes, handouts on CD and the Teenagers in Trouble: Skills for Parents DVD.

ISBN: 978 1 871504 910

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ESCAPE & PARALLEL LINES

Price:: £73.20
Code:: ESC

ESCAPE & Parallel Lines

A Problem Solving Approach by Carole Pickburn, TSA 2003

Special Offer 40% discount £73.20 Normal Price £122.00 (offer ends on the 1st September)

Escape is a parenting programme designed for group work sessions. It can also be used in individual work with families and young people. It explores behaviour, attitudes, and responses. It helps parents and young people find a way to deal with problems and live together.

What does it cover? The pack includes comprehensive guidance on how to run ESCAPE and Parallel Lines. It shows you how to engage parents and young people and what to cover in visits to the families. It features step-by-step guides for six group work sessions for parents plus the content of six sessions for young people (Parallel Lines).

Parallel Lines covers similar material to that for the parents in ESCAPE but explores the issues from the young person's viewpoint

ISBN: 978 1 871504 521

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ESCAPE 138pp, Parallel Lines 62pp

CHALLENGING YEARS!

Price:: £69.00
Code:: CY

CHALLENGING YEARS!
A training programme for parents and carers of young adolescents by Sonya Hinton & Angela Taylor, TSA 2006

Ideal for all parents not just those experiencing difficulties. The course has four 2-hour sessions: understanding the teenage years; talking to teenagers; parenting styles; and dealing with conflict.

The pack has a manual for course facilitators plus a 20 page illustrated workbook for parents, which is also available on the accompanying CD.

The programme was originally devised and run in Suffolk for several years before being published by TSA, It helps adults look at their relationship with their young personas she/he moves into secondary school, faces new challenges and grows towards greater independence.

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ISBN: 978 1 871504 606

KEEPING THEM SAFE

Price:: £36.00
Code:: KTS

KEEPING THEM SAFE
Debi Roker and Stephanie Stace, TSA

HALF-PRICE £36.00 (previously £75)

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 TSA 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

The resource also includes a range of activities to use with parents, lists of useful resources and organisations, plus material to help evaluate work with parents.

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Ring Binder 97pp

ISBN 978 -1871504 675

TALKING ABOUT DIFFICULT ISSUES

Price:: £58.00
Code:: TADI

TALKING ABOUT DIFFICULT ISSUES TOOLKIT

Dr Lester Coleman and Dr Debi Roker, TSA 2004

I was intrigued when I encountered this resource. I found the information and statistics in section two to be interesting and helpful. They covered a wide range of relevant material.
Helen Winskill, Youth & Policy

The main aim of this Toolkit is to help practitioners to address difficult issues with parents. It is particularly relevant to those running parenting courses in the youth justice system. The two specific issues included are sexual health and substance misuse. The Toolkit has a number of key sections, reflecting what practitioners working with parents said that they wanted.

The Toolkit is not a course. It is, as the name suggests, designed to provide the 'tools' that practitioners can use to raise and discuss difficult issues. It lists group work tools and activities to open debate and discussion on difficult issues. These include case studies, quotes from parents and young people, and quizzes and games. Section 5 lists evaluation guidelines and materials that practitioners can use both to reflect on the usefulness of the Toolkit, and to get feedback from parents about sessions.

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Ring Binder 81pp ISBN 978 1871504 576 Funded by the Teenage Pregnancy Unit

8-11s TOOLKIT

Price:: £58.00
Code:: 8-11

WORKING WITH PARENTS OF 8-11 YEAR OLDS TOOLKIT
Julie Shepherd and Debi Roker, TSA 2007

This essential resource is for all those working with parents. It focuses on working with parents of 'pre-teens' i.e. those aged between 8 and 11, particularly around the move to secondary school. The Toolkit contains a wealth of information, resources and ideas. Topics covered include: What do parents of 8-11 year olds want? What are the options for working with this group? What training and support is available for workers? What resources are available to support workers, and parents? This Toolkit is invaluable for both experienced parenting workers, and those starting to work with this group of parents.

20% DISCOUNT FOR SCHOOLS

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ISBN 978 1871504 699

MOVING UP TO SECONDARY SCHOOL

Price:: £29.99
Code:: MUS

MOVING UP TO SECONDARY SCHOOL
A pack to help schools produce resources for parents of children going up to secondary school
Debi Roker and Julie Shepherd, TSA 2007

TSA has produced a 16 page TSA 'Guide' to support parents of children going to secondary school. (Going to Secondary School, Code: GSEC is available separately). This guide is now available as part of a pack of resources for primary schools. The booklet and CD-Rom enables schools to:

download the guide as it is from the CD-Rom
photocopy the guide from the copy in the appendix
or create their own version - by 'cutting and pasting' information from the booklet, or adding in information specific to the school

Funded by The Gulbenkian Foundation.

20% DISCOUNT FOR SCHOOLS

ISBN 978 1871504 828

GUIDE: GOING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL

Price:: £6.00
Code:: GSEC

GOING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL: A Guide for Parents
Debi Roker and Julie Shepherd
TSA 2006 GUIDE SERIES

12-page guide for parents with children in the transition stage between primary and secondary school. It covers: moving to secondary school; helping your child prepare; new words and phrases; managing homework; children's and parents' views and experiences; dealing with bullying; books and materials for children and parents.

ISBN 978 1 871504 804

TEENAGERS IN FOSTER CARE

Price:: £85.00
Code:: TIFC

TEENAGERS IN FOSTER CARE
Promoting Positive Relationships TSA 2007
A Training Course
Kevin Lowe, Jayne Hellett, Stephanie Stace, TSA

I have no doubt that this course will prove to be invaluable to foster carers and social workers who want to improve their ability to respond to the challenges that teenagers inevitably bring.”
Robert Tapsfield, Chief Executive, Fostering Network

This brand new programme fills a major gap - training material designed specifically for foster carers and social workers looking after young people. It is rooted in TSA’s research with young people, their foster carers and social workers. It consists of four sessions: Making sense of adolescence; Trust me - Developing positive relationships; Everyone has a past- Getting off to a good start; Making a difference - Promoting social relationships, education, health and wellbeing. This training manual provides all the material needed to run the course including a CD with PowerPoint slides and handouts

ISBN: 978 1871504 873

GETTING ALONG

Price:: £2.50
Code:: GEA

GETTING ALONG
A resource for young people in foster care 2007
Kevin Lowe, Jayne Hellett, Stephanie Stace, TSA

I like the content of the magazine as it gives useful advice on how to live your life as a foster child.
Young man

The magazine will prove to be a great resource (for) our social workers to use with foster carers to help them increase their understanding of what young people need and feel, and then to use the book with children in placement.
Fostering Manager

This high quality resource for young people in foster care is a companion resource to the training course Teenagers in Foster Care Promoting Positive Relationships. Packed with quotes from young people, foster carers and social workers it explores issues related to promoting positive relationships for young people in foster care. It covers: moving, trust, school, friends, social workers, living in foster families, health, sex, risky business and much more!

ISBN: 978 1 871504 880

SETS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE,
SET OF 10 CODE GEA10 PRICE: £30 ISBN: 978 1871504 897
SET OF 50 CODE GEA50 PRICE: £135 ISBN: 978 1871504 903

GETTING ALONG (SET OF 10)

Price:: £20.00
Code:: GEA10

GETTING ALONG
A resource for young people in foster care 2007
Kevin Lowe, Jayne Hellett, Stephanie Stace, TSA

SET OF 10 ISBN: 978 1871504 897

GETTING ALONG (SET OF 50)

Price:: £85.00
Code:: GEA50

GETTING ALONG
A resource for young people in foster care 2007
Kevin Lowe, Jayne Hellett, Stephanie Stace, TSA

SET OF 50 ISBN: 978 1871504 903

TEENAGERS IN THE FAMILY DVD PACK

Price:: £30.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)
Code:: TIFD

TEENAGERS IN THE FAMILY DVD
John Coleman, TSA & Dawson Films 2006

This new DVD pack with easy to use scene selection is designed to help parents understand more about teenage behaviour and development. It includes a number of acted scenarios, followed by discussion among a panel of experts. It coves six main topics: understanding teenagers; talking about sex; problems at school; staying safe; unsuitable friends; changing families.

Film approx 45 minutes

Free postage & packing for parents, please state when ordering

ISBN: 978 1871504 750

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE - DVD FACILITATORS PACK

Price:: £38.30 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)
Code:: TTFD

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE FACILITATORS PACK
John Coleman, TSA and Dawson Films

This best selling film features three families, played by actors, each with a teenager who is drifting into trouble. Suitable for use by groups wishing to discuss the more troublesome behaviours of young people. The following topics are covered: strong feelings; communication; boundaries; negotiation; parent disagreement; neighbourhood and peer influences.

The pack includes a 28 page Parents' Booklet and a 32 page Facilitators' Guide. The film is 45 minutes long and provides easy-to-use scene selection.

Separate Parents' Booklets are available to purchase so each individual on the course has their own copy.

Suitable for Training

ISBN 978 1871504 712

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE - VIDEO FACILIATORS PACK

Price:: £8.51 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)
Code:: TITF

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE - VIDEO FACILIATORS PACK
By John Coleman, TSA 2000

Special Offer Price - £10.00 Inc VAT (VIDEO ONLY), while stocks last.

A video pack designed for all parents as well as those working directly with teenagers in trouble.

Originally produced for Youth Offending Teams to help support their work with parents, either on Parenting Orders or on a voluntary basis.

Using acted scenarios and involving a group of parents issues raised include dealing with anger and other strong feelings, communication, boundaries, negotiation, parent disagreement, and the influence of peers and neighbourhood on drugs and other behaviours.

The production of this pack was made possible by funding from the Youth Justice Board.

This pack is suitable for those wishing to run parenting courses. It is recommended that you purchase additional Parents' Handbooks to enable everyone on the course to take a copy home with them. Price: £3.50 each Code: TITSB ISBN 978 1871504 705

ISBN 978 1871504 361 AVAILABLE ON DVD Code: TTFD

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE - DVD PARENTS PACK

Price:: £30.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)
Code:: TTPD

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE: Skills for Parents
DVD/VIDEO PARENTS' PACK

John Coleman, TSA and Dawson Films

This best selling film and accompanying book is for all parents with troublesome teenagers. Using acted scenarios and involving a group of parents, issues raised include dealing with anger and other strong feelings, communication, boundaries, negotiation, parent disagreement, and the influence of peers and neighbourhood on drugs and other behaviours.

If you are an organisation, we suggest you purchase our Facilitator's Pack Code: TTFD (DVD) Code: TITF (VIDEO). This includes a 32 page Facilitators' Guide to explain how to run an effective parenting course on the issues above. Separate Parents' Handbooks are available at £3.50 each to enable everyone on the course to take a copy awy with them. Code: TITSB.

Contents: 45 minute film plus a Parents' Handbook.

Free postage & packing for parents, please state when ordering

ISBN 978 1 871504 729

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE-SEPARATE BOOKLET

Price:: £3.50
Code:: TITSB

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE: Skills for parents

John Coleman, TSA, new revised edition 2006

PARENTS' HANDBOOK

This Handbook is part of the "TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE: skills for parents" course. It is recommended that the Handbook is available to enable everyone on the course to take a copy away with them.

Topics covered include: Strong feelings; Communication; Boundaries; Negotiation; Parent disagreement; Neighbourhood and peer influences; Help and support; Resources for parents.

ISBN: 978 1871504 415

SPECIAL 10% DISCOUNT AVAILABLE ON 10 OR MORE COPIES

WHERE TO LOOK FOR HELP 2nd edition

Price:: £15.99
Code:: WLH2

WHERE TO LOOK FOR HELP (2nd edition)
A guide for parents and carers of young people by Debi Roker, TSA 2007

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. This new Guide is a revised and updated version of the 2002 edition, which proved very popular with parents and professionals alike.

SPECIAL OFFER PRICE FOR PARENTS £8.99 plus free postage and packing

ISBN: 978 1 871504 866

YOUNG FATHERS PROJECT EVALUATION REPORT

Price:: £14.99
Code:: YFP

YOUNG FATHERS PROJECT EVALUATION REPORT
Enid Mordaunt, TSA 2005

This comprehensive report evaluates the work of the five different young fathers' projects that were part of TSA's Young Fathers Project undertaken between 2002 and 2004. The report identifies key ingredients for successful work with young fathers and includes extensive comments from project workers and young fathers themselves.

153pp

ISBN 978 1871504 620

SUPPORTING YOUNG FATHERS

Price:: £28.00
Code:: SYF

SUPPORTING YOUNG FATHERS: Examples of Promising Practice
Nigel Sherriff, TSA 2007

"This report will be invaluable to both workers and managers seeking to develop effective services for young fathers. It is full of good, practical ideas, and stresses that young fathers need to be engaged with, both systematically and on their own terms. It shows convincingly that when young fathers are offered reliable and sensitive support, the impact on them, their children and their families, can be profound"
David Bartlett, Fathers Direct

The key feature is its attention to the practical details that directly interest practitioners. It conveys the voices of those working with young fathers, and explores how practitioners can most effectively be helped on the often complex and difficult issues they have to deal with.

72pp ISBN 978 1871504 811

YOUNG MEN UNDERSTANDING FATHERHOOD

Price:: £28.00
Code:: YMU

Young Men Understanding Fatherhood

Andrew Cummings, Uk Youth

This toolkit provides essential reading for those running a young fatherhood programme with young men aged 13-19.

The programme’s 11 sessions and 44 activities cover: knowing ourselves and others; understanding values and beliefs; problem solving and risk taking; what it means to be a man; relationships; sex and sexual health; what babies need; being a good dad; dads and the law and safety and first aid. Activities have been piloted in a variety of settings including, parenting projects, leaving care services and YOI’s.

FOUR CARRIER BAGS & A BUGGY DVD

Price:: £22.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)
Code:: FCBD

FOUR CARRIER BAGS & A BUGGY DVD
Red Rose Chain 2006

This educational resource pack is for use with young people aged 14+ as part of a sex education programme and looks at the reality of being a young parent. The film documents the lives of members of a Young Parents' Support Group and the accompanying Teaching Notes give suggestions for exercises and areas for discussion. These include: having a baby; coping; the cost of living; relationships; depression and looking forward.

DVD plus Teaching Notes

GUIDE: WORKING WITH DISABLED PARENTS OF TEENAGERS

Price:: £6.00
Code:: GWDP

WORKING WITH DISABLED PARENTS OF TEENAGERS

By Julie Shepherd and Debi Roker
TSA 2008 Guide Series

Supported by a grant from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)

This guide aims to highlight some of the difficulties facing disabled parents of teenagers, and how practitioners can support them. It also looks at what parents say helps them cope with their teenagers, and some of the joys they experience as parents.

It is aimed at any practitioner who is working with disabled parents. Practitioners may be running parenting courses, one off regular events for parents, or providing advice services to parents.

Discount available for bulk orders, i.e. over 100 copies

ISBN: 978 1871504 934

GUIDE: TALKING ABOUT ALCOHOL

Price:: £6.00
Code:: GALC

TALKING ABOUT ALCOHOL
Information and support for the parents of young people by Louise Cox, Nigel Sherriff, Lester Coleman and Debi Roker, TSA 2006
Guide Series

Funded by the Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC)

This 16 page Guide aims to help young people and parents to communicate effectively about alcohol, in order to keep young people safe. It is based on research undertaken by TSA researchers during 2005. It is designed to provide information for parents, and to share parents' worries, ideas and 'hints and tips'. It will also be of use for practitioners working with the parents of young people.

Discount available for bulk orders, i.e. over 100 copies

ISBN: 978 1 871504 798

GUIDE: BLACK FAMILIES IN FOCUS

Price:: £6.00
Code:: GBF

PARENTING YOUNG PEOPLE

BLACK FAMILIES IN FOCUS by Pat Joseph, Debi Roker and Black Parents
TSA 2007 Guide Series

Funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

This 15 page Guide includes articles, information, advice, stories, and sources of support for Black parents and professionals working with Black parents, it is all about the experiences of supporting young people.

Discount available for bulk orders, i.e. over 100 copies

ISBN: 978 1 871504 835

GUIDE: BLACK PARENTS SPEAK OUT

Price:: £6.00
Code:: GBP

PARENTING YOUNG PEOPLE
Black Parents Speak Out by Pat Joseph, Debi Roker, and Black Parents
TSA 2006 Guide Series

Funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

This 12 page Guide contains information, articles and resources for Black parents of young people. Developed in collaboration with a group of parents, it is aimed at both Black parents and all those professionals working with them.

Discount available for bulk orders, i.e. over 100 copies

ISBN: 978 1 871504 767 TSA Guide

GUIDE: INFORMATION & SUPPORT FOR DISABLED PARENTS

Price:: £6.00
Code:: GDIS

PARENTING TEENAGERS
Information and Support for Disabled Parents of Teenagers by Simone Baker, Disabled Parents Network & Julie Shepherd and Debi Roker
TSA 2006 Guide Series

Funded by the Department of Education and Skills (DfES)

This 12 page Guide was produced in collaboration with Disabled Parents Network. It contains articles, information, and resources for people with disabilities, who are parents of teenagers. Most of the articles are written by parents involved in DPN and the newsletter is aimed at disabled parents and practitioners working with parents.

Discount available for bulk orders, i.e. over 100 copies

12pp ISBN: 978-1 871504 774