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Call Me Evil, Let Me Go?

Sarah Jones (HarperCollins Publishers) A5 313pp Kids are Safe Here

Call Me Evil , Let Me Go is the shocking, but inspiring, true story of a mother's desperate attempt to save her children from a lifetime of misery and abuse. Sarah watched in agony as she saw each of her children beaten and force-fed. But isolated, and brainwashed, she was terrified about what would happen to her family if she tried to escape or speak out against the regime. Then she saw her 8 year old son Paul being brutally beaten and she faced a devasting choice: stay with her husband, and all she believed in, and continue to watch here children being abused, or flee into the world she believed was full of evil.

Can Anybody Hear Me Crying? Kids are Safe Here

Catherine Hope (CCPAS) A5 103pp

A moving account of a woman who suffered appalling abuse throughout her childhood at the hands of those who should have been caring for her.

Can We Have A Chat? Kids are Safe Here

Jon Langford (Grove Youth Series) A5 28pp

This helpful guides sets out the benefits of working one to one with young people, how to enable it to happen effectively, and how to put in place effective safeguards for workers and young people. It is essential reading for anyone wanting to build effective relationships with young people.

Celebrating Children Kids are Safe Here

Glen Miles & Dr Joesphine-Joy Wright (Paternoster Press) A5 439pp

This book provides effective, biblically-based material to equip people working with children in difficult circumstances. It is a unique synthesis of secular and Christian insights and research in key areas including understanding the child in context; listening; risk and resilience; holistic mission; and programme and staff development. An excellent book!

Christian Charities Handbook Kids are Safe Here

Paul Martin Inter (Varsity Press) A5 299pp

An invaluable guide to the legal and practical responsibilities associated with the governance and management of charities.

Forgiving the Impossible? Kids are Safe Here

Great Randle (Inter-Varsity Press) A5 144pp

Are some things just too difficult to forgive? Like child abuse at the hands of a trusted family friend? Greta Randle's story shows us that forgiveness is not only possible, but that it is hugely liberating for the victim.

God's Wheels Kids are Safe Here

John H Price (CCPAS) A5 161pp

The Bible says that ‘God rides the heavens’. If that’s so, is He interested in what I ride or drive? ‘His eye is on the sparrow’ may be wonderfully heart-warming to twitchers but the possibility that He also knows about ‘wheels’ is even more wonderful to me – and, I suspect, to others. So begins a journey that you are invited to motor along with .....’ .

This book draws on John's passion for vehicles, ranging from his first bike, motor scooters and a 'passable' black and white mini with red seats, and asks the question, 'Can a man love 'God' and 'wheels'?'

Helping Adolescents and Adults to Build Self-Esteem Kids are Safe Here

Deborah Plummer (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) A4 268pp

A photocopiable resource book filled with simple, practical and innovative ideas for the development and maintenance of a healthy self-esteem.

Helping Adolescents and Adults to Build Self-Esteem is filled with simple, practical and innovative ideas for supporting the development and maintenance of healthy self-esteem. Based on the author's clinical experience, the easy-to-use photocopiable activity sheets encourage participants to draw on existing skills and to develop new approaches to building confidence and feelings of self-worth. These exercises are suitable for work with individuals and with groups, and will prove an indispensable aid to building self-esteem in adolescents and individuals.

Helping Children to Build Self-Esteem Kids are Safe Here

Deborah Plummer (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) A4 285pp

A photocopiable resource book filled with simple, practical and innovative ideas for the development and maintenance of a healthy self-esteem.

This second edition of the highly successful "Helping Children to Build Self-Esteem" is packed with fun and effective activities to help children develop and maintain healthy self-esteem. Updated material has been added including a section on running parent groups alongside children's groups, as well as a brand new layout, fresh illustrations, an expanded theoretical section and extra activities. Based on the author's extensive clinical experience, this activities book will equip and support teaching staff, therapists and carers in encouraging feelings of competence and self-worth in children and their families. It is primarily designed for use with individuals and groups of children aged
7-11, but the ideas can easily be adapted for both older and younger children and children with learning difficulties.

Helping Children to Cope with Change, Stress and Anxiety Kids are Safe Here

Deborah Plummer (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) A4 142pp

This photocopiable resource is invaluable for anyone looking for creative, practical ways of helping children to cope with change, stress and anxiety.

Children who have difficulty coping with change or who experience uncomfortabley high levels of stress and anxiety often need help with understanding and managing their emotions. This creative book combines accessible theory with a wealth of games and activities designed to help children with these difficulties and build emotional awareness and resilience. It is primarily designed for use with individuals and groups of children aged 7-11, but the ideas can easily be adapted for both older and younger children and children with learning difficulties.

ITQ e-safety (Internet Safety) Course Handbook Kids are Safe Here

Ted Hastings (Leckie & Leckie) A5 96pp

This book is designed to support students undertaking the SQA ITQ e-safety Internet Safety qualification and covers each element of the course. It is also suitable for reference and for non-assessed teaching. Intermediate

New Shoes Kids are Safe Here

Rebecca Mitchell (Lion) A5 160pp

Being sexually abused is one of the most destructive events that can occur to someone, especially a child. It can lead to feelings of pain, shame and trauma which stay with a person throughout their life, damaging their adult relationships and preventing them from living life to the full.

This does not have to be the case, Rebecca Mitchell, who was sexually abused as a child by someone close to her, passionately believes that you do not have to be defined by your past. Whatever damage you have suffered in the past, New Shoes offers easy-to-understand, friendly and achievable advice and information for freeing yourself from the shadow of sexual abuse, and discovering hidden inner strength that will give you new choices, confidence and hope.

No More Hurting - Life Beyond Sexual Abuse Kids are Safe Here

Gwen Purdie (Christain Focus Publications) A5 170pp

This book is a Christain response to issues surrounding sexual abuse It is a frank and much needed look at a complex situation that affects many people. It offers real and positive answers - and practical help. Written by an experienced counsellor, this book will help quip those who have suffered abuse and those who counsel them.

Only You Can Do This Kids are Safe Here

Cerys Morgan (CCPAS) A5 167pp

Cerys writes movingly of her struggles to break free from the pressures of church leaders to keep the abuse she had experienced under wraps. It took great courage on her part and a steadfast faith in God to bring her to the point where she could inform the police of what she had suffered as a young person and eventually for justice to be done.

The final chapter of the book is written by the current Senior Leader of the church, who with fellow elders has faced up to past failings and gives clear advice about what to do when abuse is discovered.

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Public Image or Real Me (Poems) Kids are Safe Here

Pauline Pearson (CCPAS) A5 24pp

A sensitively written collection of poems that express many of the emotions and challenges faced by people who have been abused.

Responding to Challenging Behaviour Kids are Safe Here

Jo and Nigel Pimlott (Grove Youth Series) A5 28pp

A clear and practical study to challenging behaviour that looks at strategies for responding, from understanding the causes, creating the right culture, knowing how to respond immediately and in the longer term, right through to developing 'survival strategies' for workers

Secret Scars Kids are Safe Here

Abigail Robson (Authentic Media) A5 194pp

In this moving tale Abbie fights self-doubt, her urge for control and the demons of childhood scars to find her identity in a God who loves her.

Her story - starkly honest, at times frightening and ultimately inspiring - follows this gifted young girl through adolescence and into the depths of despair and beyond. She movingly describes her path to recovery and gives powerful insights into cutting as well as anorexia and bulimia.

Abbie has since set up Adullum Ministries, a charity that supports people who self harm, and runs workshops on self harm throughout the UK.

Self Harm - The Path to Recovery Kids are Safe Here

Dr Kate Middleton and Sara Garvie (Lion) A5 142pp

This practical and accessible book demystifies a subject many people find hard to understand, though self harm is an increasingly common feature of modern society. Suitable for carer and self harmer alike, it offers an encouraging companion along the path to recovery.

Kate Middleton is a Director of Anorexia and Bulimia Care and Sara Garvie Director of www.selfharm.co.uk. Both have extensive experience and expertise in this field.

Shame Kids are Safe Here

John Watson (Grove Pastoral Series) A5 28pp

This booklet reflects on the roots and reality of shame and how good pastoral practice can bring healing and wholeness. We are used to talking of sin and guilt in our churches. But a more pervasive problem is that of shame, with its complex roots in society as well as the individual, and its wide damaging effects.

Surviving Child Sexual Abuse - Supporting Adults in the Church Kids are Safe Here

Jeanette Gosney (Grove Pastoral Series) A5 28pp

There is now greater awareness of the issue of secual abuse both within and outside the church - as many as 1 in 4 of the average congregation may have suffered abuse in some form. But many are still unclear about the best way to respond.

This carefully researched study looks at how adult survivors might react to their experience, and particularly at how their view of God may have been afected. It offers practical ways in whihc churches can shape their teaching and worship in order to communicate God's love effectively.

Uncomfortable Reality Kids are Safe Here

Co-ordinated by Dr Marlene Hickin (CCPAS) A5 92pp

This book takes a candid look at the church's track record in facing reality and the often-devastating effects on family, friends and communities when churches or organisations are involved in denial and cover-up. It provides positive and practical models for addressing these far-reaching issues and once read, this book should leave the reader in no doubt that reality must be faced if healing and wholeness is to become an intrinsic part of church life, both individually and as a community of believers.

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Walk the Walk Kids are Safe Here

Tim Horton (Sanctuary) A4 80pp

A treatment supplement for sex offenders with christian beliefs. This book addresses Christian values and spirituality, while insisting that sex offenders be held accountable for their abuse. It shows that Christian salvation is synonymous with taking responsibility and getting help to control deviant behaviour. It also shows that spiritual power can be harnessed in the effort to do right.

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