Publications by Young Voice
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Buy all 5 divorce titles for £40, saving over 25% Add to basketNew! When Parents Part DVD Price £15 DVD and discussion
guide. A Young Voice film by Young people for parents and those working with
families. The guide, by a skilled mediator, offers pre-viewing discussion ideas
and scene questions to share with parents.
In this unusual
study, children rate their parents communication skills on matters to do with
their split and describe the issues of greatest importance to them. These
ratings are explored in relation to the child's own level of happiness. By
Emma McManus, 2007. A4 paper series, 20 pages. Reveals children's
responses and experiences when parents part. It throws light on what can be
done by parents, mediators or court workers to minimize the hurt, the long-term
effect and to help children to move on. Children and young
people will feel they are not alone when reading what so many others have said.
Adults will find insights in these pages. Parents Problems 2 Price £12 Looking Back At Our Parents
Divorce The sequel to the
bestselling 'Parent Problems!' asks what effect divorce has on young people's
lives several years later. From a remarkable qualitative longitudinal study of
the key factors affecting children when parents part. By
Bren Neale and Jennifer Flowerdew, 2004. Square design, 36 pages. Good To Talk Price £12 Offers a clear
discussion for adults on the ways they can approach talking to their children
democratically when going through a divorce. Used by mediators, family law
practitioners, parents, teachers and parenting groups. By
Bren Neale and Carl Smart, 2001. A4 paperback, 34 pages. |
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Parenthood Toolkit (2007) Price
£38 By
Adrienne Katz, David Stockdale A guide to providing
parenting support post release with direct input from young parents and services.
If you serve young parents post release or are planning to do so, this guide
will give insights into their views, needs and experiences. Out aim is to help
you design, commission and deliver a service. Includes a guide to evaluation
written specifically for this setting. Ideal for a wide range of services. New! Parenting
Under Pressure - From Prison to Parenthood Price £12 By
David Stockdale, Adrienne Katz, Claire Collis, 104 pages Evidence
from young parents in their own words with a comprehensive literature review. Tools to
use with young people to create fiction (2007) By
Michael Crowley with young offenders 'They see themselves
as caught up in stories, always the central character, the only character that
matters. The hope is that they get the sense to see that they can change it to
another story and that there are other characters with journeys that matter,
just as much as theirs'. Parenting Under
Pressure Prison (2002) Price £15 Here are moving first
person interviews from in and outside prison. In their own words hundreds of
prisoners and their families describe how they try to keep family ties alive.
Filled with ideas on how to cope, people talk though how they have come to
their own decisions whether or not to tell the children, how to handle the
school, deadline with neighbors, problems of visits and what happens upon
release. Stop
Hitting Mum (2003) Price £9.99 By
Dr Cathy Humphreys, 'Stop Hitting Mum' is
a book which crosses boundaries. Children and young people living with domestic
violence will immediately be able to identify with the stories of other young
people who live through the fear and confusion of domestic violence. Adults are
given a lens through which to hear and understand the world of children and
young people facing this experience. This book is a 'must read' for anyone
touched by domestic violence in either their work or in their home lives'. |
Below is a list of publications in alphabetical order available to order from Young Voice. Add products to your shopping basket or proceed directly to the order form
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Bullying In Britainby Young Voice in association with Oxford University, published 2000.Bullying in Britain - Testimonies from Teenagers. Over 7000 teenagers across Britain contribute through surveys and interviews revealing the secret world of bullying.
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Bullying: From Reaction to Preventionby Dave Brown, published 2004.Developing a non-punitive whole school strategy.
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Bullying: You Can help your childby Adrienne Katz, published 2006.This pack was developed by asking young people and their families about real life experiences. It details how to take action safely, how to help your child while you do so and gives a step by step guide with a sample letter to write to a school.
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Can Do Girlsby Adrienne Katz, published 1997.3000 young women describe what it's like growing up in Britain today.
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Good To Talk?by Bren Neale and Carol Smart, University of Leeds, published 2001.Conversations with children after divorce: new ways of 'seeing' children and post divorce childhoods.
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Hope and The Bulliesby Louise Alexander, published 2004The girl who drew the line at bullying. A picture book for young children to trigger discussions about bullying
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Just One MoreBy young people with Young Voice, Surrey Youth Development Service and Mouth That Roars released 2007Explores parental alcohol misuse and the effect it has upon young people. This educational resource offers a tool for work with and support young people. It offers a powerful message to deliver to parents or for training of practitioners. Aimed at schools, youth services, parents, parenting groups and others who might come into contact with young people or their parents in an educational or supportive environment.
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Leading Ladsby Adrienne Katz in association with Oxford University, published 1999.Views from 1400 young men on life in Britain from a male perspective.
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Parent Problemsby Bren Neale and Amanda Wade, University of Leeds, published 2001.Children's views when parents split up.
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Parent Problems 2: Looking Back on Our Parents' Divorceby Bren Neale & Jen Flowerdew, University of Leeds, published 2004The sequel to the best selling 'Parent Problems!' in which children talked about their experiences of their parents' divorce. The same young people speak several years later.
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Parenting under Pressure: Bereavementby Claire Collisand Adrienne Katz, published 2004This book explores parenting when there is bereavement in the family. 'The stories which cascade through the pages of this remarkable book shed all kinds of different lights on the way in which a death can affect us, and those around us'. Michael Morpurgo, Writer and Former Children`s Laureate.
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Parenting under Pressure: Prisonby Adrienne Katz, published 2002.Voices of prisoners and their families. Working to improve understanding of difficult parenting situations.
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Parenting Under Pressure: Young People - Prison to Parenthoodby David Stockdale, Adrienne Katz, published 2007Here is an opportunity to use this life changing event - the birth of a child as an opportunity to fashion a new future and set young offenders on a new path. This is a guide to any service working on resettlement. Parenting support post release is a vital component of successful resettlement. This toolkit has direct input from young parents and 30 services. It gives insights into young prison parents' views, needs and experiences. The aim is to help design, commission and deliver a service. Includes a guide to evaluation written specifically for this setting. Ideal for practitioners.
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Parenting Under Pressure: Young People - Prison to Parenthoodby David Stockdale, Adrienne Katz, and Claire Collis, published 2007.Evidence from young parents in their own words with a comprehensive literature review. Research shows that good family ties can reduce offending and that 'fateful moments' such as parenthood can be a trigger for desisting from offending. This book explores issues arising for young parents post release and looks at their need for support with parenting. This is a companion to a toolkit for services - a guide to delivering a service to these clients.
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Stop Hitting Mum!by a team from four universities led by professor Audrey Mullender, Warwick University, published 2003.Children's experiences of living with domestic violence and the type of help they want. 'This is a touching very readable account of fear and pain, stoicism and bewilderment, desperation and jope. Out of the mouths of children comes a troubling indictment of the grown-up tendency to look away and not become involved'. Nick Ross, a patron of Young Voice describes 'Stop Hitting Mum!'
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Stress: Tackling it with Teenagersby Adrienne Katz, published 2003.A new book available now about dealing with stress. Use in PSHE, for health workers, parents, youth workers and a range of those working with young people, as well as youg people themselves.
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Tales of Transition Video PackVideo 'The Big Change', by Jessie Sklair, 2004'Transitions within Transitions', by Lisa Brook, published 2004 'The Big Change' in 12 absorbing minutes the harsh reality of moving up to the new environment is revealed by pupils from 5 schools, in their own words. They entertain us with their wit and insights.
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The Gapby Adrienne Katz and illustrated by Harry Venning, released 2002Using humour and real life drama alongside thorough research findings, this offers a practical pack for all those working with teenagers choosing options, making decisions and moving to independence post-16.
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Thwarted Dreamsby Adrienne KatzA powerful study of young peopel`s aspirations and their dreams for the future. This powerful study offers the views of 2722 young people across Britain with a case study of a mainly Muslim community in a deprived area.
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What Sons Sayby Adrienne Katz in association with Ox, published 1999A resource for parents of sons who want a quick and easy read
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When Parents PartProject Director Adrienne Katz, published 2007.A Young Voice film made by young people for separating parents and anyone working with families. The guide offers previewing discussion ideas and scene by scene questions to share with parents.
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When Parents Part Research PaperIn this unusual study, children rate their parents' communication skills on matters to do with their split and describe the issues of greatest importance to them. These ratings are explored in relation to the child's own level of happiness.Issue 3 in the 'Young Voice matters', research paper series.
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Where is the Love?Young Voice, published 2006.'Where Is The Love' is a project undertaken in partnership with Surrey Youth Development Service to work with young people to address violence and controlling or manipulative behaviour in the dating relationship. Young people have raised the issue and led this brave and innovative work to produce a pack that is very popular with PSHE teachers and youth workers.
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Write Up Your Streetby Michael CrowleyThis remarkable book discusses fiction as a tool in work with vulnerable young people. Writer in residence at Lancaster Farms, Mike Crowley has written of his attempts to teach creative writing to young people in the criminal justice system. The methods he used would be valuable in work with any group of young people but work particulary well to engage those at risk. 'Mike has a gift for working with young people on their level, while gently pushing the boundaries of their imaginations and capabilities. Foe those whose voice in society is often not heard, the techniques discussed in this book can encourage eloquent and poetic expression of joys, hopes, fears and dreams'. Jodie Lamb Head of Education Oldham Coliseum Theatre
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Young Voice Matters: Transitions within Transitionby Lisa Brook, published 2004.Explores the nature of the different types of change: social, organisational and personal experienced within transition.
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Young Voice Matters: When Parents Partby Emma McManus, published 2007When Parents Part: a research paper on children's assessments of their parent's communication skills and their effect on the child's well-being. This quantitative study explores how children rate their parents' communication skills and relates these to their own happiness.
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Young Voice Matters: Young Victims of Crimeby Lisa Brook, published 2004.Analyses how young victims of crime are currently overlooked in the crime reduction field. It takes a look at the consequences of a lack of sufficient data collection on young victims of crime.
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Bullying: From Reaction to Prevention
Bullying: You Can help your child
Buy all 5 divorce titles for £40, saving over 25%
Buy all 5 young prison titles for £60, a 30% discount
Buy the 3 new young prison parent titles for £45, a 25% discount
Can Do Girls
Good To Talk?
Hope and The Bullies
Just One More
Leading Lads
Parent Problems
Parent Problems 2: Looking Back on Our Parents' Divorce
Parenting under Pressure: Bereavement
Parenting under Pressure: Prison
Parenting Under Pressure: Young People - Prison to Parenthood
Parenting Under Pressure: Young People - Prison to Parenthood
Stop Hitting Mum!
Stress: Tackling it with Teenagers
Tales of Transition Video Pack
The Gap
Thwarted Dreams
What Sons Say
When Parents Part
When Parents Part Research Paper
Where is the Love?
Write Up Your Street
Young Voice Matters: Transitions within Transition
Young Voice Matters: When Parents Part
Young Voice Matters: Young Victims of Crime
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