ACER Press - Parent Education, Mental Health and Special Needs
ACER Press publishes and distributes a comprehensive range of Parenting, Mental Health and Special Needs resources including:
- an extensive new range from the world's leading autism resources specialists, Future Horizons
- fun educational products from SuperDuper Publications
- and a large selection of titles covering infancy and early childhood, primary years, parenting, adolescence, mental health, special needs and more.
*Please note: Due to an increase in production and transport costs ACER Press has been forced to review prices. As of 1 January 2009 our prices will change and catalogues available for download on this site may not reflect latest prices. For current pricing, please refer to our Online Shop.
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*Please note: Due to an increase in production and transport costs ACER Press has been forced to review prices. As of 1 January 2009 our prices will change and catalogues available for download on this site may not reflect latest prices. For current pricing, please refer to our Online Shop.
Latest Releases
Towards Parenthood
Preparing for the Changes and Challenges of a New Baby
Jeannette Milgrom, Jennifer Ericksen, Bronwyn Leigh, Yolanda Romeo, Elizabeth Loughlin, Rachael McCarthy and Bella Saunders
Towards Parenthood has grown out of the work of the Parent-Infant Research Institute (PIRI), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving the emotional well-being of parents and infants.
This guidebook aims to assist parents manage the complex demands of parenting. An additional aim is to strengthen the couple relationship and the relationship between parents and infants. Skills in coping, problem-solving, enhancing self-esteem, assertive communication, bonding with your baby and understanding your baby's cues are presented.
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A Parent's Guide to Scholarship Tests
Rebecca Leech
The unavoidable truth is that many more students sit scholarship tests than there are scholarships available.
A Parent’s Guide to Scholarship Tests aims to help parents better understand scholarship tests so that they can help their child do their best when it counts.
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Teacher-Parent Collaboration
Early chlidhood to adolescence
Louise Porter
Teacher-Parent Collaboration: Early childhood to adolescence describes the skills teachers will need for productive collaboration with their students' parents. It employs a solution-focused approach which honours the diversity of families, respects the expertise of both parents and teachers and promotes authentic communication between them.
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A Parent's Guide to Learning Difficulties
How to help your child
Peter Westwood
A Parent's Guide to Learning Difficulties provides parents with a clear explanation of the numerous causes of children's problems in learning. The practical advice on methods for helping children in key areas such as reading, writing, spelling and mathematics can be implemented in home tutoring situations as well as in school. The emphasis throughout the book is on teaching methods that have been proved by research to be effective.
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1001 Great Ideas
For Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Ellen Notbohm and Veronica Zysk
Winner of the 2006 Teachers’ Choice Award, 1001 Great Ideas will quickly become your “go-to” resource. It’s full of try-it-now solutions that have worked for thousands of children struggling with sensory, communication, social, behaviour, self-care issues and more.
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Aspergers and Girls
Tony Attwood, Temple Grandin et al
Because the majority of those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders are boys and men, the voices of girls on the spectrum have been practically inaudible—until now. At long last, here is a book that provides women on the autism spectrum the opportunity to tell the world about their experiences, good and bad.
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Everybody's Different
A positive approach to teaching about health, puberty, body image, nutrition, self-esteem and obesity prevention
Dr Jenny O'dea
Weight and body image concerns in children and adolescents are increasing. Overall body dissatisfaction in young people has increased dramatically in the last few decades, with a heightened prevalence of dieting, eating disorders, obsessive exercise and steroid abuse.
Everybody's Different details how to apply a proven selfesteem approach in schools, community settings and clinical situations to improve body image conceptions, prevent eating disorders and obesity, and foster health, nutrition and physical activity in young people.
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The Millennial Adolescent
Nan Bahr and Donna Pendergast
Teachers play a pivotal role in the lives of adolescents. In a formal capacity, they are charged with the responsibility to educate young people to live as active, informed and engaged members of society. In aspiring to this vision, teachers perform as mentors and role models; collaborators and guides; disciplinarians and managers; assessors and designers.
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Say & Glue for Language & Listening Fun Sheets
Alyson D. Price
Your early learners have a chance to be in cut and paste heaven while they listen and learn six important language skills. Includes easy-to-follow instructions and extension activities.
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