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Special Educational Needs: A Parent’s Guide has just been reviewed very favourably in Cerebra’s newsletter.

“This is a very straightforward book with easy-to-follow information and advice for parents. The many areas covered include speech problems, family life, housing and finance.

“Each chapter explains the issues and provides tick box lists to help apply it to your own child’s situation. Photocopyable charts help to deal with issues such as behaviour.

“Every chapter is clear, to the point, and very helpful. An appendix lists charities, support groups and government help. A great resource.”

Special Educational Needs: A Parent’s Guide by Antonia Chitty and Victoria Dawson has just been reviewed in the Dyspraxia Foundation newsletter. The review reads, “This book is part of a Need to Know handbook guide series designed to be an easy to use reference handbook for families.  It provides an excellent starting point for any parent wanting more information when faced with the possibility that their child might have special educational needs.

“The layout and design is really friendly and easy to understand. I found the early part particularly helpful dealing with the difficulties children may face and where to go for advice on each special needs diagnosis. Positive practical advice on issues such as sleep deprivation, education and behavioural problems are included in the book. It also offers suggestions on subjects ranging from ‘who can help’ when faced with che hallenges of finding the best eduction for your child to ‘how to cope within the family’.”

You can buy the book from www.need2knowbooks.co.uk

Reviews are starting to come in for Special Educational Needs: A Parent’s Guide. This one is from TotztoTeens
Special Eductional Needs: A Parents Guide by Antonia Chitty & Victoria Dawson
ISBN: 978-1-86144-057-0 £8.99

As many as one in five children may at some time need extra help with their education, but does this mean they have Special Educational Needs?
Using expert advice and the latest information, this book brings together the facts on Special Educational Needs, looking in detail at the different types of additional needs and how parents and carers can cope with it in daily life.

Find out which professionals can help, how to get through the ‘system’ and gain support, how to handle behavioural difficulties at home and school, and how to get the best education for your child’s needs.

Whether you are worried about your child’s development or work with children and want to know more about the subject, this book will guide you through helping a child with special educational needs.

Totz2teens Member Review: Wondering if your child has special educational needs is a complicated and difficult time for any parents. Reading this book was very helpful. It is clearly written and explains some of the different difficulties that children could be facing. Even eyesight problems are covered within this book. The way the book is written is so helpful as it is easy to understand and to pick it up as necessary. Totally a useful book and happy to recommend it.

Totz2teens Member Rating: 5/5

Emma Jones of Enterprise Nation has a brand new book out, and has some tips to share if you want to run a successful home business:

1. Do something you love. Let your business idea be based on a passion, hobby or skill. That way it will never really feel like work! (more…)

I’m a fan of book review site Trashionista, and was delighted with their review of Family Friendly Working.

“the book is filled with good ideas, tips and advice.  It’s a good read and a great starting point for anyone wondering how to achieve that work/life balance.”

Visit the site for the full review.

Many parents strive to find the perfect balance between looking after the family and working, but it’s not always easy. In this book, Family Friendly Working, author and working parent, Antonia Chitty, explores the many options available for parents who want to successfully work and still have plenty of time to spend with their family. Over the course of 10 chapters, Antonia look at ideas for finding work, different types of work – such as using your existing hobbies as a catalyst for transforming them into paid for work, developing services you can sell, selling products or joining a franchise – and ways of building your business or work once you’ve hit on the perfect idea for you. Throughout the book are great real life examples of other parents who’ve been there and done it, plus lots of useful tips and contact details of relevant companies. The tone is upbeat and chatty, but chapter 10 does offer advice for when you’re struggling to make things work. Overall, it’s a very useful guide for any parents contemplating fitting work around children, those already doing so and anyone looking for inspirational working ideas.

Buy the book here

You may have missed out on the competition, but you can still buy Denise Tyler’s book, Working Mothers. It is a great read, especially if you are a guilty juggling mother like me.

I’ve read a couple of reviews of The Compleat Woman, 20 years after this portrait of woman who ‘had it all’ was written. Valerie Grove selected women with high flying careers, three or more children and who had stayed married for 25 years plus - a pretty tall order. It makes me look at my life, partly in a ‘how do I match up’ kind of way, but also assesssing ‘what do I want from life’? I think one of the questions asked by the book, ‘can she have it all’ is still pretty relevant today. My answer is no: even those women who think they have it all are missing out on some stuff.  (more…)

I’m in the Bexhill Observer this week after the launch of Family Friendly Working, and just did a short interview this morning on BBC Radio Solent. It’s nice to be back on the radio again - hopefully there will be a few more interviews in the next few weeks. The Radio Solent researcher found me on Expert Sources - check it out if you want to be called on as an expert.

Many thanks to Linda Baldwin for posting the first customer review for Family  Friendly Working on Amazon. She says, “A lovely book written by someone who has actually applied the advice and principles within this book herself as a mum who works from home. Discarding the rose-tinted specs, Antonia includes both high and low points of being a home based working parent by including many real-life examples of a truly broad range of flexible working parents, from party-plans to teleworking, freelancing or setting up a new business from scratch. Franchises and flexi-time are also covered in this wonderful book - a must read for every parent who is working and wondering how to spend more time with their family, as well as parents who are at home with their familes yet seeking a way to return to work or embark upon a family friendly career. ”

Cheers Linda!