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family diversity awareness
Great Cakes
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inclusive classroom strategies
Juvenile Literature
Multiple Sclerosis
Mummies Race
Pink Cake
Princess Castle
social emotional learning
Spoon Race
supporting children with ms
teaching about neurological conditions
Product details
- ISBN 9780863889981
- Weight: 76g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 20 Feb 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'My mum bakes awesome cakes' is a story book for primary school aged children. The story is about a small group of children. Leah's mum has a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. It creates an opportunity to talk with children about the symptoms of MS as well as other aspects of friendship like anxiety, competition, strengths and weaknesses and talking to each other. It includes a question on each page, eg, 'what do you like doing with your dad' and 'what makes you feel sad' to help discussion about all aspects of living with a relative with multiple sclerosis. It includes activity pages, a relevant word search, spot the difference and drawing pages that allow children to have fun as they talk about what is happening in their lives. This book will be useful for families, therapists, health professionals and teachers to use with children who have a relative with MS or with all children to raise awareness of a common health diagnosis as another example of diversity. "This book is fantastic, it is the perfect tool to start conversations with children. It gives straightforward explanations of symptoms without being too medical. This will be a great resource for families, teachers and health professionals". (Lisa black MS specialist nurse).
Jo Johnson has been working as a neuropsychologist for eighteen years. She worked for two decades within the NHS but now works as an independent consultant teaching and writing for several of the national neurology charities. Her specialist interests include brain injury, dementia and multiple sclerosis. She has written several books to meet the needs of children who have a parent with a neurological diagnosis including 'how to talk to your kids about MS' and my parent has a brain injury; a guide for young people'
