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"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is a captivating and thought-provoking novel that follows the extraordinary journey of Christopher Boone, a young boy with autism. Mark Haddon's powerful storytelling immerses readers in Christopher's unique perspective, unraveling a compelling mystery while shedding light on the complexities of human emotion and resilience.

"The Educators Experience of PDA" by Laura Kerbey provides invaluable insights for supporting students with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in education. Drawing from personal experiences and expertise, Kerbey offers practical strategies to meet the unique needs of PDA students, enhancing inclusivity and fostering positive outcomes for all learners.

"Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children" is a comprehensive and insightful guide that explores the complexities of PDA. Margaret Duncan, Zara Healy, Ruth Fidler, and Phil Christie provide valuable knowledge, practical strategies, and lived experiences to help parents, educators, and professionals better understand and support children with this unique profile of autism.

This affirming and thoughtful guide outlines how and why we need to fundamentally shift our thinking about neurodivergent people. We need to accept differences rather than framing them as a problem, abnormality or disorder. Welcome to the neurodiversity paradigm.

Approximately one third of child sexual abuse is carried out by children and young people themselves. There is growing public awareness of this issue as well as recognition among professionals that this is a key concern in the safeguarding of children. Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour raises challenging dilemmas around balancing risk management with the need to provide opportunities for social and emotional development. Strong feelings of anxiety may be present among professionals and considerable levels of shame and stigmatisation are often experienced by these children and their families. Allardyce and Yates focus on the importance of recognising that young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour are children first and foremost. They outline an individualised, trauma informed and systemic approach to working with these children and their families. In particular they suggest an approach that moves away from an exclusive focus on the psychology of the individual child towards a wider contextual understanding of the child and the meanings of their behaviour within their family and environment. The authors thus provide an overview of up-to-date empirical and theoretical knowledge about children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour to produce a practical text that is suitable for students and professionals working in child care settings.