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Mental Health Resource Kit
“Mental Health Resource Kit” serves as a guide to aid case workers in the mental health community to better serve clients with mental conditions. It covers essential areas such as:
• The most common mental health issues • The risk and protective factors of mental health
• Key recommendations and guidelines for case workers.
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Person-Centred Approach Kit
This Person-Centred Approach (PCA) Toolkit aims to inspire and equip caregivers to move towards the person-centred approach. You can apply the principles and tools featured across different eldercare settings. Presented in an easy-to-understand format and featuring four pillars – Philosophy, People, Place, and Programme – you will be led to understand the PCA rationale and concept.
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Got A Life?
This book is a collection of real-life stories of youths in their early to late teens. It is about their encounters with cyber issues and how they overcome them. Written in a candid way, each chapter captures different cyber dangers, such as gaming addiction, online scams and even sexual harassment. It also features problems youths face today, lessons learnt and practical tips from cyber wellness counsellors. For parents and teachers, the ready-to-use instructions will help them guide their teens and students to make safe, smart, and ethical decisions in the digital world, in order to stay cyber safe, and cyber well.
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P.O.S. Parents Over Shoulder
P.O.S or Parents Over Shoulder invites you to take a peek into your children’s digital life. Written from teenagers’ perspectives, through letters addressed to parents, you will have a better understanding of the digital world they live in and how to connect with them more effectively in this digital age. Tips from cyber wellness counsellors are also provided in this book to help you better understand your children’s online motivations, learn more about the invisible virtual world and introduce simple methods of connecting with them.
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Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is an inspiring collection of true stories. Honest, heartfelt and reflective, these stories give readers poignant glimpses of the raw emotions which the adoptive parents go through – unbearable pain, fears, anxieties, feelings of longing and despair – while celebrating their journey of unconditional love, courage, fulfilled dreams, hope and self-discovery. The book also addresses practical adoption issues like making a decision on adoption, the adoption process, and ways to care for adopted children. A first-of-its-kind in Singapore, “Our Very Own” is a vital resource book for adoptive parents and for service providers working in the area of adoption.
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The Joy Of Service
In this deeply personal and delightful memoir, Toi Boon How, in his inimitable wit, gentleness and grace, reminisces his over 80 years of his life – from his humble childhood kampong days to being a businessman and grassroots leader serving the community. Readers young and old from all walks of life will be able to take a leaf from Toi’s life story.
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Sculpture Square
This book tells the story of the first 15 years of SSQ: from the time it boldly redefined what an old dilapidated chapel could do to defining the visual landscape of Singapore.
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Clinical Supervision
“Clinical Supervision” offers various perspectives of clinical supervision, with rich anecdotal examples of actual supervisory practices. Written by authors who practise counselling and supervision in their daily work, this book is not simply a collection of theoretical ideas, but a
demonstration of how such ideas are experienced in supervisory challenges and practices. It is written with the aim of delivering the ultimate dividends for clients – their wellbeing.
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“Doctor, We Are Ready For Home”
This book serves as an important guide for many home caregivers. For some, bringing their loved ones home from a medical institution, such as hospital, presents both joy as well as a daunting challenge, especially when they do not feel adequately trained or equipped to provide the appropriate care. Written in a comprehensive, concise and easy-to-understand manner, author Ivy Low, a former nurse and now Founder of WhiteAngel Caregivers Consultancy, hopes this book will bring a sense of confidence, relief and real help to home caregivers. Some of the essential topics discussed are:
- Overview of the healthcare system in Singapore
- Sources of help and support available, ranging from the government to voluntary welfare schemes
- Costs and practical considerations such as meals for the lonely elderly, medical subsides, etc.
- How to train caregivers with practical skills
- Caregivers’ plans
The Pain-Free Desk Warrior
Feeling old? Always tired? Neck and back aches? Tried everything and nothing helps? You’re not alone. If you spend more than two hours a day at your desk, you’re like the millions of “Desk Warriors” all over the world who suffer from the same problem. Busy work schedules, technology and sedentary lifestyles cause a huge portion of the public to struggle with headaches, neck and back pain, low energy levels, mood swings and poor performance. The worst part of all? They think it’s normal.
Dr Gary Tho, a leading chiropractor in Singapore, is here to tell you it’s not. This book outlines six steps for busy business owners corporate professionals and executives to get out and STAY OUT of pain so you can work hard, play hard and leave fatigue and illness behind. Live a pain-free life. It is possible and I will show you show.
ISBN: 978-981-09-7512-8 (paperback) | 2015
SUBJECTS: Well-Being/General Health | 220 pages
Published by: Dr Gary Tho
Produced by: Write Editions