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"The excellent Books Beyond Words series encourages
client empowerment in a dynamic way."
- British Journal of Learning
Disabilities
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Prof. Sheila Hollins
BBW Series Editor
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What are Books Beyond
Words?
Few picture books are available for adults and adolescents who
cannot read or who have difficulty reading. Fewer still provide
information and address the emotional aspects of difficult events
like the Books Beyond Words series. Each
specially commissioned book actively addresses the problems of
understanding that people with learning and communication
difficulties experience.
The stories are told through colour pictures that include mime
and body language, to communicate simple, explicit messages. These
help 'readers' to cope with emotions and events such as going to
the doctor, bereavement, sexual abuse and depression.
- People with learning disabilities trial every single picture
before publication to ensure they can be readily understood.
- Supporting text and guidelines are given at the back of each
book.
- The authors are all experts in their fields.
- Lists of resources and helpful organisations are provided where
appropriate.
Who
should use Books Beyond Words?
Books Beyond Words can be used
by:
- Anyone who understands pictures better than words.
- People with learning or communication difficulties.
- People with literacy problems.
- People for whom English is a second language when an
interpreter is not available.
- Anyone who speaks a different language.
- Relatives, friends, supporters and advocates.
- Teachers, social workers, health and legal professionals,
police officers.
"These books are powerful interpretive tools for anyone who
works with people with developmental disabilities"
- Developmental Medicine and Child
Neurology
"The acid test for these publications has to be whether or not
one would find them useful in clinical practice... my own answer
would be an unequivocal 'Yes'."
- Journal of Intellectual Disability
Research