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Down’s Syndrome Association Week - special offer from Need2Know

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:26:30 +0000

From 15-21 March, Down’s Syndrome Association Week will be taking place. This awareness week is organised by the Down’s Syndrome Association, and this year is focusing on the need for balanced and accurate information on Down’s syndrome during pregnancy and diagnosis of the condition.

To show our support for the week, Need2Know are offering customers the chance to pre-order a copy of Down’s Syndrome – The Essential Guide at a special price of £5 + free p&p. Down’s Syndrome – The Essential Guide (by Antonia Chitty and Victoria Dawson) is due for publication on 1 June 2010. The special offer will end on 21 March 2010.

The book is packed with information, advice and guidance on how to cope with Down’s syndrome screening procedures and a diagnosis of Down’s syndrome during pregnancy or shortly after birth. As well as how your child will develop during the early years and how to help them during the primary and secondary school years. The book concludes with advice and information on moving towards adulthood.

Down’s Syndrome – The Essential Guide also includes helpful quotes from parents of children with Down’s syndrome and also from Susannah Seymen, information officer at the Down’s Syndrome Association.

Terms and conditions: Free p&p only applies to customers in the UK; special offer is for one week only, this price will not be available after 21 March 2010; your money will be debited at the time of purchase and your book will be sent to you on publication; please see FAQs for any other information.

Talking to teenagers - PSHE lessons

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:16:22 +0000

When it comes to talking to teenagers about drugs, bullying, healthy eating and relationships, it is essential to provide clear, comprehensive advice.

Finding this information in one place can be difficult.

Help is at hand.

Packed with practical advice and only the latest information, the books in the Need2Know series cover all the key PHSE subjects. Used by professionals, young people and parents, they are an essential resource for anyone wanting to talk frankly about these subjects.

You’ll find an A-Z guide to drugs and their effects, information on talking to young people about taking drugs, a comprehensive guide to all the STIs you can catch (with tips for talking to teenagers about the subject), facts and statistics about alcoholism (including a chapter for those living with an alcoholic parent), the low down on beating stress, tips on living healthily (with information for students about what to eat during exam time), facts about your contraception choices and information on diabetes.

Aimed at increasing the reader’s knowledge of these subjects – whether they’re a young person, parent or teacher – each book is packed with facts, statistics and real life case studies. All the relevant facts in one handy step-by-step guide!

Current titles include: Child Obesity – A Parent’s Guide, Acne - The Essential Guide, Student Cookbook – Healthy Eating, Autism - A Parent’s Guide, Asperger’s - The Essential Guide, Primary School - A Parent’s Guide, Secondary School - A Parent’s Guide, Anger Management - The Essential Guide, Stress - The Essential Guide, Drugs – A Parent’s Guide, Single Parents – The Essential Guide, Dyslexia – A Parent’s Guide, Applying to University – The Essential Guide, STIs – The Essential Guide, The Pill – An Essential Guide, Special Educational Needs – A Parent’s Guide, Divorce and Separation – The Essential Guide, ADHD – The Essential Guide, How To Pass Exams – A Parent’s Guide, Teenage Pregnancy – The Essential Guide, Bullying – A Parent’s Guide, Alcoholism – The Family Guide, Diabetes – The Essential Guide, Gap Years - The Essential Guide and University - A Survival Guide.

Call 01733 898103 or email sales@n2kbooks.com for more information.

New page for teachers

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:06:04 +0000

Information for teachers

Our books are used by primary and secondary schools across the UK – as a resource for teachers and as guides for parents.

Packed with practical advice and up-to-date facts, the books can be read from cover to cover in one go, or referred to as needed. Designed with ‘time saving’ in mind, the sub-headings and summaries enable you to find the information you need immediately.

Need2Know guides are ideal for:

An accurate ‘recap’ of a particular subject.
Lesson planning - contents cover key topics.
Resources for student teachers.
PSHE lessons - from bullying to applying to university!
Weflare & Support.
Assembly topics.
Teacher information.
Primary teacher resources.
Secondary teacher resources.
Parent and carer resources.

The Need2Know books are a range of ‘essential guides’ and ‘parent guides’, but you will find that they have been cleverly written so they can be used by a wide ranging audience – from parents and young people, to teachers and professionals.

Current subjects covered by the Need2Know range include:

Acne
Applying to University
Asperger’s Syndrome
Anger Management
Autism
Bullying
Child Obesity
Deafness and Hearing Loss
Depression
Diabetes
Drugs
Down’s Syndrome
Dyslexia
Epilepsy
Exams
Gap Years
Going Green
The Pill
Primary School
Secondary School
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Special Educational Needs
Stress
Student Cooking
Teenage Pregnancy
University Survival

If you visit each book page for the titles above, you can read in more detail about what is covered. Alternatively, drop us an email at sales@n2kbooks.com, and we’d be happy to provide you with further information.

Further information for teachers

Awareness weeks

We always run a special blog for awareness weeks, linking in relevant new titles. Below are a list of awareness weeks for March 2010. Make sure you revisist www.need2knowbooks.co.uk to keep up-to-date with relevant titles and awareness weeks.

MARCH 2010

National Bed Month
Insomnia – The Essential Guide

Marie Curie Daffodil Month
Cervical Cancer – The Essential Guide
Skin Cancer and Sun Safety – The Essential Guide (June 10)
Breast Cancer – The Essential Guide (Nov 2011)
Prostate Cancer – The Essential Guide (Feb 2011)

National Doodle Day (5 March)
Epilepsy – The Essential Guide

World Glaucoma Week (7-13 March)
Sight Loss – The Essential Guide (Dec 10)

Down’s Syndrome Association Week (15-21 March)
Down’s Syndrome – The Essential Guide (June 10)

Earth Day (20 March)
Going Green – The Essential Guide (Aug 10)

World Down’s Syndrome Day (21 March)
Down’s Syndrome – The Essential Guide (June 10)

World Purple Day (26 March)
Epilepsy – The Essential Guide

Links

These are regularly updated and added to each week.

Special discounts on bulk orders for schools

Discounts are offered for bulk orders. Call 01733 898103 or email sales@n2kbooks.com for details. We can offer an invoice option if you get in touch with us.

E-books

Many of our titles are now available as e-books. At only £4.00 per copy, they are an ideal resource for teachers.

National Bed Month

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:56:47 +0000

One in five people suffer from a lack of sleep in the UK, the Sleep Council have organised National Bed Month throughout March to promote good sleep practice and help us all get a good night’s sleep.

If you struggle to drop off, try some of the following tips to see if there is any improvement:

Create a bedtime routine to help your body prepare for sleep, make sure you do something relaxing for one hour before going to bed. Try not to watch television, check emails, do housework or exercise too close to going to bed as these are all stimulating activities.
Have a bath, this helps your body prepare as it will cause your body temperature to lower before bed which will help you to drop off. However, it’s important not to have a bath immediately before going to bed, the body needs a bit of time to regulate its temperature before bed.
Ask your partner to give you a massage before bed, or use self-massage techniques. This will relax the body and promote good sleep.
Exercising in the early evening can help you sleep, the body’s temperature will rise as a result of exercising and then regulate itself, this will lead to a lowering of body temperature just before bedtime.
Caffeine should be avoided from mid-afternoon as it can have a stimulating effect for up to 12 hours.
Try having a glass of milk around bedtime it contains calcium which soothes the nerves and promotes relaxation.
If you can’t sleep don’t lie in bed worrying about not sleeping – get up and do something non-stimulating and return to bed when you feel tired.

Visit www.sleepcouncil.com for more information on good sleep, buying a new bed and national bed month.

Compiled and extracted from Insomnia – The Essential Guide (Need2Know).

Anger management

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:33:05 +0000

This week sees the publication of Anger Management – The Essential Guide (available from Need2Know), anger is a universal problem and in the UK more than one in 10 people say they have trouble controlling their own anger. The Boiling Point report by the Mental Health Foundation also found that:

One in five people say they have ended a relationship or friendship with someone because of how they behaved when they were angry.
58% of people wouldn’t know where to seek help with an anger problem.

You should see your GP if you feel you have anger management issues, they may be able to suggest the right treatment for you and your circumstances. Treatments range from anger management classes, cognitive behavioural therapy to neurolinguistic programming and hypnotherapy.

However, if your anger management issues are not encroaching on your personal and professional life to the extent where you feel you need professional help, there are several DIY ways of coping with your anger on a day-to-day basis, some of which are listed below:

Exercising regularly – physical activity releases the ‘feel-good’ hormones we desperately need to feel happy about ourselves and others. Whether you take a regular exercise class, join a salsa dance group or simply go for a regular stroll in your neighbourhood, it’s all beneficial.
Eating properly – don’t underestimate the importance of having a healthy diet. Having a sugar high – and then a sugar low – can play an enormous role in many people’s moods.
Keeping a diary – writing isn’t for everyone, but many people find it an extremely cathartic way of getting their feelings under control. Keeping track of your moods can also help you pinpoint when you get angry and why, and hopefully stave off outbursts or bad feelings in future.
Talking to a friend – having someone who understands you well is a gift, and if you have one, why not take advantage of him or her? Often having someone there who really listens and understands is all you’ll need to put things into perspective.
Listening to music – calming music has been shown to slow down your heart rate and therefore help your entire body to relax.

Extracted and compiled from Anger Management – The Essential Guide by Wendy Sloane.

Why let drink decide?

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:00:27 +0000

Last month saw the government launching their ‘Why let drink decide?’ campaign to raise awareness of the potential consequences of drinking alcohol. It also encourages parents and adults to talk opening with children about alcohol, the effects of alcohol and issues surrounding it.

Three quarters of 11 to 15 year-olds say they would like parents to discuss alcohol with them, it is thought that children would understand the risks of alcohol better if the information was made available to them before they begin experimenting. There are many health risks associated with drinking alcohol, the most well known being liver disease, cancers of the mouth, liver and breast, depression, anxiety and infertility. There is also the more immediate consequence of putting your personal safety at risk by having one night stands, losing your belongings and not remembering the night when you wake up in the morning. The government’s advice for teens is:

Don’t drink alcohol before you’re 15 – it can interfere with the way your body develops.
The healthiest option is to stay alcohol-free until you’re 18.
If you’re drinking make sure there’s a responsible adult present.
Only drink every now and again – and certainly don’t do it more than once a week.
Never consume more than the recommended daily number of units for adults (which is 3–4 units a day for men and 2–3 units a day for women).

For more information on the Why let drink decide campaign visit whyletdrinkdecide.direct.gov.uk.

If you need more information of alcohol and the effects of alcohol visit www.drinkaware.co.uk, Know Your Limits or www.alcoholconcern.org.uk.

All statistics extracted and compiled from whyletdrinkdecide.direct.gov.uk and www.drinkaware.co.uk.

Child obesity and healthy eating

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:29:09 +0000

The school food trust has just released information that three quarters of school children are now taking vegetables or salad as part of their average school lunch.

This is good news as it means the numbers of children eating two of their five-a-day at school have risen from 59% to 74%. The overall amount of food being left on the children’s plates hasn’t increased, this shows that the vegetables and salad being taken are actually being eaten, children are also drinking a lot more water with their lunchtime meal.

The ideal proportions we should all be eating of the different food groups are as follows:

33% fruit and vegetables – as many different colours of these as possible.
33% bread, rice, potatoes, pasta and other starchy foods.
15% milk and dairy foods.
12% meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein.
8% foods and drinks high in fat and/or sugar.

For more information on how to look after your child’s weight, Child Obesity – A Parent’s Guide is available from Need2Know books for £8.99. The author, Judith Manson’s blog can be found at www.happyweightchildren.blogspot.com.

Statistics extracted and compiled from www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk and www.eatwell.gov.uk.

Need2Know seeks new authors

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:24:45 +0000

Need2Know is seeking new authors in the following areas:

Sports
Mountain biking
Ice skating
Fishing
Hockey
Netball
Football
Keeping fit – exercises and training
Weight Training

Health
Asthma
Arthritis
Foot problems and care
Kidney disease
Leukaemia
Food intolerance
Health over 50
Back problems
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Post traumatic stress disorder
Coronary heart disease
Eating disorders
Sciatica
Schizophrenia
Tourette’s syndrome
Huntington’s disease
Sleep disorder in children
Bipolar disorder

To submit a proposal, please read the ‘guidelines’ section of the website.

Stress Down Day

admin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:43 +0000

Friday 5 February 2010 sees the Samaritans organising Stress Down Day, this awareness day is designed to raise money so they can continue to answer calls from people in need of emotional support.

Stress is something that affects all of us at some point, a range of problems can cause stress in a person and one of the most common is work-related stress. The UK has the longest working hours in Europe, 1 in 6 of us work more than 60 hours a week and 29% of employees with high stress levels work more than 10 hours longer than they are contracted to do. So how do you achieve the right work–life balance?

Frances Ive’s book Stress – The Essential Guide has the following advice:

Try to avoid working late every day, even if it is company culture.
Don’t believe you’re indispensable and if you’re worried about something it is better to ask than to do it incorrectly or ignore it altogether.
Take your lunch breaks! Get out of the workplace, go for a walk, have something to eat or meet a friend so that you can switch off for a while.
Find out who the best person is to discuss problems with, or ask if your can be moved into a different department if colleagues are difficult to work with.
Be honest with yourself – if you’re always stressed in every job your do, perhaps there is a pattern developing due to your own way of doing things. It may not be the fault of your job.

Stress – The Essential Guide is available for £8.99 from Need2Know books.

To find out more about Stress Down Day, visit www.stressdownday.org.

World Cancer Day

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:11:44 +0000

Each year, over 12 million people receive a cancer diagnosis and 7.6 million die of the disease. Cancer is a preventable disease and to raise awareness and encourage Thursday 4 February 2010 is World Cancer Day. The UICC (International Union Against Cancer) want to focus on the things we can all do to prevent cancer:

Stop tobacco use and avoid exposure to second-hand smoke.
Limit alcohol consumption.
Avoid excessive sun exposure.
Maintain a healthy weight, through eating healthily and exercising regularly.
Protect against cancer-causing infections.

Here at Need2Know we are getting ready to publish Cervical Cancer – The Essential Guide, the author Mary Lunnen is a survivor of cervical cancer and urges people to attend their cervical screening appointments:

‘If my cancer had not been detected quite early through a routine cervical screening appointment, who knows what would have happened, it could have saved my life. Please do not miss your regular appointments, they are so important.’

Need2Know are also working on several cancer titles for 2010 and 2011, details of Breast Cancer – The Essential Guide, Prostate Cancer – The Essential Guide and Skin Cancer and Sun Safety – The Essential Guide. We have plans to expand this range of titles in the hope that raising awareness of these preventable diseases will help in the fight against cancer.