Our leaflets
You can download free pdfs to view and print out these publications. Please use a colour printer if possible.
Printed copies of the leaflets and poster/leaflet in batches of 100 copies, as well as mixed packs, can be purchased. Please go to the Orders page for details and prices, and to download our order form.
Evaluation
The Understanding Childhood leaflet series was evaluated in May 2002 and changes were made to reflect the results. Evaluation demonstrated that the leaflets are both effective in bringing about change and highly appreciated by parents and professionals. A report and summary of the evaluation process can be downloaded.
Understanding Childhood leaflets, booklet, poster
A series of 4 and 6 page A4 full colour leaflets, an A4 poster/leaflet and a 20 page booklet written by experienced child psychotherapists to give insight into the child's feelings and view of the world and help parents, and those who work with children to understand and make sense of their behaviour.
Used by many thousands of parents, parenting organisations, health visitors, doctors, teachers, childcare and play practitioners, students and health educators.
- Your new baby, your family and you
- Becoming a parent stirs up feelings, hopes and fears which can take you by surprise. Knowing this could happen may help you manage these thoughts and feelings.
4 page A4
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- Crying and sleeping in the first months of life
- Crying and sleeping problems can be very common in the first year of life. This leaflet explains why this is so. Gives straightforward advice for parents.
4 page A4 - Download PDF
- Post natal depression - a problem for all the family
- Having a baby is meant to be the most exciting and joyful experience you'll ever have. But you may be surprised and alarmed to experience feelings you hadn't expected. This leaflet helps you to understand why some mothers experience post-natal depression, how it feels and its effects on the baby.
6 page A4 - Download PDF
- Tempers and tears in the twos and threes
- Two and three year olds may show feelings of extreme fear, distress or anger. These may seem unreasonable, but they should not be ignored.
4 page A4 - Download PDF
- Sibling rivalry: growing up with a new brother or sister
- This leaflet helps parents understand how siblings react to a new child in the family and their own feelings about coping with the demanding tasks ahead.
4 page A4 - Download PDF
- Separations and changes in the early years
- Describes the separations experienced by mother and baby from birth itself to weaning, returning to work and starting playgroup or school.
4 page A4 - Download PDF
- Understanding your overactive child
- Parents and teachers can be troubled by children who exhibit hyperactivity, lack of concentration and impulsiveness. This leaflet looks at how parents, schools and other professionals can work together to tackle the child's distress.
4 page A4 - Download PDF
- The child's experience of primary school
- This leaflet will help parents and carers think about the new experiences and challenges children face when they go to school, from coping with the work to competition and bullying.
6 page A4 - Download PDF
- Supporting teenagers
- Designed to help parents and carers of young people aged 11 to 16 think about the difficulties and changes they may experience in their relationship with young people in their early and middle teens and about some of the problems children of this age face.
6 page A4 - Download PDF
- Fathers
- This leaflet is written to help families and carers think about the role of fathers in the lives of children including: the importance of fathers being involved with their children, preparing for the birth, adjusting to life as a father, the relationships between stepfathers, foster fathers, adoptive fathers and their children.
6 page A4 - Download PDF
- Divorce and separation: helping children and parents cope
- This leaflet is about some of the helpful ways people have found to manage their way through divorce and separation where children are involved.
6 page A4 - Download PDF
- Grandparents and the extended family
- This leaflet discusses the importance of wider family relationships for families and their children, including: the grandchild's view, what grandparents contribute, grandparents who bring up their grandchildren and helping to making relationships work well.
6 page A4 - Download PDF
- Bereavement - helping parents and children cope when someone close to them dies
- How can you help your child? What if you are grieving too? What about very young children? These are some of the questions that this leaflet tries to address.
6 page A4 - Download PDF
- Poster/leaflet - Hold it and count to ten
- An amusing illustrated guide to keeping your head when the little ones have lost theirs.
please note now A4 - Download PDF
- Booklet - Understanding childhood, key stages in your child's emotional development from birth to adulthood
- What is 'normal' development? This booklet is about understanding stages in ordinary emotional development. To help parents and those who work with children and families to make sense of children's behaviour and give greater confidence in their own resources.
(2000) A4 20 page booklet - Download PDF