Finding a Safe Place from Abuse

Patricia Scotland, Sheila Hollins

Description

Katie meets David and falls in love. She moves in with him, but the relationship turns difficult and dangerous when David begins to steal her money and hurt her. Katie quickly gets help through her GP. After a stay in a refuge, Katie begins a new life with a new sense of confidence. Domestic abuse affects millions of people in the UK, causing profound emotional and physical harm. Support to stop the abuse and deal with its effects is vital. This book will help people of all ages and abilities to recognise some of the different types of abuse that can happen in relationships, how to seek help, and how a safe and rewarding life can follow after abuse.

Sujets

• Vie de famille
• Soutien psychologique et conseils familiaux
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Psychology
• Emotions

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 17 avril 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781784580629
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 57 Mo

Extrait

Finding a Safe Place from Abuse
Sheila Hollins, Patricia Scotland and Noëlle Blackman
illustrated by Anne-Marie Perks
Beyond Words
London


Who is this book for?
This book is for anyone who finds pictures easier to understand than words.
People with intellectual disabilities are currently the main group of people finding the book useful. In the UK we talk about someone having a ‘learning disability’, or sometimes ‘learning difficulty’. ‘Intellectual disability’ or ‘developmental disability’ are the terms that people use in other parts of the world.
Someone with an intellectual disability may find it hard to understand new or complex information and to learn new skills. They may need support to live as independently as they choose. Their condition will have started before adulthood and have a lasting impact on their life.
Having an intellectual disability does not mean that a person is not capable of understanding the advice, support or treatment they are given. Many people will be able to understand a situation more easily and make good decisions with the help of the pictures in this book. Some may benefit from just one or two well-chosen pictures. Others will need extra time and support to understand information, whether presented in simplified language or non-verbally.
People with intellectual disabilities have helped to develop each of the books in the Beyond Words series.
Other people will find the picture stories in Books Beyond Words useful too:
• people with other cognitive or communication difficulties, such as dementia
• people who have difficulty with reading, including some Deaf people
• people who do not use the language of the country where they are living.


Finding a Safe Place from Abuse
Katie meets David and falls in love.