Jenny Speaks Out

Valerie Sinason, Sheila Hollins

Description

Jenny has moved to a group home, but she is very unhappy and unsettled. Things come to a head when her support worker finds a photo of Dad.

Sensitively, the support worker helps Jenny to feel secure enough to talk about why she is upset. Jenny discloses that she was sexually abused by her father. The story shows how the warmth and trust of her support worker and friends begin a healing process which will bring hope and a fresh start for Jenny.

Jenny Speaks Out may enable a person with an intellectual disability or mental health problem, or someone who has English as a second language, to open up about their experience of sexual abuse.

One of the Books Beyond Words series

Professor the Baroness Hollins and her team have spent many years working with people who find pictures easier to understand than words, and have learnt a lot about what is important to them. Books Beyond Words are the result of careful development with the help of the people who read the books, and with family, supporters and professional experts.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Santé mentale & traumatisme
• Mental Health
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Psychology

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 13 février 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781784580643
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

Extrait

Jenny Speaks Out
Sheila Hollins, Valerie Sinason
illustrated by Beth Webb
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’ is the term 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.