Victoria Biggs

Caged in Chaos

A Dyspraxic Guide to Breaking Free Updated Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by a teenager with dyspraxia, this practical guide helps young adults with dyspraxia and those around them get to grips with the social, physical and psychological chaos caused by developmental co-ordination disorders. The new edition of this award-winning book includes an update from the author on how dyspraxia affects her now as an adult.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9781849054744
• ISBN-10: 1849054746
• Artikelnr.: 40129345

Autorenporträt

Victoria Biggs was sixteen years old when she wrote Caged in Chaos. She went on to study English at the University of Cambridge. She has subsequently been a learning support worker for young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities and has taught creative writing to women experiencing trauma-related mental health problems. Now in her twenties, she is completing a doctorate at the University of Manchester, researching how storytelling can be used to support children living with war and violence.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. 1. A Recipe for Chaos. 2. The Hidden People at Home. 3. A
Survival Guide to School. 4. Making the Grade. 5. Crossing the Chasm. 6.
The Case of the Cooked Tomato. 7. Bullying. 8. Coping with Growing Up. 9.
Understanding Your Diagnosis. 10. Dealing with Dyspraxia: What Can I Do
Now? 11. Lying Diagonally in a Parallel Universe. Afterword: A Note from
Now. Acknowledgements. Useful Addresses and Websites. References and
Further Reading. Index.