{"product_id":"dyslexia-and-mental-health-neil-alexander-passe-9781849055826","title":"Dyslexia and Mental Health: Helping People Identify Destructive Behaviours and Find Positive Ways to Cope","description":"\u003cp\u003eDyslexia is a complex condition that affects not only learning but every part of life. Experience or fear of social stigma can lead people with dyslexia to camouflage the difficulties they face, to withdraw and to adopt negative coping strategies, particularly if they lack adequate support, identification and intervention. This can have lasting impact on their emotional health. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Neil Alexander-Passe is an experienced researcher and a special needs teacher in secondary mainstream education. He also has dyslexia. Neil uses his personal and professional experience to shed light on the complexities surrounding dyslexia and examines psychological theories such as ego-defence mechanisms and learned helplessness that reveal how people deal with its emotional impact. He offers guidelines and advice, illustrated with real life examples, about how to help people with dyslexia avoid harmful coping strategies and learn to deal with stress, anxiety and low self-esteem in more effective and psychologically positive ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book will help educational and clinical psychologists, teachers, mental health specialists, counsellors and therapists understand the emotional complexities of dyslexia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Alexander-Passe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849055823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849055826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Kingsley Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Neil Alexander-Passe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217567985919,"sku":"9781849055826","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b3c7d8c-b363-4510-8dab-4c6af4aad9f0.jpg?v=1771998058","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dyslexia-and-mental-health-neil-alexander-passe-9781849055826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}