Books by Amanda Kirby

Achieve the productivity, performance and financial benefits of a neurodiverse workforce by optimizing your HR policies and processes.

For anyone becoming employed, or in employment, with hidden impairments such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD or ASD the work setting can be a real challenge.

For any adult with specific learning difficulties, going to college or university can be a challenge. From study skills to budgeting, from cooking to relationships, Amanda Kirby identifies routes to success in both education and socially. At the heart of How To Succeed with Specific Learning Difficulties at College and University is its practical approach to provide information and advice that is easy to access and to use.Drawing on decades of practical, professional and academic experience, Amanda Kirby provides solutions that are very accessible. How To Succeed with Specific Learning Difficulties at College and University provides opportunities for further reading and directs you to relevant apps and websites. Prior to Amanda Kirby's book, helpful information was very difficult to obtain; now, having this information all in one place is like a gold mine.How To Succeed with Specific Learning Difficulties at College and University covers:- Preparing for College and University- Getting and Staying Organised- Independent Living- Study Skills- Socialising and Feeling Good- Preparing for the WorkplaceFor any adult with specific learning difficulties going to college or university can be a challenge. These can present in the work and home setting, learning new skills, meeting new people, and coping with a new environment. From study skills to budgeting, from cooking to relationships, Amanda Kirby identifies routes to success in both education and socially. At the heart of this book is its practical approach to provide information and advice that is easy to access and to use. Drawing on decades of practical, professional and academic experience Amanda Kirby provides solutions that are not only very accessible but also directs you to further reading and resources including apps and websites. Having this information all in one place is like a gold mine, as it has been previously scattered and very hard to find.

Provides those working with dyspraxic and DCD children hundred ideas of how to support and develop their learning. This guide includes lists which cover the entire school age range and range from developing fine and gross motor skills to preparing children for their next transition either to the next stage of schooling or for their future careers.

Provides SENCOs, teachers, and teaching assistants with a means of identifying and meeting pupil's special educational needs. This work shows how to observe children and cluster symptoms to create approaches for those who have more than one area of difficulty. It also includes a CD.

Intended to help parents and teachers, with ideas that they can use to encourage the child and help him improve his motor skills.

Kirby addresses the main difficulties encountered by adolescents with DCD, including building relationships and coping with secondary school. She provides practical ideas on how individuals can tackle these difficulties, making this book an essential resource for adolescents with DCD, as well as parents, teachers and health professionals.

This work takes a look at the difficulties that children with additional needs face. It considers whether this is a health, educational or social difficulty and what the wider implications are for the individual and how they manage at home and in the community.