Collection: Books Beyond Words

Janet learns about the right way to make friends and behave safely with people she doesn't know yet. One in the "Books Beyond Words" series, these titles have been developed to make communication easier and to enable discussion about difficult topics, situations and emotions.

In the 'Books Beyond Words' series the story is told through pictures only. The books are for adults with learning disabilities and communication difficulties. In this title, Jenny feels unsettles when she moves to a community house. Her carer discovers she used to be sexually abused by her dad.

The book is designed to support women who are invited for a smear test. It explains what happens to Carol, from receiving the invitation, making a preliminary visit to the GP practice, deciding whether she will have the smear or not, having the smear, and receiving the results. We then see her be...

Having a smear test can be worrying. For women with learning disabilities there is the added fear of not understanding what is happening. This book will help to prepare and support women like Carol who are invited to have a smear test. It begins with a nurse telling Carol and her friends how to s...

Covering details of physical examination and investigation methods, this book encourages men with learning difficulties to examine their testicles for abnormalities.

One in the "Books Beyond Words" series, these titles have been developed to make communication easier and to enable discussion about difficult topics, situations and emotions.

One in the "Books Beyond Words" series, these titles have been developed to make communication easier and to enable discussion about difficult topics, situations and emotions.

Jane's father dies of a heart attack. Despite this, Jane likes to smoke, drink alcohol and eat party food. Later on, she has chest pains but refuses to visit her GP. In the "Books Beyond Words" series, the story is told through pictures. These books are for adults with learning disabilities.

This book is designed to support women who are invited for breast screening. The first story explins what happens to Beth, from receiving the invitation letter for breast screening to having a mammogram and getting the result.