The PMLD Ambiguity: Articulating the Life-Worlds of Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Simmons, Ben

Watson, Debbie

Mental Health

Routledge

This book challenges the very idea of "profound and multiple learning disabilities" (PMLD) itself, and what constitutes appropriate educational provision for children described as having PMLD. It considers the role of ambiguity in articulating the life-worlds of children with PMLD.

Children's Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Schools: A Critical Perspective

Many theories of children’s well-being reduce the task of nurturing it to checking items off an objective list. Offering a more complex and nuanced view of the concept, Debbie Watson, Carl Emery, and Phil Bayliss argue here that well-being should be understood at the level of the subjective child and that schools should foster well-being by promoting positive relationships and greater inclusivity. Shedding new light on this critical but often taken-for-granted topic, Children’s Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Schools holds important lessons for policymakers, practitioners, students, and researchers.

Politics & Social Sciences

Emery, Carl

Bayliss, Phill

Social Sciences

Policy Press

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Dawn of an Alliance (A Middle Grade Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure)

Whitney, her mom, and their unique cat live on a sandy bluff overlooking Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Whitney has enjoyed a normal childhood, unaware of the unique gifts lying dormant deep inside her. But the summer of her thirteenth birthday changes everything! Strange new talents surface that can't be ignored or explained. On top of all that, she suddenly misses a father she never knew. A Chicago fireman, her father died tragically on the night she was born.Whitney loses sleep over frequent and frightening nightmares, and her disturbing new skills are baffling her. She needs help, and her mom, Susan, seems like the perfect confidant. They're very close and never keep secrets from each other. Yet a sudden instinct warns Whitney not to say anything. Doing so might put Whitney's mom in grave danger. Realizing she must find a way to deal with everything by herself, Whitney feels lost and alone.Powerful and strange new allies arrive without warning and in the nick of time. These new friends help Whitney cope with her nightmares and guide her toward understanding, and even welcoming, her unique abilities.

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Dawn of an Alliance

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Debbie Watson

Whitney’s thirteenth summer is being hijacked. Plagued with terrifying nightmares and confused by strange new abilities, her life is spiraling out of control. Joining forces with a mysterious and powerful ally may be her only solution. 
Whitney, her mom, and their unique cat live high on a sandy bluff overlooking Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Whitney has spent her entire life unaware of the unique gifts lying dormant deep inside her. But the summer of her thirteenth birthday changes everything! Strange new talents surface that can’t be ignored, and nightmares terrify her. On top of all that, she suddenly misses a father she never knew. A Chicago fireman, her father died tragically on the night she was born. 
Whitney’s tired of losing sleep over frequent and frightening nightmares, and these disturbing new skills are baffling her. She knows she needs help, and her mom, Susan, seems like the perfect choice. They’re very close, and never keep secrets from each other. Confiding in Susan should be so easy. But an instinct, both puzzling and believable, surfaces and stops Whitney in her tracks. It warns her not to tell Susan, because doing so might put her in grave danger. Realizing she must find a way to deal with everything by herself, Whitney feels lost and alone. 
Powerful and strange new allies arrive without warning, and just in time. These new friends, and a series of unbelievable events, help Whitney cope with her nightmares and guide her toward understanding and welcoming her unique abilities.\nWith stunning world building and descriptive scenery throughout, The Polar Bear and Dragon is a beautiful story following young Whitney’s journey of connection, self-discovery, and stepping into her own power. With fun twists and turns along the way, all relayed in Debbie Watson's gentle voice, this is a fantastically inspirational story for middle-grade readers. —Chelsea Walker Flagg, author of the Tinsey Clover series

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Mission Point Press

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Dream Jumper (A Middle Grade Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure)

In Book Two of The Polar Bear and the Dragon series, Whitney and Edward, two teenagers with extraordinary talents, must protect Aiden, a young dragon destined to become the ruler of Yagdi. Aiden will mature into a majestic dragon with vast and formidable skills but remains helpless until that transformation takes place. A dangerous enemy is determined to rule Yagdi, but the young dragon stands in his way. Whitney and Edward must put their lives in grave danger to keep Aiden safe.Their strong alliance is weakened when circumstances on Yagdi force the members to split up, leaving Whitney and Edward to prepare for an almost certain confrontation with Aiden's adversary. The teenagers must learn to use their skills effectively without the help of their powerful allies. Whitney has been given a wizard staff, which could be crucial to their survival, but she must bring forth its powers without the wizard's skillful guidance.Yagdi teeters on the brink of war and the alliance has critical decisions to make. But in a disastrous turn of events, they've lost their ability to communicate. To keep Yagdi from falling into enemy hands, they must find a powerful and elusive wizard known as a Dream Jumper.

Children's Books

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Perilous Passage (A Middle Grade Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure)

The sabotage was foolproof...or so they thought. The ambush was a miserable failure. The explosion should have trapped the alliance inside the portal, but all escaped except Whitney and Edward. Now the teens are lost in a perilous passage somewhere between Yagdi and Earth.Something or someone is blocking their attempts to communicate with family and friends ... and their powers have disappeared. The so-called wizard who appears out of nowhere offers to guide Whitney and Edward to safety. The teens are wise to question his motives, because the wizard's timely arrival is no coincidence.Following him will be risky, but they're lost, and the odd little wizard seems to know his way around. Whitney and Edward will stay alert for signs of deceit, but the devious trickster has perfected the art of deception.The distraught alliance led by a polar bear named Traveler has vowed to bring Whitney and Edward home. Once again their Dream Jumper solves the problem of communication. But how can they reach their "chosen ones" when the portal has been destroyed?Fans of "The Last Dragon Chronicles, "The Chronicles of Narnia," and "A Wrinkle in Time" will love "The Polar Bear and the Dragon" series. This is Book 3 in a coming-of-age fantasy adventure series for ages 10 and up. Click Read Sample to begin Chapter 1 today.

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Perilous Passage is the third book in Debbie Watson's fantasy series for middle-grade and young-adult readers. Thirteen-year-old Whitney and her best friend Edward, 14, have become vital members of Yagdi's elite Alliance formed to protect and defend the small world from an enemy's hostile takeover. The Alliance's powerful group has defeated Sylern and ended the war, but the creature fled before capture and remains well hidden. Although some fear his return, most Yagdians welcome the fragile peace. The Alliance is anticipating a joyful homecoming when an eruption destroys their portal and launches Whitney and Edward into a confusing maze of tunnels. Lost somewhere between Earth and Yagdi, the teenagers discover their abilities have mysteriously vanished just as a young wizard named Patrick appears out of nowhere. Suspicious this intruder is to blame, they listen to his dire warning of an ancient wizard clan living in the shadows but aren't eager to accept his offer to help them escape. They sense Patrick has devious motives, but confronting wizards without their powers seems far more dangerous. Hoping they're not making a grave mistake, Whitney and Edward risk trusting the promises of what may be a scheming trickster.

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The PMLD Ambiguity: Articulating the Life-Worlds of Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

The PMLD Ambiguity: Articulating the Life-Worlds of Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

Children's Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Schools: A Critical Perspective

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Dawn of an Alliance

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Dawn of an Alliance (A Middle Grade Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure)

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Dream Jumper (A Middle Grade Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure)

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Dream Jumper (A Middle Grade Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure)

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Dawn of an Alliance (A Middle Grade Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure)

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Perilous Passage (A Middle Grade Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure)

The Polar Bear and the Dragon: Perilous Passage (A Middle Grade Coming of Age Fantasy Adventure)