Publications

NCB is one of the leading publishers in the field of children’s services. With over 40 years’ experience in publishing, our range of books, reports and digital resources ensures that our experience and knowledge supports professionals, parents, and children and young people.

Our resources cover a range of subjects including early years, children with disabilities, looked after children, participation, play and young people's views. Delivered by experts, our resources ensure that professionals working with children and young people have access to the most up-to-date research and best practice in the field.

All NCB publications can be purchased online. Our latest publications can be found below and you can browse all NCB publications by subject, or search by title.


Recent Publications

OnsitesexhealthcoverDeveloping On-site Sexual Health Services in Secondary Education: A Resource Pack
This publication offers both practical and strategic support to professionals seeking to set up sexual health services in educational settings.

 

BREScoverBuilding Resilience in Families Under Stress: Supporting families affected by parental substance misuse and/or mental health problems - a handbook for practitioners
This handbook looks at the prevalence of parental mental health problems and parental substance misuse, considers the policy and legislative context and discusses current UK service responses.

 

Image of publicationCelebrating Sex and Relationships Education: Pase, present and future - Proceedings of the Sex Education Forum 21st Birthday Conference
This book marks the success of SEF in campaigning for statutory SRE and is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of SRE in schools and the advancement of SRE policy internationally.

 

Image of publicationParents, Early Years and Learning: Parents as Partners in the Early Years Foundation Stage – Principles into Practice
The principle of involving parents in their children’s learning is established within national policy – this book will assist practitioners to examine their setting and enable them to embed partnership with parents into their practice.

 

 


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