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Welcome to Happy Days ~ Early Intervention Resources. Designed for Children, Young People and Adults to identify / express difficulties / needs. Social Activity Resources for people living with Dementia. Enriched Care Workshops for Residential Care Homes - Assisted Living - Volunteers - Families - Carers: Memory Boxes - Sorting Boxes - Conversation Prompts - Games + more. Shop at: www.happydayspublishing.co.uk and www.dementiaworkshop.co.uk Donations to Blackpool Carers' Centre

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Light up life ...

Courtesy of Stone Hearth News ...

Fascinating thoughts but if we think about this ... it all makes sense ...

Individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) often sleep during the day and are awake at night. The situation can turn life-threatening if they leave their homes and wander around outside. This irregular sleep schedule and night wandering, and the consequent burden on their caretakers, is a primary reason individuals with ADRD are placed in more controlled environments such as nursing homes. A new study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lays the foundation for the importance of tailored light exposures as a viable treatment option for the reduction of sleep disturbances in older adults and those with ADRD ...

Read more ...
http://www.stonehearthnewsletters.com/exposure-to-light-could-help-alzheimers-patients-sleep-better/alzheimers/?goback=%2Egde_126335_member_135915472

Gillian

Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Happy Days Showcase ...

So in preparation for Showcasing at forthcoming conferences ...

I'll definitely need pen and paper, sure will fancy an occasional brew, hence the beaker ... oh and just in case no-one knows who I am ... the T shirt ...

See you there ... dates and venues following soon,

Gillian

Thursday, 19 July 2012

New Activity Pages coming out Monday ...

Always creating new pages and developing issues to help identify needs of children, young people and adults who are finding it difficult to express what is happening in their life ...

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

New Pages ...

Good Morning everyone,

Just to let you know that I'm working on some new pages: Cyber-bullying ~ Internet Awareness ~ Stress (!) Identifying the Triggers which affect you ~

Gillian

Sunday, 1 July 2012

New Pages at Your Service ...

Pleased to announce: New Interactive Activity Pages available for Education Professionals and Student Support Departments:

Keeping Up Appearances
Who's the Bully?
I'm Not Angry

plus many more ...

Email me for further information, page titles and enquiries re bespoke booklets designed specifically for your school or young carers programme.
Choose your topics / issues / colour schemes.

Always looking forward to discussing Interactive Activity Pages - how they may help support centres working to help young people.

Gillian
happydayspublishing@yahoo.co.uk

Hello and Welcome to Happy Days Publishing ... Click image to go to website ...

Founder of ‘Happy Days Publishing, writer of 'A Shared Journey' and dedicated to bringing the Happy Days projects to fruition, I am passionate about Creative Interactive Resources and Activities as a visual aid to help Children, Young People and Adults with personal, physical or emotional difficulties, identify, express and communicate their needs, wants and wishes in order to gain a more positive sense of self and greater sense of well-being.  Studying for a degree in English Literature and Linguistics and an MA in Creative Writing, I recognised the connection between writing and expressing emotion and how this may benefit people in the on-going-ness of life.   Always turning negatives into positives, I'm a firm believer that it's never too late to learn, re-learn or re-understand life around us.  I am interested in all types of Creative Art, particularly Writing and Drawing as a platform for self discovery and self expression; emotion, opinion, to support well-being, develop a sense of mastery and ownership.   Happy Days Interactive Activity Pages are based on my studies: Language and Power - Speech and Thought - Memory and Reminiscence; recalling past events and experiences to aid thought processes, prompt conversation and expression; instigate interaction and activity and positive outcomes. Exploration of behaviour theories and therapies, case-studies, social and emotional issues and continued research of all subject matter are at the core of Happy Days - Shared Journeys.  Passionate about bringing resources to benefit others, I relish in language change, metaphor, themed texture and colour which I use as a platform to face social, personal, contemporary and sensitive issues in a colourful, easy-to-use and enjoyable format.   I have co-organised Creative Writing workshops where I recognised that the materials I had developed were helping people express their needs, wants, wishes and hopes.  I am a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an active member of two writing groups and write poetry.  Helping to make a difference is paramount to me.   It's not always what you write ~ it's what happens when you do.   Gillian email: happydayspublishing@yahoo.co.uk. Website: www.happydayspublishing.co.uk Happy Days, Gillian

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