Rob Long

First Published in 1999. This practical text explores children's emotional development and the correlation between emotional security and effective learning. Advice and techniques are offered which will help teachers, SENCOs and learning support staff to create an understanding and supportive environment for all children in the primary classroom, including those with emotional difficulties. The authors focus on a wide range of specific emotional issues, such as coping with loss, separation, anxiety, panic and anger management, and also demonstrate ways of raising a child's self esteem and motivation.

The Great Weather Diviner is a young adult fantasy novel about the untold origin story of Punxsutawney Phil. When a flood strikes the small mining town of Punxsutawney, Junior the groundhog embarks on a journey to uncover why nature itself has turned on his people. As Junior confronts difficult questions about responsibility, environmental protection, and the power of storytelling, he sets out to find the Guardians, legendary superpowered animals from his childhood stories who have always offered help in times of need. Along the way, he is pursued by Callidus, the evil raven overlord who seeks to stop him from discovering the truth about the Guardians and his family's role in their community's history. With the help of his new friend Jill, a brilliant hedgehog, Junior strives to create a more harmonious future for all animals in their fantastical world. The Great Weather Diviner is a thought-provoking and action-packed adventure that addresses themes of self-discovery, generational change, and the consequences of greed.

‘The Best Deal’ is a light-hearted three part account of adventures with Jack Russell Terriers in France and England. Spanning some fifteen years it chronicles the life and times of the author’s various terrier companions and reflect the family's changing attitudes to retirement. The first tale, France with Darcey is a lively and humorous daily diary describing their retirement plan to relocate to southern France and a sometimes less than well ordered, reconnaissance of likely destinations. Observing ‘Life’s little foibles and disasters with a more discerning eye’ he records their rather erratic house hunting efforts along the Mediterranean coast with the dog Darcey. Occasionally to be found reflecting on times past he narrowly manages to avoid falling foul of various military headquarters and several sections of the Official Secrets Act. After Darcey’s sad end the terriers Elle and Sam join the family and Rob’s second story No Criticisms describes their energetic ‘You can’t possibly do without us’ sycophancy. The dogs' arrival inevitably results in a change of retirement strategy and further fun-filled exploits with them at home and abroad. And lastly there is Patch, an elderly Parson Russell Terrier who having fallen on hard times, deserved a little TLC in the evening of his years. In a short introduction and progress report The Waif’s Tail, Rob tells of losing Sam and Elle and then adopting Patch. He describes the many problems caused by uncertainty, turmoil and confusion, all of which resulted in a sometimes badly behaved companion and how with time and effort they overcame them. Throughout you are invited to discover his France. Relish the food and drink - lots of drink! Chuckle at the confusion - lots of confusion! Enjoy some gently ironic memoirs, meet the dogs ...and of course, his long suffering wife. Containing a few sad moments as his dogs pass away and are replaced, but never forgotten, The Best Deal is a book to raise spirits and brighten any dog loving reader’s day.

Schools are often faced with dealing with children who have mild forms of obsessive compulsive disorder. Through increased understanding, staff can support children with minimum stress. This book answers questions including: What is obsessive compulsive disorder? What are the causes? How can school staff help the sufferer?

Good communication between teachers and pupils, and between pupils themselves, helps to build a good learning environment where all pupils can achieve. This book covers key communication issues including:forming sound relationshipsunderstanding non-verbal behavioraccentuating the positive and eliminating the negative.

This practical, down-to-earth guide offers the means for you to awaken your healing hands. Focussing on the use of hand sensitivity and energy in healing, the guide introduces methods to rapidly sharpen your latent skills and increase your confidence when feeling and working with Qi. Based on a combination of clinical examples, Daoist philosophy, and detailed 'how-to' instructions, the author shows you how to develop your ability to work energetically with your hands, providing an invaluable, powerful tool for subtle diagnosis and healing work that can supplement other methods.

Barely out of film school, Rob Long struck the jackpot and landed a job on the phenomenally successful TV sitcom, Cheers. However, with the demise of the show, Long was faced with the question, ‘Is there life after Cheers?’ Mercilessly witty about the daunting process of setting up a new series and getting it on air, these two books tell the absurd tale of what came next. Getting from pitch to pilot is a tricky path to navigate successfully, from making non-negotiable changes and deal-breaking edits, combined with accommodating the whims of studios, networks and agents, often the finished product ends up a long way from where the script-writer started. With the help of his agent, her constant demands, monstrous salesmanship, brutal irony and unswerving loyalty, Long’s career fluctuates from wannabe to player, from award-winning script-writer to burnt out has-been. And it's all, as he says 'half true'.

'Rob Long's expertise is evident in every compartment of this 'toolbox'. His finely honed approach to social, emotional and behavioural difficulties will be of equal use to leadership teams setting policy as to the classroom teacher requiring insight on challenging behaviour. As with any toolbox, this book is a must to have to hand!' - Jan Baker - Primary Headteacher Rob Long's Intervention Toolbox is written for education practitioners who support young people with problem behaviours that act as barriers to their successful engagement with school. Taking a multi-dimensional approach, the Toolbox provides solutions to deal with the multi-faceted nature of challenging behaviour. There are 6 compartments to the Toolbox: - Physiological - Feelings - Behaviour - Cognitive - Social - Happiness. For each compartment there are a number of tools (interventions) that may be used depending on the age and level of understanding of the young person. As all problem behaviours have many component parts, the Toolbox enables practitioners to employ several interventions to comprehensively tackle challenging behaviours. There are specific sections on both Asperger's Syndrome and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders with In Class Behaviour Plans for these learners, as well as an accompanying CD Rom including resources for putting strategies into practice. The CD Rom also provides PowerPoint slides for training staff in using the Toolbox. As an experienced professional, teacher and educational psychologist, Rob Long's strategies combine innovation with sound psychology and learning theories.

It must be sweet to be an award-winning television-comedy script writer but maybe not if it's been fifteen years since your last major success and your ideas have dried up. Especially not if your agent is constantly on the phone demanding the next script whilst at the same time shattering your confidence with news of other clients' roaring successes, as well as demanding unswerving loyalty. In fact it's a fragile, nerve-racked existence and one where this writer begins to realise that only the strongest survive. By turns hilariously funny, shockingly honest in its brutal deceptions and full of raw emotion, "Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke" gets to the core of Hollywood society whilst holding a mirror up to all of our basest desires.

Schools are often faced with dealing with children who have mild forms of obsessive compulsive disorder. Through increased understanding, staff can support children with minimum stress. This book answers questions including:What is obsessive compulsive disorder?What are the causes?How can school staff help the sufferer?

Understanding how children think and feel is the key to buiding good relationships in the classroom. This book looks at:underlying causes of emotional conflictsthe nature of maladaptive coping mechanismswhy boys tend to "act out" and girls ten to "act in"interventions to promote the use of adaptive coping styles.

A sense of loss can have a very disturbing affect on children and can come about not only as a result of bereavement, but also after divorce/seperation, moving away from friends, moving between foster homes etc. This book looks at:understanding losshow different children react to losslistening to troubled children.

Many children with emotional and behavioral difficulties behave well in a one-to-one situation with an adult. It is when they are in a group with their peers that their behavior deteriorates dramatically. The more teachers understand about group dynamics, the better equipped they will be to support children who find such skills as turn-taking and sharing difficult. This book looks at:group skillsmanaging difficult groupsthe group leader.

If teachers can motivate pupils, their job is more than half done! Knowing how to interest and motivate pupils is a skill, which separates the "great" teacheres from the mediocre, This book will inform and inspire staff and give them confidence in dealing with pupils who are not naurally "teacher pleasers". This book examines:how personality affects learning stylesassessment tools and interventionshow to reach the hard to teach.

Is there more disruptive behavior in schools today?The simple answer to this often asked question is probably yes. But the reasons lie more outside teenagers than inside. For too many teachers there can be an attitude of: "I was a teenager once, therefor I know what it is like." But we all develop in a unique time and the issues are unique to that period. Pressures differ, fears differ. There are times when schools are seen to be part of the problem rather than the solution.

First Published in 1999. This practical text explores children's emotional development and the correlation between emotional security and effective learning. Advice and techniques are offered which will help teachers, SENCOs and learning support staff to create an understanding and supportive environment for all children in the primary classroom, including those with emotional difficulties. The authors focus on a wide range of specific emotional issues, such as coping with loss, separation, anxiety, panic and anger management, and also demonstrate ways of raising a child's self esteem and motivation.