Floss and the Boss

Name: Floss and the Boss
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780367510794
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Helping Children Learn About Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control

By Catherine Lawler and Abigail Sterne and Nicky Armstrong

Series: Floss and the Boss

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Floss and the Boss is a sensitively written and beautifully illustrated storybook designed to help young children understand domestic abuse and coercive control. The story follows Floss, a happy puppy who enjoys Doggy Daycare and playing with her best friend, Houdini, and explores changes in her life when her Mum's new friend, Boss, arrives. It supports children who have experienced trauma by helping them make sense of their feelings and encouraging them to seek help and stay safe.

Intended for primary-aged children, it can be used in individual, small group, or whole-class settings to facilitate conversations about emotional wellbeing and safety, complementing the PSHE curriculum topic of Healthy Relationships.
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This book is especially suited for primary school children and the education and social care professionals who support them. It is an important resource for educators addressing sensitive topics such as domestic abuse and coercive control through the PSHE curriculum or targeted interventions.

This beautifully illustrated and sensitively written storybook has been created to help young children understand about domestic abuse and coercive control. It helps children to make sense of their feelings, teaching them to seek help and stay safe. It is also available to purchase as part of a set with a professional guide.

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For effective and safe use, this book should be purchased alongside the professional guidebook. Both books can be purchased together as a set, Helping Children Learn About Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control: A Floss and the Boss Storybook and Professional Guide [9780367344511].

This beautifully illustrated and sensitively written storybook has been created to help young children understand about domestic abuse and coercive control. Floss and the Boss introduces Floss, a happy little puppy who loves going to Doggy Daycare and playing with her best friend, Houdini. The story explores how things change when her Mum’s new friend, Boss, comes into their lives. It helps children who have experienced domestic abuse and trauma to make sense of their feelings, teaching them to seek help and stay safe.

This book:

Can be used to support the ‘Healthy Relationships’ topic in the PSHE curriculum.
Can be used to address the topic of domestic abuse and coercive control with individuals, small groups, and whole classes, enabling dialogue around a sensitive issue.
Encourages children to seek support.

Designed to be used with primary-aged children, this book provides a vehicle for talking to children about staying safe and their emotional wellbeing. It is also available to purchase as part of a set with a professional guide to support the sensitive and effective use of the storybook.

Series: Floss and the Boss

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Floss and the Boss

By Catherine Lawler and Abigail Sterne and Nicky Armstrong

Paperback

$32⁹⁹

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Helping Children Learn About Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control

By Catherine Lawler and Abigail Sterne and Nicky Armstrong

Paperback

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Young readers have found the story impactful, with one Year 1 pupil commenting on feeling grateful that Floss receives help, and Year 6 pupils recognising its relevance to real-life physical and mental bullying. Kate Stanley, Director of Strategy, Policy and Evidence at NSPCC, praises it as a valuable tool for professionals working with families. Social Work News calls it beautifully written with stunning illustrations, recommending it as an excellent resource for primary-aged children.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367510794

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 August 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 24 Line drawings, color; 24 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 211g

Pages: 56

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About the Author

Catherine Lawler works as a training consultant for a Safeguarding Children's Partnership. She has extensive experience supporting children, young people and families. She has worked as a children's therapist, specialising in domestic abuse. She has developed resources on bullying, peer-on-peer abuse and children accessing sexualised imagery.

Abigail Sterne is a senior educational psychologist working in schools in Manchester and is a former teacher. She works closely with Central Manchester Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and has worked with fostering and adoption services.

Catherine and Abigail are co-authors of Domestic Violence and Children: A Handbook for Schools and Early Years Settings (Routledge, 2010). They have developed domestic abuse and safeguarding training packages for education and social care services. They wrote and delivered initial training for key adults for Operation Encompass, whereby key trained adults in schools receive prompt police notifications about abusive incidents. For this they received Commander’s Certificates from Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.

Nicky Armstrong, B.A. (Hons) Theatre Design, M.A. Slade School of Fine Art, has illustrated 30 books which have been translated and published in seven countries. She has achieved major commissions in both mural and fine art painting.