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The GN Podcast with Andrew Fuller: A Practical Approach to Executive Functions for Wellbeing and Learning
The GN Podcast with Andrew Fuller: A Practical Approach to Executive Functions for Wellbeing and Learning

Education, Podcast

The GN Podcast with Andrew Fuller: A Practical Approach to Executive Functions for Wellbeing and Learning

In this episode: Executive functions - what are they? How executive functions relate to wellbeing and learning Implications to start seriously and dynamically developing these skills in schools Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical psychologist and family therapist, speaker and creator of Learning Strengths Guest: Estee Stephenson, Head of Gifted Education, St Andrew’s Cathedral School Total time: 20 [...]

By Generation Next|2021-09-13T17:01:19+10:00June 7th, 2021|Categories: Education, Podcast|0 Comments

Climate change will cost a young Australian up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals
Climate change will cost a young Australian up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals

Society & Culture

Climate change will cost a young Australian up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals

Liam Phelan, University of Newcastle and Jacquie Svenson, University of Newcastle The Federal Court today dismissed a bid by a group of Australian teenagers seeking to prevent federal environment minister Sussan Ley from approving a coalmine extension in New South Wales. While the teens’ request for an injunction was unsuccessful, a number of important developments [...]

By Generation Next|2021-05-31T17:09:52+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Society & Culture|1 Comment

My child has been diagnosed with ADHD. How do I make a decision about medication and what are the side effects?
My child has been diagnosed with ADHD. How do I make a decision about medication and what are the side effects?

Mental Health & Wellbeing

My child has been diagnosed with ADHD. How do I make a decision about medication and what are the side effects?

Alison Poulton, University of Sydney If your child has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you might be wondering: what now? And how do I know if medication is warranted? The answer will depend on circumstances and will change over time. It’s quite OK to leave medication as a last resort — but [...]

By Generation Next|2021-05-31T12:27:03+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing|0 Comments

It’s time to teach the whole story about ovulation and its place in the menstrual cycle
It’s time to teach the whole story about ovulation and its place in the menstrual cycle

Sexual Education

It’s time to teach the whole story about ovulation and its place in the menstrual cycle

Felicity Roux, Curtin University Health education frequently fails to teach the menstrual cycle in its full entirety, focusing mostly on the bleeding part of the story and glossing over the ovulation chapter. In other words, many girls* often only get half the story about how their bodies work. That’s a shame because knowledge of your [...]

By Generation Next|2021-05-31T12:20:38+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Sexual Education|0 Comments

Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren’t very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead?
Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren’t very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead?

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Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren’t very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead?

Sarah Hetrick, University of Auckland; Joanne McKenzie, Monash University; Nick Meader, University of York, and Sally Merry, University of Auckland Even before COVID-19 lockdowns, school closures and strict social distancing, depression was on the rise in children and teenagers around the globe. By the age of 19, around 25% of adolescents are estimated to have [...]

By Generation Next|2021-05-31T12:11:53+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Children, teens and COVID vaccines: where is the evidence at, and when will kids in Australia be eligible?
Children, teens and COVID vaccines: where is the evidence at, and when will kids in Australia be eligible?

Society & Culture

Children, teens and COVID vaccines: where is the evidence at, and when will kids in Australia be eligible?

Christopher Blyth, The University of Western Australia; Peter Richmond, The University of Western Australia, and Ushma Wadia, Telethon Kids Institute Adolescents in North America are beginning to roll up their sleeves for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after it was approved for 12-15-year-olds this month. The Canadian drug and therapeutic regulator Health Canada approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine [...]

By Generation Next|2021-05-31T12:43:38+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Society & Culture|0 Comments

Do you think better when you’re moving?
Do you think better when you’re moving?

Mental Health & Wellbeing, Nature Play

Do you think better when you’re moving?

Dr Hossein Mokhtarzadeh, Dr Jason Forte and Professor Peter Lee Do you like to pace while you think? You are not alone if you do. Aristotle, Dickens, Beethoven and many other great thinkers often walked when they were deep in thought. Two hundred years or so later, research from Stanford University suggests that going for [...]

By Generation Next|2021-05-31T12:00:04+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Nature Play|0 Comments

Preventing a rebound in youth homelessness after COVID-19
Preventing a rebound in youth homelessness after COVID-19

Society & Culture

Preventing a rebound in youth homelessness after COVID-19

Associate Professor Rohan Borschmann, Dr Jess Heerde, Dr Jesse Young, Professor George Patton and Professor Stuart Kinner In 2008 Australia had a national strategic agenda to halve homelessness by 2020, with a strategy of early intervention and improved service provision to finally break the homelessness cycle. This strategic agenda has long since been discarded. Instead [...]

By Generation Next|2021-05-31T12:40:48+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Society & Culture|0 Comments

Brain development is altered in people at high risk of psychosis
Brain development is altered in people at high risk of psychosis

Mental Illness

Brain development is altered in people at high risk of psychosis

Dr Maria Di BiaseAs early as age 12, some young people are classified as being at high clinical risk of developing psychosis. The effects of psychosis can include mild delusions, hallucinations, and disorganised speech and the effects can impact on a person’s ability to function in everyday life. A young person is classified as high [...]

By Generation Next|2021-06-16T12:56:32+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Mental Illness|0 Comments

Menstrual hygiene: Period poverty, and the undermining of gender equality and human rights for school students
Menstrual hygiene: Period poverty, and the undermining of gender equality and human rights for school students

Sexual Education

Menstrual hygiene: Period poverty, and the undermining of gender equality and human rights for school students

Lady time. Aunty Flo. On the rag. Period. We’re not good at talking directly about menstruation. Hidden behind our embarrassment is a cultural stigma that results in gender inequality and causes real harm to women, girls and those who menstruate when they miss school, work and recreation activities. Today, on international Menstrual Hygiene Day, we [...]

By Generation Next|2021-05-31T12:39:46+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Sexual Education|0 Comments

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The GN Podcast with Andrew Fuller: A Practical Approach to Executive Functions for Wellbeing and Learning

Climate change will cost a young Australian up to $245,000 over their lifetime, court case reveals

My child has been diagnosed with ADHD. How do I make a decision about medication and what are the side effects?

It’s time to teach the whole story about ovulation and its place in the menstrual cycle

Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren’t very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead?

Children, teens and COVID vaccines: where is the evidence at, and when will kids in Australia be eligible?

Do you think better when you’re moving?

Preventing a rebound in youth homelessness after COVID-19

Brain development is altered in people at high risk of psychosis

Menstrual hygiene: Period poverty, and the undermining of gender equality and human rights for school students