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The most recent research on brains & learning shows that we all have different patterns of processing information. This confers upon the human race a great advantage, in that collectively we are smart in different ways. Some people are more ‘neurotypical’ while others think in vastly different ways. This means that we need to focus [...]
While the pandemic years have challenged us all, the effects have been especially severe for girls and young women. They are the most likely to experience the ‘disorders of distress’- anxiety and depression and for some, self- harm, and body insecurity. I want to combine the conversations I have been having in my therapy [...]
Andrew Fuller Increasing wellbeing is easiest when an entire school or community take it on as a core aim. It is easiest when wellbeing becomes everybody’s business. Together let‘s aim to make wellness contagious. Download article as a PDF Awareness and Metacognition Very few of us are as consistently observant of our own wellbeing [...]
Joseph Crawford, University of Tasmania; Kelly-Ann Allen, Monash University, and Lea Waters, The University of Melbourne Imagine you have years-worth of research and it is dismissed by a 15-word rejection letter from a journal editor. That has happened to us. Or peer reviewers write demeaning, anonymous commentary about your work. That has also happened to [...]
Andrew Fuller If you have ever plugged in too many devices at home and caused a blackout, you’ll know what it is like when a circuit becomes overloaded. Everything shuts down. This happens for people too after really high stress situations. We can all shift from ‘all-systems are-go, action stations’ status where we are on [...]
Andrew Fuller, Child & Adolescent Clinical Psychologist, My Learning Strengths How not to get PTSD in trying times Everyone seems to be either shrinking away in fear of one another or heaving a sigh of relief and pretending everything is hunky dory. I’m not sure we are clear anymore about where the news stories end and [...]
- Theresa Dicke, Australian Catholic University; Geetanjali Basarkod, Australian Catholic University; Herb Marsh, Australian Catholic University; Jiesi Guo, Australian Catholic University; Philip D. Parker, Australian Catholic University, and Philip Riley, Deakin University Almost all (97%) school principals in Australia work overtime. More than 70% work more than 56 hours per week during school terms and [...]
Can the challenges we face during the coronavirus pandemic help us reconsider what matters most and how we live our lives? - Professor David Forbes The challenges we are all facing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have the potential to cause serious and sometimes long-lasting problems for individuals and societies. But can they [...]
- Laura Jobson, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University The Netflix series Unbelievable tells the true story of a US teenager who’s raped but not believed by local police. Her story is inconsistent, and she appears detached when she tells it. Besides, she’s a former foster child, and perceived as emotionally “needy”. The [...]
Some young people have been living an online lifestyle for years. This means that while some kids are thriving without the pressures of attending school, others are unravelling & facing mental health concerns during challenging times. Teachers have been asking about the signs that might indicate they should be more concerned about a young person’s [...]
