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How often do we consider student wellbeing or welfare at school? My guess is that it would feature highly in the ethos of your school. At the very least there would be a conscious effort to ensure kids were doing “ok”, and reaching out to those considered “at risk” – whatever that risk may be. [...]
Police will be given new powers to stop parents turning a blind eye to under-age drinking, making it a criminal offence to host house parties where alcohol is consumed by under-18s. Under the plan being pushed by the O'Farrell government to make it easier for police to fight the teenage booze culture, adults would face [...]
Self-harm can spread like a virus through friendship networks. And now, new research shows it seems to be spreading throughout NSW. As I reveal in the Herald today, figures released on the Health Statistics NSW website* show the rate of people being hospitalised for self-harm has more than doubled in NSW over the past 10 [...]
There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life. via OECD – Your Better Life Index.
EMOTIONAL stress caused by last year's tsunami resulted in part of some survivors' brains shrinking, according to scientists in Japan who grasped a unique chance to study the neurological effects of trauma. On a quest to better understand post-traumatic stress disorder, the researchers compared brain scans they had taken of 42 healthy adolescents in other [...]
When the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy or NAPLAN was introduced in 2008 I thought it was about addressing this inequality. So, when my child sat the test I joked that we should have given the kids chocolate for breakfast so they did badly and the school would get more money. Some mothers [...]
Paul Dillon, author of Teenagers, Alcohol and Drugs and Generation Next speaker says “There are so many questions that need answers, but how do parents start talking to their kids about alcohol and drugs? Asking Are you taking drugs?' won't do it, that approach won't give teenagers the information they desperately need to keep themselves [...]
Children and ‘self-esteem’ is heard regularly in the media, however self-efficacy is the term used in psychology and refers to a person's belief in his/her own competence. It has nothing to do with being boastful or proud, rather having a healthy view of one’s own characteristics or abilities and what one can offer the world. [...]
Are you feeling stressed? Are you aware that the World Health Organisation estimates that by 2020, stress related deaths will be second only to cardio-vascular disease? It is also important to remember also that cardio-vascular problems have been linked to stress. You may also be interested in knowing that the impact of stress can be [...]
