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May 2021

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

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

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 [...]

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Do you think better when you’re moving?

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

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 [...]

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Preventing a rebound in youth homelessness after COVID-19

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

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 [...]

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Brain development is altered in people at high risk of psychosis

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

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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Promoting an education for global citizenship and sustainability

By |2021-05-31T12:39:02+10:00May 31st, 2021|Categories: Education|

Humanity is facing huge challenges. The climate crisis is evident and begs for urgent changes in our modes of social organisation. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed huge global inequalities, and the interdependence among human communities, other species, and the planet as a shared territory. The ethical decisions that we make in the next few years [...]

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The GN Podcast with Andrew Fuller: Understanding Bullying & Practical Tips On How We Can Help Young People

By |2022-11-21T13:37:01+11:00May 24th, 2021|Categories: Bullying, Podcast|

In this episode: The impact of bullying on resilience If the nature of bulling has changed, should the response change too? Practical tips for overcoming bullying How we can think more innovatively about intervening and preventing bullying Implications for the wellbeing of young people Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical psychologist and family therapist, speaker and [...]

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Proposed new curriculum acknowledges First Nations’ view of British ‘invasion’ and a multicultural Australia

By |2021-05-18T00:02:49+10:00May 17th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

Stewart Riddle, University of Southern Queensland Proposed changes to the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum were released for public consultation. While many of these changes are minor tweaks and refinements, much like a curriculum oil change and tune-up, there are some noteworthy changes in the mix. They include a more accurate reflection of the [...]

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‘E’ is for Embarrassment – An extract from Andrew Fuller’s new book

By |2021-05-24T17:13:25+10:00May 17th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorized|

An extract from Andrew Fuller's new book The A to Z of Feelings. Available May 2021 from Bad Apple Press ‘The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.’ – Douglas Enqelbart Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes series of books, once [...]

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Is your kid studying a second language at school? How much they learn will depend on where you live

By |2021-05-17T18:20:36+10:00May 17th, 2021|Categories: Education, Learning|

Mairin Hennebry-Leung, University of Tasmania People learn a second language for many reasons, including work, to better understand the world, an interest in the culture of the language itself, and love. Learning a language has many benefits. For children, it can improve literacy, maths and science skills. It can enhance social skills and empathy, and [...]

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