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So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...adults or children and adolescents, in hospitals, clinics, assessment and treatment centres, education, social care settings, or within the home. Sometimes people with mental health problems face discrimination and stigma and, as a mental health nurse, a key part of your role would be to advocate for those that you work with. Watch Video 7 about mental health nursing...
Do we really listen to children and young people?
Education & Development

Do we really listen to children and young people?

...adults and used to improve young people’s lives. Children and young people can participate in different ways. They can sit on school councils as a way of representing the views and experiences of their peers, for example. They can volunteer within their local community and contribute to advisory and policy working groups, like Ellie Jones who we have interviewed about...
Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...care for a sick or disabled relative, usually a parent, can find it hard to keep up with schoolwork, and on average can miss out on 48 days of school due to their caring responsibilities (YoungMinds, 2020). Young carers may also lose out on some of the other key experiences that other people their age take for granted, including opportunities for physical activity. When...
Archive course extract: Attachment theory
Education & Development

Archive course extract: Attachment theory

...adults take shared responsibility for the care of infants In this situation, the infant’s IWM is likely to hold an expectation that care will be available no matter who is turned to. To the extent that the different members of the group relate in different ways to the infant, the image of self may become somewhat diffuse and varied. This sort of caring environment can...
Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...care skills). They also require assessments to think about each child in the context of their particular family and community. This helps practitioners to assess what appears to be universal to children, to understand individual differences, the relationship of behaviour to context, the influence of neighbourhood, cultural background, social and economic situations. A...
Growing up with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing up with Disability

...adults in social activities and organisations, encouraging friendships and fun. It looks at PLUS from the view of the children, the carers and the families. This material forms part of The Open University course KE312 Working together for children... Growing up with Disability A short introduction to this album. The Voluntary Organisation PLUS An introduction to the...
Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is my child being exploited? How to spot the signs

...adults. Examples could involve: Selling or transporting drugs, weapons, or money around towns and between towns (often across county lines) Being forced to shoplift or pickpocket Sexually exploiting/exploited young people Threatening or intimidating other young people, just because of a perceived difference due to heritage or sexuality Recruiting the child into terrorist...
Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...adult services. I also taught for The Open University and delighted in the variety of my work, which included teaching, practice tutor roles and delivering residential schools, which were large, a real thrill and great fun. Gradually, despite enjoying my various work roles, I began to be a bit more worried about everything, doubting myself and feeling muddly. I was overly...