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Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...system in place for the staff and myself, so we all have to make sure that we are a hundred percent compliant with our training. We hold monthly meetings, so I hold them alongside the home care manager so we keep up to date with the carers any problems or concerns they may have out in the community and I also cover annual leave and sickness for the care staff. If there...
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...system pronounce and write the Arabic alphabet understand the influence of Arabic on other languages...Week 1: Introduction to the Arabic alphabet: 1 Arabic alphabet - The first step to learning any language is to learn the alphabet. The Arabic alphabet consists of twenty-eight letters, which you will find in the following table with the English transliteration. Listen...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...system of the cervix and vagina. In the 15th Century it was commonly believed that the uterus was made up of different sections. In the case of multiple births, it was thought that each foetus grew in a different section. Leonardo dispelled this belief with a drawing of a single chambered uterus. He also disproved the belief that the heart was the source of the body’s...
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...system in Britain’ in A.T. Scull (ed.) Madhouses, Mad-doctors, and Madmen: The Social History of Psychiatry in the Victorian Era, London: Athlone, pp.201–17. Porter, R. (1999) The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present, London: Fontana. Rice, F.J. (1985) ‘The origin of an organisation of insanity in Scotland’,...
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...system, extending from just south of the Tropic of Capricorn to the coastal waters of Papua New Guinea, comprises some 3400 individual reefs, including 760 fringing reefs, which range in size from under 1 ha to over 10,000 ha and extend for more than 2000 km off the east coast of Australia. The Great Barrier Reef includes a range of marine environments and formations,...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...system. Activity 2 Go to the Weblinks below to find the statements from the UN, the OECD and the ILO about the ethical aspects of business activity. UN ‘Global Compact’ OECD ILO Discussion Given that ‘global corporate citizenship’ remains an elaborate claim, and the uncertainty over exactly what international corporations are citizens of (their status...
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...system. Transitions happen to all of us throughout our lives. Some are common to most of us, such as starting school or becoming a parent. Major transitions such as these are like milestones in our lives – we pass through them and look back at them. When we look back at them we remember how we felt at the time and this can affect how we feel about ourselves and our...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...systems of children so that stress is triggered much more easily later on, and for longer periods (Perry et al, 1995). An important study by Christine Heim and her associates (Heim et al., 2000) showed that the stress response of women who had suffered childhood abuse (sexual or physical) did indeed show evidence of having been ‘sensitised’. The women in Heim’s...