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Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...adult (other than qualified teachers) who provide learning support to primary aged children in the UK. A central feature of the teaching assistant workforce is its considerable diversity – in terms not only of titles and linked responsibilities but also of previous experience, formal qualifications, in-service training opportunities, ways of working and skills for...
Living with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with Disability

...care environments. From domestic homes to residential and hospital settings, we explore physical, social and psychological impacts and investigate the extent to which care environments are enabling or disabling. The album also contains a fictional case study which explores some of the issues facing people who are carers in their own homes. To complete the album, Joanna...
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How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?

...care. What is stroke? A stroke can be simply described as an attack on the brain. There are two main types. “Ischaemic” and “haemmorhagic” stroke. Ischaemic stroke is often caused by a blockage in one of the vessels that supplies the brain with oxygenated blood, which eventually causes cell death in the area of brain affected. Haemmorrhagic is a bleed into the...
World Diabetes Day 2015
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Diabetes Day 2015

...awareness amidst concern over an escalating diabetes epidemic. Find out more about diabetes care here...Learn more about diabetes care The following video tracks introduce various aspects of a patient’s diabetes annual check-up. This material forms part of the Open University course Diabetes care. Listen to this podcast on type 1 diabetes Try a free diabetes course...
World Social Work Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Social Work Day

...care, select from our fantastic range of free resources on the subject. You can: Try a day in the life of a social worker with our interactive. Take our quiz 'How much do you know about children in care?' Listen to our podcasts on social work practice, work and law. Take a look at our free courses on social work and care. Take it further with the OU with our social work...
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...adults. They must be cared for when they're sick or injured. The right to water means children have the right to safe drinking water and a clean environment with proper toilet facilities. The right to identity means every child must be officially recognised as a human being with human rights. It also means every child has the right to a name and nationality and to know...
The Quilt of Excellence: how to support older people with learning disabilities and their families
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Quilt of Excellence: how to support older people with learning disabilities and their families

...care looks like in this short animation...This content is associated with The Open University’s Health and Wellbeing qualifications. The animation, based on cutting-edge research, explores the three key elements to providing excellent care to older people with learning disabilities. [Quilt of excellence - Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities...
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...adults? How is childhood socially constructed? And how is the child represented in literature? This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L301 Language, literature and childhood....Approaching language, literature and childhood: Introduction - This free course, Approaching language, literature and childhood, introduces you to the field of...