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Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...adults but led by the children themselves. One of the schools Duncan works with where this process has proven specially effective, is Shirehampton Primary School in Bristol. Louisa Munton My name is Louisa Munton. I’m the head teacher at Shirehampton Primary School in Bristol. We serve a large catchment area where a significant proportion of our children come from...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Death is inevitable: But do you need to plan for it?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death is inevitable: But do you need to plan for it?

...care you’d like to receive to how your funeral may be. It does not mean planning to end your life, but rather understanding that dying and death are processes. And because they are processes, there is the possibility of influencing how those processes happen and are experienced. For some, it is easiest to think about it as a parallel to a birth plan or other major life...
Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people

...adults. Coping with prison life is a tenuous, relative and fluid concept that ebbs and flows over time. The real pains of imprisonment are to be found in the denial of personal autonomy, feelings of time consciousness, and the lack of an effective vocabulary to express the hardship of watching life waste away. It is also clear that custody is experienced differently by...
Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...adults are already apprehensive about the amount of time kids spend online, with a lot of parents not wanting to encourage any further computer use. People can also be reluctant to try something that is perceived to be very new or untested. However, self-help utilizing modern technology for mental health problems is not a new thing, in the past mediums such as cassette...
Supporting physical development in early childhood
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting physical development in early childhood

...adults do not ‘hijack’ their play and experiences (Fisher, 2016). Careful observation is a key skill for those working with young children and it is important to know what the learning needs of the child are and then how the environment could be enhanced to meet these. The uniqueness of each child and how they develop at their own pace is essential, yet careful...
World Health Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Health Day

...campaign are to increase awareness about the rise in diabetes and its staggering burden and consequences. ...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...
Supporting children’s learning in the early years
Education & Development

Supporting children’s learning in the early years

...adults help them? This album looks at how nursery teachers support children in their development. We follow a practitioner’s day, looking at how she works with children, observes and plans for further activities while she also records her thoughts and ideas using a video camera. Further video tracks reveal how creativity is nurtured in young children to develop their...
How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

...adult and this raises a question: how do children, who are generally thought to be less skilled and knowledgeable than adults, acquire such a complex system at such a young age? Early learning centre [Young child kissing pregnancy 'bump']Language learning certainly begins early. At 35 weeks old, babies can already distinguish between different vowel sounds. That is not 35...