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Making a difference: Youth participation
Education & Development

Making a difference: Youth participation

...care about other people. And so getting involved with these projects means that young people have the opportunity to show that we can do really positive things, and that we do want to make a change in our society. And that we do want to act as responsible citizens, and that we do really want to start making changes and we want to be taking responsibility in our...
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Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two

...care for other people. There are many historical and contemporary examples that can be drawn upon to indicate that human beings have a natural propensity to care and support people, sometimes even those that they do not know. There are everyday examples of human beings helping others when they are in trouble, from small acts of kindness like offering advice on directions...
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Article 12 mins
Data analysis and interpretation
Education & Development

Data analysis and interpretation

...Care issued by the Department of Health (2005, p. 8) in the UK recommended the following inclusive approach to research: ‘Research, and those pursuing it, should respect the diversity of human society and conditions and the multi-cultural nature of society. Whenever relevant, it should take account of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race, culture and...
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Article 15 mins
Emotions and emotional disorders
Health, Sports & Psychology

Emotions and emotional disorders

...adults between the ages of 16 and 64 years met the clinical diagnostic criteria for at least one emotional disorder (or common mental disorder; McManus et al., 2009). Of these, depression and anxiety (or a mix of the two, called ‘mixed anxiety and depression’ or MAD) were by far the most common, as Figure 1 shows. Note that the term prevalence is a scientific term...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...adults to let children take the lead, stand back when help is not required and have confidence that creative thinking is important to children’s learning and development. For any creativity to emerge there needs to be a nourishing and nurturing environment, promoting a culture of openness to new concepts and a tolerance for ambiguity.Creative play can also reveal...
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Article 10 mins
Is trick-or-treating legal or not?
Society, Politics & Law

Is trick-or-treating legal or not?

...adult supervision. Again, it is the responsibility of parents to make the decision for their own children about appropriate supervision. There is equally no restriction on the timing of Halloween activities, although again, for children it is the parents who decide when their child can go out to celebrate Halloween, and this will usually be closely related to the age of...
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Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...adults 2: Learn how to prepare some healthy meals [Four lunchboxes with healthy food] It’s easy to order duck pancakes from the sofa or grab a kebab on the way home from a night out, but healthy eating will impact your overall health and wellbeing. Learn more about nutrition and the science behind it with this free course... The science of nutrition and healthy eating...
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Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question

...and to value autistic children and the families they live in. Asking what causes autism is asking the wrong question. Asking how we as a society value the skills, abilities and qualities of autistic children and adults is a much better one.[The Conversation] This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article....
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