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Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child
Education & Development

Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child

...can communicate well using toys to express themselves. Use this activity with your child so that they can open up about how they are feeling. ...Play is a very important part of children’s communication — it can reflect their world and their feelings and give them a way to express themselves other than through talking. Professionals helping children to communicate...
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Activity 10 mins
Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

...children and young people’s mental health problems in the media, and we often hear this issue referred to as a ‘crisis’. But what does the evidence say? Are rates of mental health problems rising? In this course you will explore these important questions as well as delving into a case study of a young person with anxiety who is refusing to go to school, which is...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Do animals really raise human babies as their own?
Nature & Environment

Do animals really raise human babies as their own?

...children raised by wolves and more. Do these stories have any basis in truth?...I recently became a first-time mother. In addition to my daughter, Myrtle, I share my home with a motley collection of rescued animals including dogs, cats, horses, chickens and pigs. This multi-species, multi-generational co-habitation – along with the release of a new adaptation of Rudyard...
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Video 5 mins
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...children to a play centre, and we went down some slides together and had lunch together, but within that I actually received quite a serious disclosure in the car, and that’s a relationship that I’ve developed over the last year within a child protection plan. So I think a key part of that is developing a really meaningful relationship with children in a very...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Science and society: A career and professional development course
Education & Development

Science and society: A career and professional development course

...Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology and is leading (with colleagues) the Informing Science Outreach and Public Engagement (http://isotope.open.ac.uk/) and (In)visible Witnesses (http://www.open.ac.uk/invisible-witnesses/) research project teams. Matthew Harvey manages the Science in Society programme at the Royal Society. Part of the Society’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Open Thinking
OpenLearn Ireland

Open Thinking

...Research. This video sequence hints at the rich diversity of the world class research that is undertaken both on the main Walton Hall campus and in collaboration with top ranked institutions elsewhere in the UK and worldwide. Follow the listed links to find out more about the depth and breadth of Open University research, or to explore the repository of publications in...
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Video 2 mins
The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health

...research which has indicated that users tend to attack those whom they perceive to say something wrong. Given the polarising nature of comments, this research corroborates wider research in that there is still a stigma associated with mental health, with many users dismissing Biles’ struggles or viewing them as an excuse for poor performance. While suggestions have been...
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Article 10 mins
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...centre of your search planning for secondary (and primary) data should be your topic and research questions. What is the main focus of your research? What do you want to explore with your secondary data? It may be more helpful to start with some broad terms and as you progress with your search make your search more specific. The type of data that you require will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs