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Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting new mothers’ mental health during the perinatal period

...caring for a completely dependent infant. For some, this adjustment can be deeply unsettling. Parents who experience distress often describe feeling disconnected from themselves and others. Thoughts may not feel like their own. Everyday objects or sounds can become frightening. The world can feel unsafe or unreal. If you are concerned about yourself, or about someone you...
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Article 5 mins
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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Video 5 mins
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
Why is FGM practised?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is FGM practised?

...care professionals using clinical methods and instruments. Egypt, Sudan and Guinea have some of the highest prevalence rates of medicalised FGM even though the practice is illegal in these countries. The World Health Organisation (WHO, 2025) has sounded the alarm that one in four FGM procedures are now medicalised amounting to over 50 million women and girls being...
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Article 5 mins
Professional relationships with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Professional relationships with young people

...adults who respect, accept, like and really listen to them is a new life experience. These relationships can offer the young people new perspectives on approaching, developing and managing quality relationships of their own. This free course, Professional relationships with young people, explores different approaches in developing relationships and working practices which...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 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
Play families: Using toys to open up communication with your child
Education & Development

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

...adults we can easily forget that some of the ways in which we share our ideas and feelings, like talking or writing, are not natural for children. Most children have vivid imaginations and acting out their thoughts and feelings through imaginative play is very natural for them. They call it playing! What is the point of this game? You may have heard about experts using...
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Activity 10 mins