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Social care, social work and the law
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care, social work and the law

...communication that can help ease relationships and ensure the welfare of all parties. Welfare in education The schools system and Social Services are often inexorably linked. Fiona Wraith, and education welfare officer, highlights how schools can help and uncover young people in need. Working with older people These discussions examine the rights and lives of older...
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Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...community: rural development strategies in the Slieve League Peninsula, County Donegal', Geography Department Occasional Paper no.2, University College, Maynooth. Glencolmcille Community website (2013) ‘Fr. James McDyer’, Welcome to Glencolmcille [Online] http://www.glencolmcille.ie/frmcdyer.htm Errigal Bay (2016) ‘About us’ [Online] http://errigalbay.com/ Donegal...
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Article 5 mins
What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?
Society, Politics & Law

What does it mean to be trauma informed in practice?

...community workers or other professionals, the trauma experienced by an individual can become toxic, leading to developmental trauma, i.e. impacting brain development and having a hyper-response to stressful situations (Trauma Informed Plymouth Network, n.d.). This can be further aggravated by circumstances in the community such as poverty, discrimination, and violence...
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Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms
OpenLearn Ireland

Supporting Mental Health Through Online Music Fandoms

...community' – a place made up of 'a communion of equals separate from mainstream society.' In this context, music fandom is not about buying CDs or attending concerts, but rather an intense response to music and an emotional attachment to the artist. In short, it emphasises the personal aspects of being a fan. Through interactions on social media, music fandom becomes an...
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Article 5 mins
Black Blue Plaques
Languages

Black Blue Plaques

...under-representation in the public space and imagination. Transcript Featuring the work of Black History Walks, the Nubian Jak Community Trust, and English Heritage, and narrated by Karen Arthur. With thanks to the BAAL Applying Linguistics fund for support for the project. Written, produced and directed by: Lab Ky Mo, Philip Seargeant, Korina Giaxoglou and Frank Monaghan...
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Video 5 mins
Theories and concepts in family meanings
Society, Politics & Law

Theories and concepts in family meanings

...communicate and behave, and they talk about family personal life and what is meant by the term 'intimacy'. Finally they discuss the future of family studies. The Open University course DD101 Introducing the social sciences, features similar material to this collection... Theories and concepts in family meanings A short introduction to the album. Family discourses Ros...
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Audio 30 mins
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...communication and the strategies used by team leaders and members. One common denominator in an early years setting is that a number of adults are involved. A home-based practitioner, for example, may not appear to be in a ‘team’ or be a ‘leader’ but may be working with other home-based practitioners, children’s centres and local support services. As an early...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...oral history interviews, I have attempted to reconstruct and interpret the industrial actions that were launched by women across Scotland in 1981 and 1982. In doing so, I have developed the argument that these occupations collectively represent the most significant period of working-class resistance to manufacturing closure in twentieth-century Scotland. In the three...
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Article 10 mins