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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

...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
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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Article 5 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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Article 5 mins
Childhood in the Digital Age
OpenLearn Ireland

Childhood in the Digital Age

...adults keep up? Does screen time lead to increased distractibility, obesity and loneliness? Or does it offer opportunities for autonomy and experimentation beyond anything imagined when I was growing up? Childhood is a time of rapid change. Dr Socialising - Childhood in the Digital Age (#3/5) How is digital technology changing children’s relationships and shaping their...
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Audio 15 mins
The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...adults and teenagers. The need for a declaration of a climate emergency is to mobilise the rapid actions needed to avert ecological catastrophe. Through a concerted campaign of civil disobedience, XR is in this sense taking a moral stance against the immorality of unsustainable human consumption and political inaction. The facts of climate and environmental breakdown are...
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Article 15 mins
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...Care Bear teddy, which they brought along in case they encountered any fellow Care Bears in the clouds who might want to chat! Just like how we process information differently, we can also remember things differently. The type of memories that we have and the age that we have them may be partly explained by the part of the world where we come from. Remembering...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...adult social care – implications for the social work role to assess need and plan support’, Journal of Social Work Practice, 36(4), pp. 427–439...Exploring critical social work practice: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by the K355 course team. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...adult and a child and sets limits on what someone is allowed to do. You will use the internet to listen to people talking about the issues. You will also get to see what children think about the way the criminal law attaches labels to them. Watch the following video, in which course author Rod Earle from The Open University introduces this session. ROD EARLE Stories about...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs