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Why belonging is important: KidsMatter Families Newsletter 3
Understand the need to belong, help your child accept and respect difference and learn more about the importance of building a relationship with your child’s school or childcare service. Issue 3...
View ArticleTake a proactive approach to building positive relationships
We all have relationships – with our partners, children, parents, friends, colleagues and many others. And, according to the authors of Positive Relationships: Evidence Based Practice across the World...
View ArticleFrom childhood deprivation to adult social exclusion
Children from economically-deprived families are more likely to be socially excluded as adults, according to new research published by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies. Agnese Peruzzi of the...
View ArticleWellbeing Facilitators: Wellbeing Inhibitors
Wellbeing in schools is different from welfare. Welfare policies determine what you do when students are identified as in need of additional help. This is reactive and often the province of senior or...
View ArticleThe California Healthy Kids Survey
… a massive survey of student behaviour and a key resource for schools – has unveiled extensive revisions that put a stronger focus on students’ emotional health. The change reflects a growing interest...
View ArticleAboriginal Girls Circle – Resilience and Connectedness
The Aboriginal Girls’ Circle (AGC) is an intervention targeted to increase social connection, participation and self-confidence amongst Aboriginal girls attending secondary schools. Researchers from...
View ArticleA Push Pull Framework for School Attendance
PM Tony Abbott has again raised the issue of school attendance for Aboriginal young people. He says that the literacy gap between indigenous and no-indigenous students, especially for those living in...
View ArticleNAPLAN fails the engagement test
Excellent article by Chris Bonnor in the SMH: bit.ly/T0eh0G
View ArticleThose with a strong moral identity give their time, not just their cash
Charities want your time and not just your money: new study identifies factors that lessen ‘time aversion’ in charitable giving. – See more at:...
View ArticleTransition from primary to secondary school
Interesting article on how vulnerable children deal with this transition: growingupinaustralia.gov.au/…/asr2014e.html
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