Catherine Smith asks, when research tells us they do better in the mainstream system? Recently, the disability royal commission is looking at the experiences of children and young people with disability in different schools across Australia. This includes mainstream schools as well as so-called “special schools”. An...
The development of an online portal for workplaces on health promotion around pregnancy became a real labour of love for all involved who pushed through pandemic related delays. This can also be a major source of worry in the increasingly difficult economic climate faced by young...
Kids on the autism spectrum experience more bullying. Schools can do something about it, write researchers P. Daniel Lin and Valsamma Eapen Children diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, experience various types of challenges at school. This might be due to communication, and also relationships...
GP Phoebe Holdenson Kimura reports on what to expect when coming off the pill and 5 things to do before you do “The pill” (the combined oral contraceptive pill) has been giving Australian women control over their reproductive health since the 1960s and remains the most...
Melissa Cowan looks at ways to manage your emotions when you are stressed. When Katie* was driving her four-year-old daughter to daycare, her daughter got teary out of the blue. She said it was unfair her friend got to do swimming classes while she did not....
We are working from home and Libby (Elizabeth) Sander has some tips to help Telstra and Westpac are the latest companies to encourage staff to work from home, just a few months after some of them returned to the office. Working from home for extended periods can...
Don’t expect schools to do all the heavy lifting to close the education divide between the big cities and the rest of Australia, writes Professor John Halsey Students in regional, rural and remote Australia have been behind their urban counterparts on almost every recognised measure of...
Kids need nature, and nature sure needs kids, to understand how nature relates to our planet and where humans are placed in our very important nature conservation role. These books for school aged kids, are new or recently published and, although they are aimed at...
Most of you will have noticed hosting a dinner party is harder than it used to be. Evangeline Mantzioris One friend is gluten-free, another is dairy-free, one can’t eat onion and two more are vegetarian. Are food intolerances increasing? Or do we just hear more about them...
When it comes to parenting a new baby, the focus is normally on developmental milestones, feeding and sleeping. Often new parents aren’t told about looking after their infant’s mouth. For Dental Health Week (August 1-7), the Australian Dental Association (ADA) is reminding Australian parents of the...
