These stories with diverse characters can help kids develop empathy Gifting children books can be about more than just giving them something to read, writes Helen Joanne Adam. Books are portals to adventure, imagination and new experiences. Importantly, books can help children understand and appreciate themselves,...
Parents needn’t be perplexed when choosing appropriate toys for children with special needs, writes Gail Kearns. Ask your child’s therapists (occupational therapist, physical therapist and/or speech and language pathologist) for ideas regarding which skills need to be developed, based on their therapy goals. Play is not idle...
Alexandra de Gendre and Nicolás Salamanca, tried to find out why. Who you go to school with matters. Almost all of us, as children or parents of children, have felt the influence of good, and bad, classmates at school. There is a large body of research...
Dot Dumuid and Tim Olds, have done the research which shows a ‘Goldilocks Day’ tool helps find the best balance of good grades and well-being For students, as for all of us, life is a matter of balance, trade-offs and compromise. Studying for hours on end...
Jane Nursey, Professor Helen Cahill, Professor Jim Watterston and Professor Lisa Gibbs look at the changes to schooling needed to respond to the current challenges in learning. Since early 2020, Australia’s bushfires and then the pandemic have rapidly altered our ways of living and learning. As...
Therapy for babies showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of clinical diagnosis at age 3, reports Andrew Whitehouse, Jonathan Green and Kristelle Hudry. A therapy for infants showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of the child meeting diagnostic criteria for autism at...
It’s a trustworthy source writes Rachel Cunneen and Mathieu O'Neil At the start of each university year, we ask first-year students a question: how many have been told by their secondary teachers not to use Wikipedia? Without fail, nearly every hand shoots up. Wikipedia offers free...
Joel Rindelaub looks at how to help your child get the most protection out of their face mask With many children around the country required to wear masks in classrooms, including those as young as eight in Victoria, parents are wondering how they can support their...
Is there any benefit for my child? Asks Leon Benade Some schools around Australia, and elsewhere, have replaced individual desks with circular booths and shared tables for collaborative work. But what does the evidence actually say? Do flexible learning spaces improve students’ ability to work together, as...
Queensland school students have reportedly been bullied after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and have struggled to return to school as a result, write Brian Moore and Stuart Woodcock The Queensland Department of Education stated it hasn’t heard of any bullying related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Given...
