Health & Safety

Teaching students with ASD, anxiety or both can be challenging and confusing for educators. School News relished the opportunity to interview two experts on anxiety and ASD in the classroom to get some insight.

“We have a very environmentally strong curriculum and with the solar, our students can monitor our system with apps, plan targets, etc., they can watch it in real-time as we have set up our facility for students to see the batteries and system working," said Atlantis Beach Baptist College principal Brendon Donaldson.

There are differing opinions about how devices should be used in education. Theatre in education can be employed by teachers to enhance...

What not to say to students in a suicide postvention, how to pick up warning signs, the truth about suicidal ideation and how to navigate grief in the classroom.

QLD's Palaszczuk Government is sponsoring the Secondary School T20 Challenge cricket competition for the first time to support young people on the field and in the car.

“With the ice epidemic and youth suicide major issues in regional NSW it is important that our kids have access to life-saving support services no matter where they live.”

We need to create policies and schools that give principals what they need to use their considerable expertise to flourish, so they can help our teachers and students flourish too.

Could we come up with new ways for children and young adults to learn about reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, remediate and repair? According to one ECU researcher, maybe we can.

It's the 3rd biggest health problem affecting schoolchildren, after asthma and diabetes. So why do so many of us feel confused about the signs, symptoms and what to do in a crisis?

Anxiety is already one of the most common disorders among young people, but it can be particularly bad in year 12.