Health & Safety
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Social worker provides peer-led trauma support at Maryborough State High School
Australia’s leading peer-led youth trauma recovery organisation, is expanding its services by placing a social worker at Maryborough State High…
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School communication played vital role supporting trans student
Principal Bradley Fenner from Prince Alfred College talks about the vital role of strong communication skills while handling intense media…
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Kids on the autism spectrum experience more bullying. Schools can do something about it
The risk is also substantially higher for children with other types of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder…
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How to help students handle ‘friendship fires’
Friendship fires are conflicts children have with a friend and are distinct from bullying or conflict with non-friends. School News…
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Teachers’ stress isn’t just an individual thing – it’s about their schools too
Teachers who collectively displayed the highest levels of work strain tended to work in higher-pressure-climate schools. Levels of work commitment…
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School support needed for gender diverse youth post-pandemic
Gender diverse young people and students have reported higher proportions of negative impacts from COVID-19 on various aspects of their…
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Food Allergies: how should educators prepare?
May 22 to 28 is Australian Food Allergy Awareness Week, and 1 in 5 children with food allergies will have…
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‘It’s almost like a second home’: why students want schools to do more about mental health
Currently, schools address mental health and well-being through a social and emotional learning curriculum. Some have school counsellors or psychologists…
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How this SA Girls’ School Fostered Positive Wellbeing Outcomes for Boarding Students During the Pandemic
Boarding schools largely bore the brunt of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. In recognition of National Boarding Week (15th-21st May…
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Create Quality Learning Spaces with Balanced Acoustics
A Brisbane-based study of primary school classroom ‘acoustic health’ found a 92 percent “failure rate against research recommendations for teaching…
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