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Creative learning & development: preschool | Raising Children Network
Creative activities and creative play have big roles in preschooler learning and development. Read how drama, music, dance and art nurture imagination.
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Creative learning & development: toddlers | Raising Children Network
Creative activities and creative play have big roles in toddler learning and development. Read how drama, music and art nurture imagination and thinking.
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How babies learn
The first five years of a child’s life are critical for development and help shape the adults they will become.
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Creative learning & development: 5-8 years | Raising Children Network
Creative activities and creative play have big roles in school-age learning and development. Read how drama, music, dance, art and craft nurture imagination.
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Learning to crawl
Crawling is an important skill for your baby to learn and is a big milestone in their development.
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Learning to walk
Your baby's first steps is one of the most exciting and memorable milestones in your child’s development.
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Toddler development: Learning to feed themselves
Learning how to feed themselves, even if it's messy, is an important part of your toddler's development. Learn more here.
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Developing a positive body image | Kids Helpline
Learn to love and respect your body for all that it can do
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Your baby's growth and development - 10 months old
A 10-month-old will be very active. As a parent, you’ll probably be chasing them around as they crawl, and be learning more about their developing personality.
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Toddler development: Learning how to draw and write
Learning how to draw and write is an essential life skill for children which starts early and builds gradually over the pre-school and lower primary years.
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Education and Learning - Home Care
This section of the Home Care Toolkit provides an opportunity for you to evaluate your learning and development needs and create a personal learning plan.
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Education and Learning - Residential Aged Care
This section of the RAC Toolkit provides opportunity for you to evaluate your learning and development needs and create a personal learning plan. Links are provided to online and other types of resources to help you improve your knowledge, skills and confidence in providing palliative care and advance care planning.
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Information and resources for primary care practitioners
Resources for primary care practitioners (GPs): Practice Guidelines, professional development training, networks and Blue Knot Helpline referral database.
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'Keeping families and children in mind' eLearning course
About the 'Keeping families and children in mind' eLearning course. This introductory online training course helps learners to develop a family-sensitive approach to working with families where a parent has a mental illness.
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Sensory Loss | Ausmed
It's important to know what sensory loss is, how to recognise and differentiate it from expected age-related changes, and how to make adjustments for older people living with, or developing, sensory loss.
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Bullying | Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network
While children, adolescents and adults may deal with many adversities during their lives, one of the most pervasive and difficult to deal with is bullying. Bullying is often subtle and can be difficult to define. Nowhere is bullying more damaging than when it occurs in childhood, affecting children and adolescents of all ages. It reflects power inequities, which may be particularly damaging to the child's development, self esteem, capacity to function and learning.
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Diabetic Foot Explained | Ausmed
It is estimated that 280 Australians develop diabetes every day. Around 4,400 amputations are performed regularly at Australian hospitals each year and researchers believe that 85% of diabetes-related amputations are avoidable if correct care and prevention are observed.
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Modifiable Dementia Risk Factors | Ausmed
Is there any way to completely prevent dementia? The answer, sadly, is no. However, by managing the modifiable risk factors of dementia, it is possible to decrease the likelihood of developing it. It is never too early or too late to adopt a brain-healthy lifestyle.
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'Child Aware supervision eLearning course
About the 'Child Aware supervision' eLearning course for professionals. The training is specifically for supervisors to learn about strategies that promote child and family-sensitive practice.
Read more on COPMI – Children of Parents with a Mental Illness website
Paediatric Eczema: An Itchy Problem
Eczema is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that usually develops in early childhood. It is typified by dry itchy skin and is episodic in nature, except in very severe cases. Most children with eczema will experience flares, sometimes as often as three or four times per month.
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