Aroha’s Way – giving children the tools to understand their mental health
By award-winning New Zealand author Craig Phillips, Aroha's Way is anticipated to be an important contribution to mental health literature. Here, publisher Bex Lipp talks about the journey that led to the book's creation.
Inclusive practice benefits all learners
Since the beginning of 2019, Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto (a name gifted by Ngāi Tahu to Beckenham School) has been developing a pilot project in partnership with the Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour...
Getting on top of our big bullying problem
It started as a regular Tuesday at school for 15-year-old Sophia, but by 11.40am everything had changed. During maths a giggling classmate thrust a list at her, ‘Stuff We Hate About Sophia and Dylan’....
Pact programme supports people to lead better lives
Pact’s Greymouth Community Support worker James Tainui helps support people to lead fulfilling lives in the community.
Teachers share practice at PLD Expo
Around 400 teachers and school staff took part in a dynamic professional learning and development (PLD) event in Wellington in April, which included a kōrero from psychologist Nigel Latta about managing stress and workload.
The power of the b-word: knowing when to use it and how to deal...
With Bullying-Free NZ Week happening this week, JUDE BARBACK suggests we need to make sure our children understand what constitutes bullying and how to deal with it.
Youth Mental Health: One-size-fits-all approach not working
Schools and communities say the funding for youth mental health initiatives needs to be directed to them directly to so that programmes suit the specific needs of their young people. By Ruby Harfield.
Opinion: Dr Tracy Chandler – Why more and more younger people have an inability...
Dr Tracy Chandler (aka Dr Wellness) talks about why she is seeing an epidemic of younger and younger people with fatigue and an inability to cope with life.
Study investigates New Zealanders’ attitudes towards working from home
A University of Otago study of 2,595 New Zealanders working from home during lockdown suggests that most people were equally or more productive.
Feeling safe and sound through music therapy
Primary students who began to experience anxiety and stress following a series of earthquakes are learning to build resilience by using music as a release.
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