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Bruce Hurst – Global Studies of Childhood, 2024
How to work with older children has been ongoing question in Australian School Age Care (SAC) for over 30 years. Children aged 10-12 years are often spoken of as a problematic Other whose pose a risk to the younger children who attend SAC in higher proportions. This article aims to address the gap in research about what practices might work with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preadolescents, After School Programs, Child Caregivers
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Peta Stapleton; Joseph Dispenza; Angela Douglas; Van Dao; Sarah Kewin; Kyra Le Sech; Anitha Vasudevan – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
This study aimed to understand how mindfulness meditation affects young people by examining its impact on self-regulation, happiness, emotional awareness, and school performance among two groups of school children. A 10-week mindfulness program was conducted by a meditation expert for 552 children aged 4-8 (Group 1) and 287 children aged 9-11…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Young Children, Preadolescents
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Céleste Dubé; Alexandre J. S. Morin; Elizabeth Olivier; István Tóth-Király; Danielle Tracey; Rhonda G. Craven; Christophe Maïano – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This study investigates associations between initial levels and change in the quality of the relationships youth with intellectual disabilities (ID) share with their parents and teachers, and changes in their levels of depression over time. A sample of 395 youth with mild (48.3%) and moderate (51.7%) ID, aged between 11 and 22 (M = 15.69), were…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Depression (Psychology), Mild Intellectual Disability
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Greg Leigh; Teresa Y. C. Ching; Linda Cupples – Volta Review, 2024
This article discusses findings from the first 10 years of the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) Study, which includes more than 450 deaf and hard of hearing Australian children whose hearing losses were identified variously through newborn hearing screening or later paths to confirmation and intervention.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Children
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Hui Huang; Wanyu Liao – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Drawing on the concept of family language policy (FLP), this paper reports on how four Chinese-English interlingual families maintain the minority language of Chinese with their preteenager children in Australia. The study takes an integrative approach to explore both parents' and children's perspectives on language development. While highlighting…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Maintenance, Family Relationship, Second Language Learning
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Farrukh Amina; Melissa M. Barnes; Eisuke Saito – Teaching Education, 2024
Despite schools being exposed to students from refugee backgrounds for decades, many schools still struggle to provide adequate academic and social support for them. As a result, this study sought to better understand the educational experiences of these students by examining their belonging experiences. The belonging experiences were captured in…
Descriptors: Refugees, Student Experience, Student School Relationship, Teacher Attitudes