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Childhood trauma in the classroom  - There is a misconception that children are more resilient than adults to the effects of trauma and will ‘outgrow’ traumatic experiences (Lieberman & Knorr, 2007). However, new understandings in developmental and neuroscience research have challenged popular ideas about trauma and brain development during childhood. This research can help educators and

The Scientific Push To Declassify Transgender As A Mental Disorder  - “The definition of transgender identity as a mental disorder has been ... University in Western Australia “This study prompts primary caregivers and ...

Youths urged to reach out for help as suicide rates reach 13 year high  - Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed suicide ... “A lot of the time when someone is suicidal they don't reach out for help,” ...

Wise, worldly and working: Age discrimination and employment  - The report on the AHRC's inquiry, called Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination Against Older Australians and Australians  ...

We have to do better as a nation  - Put simply, 25 years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in ... this type of abuse should not have an opportunity to occur in Australia .

Excuse me officer, can you help me please, I'm trying to find justice for Indigenous Australians  - The people at the office of the Well Meaning White Progressives Association might be able to help you, they're down this way ... Sign up here to get an ...

The narrative of victimhood is real  - Several years ago I disaggregated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wealth quotients from the rest of the Australian population and the ...

Northern Territory detention inquiry must address racism, say Indigenous advocates  - Amnesty International's Australian Indigenous rights campaigner, Roxanne Moore, said it was “not a mistake that this is happening to Indigenous ...