Understanding the middle years: Podcast

This podcast is about the critical importance of the middle years for the health and emotional development of students. Listen to Professor George Patton from the University of Melbourne and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute about The Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study (CATS). Host/Producer: Serpil Senelmis and Producer/Audio Engineer: James Brandis, Written and Recorded.

Keywords

mental and physical wellbeing , wellbeing , transition , transition strategies , middle years , whole-school approach , belonging , school connectedness , teaching strategies , social and emotional learning , SEL

Categories

Audience Educators
School level Year 2 - Year 4 , Year 5 - Year 6 , Year 7 - Year 9 , Year 10 - Year 12
General capabilities Personal and Social Capability

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