| A web-based directory of Waikato University academic staff
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Experts File
An excellent web-based directory of Waikato University academic staff who can be consulted on a range of topics ranging from Law, Computing, Mathematics, Management, Arts, Maori development, etc.
The web address for the Experts File is:
http://unipr.waikato.ac.nz/publicat
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| Author : Massey
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Created : 12 Sep 2003
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| Transient Children
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This is an excerpt from a paper written by Anna Lee.
Some schools-based suggestions to support transient children made by previous studies included:
1. The implementation of social processes in the playground to facilitate inclusion of transient children.
2. Welcoming systems.
3. The establishment of a "buddy system" to assist the child to establish friendships easily and to dissipa . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 03 Aug 2003
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| After the Suicide of Someone you know.
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ANNOUNCING A NEW YOUTH RESOURCE
AFTER THE SUICIDE
of someone you know
information and support for young people
by Tricia Irving – skylight, and Leora Hirsh – SPINZ
This new skylight resource provides what's
been missing – an easy to read, youth friendly
source of good, practical information for
young people who have been bereaved by
suicide. It might be a family member or a
friend . . . more
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| Author : Tricia Irving- Skylight
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Created : 21 May 2003
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| Choosing a School
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Choosing a School for a Five Year Old
Revised edition 2002
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How to use this publication
There are five sections, the content of which is described below.
Choosing a School: Step by Step
Follow these steps to make a list of possible schools for your child. Then use . . . more
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| Author : ERO
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Created : 23 Mar 2003
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| Families for Non-Violence
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PRESS RELEASE
1 November 2002
Author launches his own campaign.
Tim Tipene, author of Taming the Taniwha and founder of the Warrior Kids programme, has launched the Families for Non-Violence campaign. The campaign, which includes a march in the beginning of the new-year and a Peaceful Living Day next october, also features a Families for Non-Violence pack. The pack equips in . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 22 Feb 2003
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| Welcoming Strategies for Students & Their Families
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Starting a new school can be scary. Those concerned with mental health in schools can play important prevention and therapeutic roles by helping a school establish a welcoming program and ways to provide ongoing social support.
Special attention must be directed at providing Office Staff with training and resources so they can create a welcoming and supportive atmosphere to everyone who enter . . . more
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| Author : UCLA Mental Health Project
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Created : 11 Jan 2003
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| Literacy and Development
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Speech to the 1998 Planning Hui of the Adult Reading and Learning Assistance (ARLA) Federation of Aotearoa New Zealand: Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland, Saturday 20 June. Published in Nga Kete Koreo, the Journal of Literacy Aotearoa, July, 1999.
During his second voyage of discovery, James Cook had two boats which arranged to meet in Queen Charlotte Sound. They did not. After waiting a . . . more
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| Author : Brian Easton
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Created : 05 Dec 2002
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| The Decile Divide
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Decile ranking was initially designed as an administrative system to categorise schools according to socio economic groupings and to allocate financial resources to schools in relation to their perceived need. It was believed that this method of resource allocation would reduce socio-economic disparity by enabling schools in lower socio-economic areas to address learning needs. Schools would th . . . more
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| Author : NZ Principals Federation
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Created : 01 Oct 2002
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| Self-help cognitive therapy programme trialled
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Effective, no-drug antidepressant trialled
Depression and anxiety sufferers on treatment waiting lists will trial a self-help cognitive therapy programme.
The programme has been proven overseas to decrease depression and, in some cases, even obviate the need for further therapy.
The head of Australasia’s only university-based CT training unit, Massey University’s Associate Profess . . . more
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| Author : Massey University
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Created : 26 Sep 2002
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| Books in Homes- Alan Duff Charitable Foundation.
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| Books in Homes was inspired by Alan Duff who, with the help of Christine Fernyhough, developed the idea after realising that failures in adult life often stem from childhoods spent in bookless homes. The philosophy behind the programme is simple - to break the cycle of 'booklessness'. Kids who can't read become adults who can't communicate and that's a serious disadvantage in a world that operates . . . more
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| Author : Edusearch
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Created : 25 Sep 2002
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