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The Effects of a SWELE Program on Mental Wellbeing Among Children and Adolescents With Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: A Quasi-Experimental Study. [PDF]

J Appl Res Intellect Disabil
Lee RLT, Leung AWY, Chong YY, Chan SWC, Choi KC, Chien WT.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Death, Grief and Collective Care in the Materialist Spirituality of a Forest Preschool

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In a time when material reality appears disconnected from the spiritual world and meaning is sought through overconsumption of the Earth's material sphere, this study explores how death and grief are narrated as part of the ‘stories of the land’ that unite the material and spiritual worlds in a forest preschool in southeastern Finland ...
Emma Kurenlahti, Saila Poulter, Niklas A. Chimirri, Lasse Lipponen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Children’s Preferences for the Styling of Consultation Room Furniture Based on Scenic Beauty Estimation and Kansei Engineering

BioResources
Children’s preferences for the design of consultation room furniture were evaluated with a focus on the emotional and aesthetic factors influencing these preferences.
Kangqing Hao, Huiyuan Guan
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A longitudinal study investigating the association between social maturity, social preference and children's perceptions of their playfulness. [PDF]

Sci Rep
van de Weitgraven RL, Jansen BRJ, Dekkers TJ, Fink E.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Classroom Reading as a Battle of the Sensory. Bodily Dimensions of Unshared Reading in Primary Education

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary classrooms are dynamic spaces where young students learn to read and develop as readers. While reading inherently fosters an individual interaction with a text, its manifestation in a classroom transforms reading into a collective activity.
Anna Martín‐Bylund, Linnéa Stenliden, Mattias Arvola, Eva Reimers   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From welfare indicator to welfare contributor: the role of play in building flexibility and resilience in captive animals. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci
St John Wallis A, Mendl MT, Lecorps B, Held SDE.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Politics of Othering in the 'Happy Soul': Historicising Abjection in the Promise of Joy for Childhood and Play

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article interrogates the politics of othering embedded in the taken‐for‐granted association of childhood, play, joy, and happiness. It explores how these notions are historically inscribed as forms of otherness tied to the affective normativity of joy.
Chushan Wu
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Preschoolers' Motor Creativity Through Playfulness and Social Engagement. [PDF]

Children (Basel)
Ourda D, Polyzoudi E, Gregoriadis A, Barkoukis V.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Do You Realise People Are Dying There?!’: Ukrainian Adolescents Reflecting on Death During Wartime

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how Ukrainian refugee adolescents in Romania think and speak about death and loss amid war and displacement. While contemporary Western societies display an unprecedented visibility of death, they continue to exclude children from genuine conversations about mortality, maintaining a protective silence.
Adriana Teodorescu, Alina Bărbuță
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving surprise and play in unexpected places: clowns as artistic resources in oncology and palliative care. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Carnero-Sierra S.
europepmc   +1 more source