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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Perception of Children and their Pictorial Repertoire

International Journal for Digital Society, 2014
Art is universal. It has neither time nor territorial dimension. Similarly, the child’s artistic expression has become the means of cognition and communication between children of all cultures; it links children all over the world. The child’s artistic expression comprises creative exploration and selfreflection.
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Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin, Karen A. Sullivan, Vincent Denault, Catherine Kennon, Lucy Cradduck, Rachel Hews   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motor-independent Visual Perception Skill Indexes are Related with Reading Skills in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Journal of Rehabilitation, 2015
Objective: Cerebral palsy is one of the most common causes of physical disability in childhood that lead to various difficulties for children. These children may have abnormalities in visual perception.
Vahid Reza Khodabandeh, Mozhgan Farahbod, Ebrahim Pishyareh, Mehdi Rahgozar   +3 more
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley, Katie Wright, Kate O'Connor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weight status and perceived body size image in overweight and obese children 8–12 years old

Alexandria Journal of Medicine, 2011
Background: Young people's perception of their weight status attracted much interest. With a better understanding of childhood body image problems, investigating prevention programs within schools is an important next step.
Doaa K. Hussin, Ibrahim H. Mohammad, Hamad A. Al-Hamad, Gamal Makboul, Medhat Elshazly   +4 more
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Visual-spatial selective attention and reading ability in children : a study using event-related potentials and behavioral measures [PDF]

, 1991
Reading-disabled subjects have shown a pattern of visual-perceptual processing which is consistent with a deficit in the pathway that encodes transient visual information.
Anllo-Vento, Maria Lourdes, NC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro   +1 more
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Categorical perception of animal patterns

, 2010
As part of the more general issue of whether culture can affect perception, the present paper addresses the Whorfian question of whether the language available to describe perceptual experience can influence the experience itself.
Davidoff, Jules B., Goldstein, Julie
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Spoken word classification in children and adults [PDF]

, 2011
Purpose: Preschool children often have difficulties in word classification, despite good speech perception and production. Some researchers suggest they represent words using phonetic features rather than phonemes.
Carroll, Julia M., Joanne M. Myers, Myers, Joanne M., Julia M. Carroll   +3 more
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Australian Practitioners' Beliefs, Confidence, and Training Needs for Delivering Behaviour Support to Children and Young People in Out‐of‐Home Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) frequently present with complex behavioural needs. In New South Wales (NSW), behaviour support plans (BSPs) are mandated when restrictive practices, including psychotropic medication, are used. Little research has examined whether the statutory workforce is adequately prepared to meet behaviour support ...
Manisha Abayakoon Stanborough, Kelly‐Ann Allen, Emily Berger, Mikaela Stanborough, Erin Leif   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source