Learning Development

Follow the links below to find information relevant to learning development in babies and children.

Updated October 2006

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Title:   Toys
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The best guide for buying toys for children is to see what they enjoy playing with.
Date:   Sep 2009

Title:   Television
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Television and videos entertain us all, but for children they also provide a window on the world.
Date:   Sep 2009

Title:   Play
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   The importance of play for children with a physical disability is explained, together with the ways that play can be used as a form of therapy. Some ideas are provided for how play can be encouraged and suggestions for who can be contacted for help with this area.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Toy and resource centre
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   The services provided by the Novita Toy and Therapy Library are described, and the eligibility and the means by which people can borrow items is explained.
Date:   Jul 2009

Title:   Going to high school
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Going to high school can be exciting but sometimes also a bit of a scary thought for some kids, particularly if you have spent all your school life in the one school.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Your school
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   School is where you get an education and learn lots of information about life, society and the world. You also get to learn new skills and have fun.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Why play is important
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Play helps your child to learn and develop, no matter what their age. Discusses how children use play to learn, and the different types of play that are appropriate for different ages.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Toddlers at play
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   An introduction to the type of play toddlers enjoy and how it makes their brains develop. Includes suggestions for age-appropriate games and toys.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Thinking: babies
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to how your baby thinks, and games you can play to help thinking develop.
Date:   May 2009

Title:   Sexual abuse - an overview
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Sexual abuse can happen to children, men and women. Hearing the stories of adult survivors and the development of support networks have greatly increased community understanding of this issue. Children who are sexually abused may show physical signs or changes in behaviour. If you suspect sexual abuse or have been told about it by a child, you must report it.
Date:   Apr 2009

Title:   School difficulties
Publisher:   The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Description:   School difficulties fall into two main groups: those related mainly to learning a specific subject or to schoolwork in general; and those concerned with behaviour, including classroom behaviour and reluctance to go to school.
Date:   Mar 2009

Title:   Growing and learning in the family
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The first and most important learning in a child's life happens within the family.
Date:   Jan 2009

Title:   Growing and learning with preschoolers
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Parents of young children want their children to get the best start they can in learning so they will do well at school and have successful lives. Often parents of very young children wonder what they can do to help their children get ready for their school time.
Date:   Jan 2009

Title:   How children learn
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The first and most important learning in a child's life happens within the family. Children learn from the way people treat them and from what they see, hear and experience as soon as they are born.
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   Growing and learning with toddlers
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Parents of young children want their children to get the best start they can in learning so they will do well at school and have successful lives. Often parents of very young children wonder what they can do to help their children get ready for their school time.
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   Growing and learning with babies
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Learning does not just belong to school or formal lessons. Children learn most quickly in the earliest years and in many ways. They do not need to be
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   Stealing
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Many parents are very worried about stealing. Sometimes children steal because they haven't yet learned that taking other people's things is wrong, some children steal because they are upset or worried about something.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   More than reading and writing
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Most parents know that reading and writing is so important for children. How words help us to understand our world and make the most of opportunities is much more than reading and writing. This is called literacy.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Getting clever
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Do you have clever kids in your class? Are you clever? The 'cleverest' people are not always really brainy but they have learned how to be clever.
Date:   Jun 2008

Title:   Preschooler play and learning: in a nutshell
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   This in-a-nutshell guide looks at play for preschoolers and how it can encourage learning.
Date:   May 2008
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