A Jakarta workshop has urged primary teachers to look beyond classroom behaviour, identify pupils’ individual needs and work with counsellors before deciding how best to support them. Teachers in primary schools should look beyond what a child does in the…
The free Choose Sport service assesses more than 30 physical and cognitive indicators to help children aged six to 12 find disciplines suited to their abilities and interests. Moscow parents looking for a suitable sport for their children can use…
Repeated outbreaks, school closures and concern over serious complications are intensifying pressure on India to add mumps protection to its national immunisation programme. The continuing rise in mumps cases in Kerala has revived pressure on the Indian government to add…
Gastronomos maps out a thrifty week of home cooking, pairing seasonal ingredients with careful planning to minimise waste while covering pasta, poultry, vegetables, legumes, seafood and dessert. Kathimerini’s Gastronomos has sketched out a week of home cooking built around seasonality,…
From making the next step visible to changing your surroundings, psychologists share practical ways to reduce friction and manage attention with ADHD. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is often discussed as a childhood condition, but the practical challenges do not disappear…
Air-raid alerts, remote classes and chronic fear are reshaping how Ukrainian children learn, remember and communicate, an expert warns. Ukraine’s children are growing up under conditions that would challenge even the most resilient adult: air-raid alerts, disrupted routines, prolonged online…
India’s food safety regulator has proposed banning added sucrose and fructose in nutrition products for babies up to six months, with the draft amendment now open to public consultation. India’s food safety regulator has proposed a new limit on infant…
A study of 391 children in Egypt links high sensory processing sensitivity with greater emotional difficulties, while also finding lower rates of hyperactivity and weak prosocial behaviour. Some children seem to experience the world more intensely than others, and a…
A study of 391 Egyptian children links high sensory processing sensitivity with increased emotional difficulties, while also finding lower hyperactivity and stronger prosocial behaviour. A study of Egyptian children suggests that sensory processing sensitivity is not a rare or abstract…
Doctors at a Doha endocrine conference have urged families, schools and healthcare providers to act as obesity and early signs of diabetes rise among children. Doctors have warned that obesity is putting around 30% of children in Qatar at risk…
