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Evaluate health information and communicate their own and others’ health concerns (ACPPS076)

Elaborations
  • analysing the credibility of health messages conveyed by different sources in terms of bias, reliability and validity and applying credible information to health-related decisions
  • practising ways to communicate concerns about their health to a variety of support people
  • proposing ways to support others who are going through a challenging time
  • developing health literacy skills while exploring and evaluating online health information that is aimed at assisting young people to address health issues
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Information literacy,  Health promotion,  Helpfulness,  Help-seeking behaviour

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Gambling: Identifying influences

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The convergence of gaming and gambling

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The gambling zone: Issues and consequences

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Respectful Relationships: Teaching and Learning

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Not every classroom is specifically designed to respond to the needs of all students. Using this interactive questionnaire, audit a classroom environment and create a task list of simple changes that can be made to create a more space inclusive for neurodivergent students.

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Get ready to learn! Interoception and self-regulation

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