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Machine generated contents note: pt. A Approaches To Theory And Evidence -- ch. 1 The Role of Context in Children's Development / Alan Hayes -- Why study contexts of development? -- Children's development In Australia -- Introduction to theories of context in child development -- Risk and resilience...

Contents note continued: Student exercises -- ch. 4 Giftedness / Kerry Hodge -- Contexts -- Examining the characteristic of giftedness -- The role of contexts -- CONSEQUENCES -- Consequences for the gifted child -- Consequences for families -- Consequences for communities -- Student exercises -- ch....

Contents note continued: Changes in Australian families -- Children in Australian families -- Diversity in Australian families -- Family functioning -- Circumstances of families in Australia -- Consequences -- Parenting -- Challenging family circumstances -- Implications for intervention -- Student...

Contents note continued: Media and technology in the home -- Media and technology in educational settings -- Children's engagement with technology and media -- Consequences -- Positive impacts of media and screen-based technologies -- Negative impacts of media and screen-based technologies -- Implic...

Contents note continued: The whole-school approach to intervention -- Student exercises -- ch. 11 Geographical and Social Isolation / Maureen Fegan -- Contexts -- Geographical isolation -- Social isolation -- Social change and isolation in Australia -- Social change in rural communities -- Consequen...

Contents note continued: The need for change in state response -- Student exercises -- ch. 13 The Stolen Generations / Rebekah Grace -- Contexts -- Child removal: early events and beliefs -- Development of government policy during the twentieth century -- Consequences -- The outcomes of child remova...

Contents note continued: Promoting psychosocial wellbeing -- Emergency education -- Child-centred spaces -- Child and community participation -- Looking forward -- Student exercises -- ch. 16 Policy Support for Children, Families, and Communities / Kerry Hodge -- Poverty and disadvantage: reducing s...