The longer I work in psychiatry, the more & more I'm reminded that poverty is one of the most harmful factors (if not the most harmful factor) affecting peoples' mental health.
Sydney Anglicans are usually pretty vocal when Christians churches are attacked overseas. But not in Gaza. At best you get a vague "violence on both sides" handwringing. This is unsurprising and gross.
@aliceleung I'm genuinely unsure how you would teach without aspects of both.
Sadly pedagogy has become a front of the 'culture wars' and the govt is happy to pander to it because it looks good to those who have no idea, and its relatively cheap
Most of this is about Direct Instruction. The definition of explicit teaching for NSW dept is on the website and in What Works Best. It is not an exclusive either / or pedagogy. We do not need any media driven pedagogy wars! #JustSaying 🙄🙄
https://t.co/AAR4XgAgwg
The messages I started receiving from people with lived experience of complex mental health on Sunday evening after this news broke were honestly just so distressing.
@elfy_scott Yes, I did a small post on fb about it, and had multiple people dm me their story or the stories of loved ones who tragically couldn't find the help they needed. Thanks for writing this.