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Play, physical activity, and physical health

WEBIn recent years, concerns have grown over reductions in young children’s physical activity and heightened sedentary and screen time, alongside rises in childhood obesity.

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‘Play to Heal’: A Visiting Student Researcher Perspective on Play …

WEBIn this article, visiting student Cate Schultz from the Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reflects on her internship in PEDAL. The UN declared in 1989 children’s right to play …

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WEBIn this lecture Dr Paulina Pérez-Duarte (PEDAL), Dina Fajardo (PEDAL) & Mercedes Castañeda (Reinserta) explore and advocate for the use of play in challenging settings, …

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Play, physical activity, and physical health

WEBReferences 1 The Power of Play: A Pediatric Role in Enhancing Development in Young Children (Yogman et al., 2018). 2 Defining and Measuring Active Play Among Young …

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Play during the pandemic

WEBFollowing PEDAL’s Play in the Pandemic rapid review, PhD Student Kelsey Graber conducted a qualitative research study to investigate children’s own play experiences …

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Celebrating International Play Therapy Week: What is play

WEBPlay is essential to the healthy development of every child. Play supports social, emotional, cognitive and physical growth and development. Play is a part of children's lives that …

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Play in hospitals

WEBSemana JIM®: Play in Hospitals Awareness Week in Mexico As a researcher and advocate for play in hospitals, Paulina is the Founder and Director of Semana JIM® ‘Play in …

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Play and mental health

WEBPlay therapy and children's mental health Sydney’s PhD project is working to tell a story of three different intersections of the topics of child-centred play therapy, trauma, and …

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It’s Mental Health Awareness Week: But what do we mean by

WEBThis week is Mental Health Awareness Week and a range of events and activities are taking place to increase understanding of mental health, address stigma and campaign …

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Understanding mental health in infancy and early childhood

WEBRead more Find out more about the research our Play in Early Life team is doing on protecting babies, children and young people’s mental health below. Through the …

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H: Health, hospitals, and play: The Teddy Bear Hospitals

WEBThis is the aim behind Teddy Bear Hospitals – a public health program for children around ages 3-8 to address the anxieties and fears that children might associate with going to …

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PEDAL Play and Mental Health Conference 2023

WEBJoin us to discover the transformative power of play at PEDAL’s annual conference. This autumn, leading academics, policymakers, practitioners, and researchers from around …

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Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2023: Understanding Infant …

WEBIn this short animation for Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2023, PEDAL's Senior Policy Fellow Sally Hogg explains what we mean by 'mental health' in infancy and early …

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Infant Mental Health Awareness Week: How can we help little …

WEBIt’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. At PEDAL, we are committed to conducting research that makes a difference to the lives of children and families right from the start. …

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Continuing the ‘play and health revolution’: Semana JIM® 2022

WEBReferences 1 How to communicate with children, according to Health Play Specialists in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study (Pérez-Duarte Mendiola, 2022) . 2 In sickness and …

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Understanding and supporting mental health in infancy and early

WEBThere is widespread concern about babies’, children’s and young people’s mental health in the UK, particularly after the pandemic. Surveys of children, young people, parents, …

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Exploring ‘Encanto’ and intergenerational trauma

WEBA new research paper published by PEDAL PhD student Sydney Conroy, entitled 'Narrative Matters: Encanto and intergenerational trauma', suggests that engaging with popular …

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Christine O’Farrelly

WEBO’Farrelly, C. & Hennessy, E. (2013). Understanding transitions within early childhood care and education settings: The perspectives of professionals. International Journal of …

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Mental Health Matters: The implications of Government scrapping …

WEBLast summer, the Government consulted widely on a “mental health and wellbeing plan“. There was a widely welcomed commitment to “improving mental health and wellbeing …

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