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		<title>Homework in Primary School</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents told me today that the 5th class teacher is giving 2 1/2 hour homework nightly to pupils. Why? To prepare them for secondary school.
Well, seems this teacher needs to re-learn (if they ever learned) the purpose of primary schooling. They could also benefit from reading the Revised Primary Curriculum (if they ever read it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rubbish!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking to a school principal this week. He tells me his SENO states that unless a child is medicated they don&#8217;t qualify for support if they have ADHD. What a load of crap! Too many nurses became SENO&#8217;s. There are some good one&#8217;s out there, Ive met them (SENO&#8217;s that is) and I respect them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Isn&#8217;t Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was in McDonald&#8217;s today. Saw a boy of about 10 years of age. He had, by the looks of it, a Moderate General Learning Disability. He was with his mother and sister. The love and attention they both gave to him made me smile and feel all glad and sad at the same time. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Can Be Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not so long ago I visited a secondary school not far from Dublin. The reason for my visit was to observe a boy with a Moderate General Learning Disability and talk with his teachers. This boy has been mainstreamed throughout his life. Not because of the good will of the DES or any particular school, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depression Awareness Week-Depressive Behaviour</title>
		<link>http://davidjcarey.com/blog/depression-awareness-week-depressive-behaviour</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A clinically depressed person will have behavioural manifestations of their condition. These may include: slow movements, slow speech, soft vocal volumn, decrease in personal hygiene, excessive sleepliness, withdrawal from the family, withdrawal from friends, a variety of physical complaints that are vague such as headache or tummy pain. Of course these symptoms can be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depression Awareness Week-Feelings in Depression</title>
		<link>http://davidjcarey.com/blog/depression-awareness-week-feelings-in-depression</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only does depression impact on how we think, it has an adverse impact on how we feel. People who are clinically depressed feel sad most of the time. This, of course, is the common perception of the emotions of depression. However it isn&#8217;t always as simple as that. Younger people, particularly adolescents, often feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depression Awareness Week-Thinking in Depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depression affects thinking in a unique and particular way-it make everything seem terrible. Every memory is a bad one. A depressed person can&#8217;t think about the happy times in thier past. They can&#8217;t recall the good things that happened to them. They have difficulty focusing on anything positive. Depression has a specific impact on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Precedents to Depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depression most often does not arise out of nothing. Most people who experience clinical depression have a history of trauma, loss or a family history of depression. Trauma, be it from bereavement, abuse, accident or environmental catastrophe release a flood of Cortisol into the brain. Cortisol is a necessary chemical in the human brain but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depression Awareness Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://davidjcarey.com/blog/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this country 20% of the population will experience a depressive episode during thier lifetime. Some of these people will have only a single episode, some will have recurrent episodes and some will get worse and require hospitalisation. Nearly every person who experiences a depressive illness will have experienced a significant trauma. Trauma can take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD in the Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virtually every classroom in Ireland has at least one student with ADHD in it. This condition, a result of as yet unknown inefficient brain activity, is characterised by daydreaming, inattention, poor impulse control and sometimes hyperactivity. The unfortunate thing is that at second level most students with ADHD that has gone undiagnosed are perceived as [...]]]></description>
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