Topic: Young People’s Book Awards Activity: Write a book review. Title: How It Feels To Float Author: Helena Fox Publishing Date: April 23rd 2019. Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9780525554363 Ages: 14-18 years old (Common Sense Media). Awards: Winner for Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Prize for Writing for Young Adults 2020. Short-listed for Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Young…
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What Did I Learn From reading this book, I learned what the ideal mental health emergency services should look like. However, from personal experience with these services, the book does not portray mental health emergency services accurately. I learned some skills to help address mental health issues with teenagers. I also learned several cultural differences…
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(Berwick Library Victoria, 2020) Topic: Diversity Activity: For this activity, I reviewed an electronic resource for children or young adults or about delivering services to young adults. What Did I Learn? LoveOZYA advocates for diversity in Australian young adult literature. LoveOZYA’s (2019) comment about the deaf community identifying themselves as culturally and linguistically diverse instead of…
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