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“It’s about Taking the Risk”: Exploring Toddlers’ Risky Play in a Redesigned Outdoor Space by Little, Helen

“…Physically challenging, risky play is a natural part of children’s outdoor play behaviour, yet risky play is often limited by the environmental affordances as…”
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Promoting risk-taking and physically challenging play in Australian early childhood settings in a changing regulatory environment by Little, Helen

“…This article presents data from a survey of Early Childhood Education and Care services in Australia. The study investigated outdoor play provision in terms of…”
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Towards Distributed Recycling with Additive Manufacturing of PET Flake Feedstocks by Little, Helen A., Tanikella, Nagendra G., J. Reich, Matthew, Fiedler, Matthew J., Snabes, Samantha L., Pearce, Joshua M.

“…This study explores the potential to reach a circular economy for post-consumer Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (rPET) packaging and bottles by using it as…”
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Does Renal Repair Recapitulate Kidney Development? by Little, Melissa Helen, Kairath, Pamela

“…Over a decade ago, it was proposed that the regulation of tubular repair in the kidney might involve the recapitulation of developmental pathways. Although the…”
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Macronutrient Composition of Donated Human Milk in a New Zealand Population by Lamb, Rachael L., Haszard, Jillian J., Little, Helen M. J., Franks, Anthea F., Meeks, Maggie G.

“…Background A primary role of human donor milk banks is to provide pasteurized human milk for the sick and preterm infant populations and to support the mothers…”
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Relationship between parents' beliefs and their responses to children's risk-taking behaviour during outdoor play by Little, Helen

“…Learning how to respond appropriately in risk situations comes not only from the child's direct experiences but also through the guidance of those around them…”
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Children's access to outdoors in early childhood education and care centres in China during the COVID pandemic by Liu, Junjie, Wyver, Shirley, Chutiyami, Muhammad, Little, Helen

“…China has undergone rapid development in early childhood education and outdoor pedagogy in recent times. Importantly, it was the first country to detect…”
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Children’s experiences outdoors: Education and community contexts by Mart, Mehmet, Little, Helen, Bilton, Helen, Kadury-Slezak, Michaela

“…Children’s right to play is enshrined in Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner…”
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Early childhood teachers' beliefs about children's risky play in Australia and Norway by Little, Helen, Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen, Wyver, Shirley

“…Positive risk-taking in the context of outdoor physical play is important for fostering children's optimal health and development. Despite this, there is…”
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The influence of play context and adult attitudes on young children's physical risk-taking during outdoor play by Little, Helen, Wyver, Shirley, Gibson, Frances

“…Many children naturally seek challenging physically active play which may involve injury-risk. Prior studies have attempted to describe the characteristics of…”
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Virtual Risk Management-Exploring Effects of Childhood Risk Experiences through Innovative Methods (ViRMa) for Primary School Children in Norway: Study Protocol for the ViRMa Project by Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen, Sando, Ole Johan, Lorås, Håvard, Kleppe, Rasmus, Storli, Lise, Brussoni, Mariana, Bundy, Anita, Schwebel, David C, Ball, David J, Haga, Monika, Little, Helen

“…Research indicates that risky play benefits children's risk assessment and risk management skills and offers several positive health effects such as…”
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Ten ways to restrict children's freedom to play : the problem of surplus safety by Wyver, Shirley, Tranter, Paul, Naughton, Geraldine, Little, Helen, Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen, Bundy, Anita

“…Play and playgrounds provide essential experiences for young children's growth, development and enjoyment of life. However, such play experiences are now…”
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Do theory and pedagogy have an impact on provisions for outdoor learning? A comparison of approaches in Australia and Norway by Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen, Little, Helen, Wyver, Shirley

“…In this paper, we contrast the early childhood education and care aims and curriculum in Norway and Australia and the theoretical underpinnings of Norwegian…”
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Mothers' beliefs about risk and risk-taking in children's outdoor play by Little, Helen

“…Changes to social and environmental contexts impact on children's opportunities for and the nature of outdoor play in many ways. A number of studies over the…”
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Exploring toddlers’ rituals of ‘belonging’ through risky play in the outdoor environment by Little, Helen, Stapleton, Matthew

“…The notion of ‘belonging’ is a core component of many early childhood curriculum frameworks and recognises the importance of children’s sociocultural context…”
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Self-referral, access and physiotherapy: patients’ knowledge and attitudes—results of a national trial by Webster, Valerie S, Holdsworth, Lesley K, McFadyen, Angus K, Little, Helen

“…Abstract Objectives To identify service users’ views and attitudes to access, physiotherapy and patient-autonomous health-seeking behaviours. Study design…”
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Affordances for Risk-Taking and Physical Activity in Australian Early Childhood Education Settings by Little, Helen, Sweller, Naomi

“…Motor competence and physical activity (PA) patterns are established during the early childhood years. Early childhood education (ECE) settings are an…”
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Outdoor Time, Space, and Restrictions Imposed on Children’s Play in Australian Early Childhood Education and Care Settings during the COVID Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey from Educators’ Perspective by Liu, Junjie, Wyver, Shirley, Chutiyami, Muhammad, Little, Helen

“…The study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on children’s access to the outdoors in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings…”
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Risk, challenge and safety: implications for play quality and playground design by Little, Helen, Eager, David

“…In many countries playground design is driven more by safety than developmental benefits. As risk minimisation strategies become more stringent, many…”
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Nitrate-N removal rate variabilities in floating treatment wetland mesocosms with diverse planting and carbon amendment designs by Messer, Tiffany L., Miller, Daniel N., Little, Helen, Oathout, Kenneth

“…Floating treatment wetlands are an innovative wetland design to passively improve water quality and remove pollutants from reservoirs with limited…”
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