Past Programs
Education - 2005
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The Imaginative Child
21/05/2005
The joy of playing with a pre-school child is the joy of make-believe. A teacup becomes a telephone; a rocking horse morphs into a dragon; the table and chairs construct a castle. 'How?' 'Why?' and 'What?' are the child's most frequent questions and their imagination is often the place where they find the answers. But does the young imagination play a more substantial role in a child's cognitive development? Does it give us tools for real world analysis well into adulthood? On All in the Mind this week Gretchen Miller explores the power of imaginative little minds.
Brain Injury in Children: A Neglected Epidemic?
12/02/2005
This week, what happens when little heads hit hard surfaces? When Byron was 4 years old he walked into the path of a car and was left severely brain damaged. 21 years later he's just graduated with a maths degree - against all odds. But new evidence is starting to challenge long-held beliefs about the incredible plasticity of young brains, and their needs years after childhood injury. Is brain injury a neglected epidemic among children and adolescents?
