Publications by authors named "Aimee Code"
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- Moving schools can be tough for autistic kids, but friendships can help ease this transition.
- A study of 14 parents revealed varied experiences: some children found it easier to move if they had existing friends with them, while others felt friendships played a lesser role.
- The COVID-19 pandemic affected these friendships differently; some kids struggled without peer interaction, while others appreciated the break from socializing.
Parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in the UK (n = 241) were asked to describe the impact of COVID-19 on their own mental health and that of their child. An inductive content analysis of the data was undertaken. Both parents and children appear to be experiencing loss, worry and changes in mood and behaviour as a result of the rapid social changes that have occurred.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe relationship between pesticides and pollinators, while attracting no shortage of attention from scientists, regulators, and the public, has proven resistant to scientific synthesis and fractious in matters of policy and public opinion. This is in part because the issue has been approached in a compartmentalized and intradisciplinary way, such that evaluations of organismal pesticide effects remain largely disjoint from their upstream drivers and downstream consequences. Here, we present a socioecological framework designed to synthesize the pesticide-pollinator system and inform future scholarship and action.
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