{"id":13636,"date":"2019-01-01T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T19:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatoireprocheaidance.ca\/caregiving-knowledge-portal\/no-space-in-my-brain-to-learn-young-carers-and-their-engagement-with-education-an-analysis-of-applications-to-the-carers-australia-bursary-program-2017-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:08:27","slug":"no-space-in-my-brain-to-learn-young-carers-and-their-engagement-with-education-an-analysis-of-applications-to-the-carers-australia-bursary-program-2017-2018","status":"publish","type":"knowledge_directory","link":"https:\/\/observatoireprocheaidance.ca\/en\/caregiving-knowledge-portal\/no-space-in-my-brain-to-learn-young-carers-and-their-engagement-with-education-an-analysis-of-applications-to-the-carers-australia-bursary-program-2017-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"No Space in My Brain to Learn. Young Carers and Their Engagement with Education. 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It explores the characteristics influencing classroom attendance, the barriers restricting participation in education and the young carers\u2019 perceptions of their well-being.  <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The study is based on data generated through Young Carer Bursary applications received in 2017 and 2018. The responses of 1,443 young caregivers who completed an online questionnaire as part of the application process were analyzed.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper preset--group--divi-button--divi-transition--default_wrapper preset--module--divi-button--default_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--group--divi-button--divi-transition--default preset--module--divi-button--default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carersaustralia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Young-Carers-Report-FINAL_vsmall_compressed1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-icon=\"$\">Read the report <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report (150 pages) from a Australian study looks into how the demands of being a young caregiver affect schooling. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12916,"parent":0,"template":"","format":[51,52],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"auteur":[781,782,783,784,785,786,787],"organisme":[359],"class_list":["post-13636","knowledge_directory","type-knowledge_directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","auteur-tim-moore-en","auteur-helen-bourke-taylor-en","auteur-natalie-greenland-en","auteur-stewart-mcdougall-en","auteur-leah-bromfield-en","auteur-luke-robinson-en","auteur-ted-brown-en","organisme-carers-australia-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No Space in My Brain to Learn. 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