Boosting confidence in shy kids
Would you like to know how to boost your shy/sensitive child’s confidence and reduce their fears and anxieties? You are invited to take part in a new study of an online parenting program.
The program,...
Like Father Like Son – helping fathers manage aggressive behaviour in their sons
UNSW researchers are leading a $2.6 million project to support fathers to manage aggressive behaviours in their sons.
With the participation rates of fathers in parenting programs non-existent in some parts of Australia, UNSW researchers...
Study looks at coping with separation and divorce
It is probably one of the most stressful times in the life of a family - the period of separation and divorce challenges parents, children, and the relationships that exist with the wider family.
And...
Keeping children safe
The “ASK-Young People” (ASK-YP) survey is part of a larger study exploring what children and young people aged 10 to 18 experience and think about safety in institutional contexts.
The study has been commissioned by...
Improving Mental Health of New Mothers
Call for participants in mothers’ mental health study
The School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health at The University of Western Australia, is currently seeking healthy 1st time mothers, who are between 30-38 weeks pregnant, to...
Pregnancy and postpartum pain
A Bond University team has launched an extensive research project involving 60 pregnant women and 120 new mothers to ascertain the effectiveness of SRC Shorts on the management of prenatal and postnatal pain.
The aim of...
New challenges for Australian parents
A Charles Sturt University (CSU) honours student is researching how contemporary parents are seen by the community, as they confront new challenges like integrating work and childcare.
Ms Chelsea Veitch is conducting the research as...
IVF invention bringing new hope to families
Women who have been struggling to start a family for years are finally getting pregnant thanks to a world first in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, developed by researchers at the University of Adelaide.
BlastGen is...
Boredom blamed for young males risk driving
Young males are prone to boredom behind the wheel, according to a QUT road safety researcher who is looking to use gadgets and games behind the wheel to make risky drivers safer on the...
Melatonin offers hope for ADHD bedtime shut-eye
Researchers are seeking families of ADHD children for a sleep study
Sleep is vital to wellbeing, but children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have trouble drifting off.
University of Queensland researchers are recruiting trial...
