Squirt the therapy dog helps raise children’s literacy levels
Deakin University researcher Dr Tony Chalkley has launched a fundraising campaign for a study into how therapy dogs raise literacy levels among primary school students.
A well-regarded researcher and lecturer in media communication and former...
Squirt the therapy dog helps raise children's literacy levels
Deakin University researcher Dr Tony Chalkley has launched a fundraising campaign for a study into how therapy dogs raise literacy levels among primary school students.
A well-regarded researcher and lecturer in media communication and former...
Early literacy study
A new study is underway at Charles Sturt University (CSU) to better understand how very young children can be supported to write and draw at home and at childcare.
Researchers from the University's School of...
Sleep apps: a toy or useful tools for assessing children’s sleep problems?
Smartphone applications are not the best tool to assess sleep problems, according to research by Monash University.
With up to 40% of children experiencing a range of sleep problems, parents are turning to specialised devices...
Strength-based parenting improves children’s resilience and stress levels
Children are more likely to use their strengths to effectively cope with minor stress in their life if they have parents who adopt a strength-based approach to parenting.
In a ground breaking study published recently...
Award-winning autism program to be adapted for preschools
A new preschool program that will help foster kind and compassionate behaviours towards children with high-functioning autism is under development at UOW.
The ‘Understanding our peers’ program, created by UOW psychologist Dr Mitch Byrne and...
How to keep kids safe online
An expert in how young people interact with the internet and video games will deliver the first talk in The West Australian ECU Lecture Series.
ECU Professor of Communications Lelia Green will speak on the...
Take My Hand: Campaign to improve child pedestrian safety
Parents are being urged to take their child's hand when walking as part of a new road safety campaign launched today (Friday May 8), aimed at reducing child pedestrian injuries and deaths when crossing...
Children unable to tell genuine from faked sadness
Being able to tell the difference between genuine and fake facial expressions is crucial to social interaction.
New ANU research has shown that, even by the time they leave primary school, children are unable to...
“Normal” sleep is still a problem for children with sleep disorder
University of Adelaide researchers have discovered key signs that children experiencing sleep difficulties continue to suffer health problems even during periods of so-called "normal" sleep.
The same research has helped to show that surgical removal...
