New treatment hope for pregnant women with high blood pressure
Exciting research from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research has found new answers for pregnant women with high blood pressure, which is also a characteristic of the serious condition, pre-eclampsia.
Pre-eclampsia is a problem...
Inactivity in childhood linked to poor health outcomes in adolescence
How active you are as a child could have an impact on your weight and risk of chronic disease from as early fifteen years of age, according to new research led by the University...
No support for chronically-ill students
Australia’s school system is failing some of its most vulnerable young people by leaving them unsupported in their education.
A new Victoria University report reveals chronically-ill children who need to take extended absences from school...
Early intervention must embrace diversity, research shows
Childhood assessment and early intervention approaches must do more for children from culturally diverse backgrounds, according to Charles Sturt University (CSU) research.
Ms Sarah Verdon recently completed her PhD at CSU's Faculty of Education and...
Learning through play – Australia’s only children’s museum launches in Wollongong
The Early Start™ Discovery Space (Discovery Space), launched on Tuesday 19 May, is a purpose-built, hands-on learning through play space that invites children 0-12 and their carers to explore, discover and create together.
Strongly grounded...
Learning through play – Australia’s only children's museum launches in Wollongong
The Early Start™ Discovery Space (Discovery Space), launched on Tuesday 19 May, is a purpose-built, hands-on learning through play space that invites children 0-12 and their carers to explore, discover and create together.
Strongly grounded...
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...
Family support is key to crime prevention
The long-term effects of family support on crime prevention in disadvantaged Australian communities have been relatively unknown until now.
In an Australian first, using a longitudinal database of almost 5000 children between the ages of...
