NAPLAN fails children with communication impairment
Research from Charles Sturt University (CSU) has shown how children with communication impairments fare far worse in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) than typical children and most have no access to...
Significant inequality faced by a third of Australian kids
Associate Professor Gerry Redmond’s research for the Australian Child Wellbeing Project looked at thousands of young people.
A Flinders University led survey of 5,400 students in 180 primary and secondary schools across Australia has found...
Girls on the Go! Program improves self-esteem
A world-first study has shown a group-based targeted intervention improves self-esteem in teenage girls.
Published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, the collaborative Monash University and Monash Health study is the first randomised trial...
Men at work: study probing fathers’ work-life balance
The work-life balance of Adelaide fathers, and the culture of companies in which they work, is at the centre of new University of Adelaide research.
Ashlee Borgkvist, PhD student from the University of Adelaide’s School...
Men at work: study probing fathers' work-life balance
The work-life balance of Adelaide fathers, and the culture of companies in which they work, is at the centre of new University of Adelaide research.
Ashlee Borgkvist, PhD student from the University of Adelaide’s School...
Many young people excuse rape and feel tracking with technology is OK
One in five young Australians believe women are partly responsible for sexual assault and nearly half (46%) agree that tracking a partner by electronic means without consent is acceptable.
These are among findings from a VicHealth,...
Cannabis-smoking teens less likely to complete education
Teenagers who smoke cannabis at least once a week are less likely to finish school, enrol in university or obtain a degree, according to UNSW research that challenges notions the drug is less harmful...
Social mums beat the blues
New mums are at lower risk of postnatal depression if they stay connected with their important social networks.
That’s the central finding from a study by Magen Seymour-Smith of The University of Queensland School of...
Mobile technology to promote adolescent sexual health
A project that explores how mobile technology can help to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health has led to collaboration between academics from UTS and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
Professor Regina Lee from PolyU...
Dads who read to their children give them an early start
Dads who read, draw, do puzzles and other activities are not only helping their children develop motor skills, they may also be shaping their learning ability.
A recent study involving 800 children in New South...
