Mental health of separated families
USC Psychology researchers are examining the impacts of Australia’s family law system on parents and children going through separations and custody negotiations.
PhD student Leanne Francia is seeking participants for an anonymous online survey for...
Anchor furniture to keep our kids safe
Tragically, up to two children die and hundreds of children are injured in Australian households every year by furniture or TVs toppling over.
Today, NSW Fair Trading and other consumer affairs agencies across the country...
Parents can help soothe burns treatment stress
Playful distraction can trump kisses and cuddles to reduce a child’s anxiety and pain during potentially painful burns dressing changes.
A University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre (CHRC) study has found parents’ behaviour in medical...
I play, you play, we All Play: goals for kids with disability
A new Deakin University program is helping children of all abilities be part of AFL Auskick in 2017, with researchers to monitor their progress as part of an investigation into the benefits of physical...
Parents need to speak up for early speech intervention
New Charles Sturt University (CSU) research has found that parents were more likely to identify common speech disorders in young children than teachers.
Published in the Australasian Journal of Learning Difficulties, the study into speech sound disorders...
Vaccine views study
A new La Trobe University research project is examining why some people support and others oppose childhood vaccinations.
Lead researcher Tom Rozbroj from La Trobe’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society is surveying...
Creating safer communities for women and children
Australia’s first and only Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) to promote safer families will lead research into the health effects of intimate partner violence on individuals and families, and how the health sector can...
Understanding how kids develop their social brain
On board the “Mind Explorer #2” van, a team of Deakin University researchers from the Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED) plan “to boldly go where no van has gone before”. They will embark...
Call for children to wear helmets around horses
A new study has recommended helmets should always be worn by children not only when riding horses but also when around horses, to reduce the risk of head injuries.
The research conducted by The University of...
App will teach infants with cochlear implants to speak
A team of Swinburne researchers is developing an app to teach infants with cochlear implants how to speak.
GetTalking is designed for infants who are born deaf and receive cochlear implants. These infants must learn...
