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Using daily routines to support communication

In this blog, Senior Speech Pathologist Sally Grauaug and Speech Pathology Clinical Lead Aria May discuss how daily routines can facilitate the development of your child’s communication skills.

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Boosting literacy by reading with children

In this blog, Speech Pathologist Genevieve Wilmot shares the strategies caregivers can use at story time with their child to make book sharing fun.

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Introducing the CliniKids Autism Seminar Series!

The Kids Research Institute Australia’s CliniKids is excited to introduce an online autism seminar series in 2024, designed to inform families, clinicians and educators about the latest autism topics and research.

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Congratulations Andrew

Congratulations to Professor Andrew Whitehouse on being named a finalist in the prestigious Premier’s Science Awards.

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Term 1 appointment scheduling

We are aware that many of our clients are either starting kindy or are transitioning from kindy to fulltime school and may require a different day/time for their regular therapy sessions at CliniKids.

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Research

Improving the Journey Before, During and After Diagnosis of a Neurodevelopmental Condition: Suggestions from a Sample of Australian Consumers and Professionals

The current study used a transdiagnostic approach to explore experiences of consumers and professionals on how the process of assessing and diagnosing neurodevelopmental conditions can be improved.

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The first six months of life: A systematic review of early markers associated with later autism

There is now good evidence that behavioural signs of autism spectrum conditions (autism) emerge over the first two years of life. Identifying clear developmental differences early in life may facilitate earlier identification and intervention that can promote longer-term quality of life. Here we present a systematic review of studies investigating behavioural markers of later autism diagnosis or symptomology taken at 0-6 months.

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Potential role for immune-related genes in autism spectrum disorders: Evidence from genome-wide association meta-analysis of autistic traits

Autism spectrum disorders are complex, with a strong genetic basis. Genetic research in autism spectrum disorders is limited by the fact that these disorders are largely heterogeneous so that patients are variable in their clinical presentations. To address this limitation, we investigated the genetics of individual dimensions of the autism spectrum disorder phenotypes, or autistic-like traits. These autistic-like traits are continuous variations in autistic behaviours that occur in the general population.