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Life skills for every childColab’s new Bright Tomorrows parent app is helping families across Australia give their young children the best developmental start in life.
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Funding boost for digital health programThe Kids Research Institute Australia is pleased to share in $490,000 in State Government funding designed to provide vital support to WA’s innovation sector in the wake of COVID-19.
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Up and at ’em: The Kids physical activity researcher named a WA Young Tall PoppyA The Kids Research Institute Australia researcher focused on promoting more active childhoods to improve child health and wellbeing will be named amongst WA’s most outstanding young scientists at the upcoming 2020 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
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Churchill Fellow will seek ways to better support young people with neurodisabilityThe Kids Research Institute Australia researcher Hayley Passmore will use a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to investigate better ways to support young people in detention who are affected by neurodisability.
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School readiness is more than just test resultsA new study by researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia has found there is a bigger picture to consider when determining whether a child is ready to start school.
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Childcare centres urged to adopt new policy to boost kids’ physical activityChildcare centres will be invited to help boost children’s physical activity levels by signing on to a new program which commits them to creating more opportunities for physical activity.
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WA, Queensland leading nation’s improvements in early childhood outcomesWestern Australia and Queensland are leading the nation when it comes to ensuring children have a good start at school, according to a study by researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia.
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Early years initiative off to strong startA 10-year agreement forged between the State Government, Minderoo Foundation and Telethon Kids Institute is well underway.
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Researchers unlock key to slowing leukaemia progression in kidsWhen three-year-old Flo Parker injured her hip on a camping trip five years ago, her parents thought it would be nothing more than a common childhood injury.
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What’s the difference between anxiety and depression?While depression and anxiety can have similar signs and symptoms, they also have some distinct features.