How playing on the swings helps kids learn to cooperate
A favourite childhood pastime — swinging on the playground swing set — also may be teaching kids how to get along.
The measured, synchronous movement of children on the swings can encourage preschoolers to cooperate...
New centre set to create 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...
Reducing ineffective autism practices
Reducing the use of ineffective practices in autism early intervention is the focus of a new Griffith University study.
“Autism has been described as a “fad magnet’ as it attracts a wide array of potential...
Dangerous dreams: the health consequences of children’s snoring
New research from Monash University – that will continue to be undertaken at the newly opened Monash Children’s Hospital - reveals this snoring is not harmless but may have long term cardiovascular, neurocognitive and behavioural implications.
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Maths-fuelled fiction bound for schools
Schools across Australia are being urged to grab a free mathematics resource that makes learning fun through fiction.
Developed by QUT roboticist Associate Professor Michael Milford, the Math Thrills program hijacks the books, movies and games students love...
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...
