Helping families improve early literacy skills for children on the autism spectrum
A shared book reading intervention to help language and literacy skills in preschoolers on the autism spectrum has been successfully delivered by Griffith University and Autism CRC.
This eight-week intervention pilot study took place in...
Year 7 bullies can become victims
Students who are bullies in Year 7 are also likely to become victims in high school, Flinders research has found.
A new study of 1,382 students across three cohorts found that children who were bullies...
Prem baby survival links to key dates of pregnancy
In Australia, decisions regarding perinatal care, including neonatal care unit admission, play a greater role in the survival of infants born at 23 weeks gestation than at 24 or 25 weeks, Flinders University researchers...
PlayConnect playgroups for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and ASD like characteristics and their families have increased access to early childhood learning, social opportunities, and family support via PlayConnect Playgroups. Playgroup Australia has developed a new...
Blood sample breakthrough good news for pregnant women
A wide range of foetal genetic abnormalities could soon be detected in early pregnancy thanks to a world-first study led by University of South Australia researchers using lab-on-a-chip, non-invasive technology.
Biomedical engineers Dr Marnie Winter...
Graduates face increasing mismatch between education and jobs
A new study by researchers at The University of Western Australia has found that more than one-quarter of Australian graduates are overqualified for their jobs after they complete university.
Overqualification occurs when an individual is...
Australia’s stillbirth rate remains steady while neonatal death rate has fallen
While Australia is one of the safest places in the world to give birth, close to 1% of babies are stillborn or die in the first month of life, according to a report released...
Caring for the sick and casting out villains: Moral development in children
Question: when is a chicken more important than a sick person? Answer: when you’re four years old, according to research from The University of Queensland.
A team from the UQ School of Psychology examined moral reasoning in children...
Don’t force women to risk death, injury by having a baby
Laws should not force women to risk death and injury by having a baby, according to a QUT legal academic who says abortion can be decriminalised without society and governments making a moral judgement.
Dr...
ART pregnancies at higher risk of placental complications
A review of more than 6 million pregnancies has found that pregnancies after assisted reproduction technologies, such as IVF with fresh or frozen embryo transfer, are at a higher risk of placental complications when...
