1 in 3 Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder Receives Driver’s License
A new study from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) finds 1 in 3 adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) acquires an intermediate driver’s license, and the majority does so in their 17th year. The vast majority...
Early school starts pit teens in a conflict between society, biology
The idea of sleep is supposed to evoke feelings of peace, relaxation and refreshment, but when expert Mary Carskadon talks about teen sleep in school districts with early start times, she uses far less...
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...
Sex selection for non-medical reasons
Allowing parents to select their child's sex perpetuates harmful gender stereotypes and places false constraints on parent-child relationships, according to new Deakin University research.
The research paper, recently published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, comes...
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...
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...
