Motherhood and childcare: is it just a pain in the back?
A world-first study by a researcher from The University of Western Australia is calling for volunteers to help unravel why being a mum may cause years of back pain and dysfunction.
Occupational bio-mechanist and PhD...
Pester power: Aussie parents fare best
Most mums and dads know the stress of pester power from their kids when shopping at the supermarket, but research shows Australian parents are doing a better job of saying ‘no’ than their counterparts...
Migrants urged to maintain mother tongue
Australia would greatly benefit if children from non-English speaking backgrounds were able to continue learning their first language at school according to Griffith University linguistic experts.
Drs Andrea Schalley and Susana Eisenchlas from the School...
Treating the emotional scars left by burns
Treating the emotional effects of burns in children is just as important as healing the physical scars, according to new research from ECU.
Working with burn victims and their families at Princess Margaret Hospital, Lead...
Parents and educators urged to see the science in the everyday
Science is all around us in the everyday and parents and early childhood educators are being urged to join the journey and explore it with young children.
Deakin University Associate Professor Coral Campbell took to...
Hundreds of Queenslanders seek parenting help
Queensland parents of children with a disability are the first in the world to benefit from a parenting intervention designed to reduce child behaviour problems across the state.
So far, 350 Queensland parents have received...
Comprehensive review shows no link between vaccinations and autism
The first systematic international review of childhood vaccinations led by researchers from the University of Sydney has found no evidence of a link to the development of autism or autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
The comprehensive...
Free online program proven to help children with anxiety
A free, evidence-based program that has been proven to help prevent and treat anxiety in young people aged between 8 and 17 is now available online.
The BRAVE program, which has been trialled and evaluated over...
70% of Aussie teenagers sleep deprived: behavioural and health implications
Seven in every 10 Australian teenagers suffer from sleep deprivation, but virtually none see a doctor to treat the problem.
This worrying statistic has inspired specialists at Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney to...
The seven messages of highly effective reading teachers
In 1982, the late, great NZ reading researcher Marie Clay identified a group of children having difficulty learning to read as “tangled tots (with) reading knots”.
She was referring to children who, despite having no...
