There is an urgent need to develop high-quality falls prevention services for older adults with intellectual disability ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• May 2020

Unmet language and literacy needs are common among young people who are involved with youth justice systems. However, there is limited research regarding the functional text-level language skills of this population with regard to narrative macrostructure (story grammar) and microstructure (semantics and syntax) elements. In this study, we examined macrostructure and microstructure elements in the oral and written narrative texts of 24 adolescent students of a youth detention centre. The students, who were aged 14- to 17- years, were all speakers of Standard Australian English, and 11 (46%) students met criteria for language disorder (LD). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• February 2021

We can all appreciate the benefits of a good night’s sleep, but for premature babies that can be hard to achieve. Their body clocks are not properly ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• Paradigm shift

Tele-dentistry can be useful to facilitate screening of children, especially those living in rural and remote communities, and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study evaluated the feasibility of tele-dental screening for the identification of early childhood caries (ECC) in preschoolers using an app operated by their parents with remote review by oral-health therapists. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• January 2023

Dr Michael Mosley discusses The ORIGINS Project in The Daily Mail ...

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For most individuals, there is initial developmental progress followed by regression at around 6–30 months. The classic signs of RTT then become apparent. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• September 2017

Our objective is to synthesize the best available evidence to determine the incidence and prevalence of falls in intellectually disabled adults in the community ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2017
• July 2017

Explored Youth with Neuromuscular Disorders perceptions of health, health behaviors and healthcare engagement ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2016
• October 2016

A double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted investigating the use of low-dose oral interferon alpha for preventing acute viral... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2013
• February 2013

Telehealth service delivery is used extensively in allied health to provide services to individuals who are not able to attend therapy sessions face ...

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