This systematic review aimed to identify the most important social, environmental, biological, and/or genetic risk factors for intellectual disability. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• August 2022

Caregivers play a crucial role in supporting the development of their children's emotion regulation. This study validated the Parental Assistance with Child Emotion Regulation (PACER) Questionnaire in a sample of 491 caregivers of young children ≤ 5 years. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

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

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• May 2020

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

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• July 2017

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). ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• February 2021

To review and synthesise qualitative literature regarding the psychological outcomes following paediatric burn injuries, and to determine if children and adolescents who experience a burn injury have elevated risk of psychopathology following the injury. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• December 2021

Although genetic factors are known to play a causal role in specific language impairment (SLI), environmental factors may also be important. This study... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2014
• August 2014

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

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2016
• October 2016

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

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017

A diagnosis of an autism spectrum condition (autism) provides limited information regarding an individual’s level of functioning, information key in determining support and funding needs. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• October 2022