A new partnership between the Telethon Kids Institute, Dr George Sim and St John of God Murdoch Hospital will offer essential surgery at no cost for a group of Aboriginal children suffering severe ear infections. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2019
• October

Our research covers a broad range of areas from the influence of mutation type on health outcomes to factors impacting on the lives of familes. ...

• Rett syndrome and Related Disorders
• Our Research

As well as ORIGINS long-term core research, there are a number of clinical trials, early interventions and shorter-term research studies that sit within ORIGINS. Known as sub-projects, these studies look at multiple aspects of child and family health and development. ...

• The ORIGINS Project

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed childhood mental health disorder, affecting about 1 in 20 children. It can impact their behaviour, learning and social skills. ...

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The purpose of this study is to examine the association between poverty and child mental disorders ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• June 2019

The aim of this research note is to encourage child language researchers and clinicians to give careful consideration to the use of domain-specific tests as a proxy for language; particularly in the context of large-scale studies and for the identification of language disorder in clinical practice. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• February 2023

As families increase their use of mobile touch screen devices (smartphones and tablet computers), there is potential for this use to influence parent-child interactions required to form a secure attachment during infancy, and thus future child developmental outcomes. Thirty families of infants (aged 9-15 months) were interviewed to explore how parents and infants use these devices, and how device use influenced parents' thoughts, feelings and behaviours towards their infant and other family interactions. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• May 2023

Among the highest rates of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) worldwide have been reported by Aboriginal community leaders in the remote Fitzroy Valley. ...

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• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2015
• January

Focussing attention on a child’s first year of life is proving to be a major breakthrough in autism research. ...

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• News & Events
• News & Events at Telethon Kids
• 2015
• June

Francis Steve Mitrou Zubrick FG SR BEc FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community ...

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