This project aimed to investigate how schools provide support for the psychosocial wellbeing and disease management of students with type 1 diabetes ...

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• 2020
• May 2020

Telethon Kids Institute researchers have found a strong link between excessive internet use and increased levels of psychological distress, including suicidal t ...

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• 2016
• May

Not all children or teenagers identify with the gender they were assigned at birth. As a result, some may choose to change their name, their clothes or their body. With considerably higher rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm and attempted suicide, the need for specialist mental health services has been recognised. ...

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Four outstanding Telethon Kids Institute researchers, including Institute Director, Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM, have been named finalists in the 2021 Western Australian of the Year Awards. ...

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• 2021
• May

Big steps to better understanding developmental disorder It’s more than 20 years since Dr Melissa Licari first began researching Developmental ...

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• 2023
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Each day of school missed makes a difference, with the effect on learning accumulating over time. From an early age, if children are taught that they need to 'show up' for school and make a commitment, this positive mentality aids academic and career success and brings benefits in adulthood. ...

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Hayley Alana Christian Papageorgiou HC AP BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust. BHSc Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and Environments; National Heart ...

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Congratulations to two of Telethon Kids Institute’s most respected female researchers – Professor Donna Cross and Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg – on being inducted into the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame. ...

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• 2022
• March

Language is one of the most remarkable developmental accomplishments of early childhood. Language connects us with others and is an essential tool for literacy, education, employment and lifelong learning. ...

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The Human Development and Community Wellbeing Team conducts research across the lifespan from conception, childhood, and youth to adulthood and the social determinants that impact and influence outcomes. The team’s focus is on the broader life course of individuals and communities within the family, school, and online environments, and includes economic evaluation of programs and outcomes. ...

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