Glenn Martyn Pearson Symons G MS BA (Education) PhD Candidate B.A. (Hons) PhD. Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1672 martyn.symons@telethonkids.org.au Director of First Nations Strategy and ...

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Carol Bower C MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA Senior Principal Research Fellow, Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research; Director, FASD Research Australia CRE 08 6319 1813 carol.bower@telethonkids.org.au Senior Principal Research Fellow; Director, ...

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a lifelong condition characterised by severe neurodevelopmental impairment due to prenatal exposure to alcohol. ...

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Investigators: Elizabeth Connor, James Fitzpatrick, Rebecca Pedruzzi Project partners: Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Mercy Services, Newcastle Local Drug Action Team The focus of this program is building capacity in local health services ...

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a preventable, lifelong disability that disproportionately affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of the available information on FASD among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with reference to the limitations on population-based data and evaluated programs. ...

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• 2021
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This study aims to establish the current knowledge, attitudes, experiences and practices regarding FASD and other neurodevelopmental impairments among youth custodial officers ...

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• 2018
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Young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) can face significant challenges in their lives, including overrepresentation in the justice system from a young age. Police questioning and court proceedings can be difficult for these young people to navigate. Practice and policy responses are necessary to identify these individuals, provide appropriate support/rehabilitation, and upskill the justice workforce. The aim of this research was to determine the unmet workforce development needs of a regional workforce providing care and support to youth involved with the justice system. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021

Early intervention services are needed to support developmentally vulnerable children in remote communities. ...

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• 2017
• June 2017

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is characterised by a range of neurodevelopmental deficits that may increase risks of justice system involvement. Improving our understanding of criminogenic risk factors and particularly the role of informant-rated executive functioning (EF) in predicting the age of offending onset in this clinical population may reduce recidivism and help inform targeted interventions. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

The aim of this study was to develop and implement a community-led, researcher-supported, FASD strategy. ...

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This study aims to establish FASD prevalence among sentenced young people in detention in Western Australia (WA) ...

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• 2016
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Glenn Martyn Pearson Symons G MS BA (Education) PhD Candidate B.A. (Hons) PhD. Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1672 martyn.symons@telethonkids.org.au Director of First Nations Strategy and ...

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• 2021
• August 2021