This chapter considers the role of different forms of psychosocial adversity as risk factors for compromised language and literacy development in childhood and adolescence. Language skills play a central role in the development of prosocial interpersonal skills as well as promoting academic success through the transition to literacy. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

Previous research has found that human voice can provide reliable information to be used for gender identification with a high level of accuracy. In social psychology, perceived masculinity and femininity (masculinity and femininity rated by humans) has often been considered an important feature when investigating the influence of vocal features on social behaviours. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of children's autism characteristics, sensory profiles and feeding difficulties on caregiver-reported impact at mealtimes. ...

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• 2024
• January 2024

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians experience stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) with much greater frequency than non-Aboriginal Australians ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

The aim of this study was to investigate the language outcomes of 7-year-old children with and without a history of late language emergence at 24 months. ...

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• 2008
• April 2008

The primary objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of late language emergence (LLE) and to investigate the predictive status of maternal... ...

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• 2007
• December 2007

Eye gaze is used more frequently than gestures for communication, and this is related to age, MECP2 mutation type, and gross motor abilities ...

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• 2016
• December 2016

Professional supports play an important role in aiding autistic children's learning, participation, and overall wellbeing. Yet, limited research exists on stakeholders' perspectives and preferences regarding targeted outcomes for children undergoing support facilitated by professionals. ...

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• 2024
• April 2024

This document describes the calibration of the parent/carer reported impact items developed for use in the Second Australian Child & Adolescent Survey of... ...

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• 2015
• March 2015

The aim of the present study was to investigate whole-brain structural covariance patterns of eight large-scale networks in young people identified as... ...

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• 2015
• June 2015

Prenatal exposure to vitamin D is thought to be critical for optimal fetal neurodevelopment, yet vitamin D deficiency is apparent in a growing proportion of... ...

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• 2015
• June 2015

The review examines the international literature to determine how disengagement can be defined & understood, & then examines student disengagement in Australia. ...

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• 2015
• October 2015