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Embrace 2024 Research Award winners announced

Embrace 2024 Research Award winners Associate Professor Yael Perry, Julia Bak, and Dr Helen Morgan (not pictured: Jacinta Freeman and Oliver Keane).

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Free panel discussion on permacrisis in mental health

Embrace @ The Kids Research Institute Australia, in partnership with Rio Tinto, is hosting a free public panel discussion on permacrisis and the mental health of young people at Perth State Library on Thursday 9 November, with a keynote address from Professor Helen Milroy AM.

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Prompting cultural safety in mental healthcare

Read stories created by members of the Embrace cultural safety project's Aboriginal Advisory Group members that align with yarning cards to help young people express themselves.

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Importance of boredom

In this blog, Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead (Psychology) Dr Mei’en Lim offers families — both parents and children — advice on how to embrace boredom. 

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Sharing attention for connection, communication and learning

In this new blog, Speech Pathologist Emma Corry looks at the importance of shared attention for connection, communication and learning.

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Diagnosis and the ADOS: The essentials parents and clinicians need to know

In this blog, you can read about one of the most common tools used in the autism diagnostic process – the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.

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Safe start to life for East Pilbara babies thanks to Journey Together Initiative

Born two weeks early, six-month-old Braxton Lewis’ entry to the world could have been vastly different if not for a service dedicated to improving pregnancy outcomes for Aboriginal women in WA’s East Pilbara.

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Port Hedland – Kumaparniku Wraparound Services Research Collaboration

Early in the consultation phase of the project, local Elders through Hedland Aboriginal Strong Leaders, education representatives and others identified that vulnerable families needed help navigating and accessing local support services that were already available in Port Hedland.