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Research officer Lisa Kickett at Wiyi Yani U Thangani summitA mentally healthy future for all children About Embrace Embrace @ The Kids Research Institute Australia is Western Australia’s first research

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Engaging youth at the Albany Pride 2025 Fair DayAssociate Professor Yael Perry and project coordinator Holly Moss reflect on their experiences attending the busy annual event.
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Parental Challenges, Facilitators and Needs Associated with Supporting and Accepting Their Trans Child’s GenderParental support is strongly correlated with protective factors for trans youth yet most experience parental rejection or ambivalence regarding their gender. Many parents report a desire to support their child but indicate lack of understanding and support as key barriers. We aimed to develop a nuanced understanding of the challenges and facilitators experienced by Australian parents in developing understanding, support and acceptance of their child’s gender and their needs to do so.
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Knowledge is Power: Trans Young People’s Perceptions of Parental Reactions to Their Gender Identity, and Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Parental SupportParental support is strongly correlated with protective factors for trans youth, however, most experience unsupportive parental attitudes. We aimed to better understand how youth perceive parental reactions to their gender identity disclosure and what they consider to be barriers to, and facilitators of, support.
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SPARX-T: An online game to prevent depression in trans young peopleYael Penelope Helen Holly Perry Strauss Morgan Moss BPsych (Hons) MPsych (Clin) PhD BA, MPH, PhD BA (Hons), Doctor of Psychology BEd Program Head,
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Improving screening in a paediatric cohort for cystic fibrosis-related diabetes: A quality improvement projectAndré Schultz MBChB, PhD, FRACP Program Head, Respiratory Health RFA Program Head, Respiratory Health RFA Prof André Schultz is the Program Head of
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Mindful Self-Compassion for LGBTQ youth: a multi-site randomized controlled trialAmy Penelope Yael Zoe Larissa Finlay-Jones Strauss Perry Waters Marion BPsych(Hons), MPsych(Clinical), MHealthEcon, PhD (Clin Psych) BA, MPH, PhD
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Predicting and preventing child removals and optimising the child protection system for Aboriginal children in partnership with Aboriginal communities and health servicesMelissa O'Donnell BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Areas of research expertise: Child
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Mental HealthAccording to the Young Minds Matter study, mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are experienced by approximately one in seven or 560,000 young people in Australia. These disorders can often have a significant impact on children’s learning and development and on family life.
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Moorditj Marp (Strong Skin) Evaluation and development of culturally relevant healthy skin storybooksCo-designed and in collaboration with community members, the impacts of this project will directly benefit families by building awareness, empowering decision-making, and improving confidence around the recognition and management of skin conditions for Aboriginal children.