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App Offers Support and Ideas for Parents During the COVID-19 CrisisEngaging activities to help families keep kids happy and healthy during social isolation are available in an Australian app underpinned by the latest child development science.
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Projects to probe role of dads and help parents navigate teens’ digital worldA project that will investigate the role of Australian fathers in their children’s wellbeing and another which aims to help parents grapple with the digital world and its role in teens’ mental health have received significant funding from the Australian Research Council.
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WA duo recognised as world’s most frequent autism research collaborators of the decadeDirector of CliniKids, Professor Andrew Whitehouse, and Professor Murray Maybery, have been identified as the world’s most frequent autism research collaborators of the decade.
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Suicide prevention guidelines to drive better services for LGBTQA+ young peopleResearchers have developed Australia’s first comprehensive guidelines for clinical and community services supporting LGBTQA+ youth.
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Strep A hits Perth family twice in one yearCharlie, 6, has ended up in hospital twice with invasive Strep A infection over his short lifetime – the first time when just three years old.
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Aboriginal researcher and psychiatrist named joint winner of national mental health prizePioneering Aboriginal psychiatrist, researcher and mental health champion Professor Helen Milroy has been named joint winner of the 2020 Australian Mental Health Prize.
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Hon. Ben Wyatt to join board of The Kids Research Institute AustraliaFormer West Australian Treasurer, Hon Ben Wyatt, has accepted a position on the Board of WA’s leading medical research organisation, The Kids Research Institute Australia.
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Supporting our transgender communityWe at The Kids were disappointed to read the comments made by our new Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas about the transgender community.
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Call for urgent funding boost for RHD in AustraliaThere are calls for a significant and urgent injection of $40 million in funding to tackle Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) following Monday night’s Four Corners episode.