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In this blog, Curtin University Occupational Therapy students Julia Walker and Mandy Bull delve into the history of Occupational Therapy in Australia.

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There are two new faces at CliniKids, Theresa, our new Clinical Services Manager and Ally, our new Occupational Therapist.

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Senior Program Manager, CliniKids

These resources include the best available evidence about the course of Rett syndrome and its management as well as practical information about family associations, specialist clinical centres and links to relevant websites.

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Here is a rundown of staff movements within the clinical team including new faces, staff returning from parental leave and a colleague we soon will farewell for an exciting new adventure.

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CliniKids recently welcomed Gayle, Tarryn and Emma to the clinical team. The clinicians will be located out our new Joondalup clinic, which will be welcoming families in Term 4. 

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CliniKids has won the Excellence in Allied Health category at the inaugural National Disability Awards, announced in Melbourne tonight.

Nutrition in preschool children with autistic behaviours.

Western Australia’s biggest and only medical research institute dedicated to improving kids’ health and wellbeing, has rebranded to The Kids Research Institute Australia.

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Alexithymia is characterised by difficulties identifying and describing feelings, as well as a lack of focus on feelings. Alexithymia is a transdiagnostic risk factor for developing a wide array of psychopathologies, such as anxiety and depression, with a key hypothesised mechanism being the impairing impact of alexithymia on emotion regulation competency. However, no study has tested whether difficulties with emotion regulation mediate the link between alexithymia and psychopathological symptoms using longitudinal designs.