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The orofacial, oromotor, speech, and voice characteristics of adolescents in youth detention: a comparison of groups with and without prenatal alcohol exposure

Language disorder is highly prevalent in youth justice; however, orofacial, oromotor, speech, and voice anomalies have been largely overlooked. There has been some documentation of these among individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), and adolescents with PAE are over-represented in youth justice.

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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: the importance of assessment, diagnosis and support in the Australian justice context

The current article outlines how individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder may experience inequities within the justice system

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Embracing the Mind podcast returns

Embracing the Mind's third season will focus on women's wellbeing, exploring reproductive health, neurodiversity, and the changing face of healthcare in Australia.

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Healthway Chronic Conditions

The aim of this project is to develop and test a series of modules to promote mental health among young people with chronic conditions, using a positive psychology framework.

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Rett Syndrome

A severe neurodevelopmental disorder mostly affecting girls.

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Priority setting for children and young people with chronic conditions and disabilities

The aim of this project was to identify the top 10 priorities for childhood chronic conditions and disability (CCD) research from the perspectives of children and young people with lived experience, their parents and caregivers and the professionals who work with them.

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Intact spontaneous emotional expressivity to non-facial but not facial stimuli in schizophrenia: An electromyographic study

The results indicate that schizophrenia is marked by a disruption in rapid facial responding to facial expressions, but intact responding to non-facial emotional stimuli

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Prestigious funding secures critical child health research programs

Four The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have been awarded $8.8 million in prestigious Investigator Grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council to pursue innovative child health research focused on autism, childhood cancer, skin health, and Aboriginal genomics.