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Prevention report shows clear path forward

The health of Australia's children depends on a firm national commitment to implement the comprehensive strategy outlined by the Preventative Health Taskforce.

First national snapshot of Australia's young children

For the first time, the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) has been completed nationally, giving Australia a snapshot of young children's development.

Late talking toddlers: new research debunks the myths

New research findings from the world's largest study predicting children's late language emergence has revealed that parents are not to blame for late talking

How well are we raising our children?

A ground breaking study of WA 5-year olds has found that more than a quarter of the children have developmental difficulties that could have life-long impacts.

How many infants are temperamentally difficult?

In this letter, the authors respond to the commentary on Chong et al. “How many infants are temperamentally difficult?”; by correcting errors, & then...

How many infants are temperamentally difficult? Comparing norms from the Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire

The aim of this study is to compare temperament scores from the original Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire against scores from a large...

A whole-of-population study of term and post-term gestational age at birth and children's development

Relative risks of developmental vulnerability for each week of gestation were calculated with adjustment for confounders and addressing missing information.

TOBY play-pad application to teach children with ASD-A pilot trial.

To investigate use patterns and learning outcomes associated with the use of Therapy Outcomes By You (TOBY. Playpad, an early intervention iPad application.

Early Vocabulary Development of Australian Indigenous Children: Identifying Strengths

The current study sought to increase our understanding of the factors involved in the early vocabulary development of Australian Indigenous children.

Data resource profile: The Australian early development index (AEDI)

This paper describes the Australian Early Development Index, a developmental census conducted by the Australian Government across the entire population of...