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You're invited to join the Early Childhood Development and Learning Collaboration on Monday 15 August from 7pm to help every child reach their potential.

News & Events

A new collaboration has been launched to fast track research into action to improve outcomes in the crucial early years of child development and learning.

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In a world first, 96 per cent of communities in Australia now have vital information about their children's development

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New research shows that kids whose mums talk more frequently about others' thoughts tend to be better at taking another's perspective than other children.

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WA researchers awarded $9.7 million for ground-breaking child health studies

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Leading child advocates have called for a new approach to tackling child abuse and neglect amid rising rates of abuse notifications

Research

This project aims to inform harm prevention and minimisation strategies by investigating outcomes and points for early intervention in young people with alcohol-related harm. Researchers will also compare outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth.

Research

The goals of the current study were to identify different trajectories of sadness from Grade 6 to 9 in Australian school students, and to explore the role that social support from school, teachers, friends and families play in supporting students’ mental health.

Research

Every child deserves the best possible start in life. Evidence demonstrates the period from pre-birth to three years is a vital period of development. It lays the foundations for a child’s future and has life-long impacts on health, education, job opportunities, social inclusion and wellbeing.

Research

Physical activity (PA) surveillance, policy, and research efforts need to be periodically appraised to gain insight into national and global capacities for PA promotion. The aim of this paper was to assess the status and trends in PA surveillance, policy, and research in 164 countries.