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Bullying is a widespread global issue, with serious consequences for victimized individuals. The current systematic review is the first to explore the consequences of bullying in early adolescence on psychological and academic functioning across the adolescent period. Five databases were examined, yielding 28 relevant studies.

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The idea of the '30 million word gap' suggests families from more socioeconomically advantaged backgrounds engage in more verbal interactions with their child than disadvantaged families. Initial findings from the Language in Little Ones (LiLO) study up to 12 months showed no word gap between maternal education groups.

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Support services to the Department of Education and Training and the AEDC State and Territory Coordinators and their support staff across Australia.

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The Language in Little Ones (LiLO) study is a five-year longitudinal study (2017-2021), funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council. The study investigates the quantity and quality of language exposure in the home environment during the first five years of a child’s life.

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Although children's later experiences can still have an effect, developments in early childhood have long-lasting effects on health, behaviour and learning...

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This chapter assesses what global evidence tells us about the importance of early childhood education and development...

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Inequalities in child healthy development: some challenges for effective implementation

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This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a school based program developed to prevent teenage