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Looking at language

Hearing your child’s first word is a precious moment for any parent but while most children begin to talk within 12 to 24 months of age, some take much longer.

Kids with ADHD struggling at school

A study by The Kids Research Institute Australia has found children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have significantly worse school outcomes.

Rethink needed on literacy intervention

A new study by The Kids Research Institute Australia has found current early intervention programs are failing to identify a large proportion of children with language an

New research links poor language to lack of Vitamin D in womb

New research has found that children of mums who had low levels of Vitamin D during pregnancy are twice as likely to have language difficulties.

Reading books boosts child language

A new study provides more evidence that reading books to young children and helping them visually to follow the story improves a child's language.

How mums talk influences children’s perspective-taking ability

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.

About the Australian Early Development Index

The Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) program is conducted by the Centre for Community Child Health

National snapshot of children's development

Nearly a quarter of Australian children could be developmentally at risk, according to the findings of the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI)

Maternal serum vitamin D levels during pregnancy and offspring neurocognitive development

The objective was to determine the association between maternal serum 25(OH)-vitamin D concentrations and behavioural, emotional and language outcomes...

Language, cognitive flexibility, and explicit false belief understanding: Longitudinal analysis in typical development and specific language impairment

The current study sought to further investigate in 91 English-speaking typically developing children and 30 children with specific language impairment...