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Have you ever wondered how other parents manage their kids’ device use? As part of a survey for our Cyber Savvy Project, The Kids researchers asked a group of parents for their top tips regarding their child's use of devices.

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Mobile phones are an important part of diabetes management but its also important to set some family rules for your child's technology use.

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An outline of ORIGINS sub-projects by name

Investigating school readiness in ORIGINS' five-year-olds

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All parents are familiar with the nightly battle to get the kids to eat their vegies, but did you know primary-school aged children get over one third of their energy intake from the food they consume during school hours

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New research evaluating the potential cost savings of a therapy for babies displaying early autism signs has predicted a three dollar return to Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for every dollar invested in therapy.

The SEW-Arts Framework is a flexible strengths-based tool developed through conversations with young people, artists, and arts organisations.

Australia’s first national guideline for supporting the learning, participation and wellbeing of autistic children and their families.

Research

We tested the potential for Gazefinder eye-tracking to support early autism identification, including feasible use with infants, and preliminary concurrent validity of trial-level gaze data against clinical assessment scores. We embedded the ~ 2-min 'Scene 1S4' protocol within a comprehensive clinical assessment for 54 consecutively-referred, clinically-indicated infants (prematurity-corrected age 9-14 months).