Short article Jun 2021
Creating environments to support young children’s development
This short article describes how physical environments affect young children’s development, implications for local governments, and what they can do.
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Short article Jun 2021
This short article describes how physical environments affect young children’s development, implications for local governments, and what they can do.
Short article Jun 2021
This short article outlines research on children and young people’s hopes and needs when feeling unsafe, with implications for service providers.
Short article Aug 2021
This short article explores the effects of excessive screen time on children and young people and how practitioners can support families to reduce it.
Webinar Sep 2021
This webinar explored how changing the way we talk and think about early childhood can promote child safety, development and wellbeing.
Short article Aug 2021
This short article describes the effects of physical punishment on children and the evidence available.
Webinar Oct 2021
This webinar explored practitioners’ child-centred work with separating parents to support the child’s wellbeing and parent–child relationship.
Research programs
Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) is a major study following the development of 10,000 children and families from all parts of Australia. The study commenced in 2004.
Journal article Oct 2021
This study investigates the sex, ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in emotional difficulties over childhood and adolescence using longitudinal cohort studies in the UK and Australia.
Webinar Nov 2021
This webinar explored what infant mental health is and how practitioners can support infant mental health and wellbeing.
Webinar Feb 2022
This webinar provided an overview of how neurodiversity impacts child development and how practitioners can support children with neurodiversity.