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New clues into language developmentA world-first study from The Kids for Child Health Research has identified risk factors for receptive language development in Australian children.
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New study links testosterone levels in the womb and language problemsNew study links testosterone levels in the womb and language problems
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Most late-talking toddlers turn out okThe study is the first of its kind to track language delay from two years of age through to late adolescence, using data collected from the long running Raine
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Children’s language not affected by stress in pregnancyfindings from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research that show relatively common stressful events during pregnancy do not have a long term impact
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Start early to boost Indigenous student servicesChild health expert Fiona Stanley says effective action to break the cycle of disadvantage for Aboriginal children must begin well before they start school.
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Late talking toddlers: new research debunks the mythsNew research findings from the world's largest study predicting children's late language emergence has revealed that parents are not to blame for late talking
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Italian Version of QI-Disability for QoL Evaluation in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability: Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation ProcessChildren and adolescents with Intellectual Disability experience a worse Quality-of-Life (QoL) relative to typically developing peers. Thus, QoL evaluation is important for identifying support needs and improving rehabilitation effectiveness. Nevertheless, currently in Italy there are not tools with this scope. This study aims to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Quality-of-Life Inventory-Disability into Italian.
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Language DevelopmentLanguage is one of the most remarkable developmental accomplishments of early childhood. Language connects us with others and is an essential tool for literacy, education, employment and lifelong learning.
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The ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Life Course Centre or LCC)The Life Course Centre is a national centre funded by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence Scheme and hosted through the University of Queensland with collaborating nodes at the University of Western Australia, Sydney University and University of Melbourne.
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How we measure language skills of children at scale: A call to move beyond domain-specific tests as a proxy for languageThe aim of this research note is to encourage child language researchers and clinicians to give careful consideration to the use of domain-specific tests as a proxy for language; particularly in the context of large-scale studies and for the identification of language disorder in clinical practice.