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The Education Department of Western Australia advocates for culturally responsive schools. Aboriginal Indigenous Education Officers are employed by schools to facilitate and enable the potential for Aboriginal school children to thrive in school settings. 

This paper reports on Aboriginal parents’ perceptions about their involvement in a Western Australian pilot initiative called KindiLink. The program seeks to support parents as their child’s first teacher and thereby enhance Aboriginal children’s early-years development, while strengthening relationships between families and schools. A constructivist paradigm was used to inform the methodology which placed Aboriginal voices at the centre of the research.

Associate Professor Yael Perry and project coordinator Holly Moss reflect on their experiences attending the busy annual event.

Research Fellow Karen Lombardi recently joined Embrace @ The Kids Research Institute Australia

The WA Youth Awards 2023

The Healing Kids, Healing Families team strives to understand how trauma and adverse circumstances can impact a child and their family, and how we can help them to recover from these experiences.

To explore the perspectives of family members of Aboriginal children about a) their involvement in recognising clinical deterioration in a hospital setting and b) the effectiveness of a poster designed to promote family involvement.

A mentally healthy future for all children About Embrace Embrace @ The Kids Research Institute Australia is Western Australia’s first research

Embrace @ The Kids Research Institute Australia's Dr Alix Woolard is hosting our new podcast, Embracing the Mind

Attendees of the Peel CAMHS clinic will be captivated by a new artwork donated following our recent Dandjoo Kooliny event.