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Impact through communication

Speech Pathology Week 2025 at CliniKids.

Videos

Our award-winning 60 Second Science video series translates the latest research into an accessible format for the community. Here you will also find our Autism Seminar Series and videos about our clinical services and current research projects.

Fact sheets

CliniKids has developed a range of fact sheets to support everyday activities at home. We've also included links to some resources and websites for parents and carers developed by other support services.

News & Events

Supporting autistic children guideline - short course

CliniKids has partnered with Autism CRC to deliver an online self-paced short course which explores the Recommendations included within the National Guideline for supporting the learning, participation, and wellbeing of autistic children and their families in Australia.

News & Events

Frangipani Family Day

Frangipani Family Day is an opportunity for CliniKids to celebrate the families we engage with through our clinical services and research.

Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement and Regulation

At CliniKids, the JASPER approach is for preschool and school-aged children who have differences in play and social communication skills.

Early Start Denver Model

The ESDM aims to promote a child’s development across all domains, including language, joint attention, imitation, cognition, play and social skills, and fine and gross motor skills.

People

Marie Rodatz

Clinical Lead, Occupational Therapy

Research

First Impressions Towards Autistic People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Emerging evidence suggests that observers tend to form less favorable first impressions toward autistic people than toward non-autistic people. These negative impressions may be associated with immediate behavioral responses, as well as long-lasting attitudes toward those being observed that may negatively impact their psychosocial wellbeing. 

Research

Parent-Child Interactions May Help to Explain Relations Between Parent Characteristics and Clinically Observed Child Autistic Behaviours

The importance of supporting parent-child interactions has been noted in the context of prodromal autism, but little consideration has been given to the possible contributing role of parental characteristics, such as psychological distress. This cross-sectional study tested models in which parent-child interaction variables mediated relations between parent characteristics and child autistic behaviour in a sample of families whose infant demonstrated early signs of autism.