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Links between temperament and social-emotional difficulties are well-established in normative child development but remain poorly characterized in autism. We sought to characterize distinct temperament subgroups and their associations with concurrent internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a sample of 103 infants showing early signs of autism.

ORIGINS sub-projects are investigating the best way to provide support to new parents and their influence on the health and development of their offspring.

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Registrar Clinical Psychologist

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In this blog, Occupational Therapist Ally Raphael offers tips for successful toilet training.  

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There’s a few new faces at in our clinical team.

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PACT is a program for caregivers of children who would like some additional support to understand their child’s communication.

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With the school year now well underway, it’s not uncommon for kids to start feeling the stress of assignments, homework and extracurricular activities.

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Australia’s first comprehensive research centre focused on mental health from birth to 25 years has been launched today in Perth.

Helping children build resilience and cope with the trauma associated with medical emergencies and chronic health conditions is the focus of a promising pilot program being undertaken by The Kids Research Institute Australia.

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One of the most traumatic injuries a child can experience is a severe burn. Despite improvements in medical treatments which have led to better physical outcomes and reduced mortality rates for paediatric burns patients, the psychological impact associated with experiencing such a traumatic injury has mostly been overlooked. This is concerning given the high incidence of psychopathology amongst paediatric burn survivors.