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Project helps Ethan belongEthan recently took part in Belong, a study led by The Kids which aims to ensure deaf and hard of hearing kids have a happy & positive school experience
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Evaluation of the processes of family-centred care for young children with intellectual disability in Western AustraliaGovernment early intervention services for children with intellectual disability (ID) in Western Australia have adopted the model of family-centred care.
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The Wellbeing and Engagement Collection (WEC): Promoting the importance of students’ wellbeing and mental health in schoolso help raise the profile of student wellbeing in the education system in Australia, The Kids Research Institute Australia and SA Department for Education through the Fraser Mustard Centre, set out to adapt and trial a population-level student wellbeing measure that could be used across the entire public and p
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Participation in the Wellbeing and Engagement collection in South Australian schoolsIn South Australian schools, students in Grade 4 to 12 are invited to participate in an annual survey about their wellbeing and engagement in school, referred to as the Wellbeing and Engagement Collection.
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Wellbeing and Engagement Collection (WEC) in the South Australian school systemThe aim of the WEC is to help teachers, school leaders and policy makers better understand and support the wellbeing and engagement of their students.
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Exploring change in the Australian version of the Early Development InstrumentCalculating a critical difference for the percentage of children who are “at risk” and “on track” in addition to the children who are developmentally “vulnerable”
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Investigation of the Cross-National Equivalence of a Measurement of Early Child DevelopmentThis research paper reports on the results of investigating measurement invariance of the Early Development Instrument (EDI) in two South-Asian countries.
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Review of trends in disabilities, mental health disorders and complex needs among children and adolescentsThe aim of the project was to provide the South Australian Department for Education with a synthesis of high-quality evidence on the population prevalence of various disabilities among school-aged children.
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Jurisdictional, socioeconomic and gender inequalities in child health and development:Early child development may have important consequences for inequalities in health and well-being. This paper explores population level patterns of child...
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Measuring early childhood development in multiple contexts: the internal factor structure and reliability of the early Human Capability Index in seven countriesFindings support the aims of the early Human Capability Index in being adaptable and applicable for use within a range of low and middle income countries