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One-of-a-kind autism service offers new hope to families

Western Australian babies and children with autism and developmental delay will be able to access world-first therapies and interventions backed by the latest research, thanks a unique clinical service developed by The Kids Research Institute Australia.

Research

Parental perspectives of the everyday experiences of uncertainty among young children on the autism spectrum

Anxiety commonly co-occurs in autism. Exploring and understanding potential underpinning mechanisms contributing to and maintaining anxiety in the early years is important in managing anxiety. Intolerance of uncertainty (IU), a tendency to find uncertainty difficult, is a transdiagnostic mechanism contributing to anxiety, but little is known about how IU may be experienced in young children on the autism spectrum. This study investigated parental perspectives of children's experiences of uncertainty.

People

Dimity Taylor

Occupational Therapist

People

Samantha Rivers

Inklings Practitioner

People

Sally Grauaug

Senior Speech Pathologist

Our locations

CliniKids has clinics in Subiaco and in Joondalup

Paediatric Occupational Therapy

Find out more about Paediatric Occupational Therapy services at CliniKids.

Professional training

CliniKids runs training in a range of areas for clinicians and autism professionals in addition to workshops for parents, caregivers and families.

Our service model

CliniKids is putting the ‘evidence’ in evidence-based practice by providing families access to the best scientific-backed therapies as quickly as possible so that all autistic children have the chance to reach their full potential.

PACT training

Find out more about Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy training for allied health and autism professionals at CliniKids.