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Background Indigenous leaders in the Fitzroy Valley of WA were worried that alcohol use in pregnancy might damage the unborn child. In 2009 they partnered with us other researchers to conduct the Lililwan (all the little ones) Project. Through ...
Background The Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) supports women with AOD use issues, who are pregnant or have young children and who are not effectively engaged with services. PCAP program attendance reduces AOD use and increases use of family ...
PhD Candidate: Hayley Passmore PhD Title: Improving the management of young people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in detention Summary Health and justice professionals across Australia are urging for an increase in services to better ...
PhD Candidate: Bree Wagner PhD Title: The Alert Program® Study: development and evaluation of an intervention to improve the self-regulation and executive functioning skills of Australian Aboriginal primary school children with a focus on fetal ...
PhD Candidate: Natalie Kippin PhD Title: Communication, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and youth justice Summary Language diversity, language disorder and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder are common among young people in youth justice populations. ...
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) can include: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Intellectual Disability (ID) Cerebral Palsy (CP) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Developmental Language Disorder ...
The goal of this research project is to develop, implement and evaluate the Alert Program to improve self-regulation and executive functioning skills of primary school aged children in the Fitzroy Valley. Project lead: Telethon Kids Institute ...
The aim of the study is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of two interventions to improve the identification and management of young people with Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in the Banksia Hill Detention Centre. The two ...
Aboriginal leaders in Fitzroy Valley (Kimberley, Western Australia) identified prevention, diagnosis and management of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) as a community priority and invited researchers from The University of Sydney to initiate ...
The overall aim of the project is to improve community capacity for screening, diagnosis and management of FASD and establish prevalence (i.e how common FASD is) data to inform future health and education needs and prevention programs. Project lead: ...