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 alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
Summary
This project aims to:
- Modify, implement and evaluate a school curriculum version of the Alert Program®.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of an eight-week Alert Program® curriculum to improve the self-regulation and executive functioning skills of children attending primary school in the Fitzroy Valley.
- Document a sustainable and culturally appropriate method of implementing the Alert Program® in Fitzroy Valley schools.
Supervisors
- Professor Jonathan Carapetis: Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
- Professor Donna Cross: Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
- Dr James Fitzpatrick: Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
- Dr Martyn Symons: FASD Research Australia Centre for Research Excellence
For more information about this PhD contact Bree Wagner