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Grandparent education linked to grandkids’ NAPLAN resultsThe effects of educational advantage or disadvantage get handed down through the generations according to a new study by researchers at the The Kids.
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Late-talking and risk for behavioural and emotional problems during childhood and adolescenceAlthough many toddlers with expressive vocabulary delay ("late talkers") present with age-appropriate language skills by the time they are of school age...
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Looking at languageHearing your child’s first word is a precious moment for any parent but while most children begin to talk within 12 to 24 months of age, some take much longer.
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Kids with ADHD struggling at schoolA study by The Kids Research Institute Australia has found children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have significantly worse school outcomes.
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New research links poor language to lack of Vitamin D in wombNew research has found that children of mums who had low levels of Vitamin D during pregnancy are twice as likely to have language difficulties.
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How mums talk influences children’s perspective-taking abilityNew research shows that kids whose mums talk more frequently about others' thoughts tend to be better at taking another's perspective than other children.
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Funding boost to help researchers better understand how language developsTelethon Kids Institute researchers have been awarded an Australian Research Council grant to explore how testosterone levels in the womb can impact on a child'
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Language and reading impairments are associated with increased prevalence of non-right-handednessHandedness has been studied for association with language-related disorders because of its link with language hemispheric dominance. No clear pattern has emerged, possibly because of small samples, publication bias, and heterogeneous criteria across studies.
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Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexiaReading and writing are crucial life skills but roughly one in ten children are affected by dyslexia, which can persist into adulthood. Family studies of dyslexia suggest heritability up to 70%, yet few convincing genetic markers have been found.
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Associations between clusters of early life risk factors and developmental vulnerability at age 5This study investigated the associations between clusters of early life risk factors and developmental vulnerability in children's first year of full-time school at age 5