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Gestational age and school achievement: A population study

We examined gestational age from preterm to post-term against a national minimum standard for academic achievement in population data.

A randomized controlled evaluation of a secondary school mindfulness program for early adolescents: Do we have the recipe right yet?

Further research is required to identify the optimal age, content and length of mindfulness programs for adolescents in universal prevention settings.

Effects of maltreatment and parental schizophrenia spectrum disorders on early childhood social-emotional functioning: a population record linkage study

We used data from a large Australian population to determine the independent and moderating effects of maltreatment and parental SSDs on early childhood.

Latent profiles of early developmental vulnerabilities in a New South Wales child population at age 5 years

Patterns of early childhood developmental vulnerabilities may provide useful indicators for particular mental disorder outcomes in later life

Cohort Profile: The New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS)-Wave 2 (child age 13 years)

The New South Wales Child Development Study was established to enable a life course epidemiological approach to identifying risk and protective factors

The impact of expanding access to early childhood education services in rural Indonesia.

This article examines the relationship between preschool quality and children’s early development in a sample of over 7900 children enrolled in 578 preschools in rural Indonesia.

Kids in Communities Study (KiCS) study protocol: A cross-sectional mixed-methods approach to measuring community-level factors influencing early child development in Australia

The Kids in Communities Study will test and investigate community-level influences on child development across Australia

Early developmental risk for subsequent childhood mental disorders in an Australian population cohort

We examined associations between developmental vulnerability profiles determined at the age of 5 years and subsequent childhood mental illness between ages 6 and 13 years in an Australian population cohort.

Efficacy of infant simulator programmes to prevent teenage pregnancy: a school-based cluster randomised controlled trial in Western Australia

The infant simulator-based Virtual Infant Parenting programme did not achieve its aim of reducing teenage pregnancy

Review of the quality of evidence for preschool and school-based programs to support social and emotional skills, perseverance and academic self-concept

This project provides guidance to help school leaders review the evidence for different programs, as well as a review of universal, evidence-based pre-school and school-based social and emotional learning programs available in Australia.