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Child health expert Fiona Stanley says effective action to break the cycle of disadvantage for Aboriginal children must begin well before they start school.

New research findings from the world's largest study predicting children's late language emergence has revealed that parents are not to blame for late talking

Language is one of the most remarkable developmental accomplishments of early childhood. Language connects us with others and is an essential tool for literacy, education, employment and lifelong learning.

Research on the health literacy of parents with children with intellectual disability is limited. Understanding parents' healthcare skills and needs is essential for improving children's health and developing effective support. In this study we aimed to (1) explore the health literacy skills of parents that enabled them to support the health needs of their child with intellectual disability and the factors influencing these skills, and (2) identify opportunities to support parent health literacy.

Maltreated children are at high risk for low educational achievement, however few studies have accounted for confounding risk factors that commonly co-occur (including child, family and neighbourhood risk factors) and results have been mixed, particularly for adolescents.

Nonverbal IQ is not on the same causal pathway as language impairments

Evidence that some children also develop autistic symptomatology over time has raised suggestions that developmental language disorder...

Differentiating between childhood communication disorders: Implications for language and psychosocial outcomes

A link between developmental language disorders and atypical cerebral lateralization has been postulated since the 1920s, but evidence has been indirect and...

Rates of diagnosis of autism have risen since 1980, raising the question of whether some children who previously had other diagnoses are now being diagnosed...