Children diagnosed with ADHD inconsistently take their prescribed medication, going without treatment 40 per cent of the time, a new study led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute has found. Research at a Glance: Melbourne led study finds children with ADHD go off their medication on average...
Early childhood professionals are doing what they can to offer elements of the natural environment and plenty of free play in playgrounds, writes Angela Rossmanith. Take yourself back to early childhood and notice how and where you best loved to play. Chances are that you most...
Lisa Johnson hopes to give her children the gift that money can’t buy – the confidence to be themselves. … my daughter has always been true to herself and not worried about what others think of her...
Belinda Cuomo, Annette Joosten, and Sharmila Vaz look at how to notice developmental delays in a child It’s your three year old’s birthday and he’s having a party with his daycare friends. You watch as the other three year olds ask for more cake and answer...
It seems kind of simplistic but you would be surprised how many squabbles it applies to....
Kylie Ladd examines the approach taken by some schools to teach children in multi-age classes. I’m standing in the middle of the biggest classroom I have ever seen, one of four at Spensley Street Primary School in Melbourne’s inner north. Within each large open-plan room, 85...
Rosemary Neilson recalls the initially difficult process of adapting to her daughter’s insistence on a vegetarian diet. Only a lucky few mums and dads are spared the daily trauma of having to coax their small children to eat up and eat well at mealtimes. Toddlers can...
Beatrix Hooper* looks at the years of anxiety and tears her family spent, searching to get the correct diagnosis for her son's behaviour. Part one: The Years of Frustration ‘Yes, your child has autism,’ the psychologist told us. I couldn’t help it. I burst into tears. Even though I...
Governments spend less than half the amount per child in early childhood education compared to what they spend per child in school. from shutterstock.com reports Kate Noble, Victoria University and Peter Hurley, Victoria University This is according to recently released data. This has been the situation for some...
Cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have increased dramatically over the past week, reports C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW prompting concerns about how contagious the virus is and how it spreads. According to the World Health Organisation, 16-21% of people with the virus in China became severely ill...
