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Two leading The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers will use more than $1.1 million in National Health and Medical Research Council funding to improve outcomes for some of the world’s most vulnerable children and young people.

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National Playgroup Week, the annual event run by Playgroup Australia, will take place across the country from 20 March to 27 March.

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The Early Human Capability Index is a holistic measure intended to capture early child development across diverse cultures and contexts.

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Children around the world could have better access to education thanks to an early childhood development index created for UNESCO by The Kids researcher, Prof Sally Brinkman.

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

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Research on the consequences of breakfast skipping among students tends to focus on academic outcomes, rather than student wellbeing or engagement at school. This study investigated the association between breakfast skipping and cognitive and emotional aspects of school engagement.

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There has been concerns about the increasing incidence of youth depression and anxiety, with school teachers seeking out ways to better equip youth with skills to help them deal with daily life. A resilience training programme for youth was implemented in one region of New Zealand.

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The relationship between features of the neighbourhood built environment and early child development was investigated

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This paper documents that children in rural Indonesia participate in a great variety of early childhood education pathways