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Early Childhood DevelopmentEvery child deserves the best possible start in life. Evidence demonstrates the period from pre-birth to three years is a vital period of development. It lays the foundations for a child’s future and has life-long impacts on health, education, job opportunities, social inclusion and wellbeing.
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Western Australian Child Development Atlas - Phase IDavid Melissa Rebecca Ansell O'Donnell Glauert DipTeach BEd PGD H Science MPhil MPA BPsych (Hons), MPsych, GradDip Ed, PhD BPsych (Hons) PhD Honorary

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Joondalup clinic open for Term 4We are excited to announce that our new Joondalup clinic will be open at the start of Term 4!

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FAQ about CliniKids, The Kids' clinical service for children with autism and/or developmental delays, and their families.

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Telehealth can support families with their goalsIn this blog, Speech Pathology Clinical Lead Aria May looks at telehealth and how it can support children and families with their therapy goals.

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New staff - JoondalupThere’s a couple of new faces at our Joondalup clinic! Mikali is a Speech Pathologist and Katie is an Occupational Therapist. Both are taking on new clients.

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Genome-Wide Analyses of Vocabulary Size in Infancy and Toddlerhood: Associations With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Literacy, and Cognition-Related TraitsThe number of words children produce (expressive vocabulary) and understand (receptive vocabulary) changes rapidly during early development, partially due to genetic factors. Here, we performed a meta-genome-wide association study of vocabulary acquisition and investigated polygenic overlap with literacy, cognition, developmental phenotypes, and neurodevelopmental conditions, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.