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Community voices to foster cultural safety

Life imitates art in a new project that seeks to entrench cultural safety for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into WA’s mental health system.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources

A number of organisations have created COVID-19 resources specifically developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Cerebral Palsy

A non-progressive motor disability due to damage of the developing brain, this is the most common physical disability in childhood. Affecting about one in 500 babies, it is frequently accompanied by other neurological impairments, such as intellectual or sensory.

RESP-ACT

The aim of RESP-ACT is to reduce these children’s respiratory hospital admissions and visits to Emergency Department, and to help them and their families to have as the best possible quality of life.

COVID-19 video resources

View the full catalogue of The Kids Research Institute Australia COVID-19 video resources.

Bullying Infographics

Infographics to easily learn more about bullying and what actions to take should bullying be an issue in your school or community.

Leukaemia

Leukaemia, also spelled leukemia, is a cancer that develops in the bone marrow and results in abnormal white blood cells. It is the most common cancer in children, accounting for almost a third of all childhood & teen cancers.

IVF

In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) in which an egg is fertilised by sperm outside the body.

The presentation of dissociative symptoms in childhood and early adolescence: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of 30 case studies

Dissociative disorders in children and young adolescents are under-recognised and under-treated. Current diagnostic criteria rely on downward extensions of adult models and do not adequately consider developmental differences in younger populations. This reliance risks overlooking symptom patterns that may be unique in childhood, thereby perpetuating diagnostic gaps and delayed treatment.