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CliniKids is the first clinical service of The Kids Research Institute Australia, providing autism therapies and supports for young children.
CliniKids provides therapy support and individualised programs to help children and families to reach their full potential.
The ESDM aims to promote a child’s development across all domains, including language, joint attention, imitation, cognition, play and social skills, and fine and gross motor skills.
At CliniKids, the JASPER approach is for preschool and school-aged children who have differences in play and social communication skills.
CliniKids provides therapy support and individualised programs to help children and families to reach their full potential.
Find out about the range of Focused Therapies on offer at CliniKids.
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Autism researcher a finalist for WA's Australian of the YearProfessor Andrew Whitehouse, who has helped transform clinical support for children on the autism spectrum in Australia, is nominated for WA's 2023 Australian of the Year.
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Behavioural and neuropsychological outcomes in children exposed in utero to maternal labour epidural analgesiaRecent studies report conflicting results regarding the relationship between labour epidural analgesia (LEA) in mothers and neurodevelopmental disorders in their offspring. We evaluated behavioural and neuropsychological test scores in children of mothers who used LEA.
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How we measure language skills of children at scale: A call to move beyond domain-specific tests as a proxy for languageThe aim of this research note is to encourage child language researchers and clinicians to give careful consideration to the use of domain-specific tests as a proxy for language; particularly in the context of large-scale studies and for the identification of language disorder in clinical practice.