Early Learning Review For the early childhood sector

One in 33 children received child protection services in 2015–16 to shield them from abuse, new statistics from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have shown. During this time, 162,000 children accessed child protection services. This represented a 20 ...

The so-called autism epidemic is being driven by doctors diagnosing more children with less severe symptoms, researchers say, not by more children being born with the condition. A study published in Autism Research, titled Evidence of a reduction over time ...

Researchers have found that the youngest children in classrooms are twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD as their older peers, raising concerns that kids are being medicated with amphetamine-based drugs for age-related immaturity. The study found that among ...

With nearly one-third of people with epilepsy having forms resistant to current medication, some people turn to medical cannabis, driven by hope based on anecdotal evidence that it will work. Researchers at the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative, in partnership with ...

Brain scientists have isolated 74 genes linked to high educational attainment, though they say getting top marks may simply be a by-product. The research, published in the journal Nature, found these genes have a role in the brain’s development of neurons ...

New research shows children who are better at recognising patterns are better at learning grammar, challenging traditional theories of language learning. The researchers tested just under 70 children, aged between 6 and 8, on grammar and pattern recognition. The team ...

Every child, and the sector, is a star when National Family Day Care Week kicks off on May 1. Themed ‘Every Child is a Star’ and hosted by peak body Family Day Care Australia, next week’s festivities aim to show-off ...

One-third of children nationwide don’t attend enough preschool, leaving one-fifth of children, many from the poorest backgrounds, developmentally unprepared for school – a new report has identified. Quality Early Education for All: Fostering creative, entrepreneurial, resilient and capable learners by ...