Understanding outcomes in child protection: Exploring a capability approach to change the conversation for Aboriginal families

Chief Investigator: Dr Michelle Jones Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community Based Study Funding Amount: $93,258 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Aboriginal children are over-represented in child protection

Can LEGO® robotics therapy improve the mental health and social skills of adolescents on the autism spectrum? A Phase 1 trial

Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Parimala Raghavendra Research Area: Improving children’s mental health and the impact of developmental disorders. Community Based Study Funding Amount: $99,277 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Nearly 40%

Early in life outcomes of children of mothers with child protection system involvement. What factors are protective and what factors predict poorer infant outcomes?

Chief Investigator: Professor Leonie Segal Research Area: Improving child protection and its effects. Community Based Study. Funding Amount: $99,997 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Child maltreatment in SA is

Overcoming drug resistance in childhood seizure and psychiatric disorders caused by potassium channels

Chief Investigator: Professor Leanne Dibbens Funding Amount: $100,000 Recipient: University of South Australia Overview: Children with a defective potassium channel (KCNT1) gene have a serious developmental disorder which includes epilepsy

Neighbourhood life and social determinants of health for children and young people from refugee backgrounds

Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Anna Ziersch Research Area: Understanding the social determinants of childhood health and development. Community Based Study Funding Amount: $99,985 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Settling into a