Perfection is the enemy of progress and good mental health: A Randomised Controlled Trial of guided parent-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for children’s perfectionism
Chief Investigator: Professor Tracey Wade Funding Amount : $99,996 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Perfectionism has linearly increased in youth since 1989. Three out of ten adolescents meet criteria for being perfectionistic e.g.,
The Cool Brain Hall of Fame: Using examples from popular culture to de-stigmatise learning differences in primary schools
Chief Investigator: Dr Amy Wyatt Funding Amount : $94,995 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Around 15-20% of South Australian children have a learning difference such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, autism or attention-deficit hyperactivity
Providing school based eyecare to improve learning and promote equitable outcomes in South Australia
Chief Investigator: Professor Nicola Anstice Funding Amount : $99,439 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Twenty-five percent of South Australian primary school children do not have the spectacles they need for clear and comfortable High Quality Online Literacy Instruction for South Australian Children with Down Syndrome
Chief Investigator: Professor Joanne Arciuli Funding Amount : $99,988 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: We know that “learning to read is not a privilege, but a basic and essential human right” (Ontario Human
The impact of the complement system on fetal brain and retinal development during viral infection.
Chief Investigator: Associate Professor Jillian Carr Funding Amount : $98,679 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Sometimes, viral infection during pregnancy infects the baby with devastating and permanent effects on the brain and eye.
2022 HDA CRF PhD Excellence Awards, 11th Cohort Scholars Announced
The Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation joins Healthy Development Adelaide in announcing Demi Georgiou and Joshua Robinson as the 2022 and 11th Cohort recipients of the Annual CRF PhD Excellence Awards.
Autistic kids sleep study a world first
At the age of eight, Chase Mazurek has rarely had a good night’s sleep. He has autism and ADHD and has trouble falling asleep, wakes in the night and gets
Flinders University researchers buoyed by $472,908 in CRF Grants for new projects in 2022
MEDIA RELEASE: FLINDERS UNIVERSITY The latest round of $1.5 million in funding will take “children’s research to new heights,” says CRF Executive Director Greg Ward, also announcing the 45-year-old foundation’s
Artificial intelligence for reducing radiation exposure and cancer risk in children
Chief Investigator: Dr Minh-So To Funding Amount : $100,000 Recipient: Flinders University Overview: Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are commonly used for diagnostic imaging. CT is preferred for visualising