Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #childhealthandbehaviour, aggregated by home.social.
'I thought we'd lost the Xavier we knew': Ex-AFL player shares son's concussion experience
By Olivia Mason
Former premiership captain Mark Bickley was no stranger to concussions but after his son was in a bike accident, he realised head injuries could present differently in children.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-21/mark-bickley-son-child-concussion/104248386
#ChildHealthandBehaviour #BrainandNervousSystem #Sportsinjuries #Children #Teenagers #MedicalResearch #Rehabilitation #OliviaMason
Kids swap monkey bars for crates and concrete tunnels at 'loose parts' playground
By Crispian Yeomans and Caitlyn Sheehan
In an adventure playground tucked away in a Brisbane suburb, a generation of kids are discovering an alternative way to play.
#Children #Parenting #ChildHealthandBehaviour #PrimarySchools #PlayandLearning #MentalWellbeing #CrispianYeomans #CaitlynSheehan
What is 'risky play' and what benefits does it have for kids?
By Conor Duffy and Brendan Esposito
Studies suggest the absence of "risky play" in the modern world could be contributing to the teen mental health crisis. Here's what it's all about.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-11/risky-play-benefits-for-kids-children-parents/103939538
#MentalHealth #Teenagers #Children #ChildHealthandBehaviour #PlayandLearning #ConorDuffy #BrendanEsposito
What is 'risky play' and what benefits does it have for kids?
By Conor Duffy and Brendan Esposito
Studies suggest the absence of "risky play" in the modern world could be contributing to the teen mental health crisis. Here's what it's all about.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-11/risky-play-benefits-for-kids-children-parents/103939538
#MentalHealth #Teenagers #Children #ChildHealthandBehaviour #PlayandLearning #ConorDuffy #BrendanEsposito
Inquest finds youth worker was right not to physically restrain boy who drowned while in residential care
By Nicholas McElroy
A state coroner calls the death of the 13-year-old at a waterhole on the Gold Coast hinterland a "tragic accident", saying if the youth worker had tried to restrain the child the outcome "could have been much worse".
#Drownings #ChildHealthandBehaviour #Children #CourtsandTrials #StateandTerritoryGovernment #NicholasMcElroy
Police investigate deaths of twins born at a home in Mullumbimby
By Bruce MacKenzie and Emma Rennie
Tragedy touches a community in the Byron Shire, where two babies died after being born at a home in Mullumbimby.
#PregnancyandChildbirth #ChildHealthandBehaviour #Police #BruceMacKenzie #EmmaRennie
Children held in adult prison swelter through Perth heatwave without air conditioning in cells
By Keane Bourke
Some of Western Australia's most vulnerable teenagers are sweltering through Perth's heatwave without air conditioning in a converted adult prison unit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-09/no-air-conditioning-at-unit-18-facility/103444946
#Crime #PrisonsandPunishment #ChildHealthandBehaviour #Heatwaves #KeaneBourke
Mum's wish for diabetes kids as technology gives son brighter childhood
By Sophie Holder and Stephanie Nitschke
Anna Cozens says better treatment options for type 1 diabetes have given her son freedom to do more activities and she wants others to have the same access.
#Diabetes #ChildHealthandBehaviour #RegionalCommunities #Children #Health #ScienceandTechnology #SophieHolder #StephanieNitschke
More babies die within 28 days of birth in Queensland than across most of Australia
By Janelle Miles and Kate McKenna
The statistic has prompted Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman to order an in-depth clinical review into the problem.
#Health #ChildHealthandBehaviour #GovernmentandPolitics #PregnancyandChildbirth #JanelleMiles #KateMcKenna
What it's like to be diagnosed with ADHD as an adult in China
By Joyce Cheng
Vivian Li didn't realise she had ADHD until she was an adult — but that's a common experience for many people in China.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-25/adult-adhd-diagnosis-china-/103146620
#Education #ADHD #MentalHealth #Work #Family #SocialProblems #Psychology #PsychologyEducation #Psychiatry #ChildHealthandBehaviour #JoyceCheng
How to help yourself — and kids — cope with distressing news about the Israel-Gaza conflict
By Paige Cockburn
Many people may find graphic coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict distressing, but psychologists say children will be especially vulnerable to emotional disturbances. Here's what to look for and how to help.
#Health #Children #UnrestConflictandWar #MentalHealth #ChildHealthandBehaviour #PaigeCockburn
One of the Australia's most isolated doctors wants to halve premature birth rates in the bush Ruth Stewart has spent the past five years on Thursday Island, where not one of the 150 babies born this year were premature — it's a success rate she is hoping to deliver as the nation's new rural health commissioner. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-17/ruth-stewart-premature-birth-rates-could-halve-rural-australia/12885884 #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #ChildHealthandBehaviour
Victorian border dogleg community to be allowed into SA after exemption granted Residents of a tiny community near the meeting point of three states have been granted a reprieve ahead of looming new restrictions along the South Australian border. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-18/coronavirus-exemption-for-remote-community-in-victoria/12569358 #ChildHealthandBehaviour #GovernmentandPolitics #StatesandTerritories #HealthcareFacilities #Federal-StateIssues #Agribusiness #InfantHealth
'Our children asked for rain this Christmas': Helping the young cope on farms There's a lot to take on emotionally as a child watching parents going through drought. A new podcast has been released to help families guide their children through a changing climate. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-12/drought-podcast-to-help-kids-in-drought/12547862 #ChildHealthandBehaviour #DisastersandAccidents #CommunityandSociety #PsychologyEducation #FamilyandChildren #Regional #Children #Drought
Family faces more months in isolation despite easing of restrictions This family claims isolation has forced them to become around-the-clock carers for their disabled son because they cannot access regular support services and there is no end in sight. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-07/special-needs-families-facing-longer-isolation/12212064 #ChildHealthandBehaviour #EpidemicsandPandemics #DiseasesandDisorders #SocialDistancing #CerebralPalsy #Disabilities #RuralWomen #Parenting
Eight of Matt's friends have died by suicide. Here's how he's trying to make a difference Matt Runnalls was 12 when he lost his first friend to suicide. He has since lost seven more, and survived four of his own attempts. Now he's working to give children in rural Australia the tools to cope with their emotions. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-04/mental-health-suicide-healthier-hearts-lighter-minds-abc-heywire/12063542 #ChildHealthandBehaviour #CommunityandSociety #AdolescentHealth
Aussies in the bush reaping benefits of COVID-19 online service delivery If there is anything good to come out of the coronavirus pandemic, it could be that rural Australians end up better connected to essential and recreational services than ever before. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-03/coronavirus-push-for-rural-remote-service-delivery-long-term/12109570 #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #ChildHealthandBehaviour #HealthcareFacilities #CommunityandSociety #HealthPolicy #Agribusiness
'Throwing another one in the mix is quite easy': The rewards of fostering children on an outback station Asked about her experience raising foster children on a remote WA pastoral property, Catherine Walsh says simply: "You can't imagine the reward of seeing something that was so broken become a confident, beautiful, young human being". https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-03-16/lyndon-station-pastoral-foster-carers/12056378 #ChildHealthandBehaviour #CommunityandSociety #ChildAbuse