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Child health

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Puericulture
Child health services
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Public health
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Child health
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Supporting LGBTQ+ young people with disability: what service providers need to know


This resource supports practitioners working with LGBTQ+ young people with disability by explaining intersectionality, evidence on key challenges, and practical ways to improve wellbeing. It highlights the impacts of discrimination, heterosexism and ableism, barriers to accessing inclusive services, and the importance of safe, accessible, person‑centred practice across services.
Guide

Neurodiversity-affirming practice in community mental health services


This practice guide presents a framework for family and community services to apply neurodiversity-affirming practice (NAP) to their work with all children, young people and families. NAP is a way of working that aims to provide a safe and supportive service environment that accepts, understands and values neurodiversity.
Guide

Positive use guide: evidence-based insights on the impact of digital devices on child and adolescent wellbeing


This guide provides evidence-based practical tips and checklists on how to manage screen time for children and adolescents in Singapore to help them build a normalised, lifelong relationship with technology. The guide discusses how screen use has both positive and negative effects. It finds screen use has a less significant role in wellbeing than other...
Briefing paper

Every day matters: improving school attendance in Australia


School attendance in Australia is a big and growing problem. Federal, state, and territory Education Ministers have committed to getting school attendance back to pre-pandemic rates by the end of the decade. However, this analysis shows there is a long way to go. The brief proposes that governments should take five key first steps.
Report

The state of Australia’s children 2025

Adrienne O’Dell, Toni Bennett, Rebecca Smith, Nicole Breeze

A comprehensive look at the wellbeing of children and youth across Australia, the report combines the latest publicly available data with firsthand perspectives. While many Australian children and young people are getting the support they need, many are falling behind. The report is a call to action to address these gaps and make children a...