With properly configured parental controls,keeping track of device usage doesn’t have to be all or nothing.
Paediatric clinics have waitlists with hundreds of children on them as advocates warn the sector is reaching crisis point as specialists retire or move back to metro areas.
NDIS 2.0 will aim to establish a new disability system that picks up children’s developmental challenges earlier and delivers a range of supports at home,childcare or school.
There’s a two-year wait time to screen children for developmental delays at services across Greater Sydney,with children missing out on crucial support.
While some psychiatrists said ADHD was being overdiagnosed and overmedicated,Mark Butler said he did not subscribe to that view and welcomed a new Senate report.
An 11-year fight has been portrayed as a turf war between doctors. And yet,the decision-making rests with others.
The Critical Psychiatry Network Australasia says it fears a situation “where people identify they’ve got ADHD and the role of the medical profession is to rubber stamp that”.
They’re sharp,curious – and prone to boredom or even bullying at school. Far from the smartypants cliches,some gifted children hide or stop learning. What is giftedness? And what’s life like for kids with stratospheric IQs?
Optometrists have reported a significant rise in myopia among children,who are being diagnosed younger than ever before.
A leaked document shows the fears health professionals hold about a government decision to locate higher risk births away from the state’s children’s hospital.
Troubling numbers of physical restraint are being used on vulnerable children at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.