Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
Author: Ann Sanson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2002
Genre: Child development
ISBN: 9780642394965

This discussion paper presents an overview of Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), incorporating descriptions of the rationale for the study, relevance for policy development, the conceptual framework, broad and specific research questions, and study design. The bulk of the paper is taken up with a discussion of current thinking about how the research questions will be addressed, and what data are to be collected.

Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong

Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong
Author: Maggie Walter
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137534354

This edited collection by leading Australian Aboriginal scholars uses data from the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) to explore how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are growing up in contemporary Australia. The authors provide an overview of the study, including the Indigenous methodological and ethical framework which guides the analysis. They also address the resulting policy ramifications, alongside the cultural, social, educational and family dynamics of Indigenous children’s lives. Indigenous Children Growing Up Strong will be of interest to students and scholars in the areas of sociology, social work, anthropology and childhood and youth studies.

Psychobiology and Early Development

Psychobiology and Early Development
Author: H. Rauh
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 310
Release: 1987-06-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0080867006

This volume is the outcome of an international symposium held in Berlin, FRG, which brought together researchers in the field of infant development.The contributors are from Europe and North America, and have as their primary professional interest either pediatrics, biology or psychology. These fields, in spite of common involvement and large overlap, still have to overcome communication problems and differences in scientific approaches. The emphasis of this book is on the efforts of the participants towards reaching a mutual understanding. In spite of disciplinary diversity, the papers in this book complement each other, and set the scene for future multidisciplinary research and exchange in the field of infant development.

Reading to Young Children

Reading to Young Children
Author: Guyonne Kalb$aut$!3584296411
Publisher:
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2013
Genre: Child development
ISBN:

Yuendumu

Yuendumu
Author: Tasman Brown
Publisher: University of Adelaide Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 0987073001

This book provides a comprehensive account of a unique pioneering longitudinal study of human growth that continues to contribute to our knowledge and raise new questions 60 years after it commenced. Although over 200 scientific publications have arisen from the study, this book describes, in a single volume, the key researchers involved, the Australian Aboriginal people from Yuendumu who participated in the study, and the main outcomes. The findings have provided new insights into how teeth function, as well as factors affecting oral health and physical growth. General readers, as well as students and researchers, will find much of interest in this volume.

The Australian Temperament Project

The Australian Temperament Project
Author: Suzanne Vassallo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2013
Genre: Child development
ISBN: 9781922038258

This report highlights some of the key learnings about human development from the Australian Temperament Project (ATP) - a groundbreaking longitudinal study that, to date, has followed a large group of Victorians from their birth to age 30 years. ATP is a joint project between the Australian Institute of Family Studies, the Royal Children's Hospital, the University of Melbourne and Deakin University and is one of only a few in the world with information on three generations of study members - the young people, their parents, and now the young people's own children.

Temperament in Childhood

Temperament in Childhood
Author: Geldolph A. Kohnstamm
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 660
Release: 1995-06-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780471955832

This authoritative book addresses major topics in childhood temperament in such areas as concepts and measures, biological bases of individual differences in temperament, developmental issues, applications of temperament research in clinical and educational settings, sociocultural and other group factors as well as historical perspectives. Each section begins with a major chapter by one of the editors, followed by shorter contributions written by active researchers in the field.