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There is growing evidence that alcohol restrictions are effective in empowering communities to reduce the immediate and long term impacts of alcohol.
Researchers at The Kids for Child Health Research have been awarded more than $1.4M to assess how many juvenile offenders are affected by FASD.
There was widespread agreement of the need for more information and training about FASD to optimise outcomes for people with FASD engaging with justice system
Leading researchers into the effects of alcohol in pregnancy have thrown their support behind the recommendations of a national Inquiry into FASD.
A ground-breaking The Kids Research Institute Australia study, which revealed that almost every young person being held in the Banksia Hill Detention Centre had some form of neuro-disability, has sparked concern and conversation across Australia and the world.
This trial is evaluating the effectiveness of an Alert Program school curriculum for improving self-regulation and executive function in children living in remote Australian Aboriginal communities
Recent research, using objective 3-dimensional facial imaging, has found differences between the facial shape of individuals with FAS and the facial shape of individuals without FAS or with partial FAS
Early intervention services are needed to support developmentally vulnerable children in remote communities.
The aim of this study was to develop and implement a community-led, researcher-supported, FASD strategy.
Children who were exposed to a maternal alcohol use disorder had significantly increased odds of contact with the justice system.