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Supports healthcare professionals to understand how to make a diagnosis of FASD and to provide support for those diagnosed with FASD

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Despite the existence of a national alcohol guideline for breastfeeding women, maternal health practitioners are not incorporating this advice

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Four leading The Kids Research Institute Australia researchers have been awarded Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

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Among the highest rates of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) worldwide have been reported by Aboriginal community leaders in the remote Fitzroy Valley.

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One of The Kids Research Institute Australia’s most influential researchers, who has played a seminal role in birth defect research and advocacy over a four-decade career, has won the Peter Wills Medal – the Australian research community’s flagship award.

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Youth with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) are under-recognised in the justice system, warranting improved identification. This study aimed to compare neuropsychological profiles of adolescents, with and without PAE and identify neuropsychological tasks predictive of PAE-group membership. It was hypothesised that participants with PAE would score significantly lower on neuropsychological tests.

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Language disorder is highly prevalent in youth justice; however, orofacial, oromotor, speech, and voice anomalies have been largely overlooked. There has been some documentation of these among individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), and adolescents with PAE are over-represented in youth justice.