new paper out: Parenting stress DOES NOT predict later child behaviours that challenge shown by autistic children, nor the reverse. BUT both are pretty stable over time, we need to understand broader impacts on children and their parents to support them. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Want to know what GIER members get up to on the weekend! Hear Prof. Dawn Adams talk about the new Australian skydiving record her team set this weekend!

Griffith University #skydiving

9now.nine.com.au/today/videos/l…

But money doesn’t buy everything, a teacher aid in a classroom is not necessarily going to be the answer to a student who is experiencing difficulty managing their own behaviour in the classroom…

This article by GIER member Dr Kathy Gibbs talks about how identifying and

ADHD is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders, affecting 1 in 20 people. It manifests in various subtypes, impacting individuals across age groups and genders says Dr Kathy Gibbs.
enlighten.griffith.edu.au/whats-the-diff…

GIER great work Debbie, Nilmini and Alana! Dr Nilmini Fernando alana lentin 🇵🇸✡️

Around one in 20 people has attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It’s one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and often continues into adulthood.

This article by GIER member Dr Kathy Gibbs discusses the difference between ADD and ADHD.

Blog post on one of our recent papers led by A/Prof Kate Simpson: Time for Change: Measuring Quality of Life and Well-Being in Autism: #autismresearch autismresearchtalk.wordpress.com/2024/04/10/tim…

GIER were honoured to host Professor Dwayne Donald this week for a seminar on Unlearning colonialism and renewing kinship relations.

Dwayne is a descendant of the amiskwaciwiyiniwak (Beaver Hills Cree) and works as a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta Faculty of Education

My PhD student Emma is looking at how psychologists and other relevant mental professionals diagnose or provide supports for depression with autistic clients. If this is you we'd really value your help. Learn more:
autismdepression.com

Hear our stellar research fellow Dr Ana Borges Jelinic present her work on women, partner migration, waiting times and domestic violence Melbourne Social Equity Institute

youtu.be/t5vjfzL7LVU (4:00 - 25:17)

Today, on World Autism Day, the first draft of the Australian National Autism Strategy is now available for public consultation from today (April 2nd) until May 31st. Read and have your say here: engage.dss.gov.au/developing-the…
#AutismAcceptanceMonth

New Publication Alert 📢

GIER member Prof.Peter J. Anderson, PhD, SFHEA, MAIATSIS, FQA and colleagues have just published an important article Patterns of Educational Performance among Indigenous Students in Australia, 2010–2019: Within-cohort, peer matching analysis for

Survey invitation-have your say on the current most pressing issues in gifted education in Australia, further info & survey link: griffithuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4H… #gifted #gifted education #australia #griffithuni #gifted ness #2e #Researchproject

Curriculum work and hermeneutics: A new paradigm for contemporary education? GIER Deputy Director Steven Hodge discusses the often controversial work of Teachers curriculum work.
As mentioned by Steven, Curriculum itself needs to be understood as a shared, dynamic

GIER were honoured to welcome Professor Catherine Compton-Lilly from University of South Carolina to present at two events. The first session attended by over 100 people heard Catherine discuss Decades of Reading Research: What We Truly Know? followed by an intimate round table discussion with

‘Definitions are often very western. This excludes us.’ Our research shows how to boost Indigenous participation in STEM

Important piece of research from GIER members Ren Perkins and his colleagues from UQ News. Always great to see our members contributing with such

For VET observers a striking feature of the Accord document is the prevalence the language of ‘skills’ throughout. For those who research VET skills talk is so common it is no longer noticed, so to see it assume such importance in this context is interesting.

Read insights from

Our research fellow Dr Ana Borges Jelinic will speak at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute Gender and Migration Symposium on “In the middle… waiting for a future” – time and waiting in partner migration and family violence in Australia.'

🗓️15 March 2024, 2 - 4:30pm AEDT

socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/events/ge…

GIER are excited to host Professor @Catherine Compton-Lilly, John C. Hungerpiller Professor at the University of South Carolina to present a seminar on Decades of Reading Research: What Do We Truly Know?

As a professor in the College of Education, Catherine teaches courses in literacy studies,