"Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything" TdP Join us on the 30th of July to learn more about theories of reading comprehension as well as evidence-based methods for instruction tinyurl.com/y86o3ust

"Vocabulary learning is the gateway to reading comprehension...it's how you access meaning" - Dr Danielle Colenbrander Register today for our live-stream vocabulary workshop on the 7th of August: tinyurl.com/y7xsdnl4 For a content teaser check out the podcast below!

The very first integrated reading and anxiety intervention has just been accepted for publication in the Open Access journal PeerJ Publishing. It’s a great day! @genxmac Jennifer L Hudson Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers)

Francis et al. examine the effect of an integrated reading and anxiety intervention for poor readers with #anxiety Read the full PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment article bit.ly/2ZFuvR6 @MQCogSci Macquarie University Radboud University UniversityOfTsukuba #reading

MQCR student Alana Jones is looking for participants for her study on the relationship between reading and anxiety - more information below.

Keep calm and love a dachshund 🐶

UPDATE: The study on reading and anxiety by Alana Jones is going online - sessions can be conducted over Zoom. Children aged 7-12 with known or suspected reading difficulties can participate. More information available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1VY_hn_…

There are no words left. #reggiethedachshund

Deanna is presenting right now at the #mentallyhealthierschools conference, showing significant improvement in both reading and anxiety following an intervention targeting these common co-occurring. Black Dog Institute @MQreadingclinic

Presented at the #LD_Australia AGM: The winner of the AJLD @AJLDtweets Eminent Researcher Award for 2021 is Professor Genevieve McArthur @genxmac. Thanks, Genevieve, for your exemplary research in the area of literacy, and your work in translating research into practice.

Incredible @genxmac! Congratulations and so very well deserved. It’s a privilege to work with you and an honour to see your ongoing contribution to science. Well done!

Australia is launching the world’s first children’s mental health and wellbeing strategy - a focus on access to evidence informed practice for all children and families. Alex Martiniuk Dr Lucy Tully Maria Kangas NSW Health @GregHuntMP Black Dog Institute health.gov.au/ministers/the-…

Children with reading difficulties may also have anxiety. #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth #UntilEveryOneCanRead

We need to better support kids with anxiety and reading difficulties. Our new research shows that social anxiety may be a big concern for these kids. Read more about their profiles in our hot off the press paper doi.org/10.1002/acp.39… Jennifer L Hudson @genxmac Serje Robidoux

#AACBT22 Symposium preview time! We have 2 days of scientific program, spread over 4 rooms - more than 130 presenters - plus 6 keynote & invited speakers! Tix & info: bit.ly/AACBT22_tickets #CBTworks @GemmaSicouri Black Dog Institute Sophie Emma-Leigh Senyard Deanna

We’re looking for parents of children in Years K to 6 and children in Years 3 to 6 to help us test a new online mental health check for Australian Primary School children. To find out more go to: blackdoginstitute.org.au/research-studi…

Are you an Australian parent of a child in K to 6 and want to find out how they are coping? Help us test a new online mental health check for Australian Primary School children. To find out more go to: blackdoginstitute.org.au/research-studi…

It's been a week since we posted about our study 'PremmieEd' that examines both parent and teacher perceptions & decision making regarding the education of children born preterm.

Research by Deanna and our team Black Dog Institute is using co-design to build and evaluate a new tool to help parents & children to identify mental health problems in primary school kids and get them connected to evidence based care #AACBT22

We Black Dog Institute are looking for a PhD student to join our team to design & evaluate personalised digital assessment tools for children and families seeking help for their mental health. Gemma Sicouri Deanna Maddi O'Gradey-Lee For more information blackdoginstitute.org.au/about/working-…