Good-bye Mt Isa. No PhD teaches what I have learned this week. Thank-you to all who welcomed me and enhanced my cultural competence. Still so much to learn... I can’t wait.
#HearOurVoices NOFAS-UK Chief Executive Sandy Butcher spoke today at the Royal Society of Medicine's meeting on Understanding NDPAE/FASD - She urged the professionals to listen to the voices of those with FASD and those supporting them. facebook.com/NorthWestFASD/p…
We see this all the time in FASD. Children are frequently judged to be willfully difficult on the assumption of average neurocognitive skills. The truth is they have a neurocognitive impairment, often multiple,and are responding to the chronic anxiety of inflated expectations. x.com/thinkkids/status/98887…
Shifting how we provide Paediatric services to young kids on the Gold Coast. Our recently funded innovative service delivery model has been launched. Proud to be part of the ’Early and Quick Specialist Child Development Service’. @DShelt@GC_Health@GCPHN@Griffith_Health
"Invest in prevention, not remediation. Invest in flourishing lives, not in correcting problems after they appear." Comprehensive, early childhood development is key to later success in education and life. Learn more: bit.ly/2JfPfoY
Oh come on ball tampering has a long recent history with multiple payers (inc RSA) recently sprung. Just fine him, get on with it and confine the rest of the hyperbole to the Centre for Confected Outrage. #sandpapergate
The Network’s final training session for coaches will be on Saturday, March 17th in Saskatoon. 55,000 people in Saskatchewan live with FASD, chances are you will have a team member impacted by the disability. Register for this free training at: eventbrite.ca/e/fasd-trainin…
Professor Heckman's is in the news:
“A groundbreaking study offers undeniable proof that the fight against inequality starts with moms" bit.ly/2or48wf by @jandersonQZ at @qz
Excited to be up in North QLD starting a new project to see how we can help improve child developmental outcomes. We met so many dedicated people here today including these lovely ladies @BUSHkidsqld@UQ_News @UQMedicine