Australia
2 articles. All topics
- Policy
New South Wales trains more GPs to diagnose ADHD, with 300 more due to start in November
In New South Wales, family doctors can now train to diagnose ADHD and prescribe medication, and 300 more GPs are due to start training this month. It shows one way to cut the cost and wait of specialist-only assessment.
- Research
Online reading sessions linked to reading gains for autistic children in small Australian study
A Flinders University feasibility study says autistic children who had online reading sessions with a free web tool improved compared with a comparison group. The researchers say this could help children who can’t get face-to-face support.