by michelecrawshaw | Mar 8, 2021 | Media release, News, Peer reviewed publication, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
An innovative literacy programme is being rolled out to the nation’s schools this year as part of the Ministry of Education’s major new initiative to improve literacy outcomes for all New Zealand children. The Better Start Literacy Approach (BLSA) is an...
by ksch009 | Apr 21, 2020 | Media release, Peer reviewed publication, Successful Literacy and Learning
The Challenge’s Successful Learning team have launched a new resource hub for educators. The Better Start Literacy Approach is based on several years of research trials investigating the most efficient and effective methods to support children’s early...
by ksch009 | Feb 4, 2020 | Peer reviewed publication
Associate Professor Sarah Hetrick has taken a key role as co-ordinating editor of the Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group (CCMD) and director of the CCMD satellite on children and young people’s mental health. Associate Professor Hetrick and her team are...
by ksch009 | Sep 16, 2019 | Contestable, Media release, Newsletter, Peer reviewed publication, Resilient Teens
Parenting adolescents can be difficult at the best of times, but it is even more difficult when done alone. Often, parents are left searching for more effective and easily accessible ways to support their children. New Zealand has one of the highest youth suicide...
by ksch009 | Sep 16, 2019 | Media release, Newsletter, Our people, Peer reviewed publication
As a result of the Māori Think Piece submitted to the Board in 2019, a Research Theme Leader Māori has been approved. Associate Professor Dr Matire Harwood (PhD, MBChB) has been appointed to this new leadership role. Matire (Ngāpuhi) lives in Auckland, and her...
by Challenge communications | Sep 3, 2018 | Clinical study, Healthy Weight, Intervention, Media release, Peer reviewed publication, Research output, Science theme leader, Updates
Two Challenge researchers Rachael Taylor and Barry Taylor are part of a team that has found a sleep intervention in infancy reduced the risk of obesity for those children later in life. Professor Rachael Taylor, Director of the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity...
