NSW Child Development Study |

Click on the picture to see recent finding from the NSW Child Development Study.

Click on the picture to see our short introductory video on the Middle Childhood Survey. In 2015 Year 6 NSW primary school students were invited to complete this survey in the second half of that year. The findings were incorporated in the overall study.

The NSW Child Development Study (NSW-CDS) is important Australian research into child and adolescent mental health and well-being. (Please note that young people depicted on this site are not study participants.)

Watch this video to learn about record linkage and how it can help improve services for families and children.

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We aim to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all Australian Children

DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDHOOD & ADOLESCENCE

Identify targets for mental health programs that will build mental capacity during critical years of development, and promote better outcomes that continue into adolescence and adulthood.

GOVERNMENT BENEFITS

Work collaboratively with Government to provide evidence-based findings to inform policy and practice reform in child protection, health and education.

DATA COLLECTION & ANAYLSIS

Map patterns of resilience and vulnerability in childhood and adolescence to further understand how these patterns relate to health, wellbeing, education, criminal offending, and work outcomes.

WIDER COMMUNITY BENEFITS

Understand how a population develops in order to help improve government policies and influence community-based action that maximise resilience and good mental health outcomes.

Latest News and Presentations

July 2020

Our latest paper examined whether having a mother with a mental disorder, or a mother or father with a prior criminal conviction are independently associated with earlier contact with the child protection system and placement in out-of-home care (OOHC). Click here to find out more.