How can Ontario improve access to youth mental health services? Julia Close, a first-year master’s student at McMaster University, is tackling that question with the support of the highly competitive Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s.

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Is your child playing Roblox or other online games?

Teresa Bennett, core member with the Offord Centre, speaks with @insidehalton.bsky.social about the things parents should consider and how they can encourage good communication with their kids.

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Congratulations to Ryan Miller, who has successfully defended his #MSc in Health Research Methodology at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social as a masters candidate on the AYM team!

Read more about Ryan's MSc and time at AYM: aym.mcmaster.ca/aym-trainee-...

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Oppositional defiant disorder is a persistent and regular pattern of mood and behaviour experienced by about three to 10 per cent of kids or teens.

Here's what you should know: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw8s...

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Back-to-school season can be exciting, but stressful, especially for families raising neurodivergent kids.

Teresa Bennett spoke with CBC’s Just Asking on how parents are navigating new routines.

🎧https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1424-just-asking/clip/16169408-nurturing-neurodivergent-kids

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📆The McMaster Equity Based Co-Creation Hub is hosting an upcoming webinar titled "Parenting on the Border: Co-Creating Trauma-Informed Parenting Support for Migrant Families from Myanmar", taking place on Sept. 19 from 9 AM - 10:30 AM EDT.

Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/parenting-...

In this free live speaker talk by Dr. Jonathan Lai & Dr. Deepa Singal, learn about Canada's National Autism Strategy and what it could mean for Autistic people and families who raise, support, and stand beside them.

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Congratulations to Stelios Georgiades, director of the Offord Centre for Child Studies, on being named to the The Royal Society of Canada.

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📢New pub with MacART members Drs. Kathy Georgiades, Magdalena Janus & Terry Bennett!

📖“Examining interparental conflict, parent-child conflict, and child emotion regulation within the Family Check-Up®: A randomized controlled trial”:
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Offord core member Amanda Sim was in Singapore for a screening of Being Family.

The film co-created with migrant communities on the Thailand-Myanmar border has been used as an intervention to reduces violence against children.

Check out the recap:

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Toy making giant Mattel is adding AI to children’s toys.

Core member Teresa Bennett spoke with Inside Halton about the need to carefully study the potential ways AI-embedded toys may impact children’s development before releasing this kind of product.

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Offord director Stelios Georgiades is among eight McMaster professors to be named 2025 University Scholars, in recognition of their research leadership and the impact of their work.

Congratulations to all!

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A huge congratulations to Offord associate member Peter Rosenbaum on his appointment to the Order of Canada for his transformative contributions to the field of childhood disability.

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Three early-career researchers are receiving funding to support their postdoctoral fellowships at Offord.

Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation, through the generosity of donors, is providing $60,000 in funding to support Vanessa De Rubeis, Dylan Johnson and Jeffrey McCrossin.

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Anorexia is a life-threatening eating disorder.

Jennifer Couturier, an Offord Centre core member, spoke with CBC News about a new approach that involves treating teens with fecal transplants, to change the bacteria in their gut.

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A huge congratulations to Offord Centre core member Susan Jack on her appointment as the Dorothy C. Hall Chair in Nursing Research.

Jack will amplify the role of public health nursing in advancing health equity & transforming care for families during the perinatal period.

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“If you ask a question, you have to be ready to do something with the answer.”

Dan Offord was a mentor to Jean Clinton. He inspired her to pursue a career as a child psychiatrist.

Get to know Jean in our new series profiling Offord Centre associate members.
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#ICYMI: We are #hiring for a Research Coordinator to join our team. Only 1 week left!

📝 Learn more and apply here: careers.mcmaster.ca/psp/prcsprd/... (Job ID: 69619)

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