CIs: C Luke (PhD scholar) CI Boyd, AI Benfer, Geir, Ramsamy (Indigenous PhD scholar).
Design: Prospective cohort of 120 indigenous infants.
Aims: Training of clinicians and community workers across QLD to implement early screening (0-9 mths C.A.) for risk of adverse NDD (CP, ASD, FASD, DD) using GMA, HINE, RNDA and the ASQ-TRAK. Determine diagnostic accuracy, clinical utility and cultural appropriateness of assessments to accurately predict a diagnosis at 12 mths CA.
New Knowledge: First prospective cohort study of early neurodevelopment in indigenous infants.