Research fellow, University of Melbourne
Dr Jon Quach's expertise is focused on understanding how schools can support students with developmental, health and behavioral difficulties that impact on the student's learning.
Drawing upon the fundamental understanding that children’s health and development are intrinsically linked, his overarching career goal is to conduct rigorous efficacy and effectiveness population-based trials to address health and developmental problems during the early years of school to improve long-term education and health outcomes. The interventions are designed with careful consideration of there feasibility and acceptability within the constraints and constructs of a traditional education environment to enable them to be scaled if shown effective. The intervention target and mechanisms of change are informed by robust longitudinal research that quantifies the health and development pathways linked to later health and education outcomes.
1 in 5 kids start school with health or emotional difficulties that challenge their learning
Feb 13, 2020 00:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Teachers identify one in five children as having emerging health or developmental concerns when they start school. This might include a child being disruptive, having difficulties understanding the teachers instructions,...
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