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Untangling the mysteries of pretend play in parent-child interactions

14 January 2025

PhD student Catherine Sheehan is researching the role of pretend play in children’s emotional development.

Social and Emotional

Cardiff Emotion Recognition Training now available in Welsh

2 October 2024

In order to help young children and adolescents with emotion recognition, we developed the CERT, the Cardiff Emotion Recognition Training, a computerised training programme that teaches children to recognise the basic emotions of fear, happiness, sadness and anger.

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New research about children with Special Guardianship Orders

14 August 2024

Are you a Special Guardian of a child aged 4 to 7? Find out more about how you can take part in research looking into the experiences of families with Special Guardianship Orders.

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Volunteers needed for ADHD study

13 October 2023

A new qualitative research study of ADHD in girls and young women launched at Cardiff University.

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Drawing competition winners

27 September 2023

Last term, we challenged the children to draw a picture to represent their favourite activity from their NDAU session. Take a look at the winning entries.

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Increased mental health difficulties in vulnerable children and families during lockdown - a podcast

12 May 2021

Listen to a podcast where we discuss the impact of lockdowns on vulnerable children's mental health.

Study shows how lockdown has increased mental health difficulties for vulnerable children

28 April 2021

Cardiff University research is first to assess impact of COVID-19 on ‘at risk’ children

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New relationships, new funding, and a new approach towards assessing young children

17 September 2020

Read a profile of the Unit and Stephanie van Goozen by our alumni team.