The Sydney Child Behaviour Research Clinic

25/11/2025

Are you looking for help to manage your child or teenager's behaviour? We are offering a FREE online parenting program with fortnightly clinician support.
Click the link to register your interest and find out more information: https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=YTA9M7H38NCTEYY8

02/09/2025

Are you looking for help to manage your child or teenager's behaviour?

We are offering parents/caregivers in Western Australia the opportunity to be involved in a FREE online parenting program with fortnightly clinician support, and to participate in a research study to examine whether this model of care can effectively reduce wait times and improve service access and engagement for families across WA.

Click the link to register your interest in this program 👇
https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=YTA9M7H38NCTEYY8

27/05/2025

Wondering what you can do to support your child's wellbeing?
👀The Check-In is a new, free wellbeing Check-In for Australian parents and caregivers. It allows you to track your child's wellbeing and get access to personalised feedback and research-backed programs.

🙋‍♀️🙋🏻🙋🏾‍♂️🙋🏽‍♀️ Parents and caregivers of children aged from birth to 17 years can participate in the study now, from anywhere in Australia.

🖊 Sign up or find out more! https://growingmindscheckin.au

27/05/2025

20/05/2025

Do you wonder about what you can do to support your child’s wellbeing?

The Growing Minds Check-In is a free wellbeing Check-In for Australian parents and caregivers of children aged from birth to 17 years. The Check-in allows you to track your child's wellbeing and get access to personalised feedback and research-backed programs and information.

Who can participate?
We are currently recruiting parents and caregivers of children aged from birth to 17 years for this research study.

What does this study involve?
You will be asked to complete the Check-In and questionnaires where we will ask about your child’s social, emotional and behavioural wellbeing and development across a few time points.
You will also be offered a free consultation with a clinician (psychologist) to discuss your child’s wellbeing.
Parents will be randomly allocated to one of two groups, and either given access to the Check-In immediately or asked to wait before accessing the Check-In.

For more information about the study or to participate, visit: https://growingmindscheckin.au/

This study has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of The University of Sydney: 2023/350

07/05/2024

We are currently recruiting parents of children aged 3 to 9 years to participate in a new research study called Measuring Change in Parenting Programs.

Please contact the Sydney Child Behaviour Research Clinic on (02) 9114 4326 or scbrc@sydney.edu.au for more information.

07/05/2024

The Child Behaviour Research Clinic is currently recruiting parents of children aged 3 to 9 years to participate in a research study called Measuring Change in Parenting Programs. This study is evaluating the effectiveness of measure completion at different time points in the program. All families will receive an 8-10 session parenting program designed to improve child behaviour and promote positive parent-child interactions via evidence-based strategies.

All parents will complete measures about their child and family before and after the program, and again after three months. In addition, parents will be randomly allocated to either complete additional weekly measures before and after sessions, or to not complete these measures.

Please contact scbrc@sydney.edu.au for more information.

02/02/2023

The Sydney Child Behaviour Research Clinic is currently recruiting parents of children aged 2-years to 8-years and 11-months to participate in a research study evaluating the effectiveness of a FREE new, brief, online parenting program designed to improve child behaviour and promote positive parent-child interactions via evidence-based strategies.
Parents will be randomly allocated to receive the program straight away or wait 4 weeks before receiving the program. To help us with our research, parents will be asked to complete some questionnaires about their child’s behaviour.

Please contact our team (scbrc@sydney.edu.au) or please follow the below link to our page to find out more about us, then simply press the contact us link to contact our team about the study.

The Child Behaviour Research Clinic works with children who present a range of behavioural, emotional and social development concerns.

09/01/2023

The Sydney Child Behaviour Research Clinic is currently recruiting parents of children aged 2-years to 8-years and 11-months to participate in a research study evaluating the effectiveness of a new, brief, online parenting program designed to improve child behaviour and promote positive parent-child interactions via evidence-based strategies.

Parents will be randomly allocated to receive the program straight away or wait 4 weeks before receiving the program. To help us with our research, parents will be asked to complete some questionnaires about their child’s behaviour.

Please contact our team (scbrc@sydney.edu.au) for more information.

23/04/2021

The Child Behaviour Research Clinic is offering assessment and treatment as part of a research trial for 3 to 9 year olds where the main concern is oppositional behaviour, anger, aggression, and conduct problems.

• All aspects of treatment are free of charge.

• Treatments offered are evidenced-based interventions to improve parenting skills and child behaviour.

• Families will receive Individualised strategies for managing and improving their child’s emotional and behavioural difficulties.

More info on the specific research trials that are currently running can be found here:

The Child Behaviour Research Clinic works with children who present a range of behavioural, emotional and social development concerns.