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Does one or more of your twins have difficulty with attention? A new study is about to begin and we need your help! Please download the difficulties with attention flyer (75k PDF) for more information unless you have already completed our behaviour questionnaire.

The forums have been upgraded and moved to https://www.twinsandmultiples.org/forum/

In the section on 'The School Years' a new resource has been added dealing with the issues surrounding teaching multiples in school. It is called Meeting the Educational Needs of Multiple Birth Children and features a presentation with notes which we hope will be helpful. -Updated August 2007

A new section has been added with details of publications arising from our work studying twins called Our Research.
One item available in that section which may be of particular interest to families and teachers is the paper on educational needs by David Hay and Pat Preedy (132k PDF).

A flyer has been added for Australia's Young Twins.

A flyer has been added for the Australian Twin Registry.

Download section: Several flyers to promote this site and various questionnaires referred to on this site are available for download in this section.
Multiple Links: Links to other websites about multiple births.

This website, produced by David Hay and Pat Preedy provides information, new knowledge and downloadable materials with regard to the educational needs of multiple birth children.

Supported by:

The Australian Multiple Birth Association (AMBA), The Twins and Multiple Births Association (Tamba) and the Cherry Rowland Trust, The Council of Multiple Birth Organizations (COMBO), a working group of The International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS).

Disclaimer:
Information on this site is based on extensive studies of multiples in schools. However it may not apply to the specific circumstances of an individual family and the authors accept no liability for the way in which the information is used.

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