Early childhood resources
These links have a geographic bias to Australia, and are a good starting point for locating other Australian and international sites focusing on early childhood resources.
Australian Childhood Foundation (ACF)
The ACF works to give children a happy and secure childhood. The aim is to strengthen community responsibility for promoting the well being and protection of all children throughout Australia.
Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)
ARACY is a national collaboration of researchers, policy makers and practitioners from a broad range of disciplines whose goal is to build a better future for Australia's children and young people.
Best Start
Best Start aims to improve the health, development, learning and well being of all children across Victoria from pregnancy through transition to school.
Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH)
CCCH is an internationally recognised centre of excellence supporting and empowering communities to continually improve the health, well being and quality of life of children and their families, now and for the future.
Child and Adolescent Psychological and Educational Resources (CAPER)
CAPER provides materials ranging from bullying to stress and coping in families.
Children, Youth and Women's Health Service (CYWHS)
The primary purpose of CYWHS is to promote, maintain and restore the health of women, children and young people.
Early Childhood Australia is the peak early childhood advocacy organisation, acting in the interests of young children, their families and those in the early childhood field.
Early
Childhood Connections
Early Childhood Connections is an Australian website,
of Australian and international website links, containing
information for professionals and parents interested
in the early childhood years.
Early
Years Care and Education - Policy Brief No 8
This eighth Policy Brief from the Centre for Community
Child Health explores the distinction that is often
made about the role of care and education in childrens
services and highlights the importance of the interwoven
nature of care and education.
Healthy Start is an Australia-wide initiative to support parents with learning difficulties and promote a healthy start to life for their young children. A joint partnership between the University of Sydney's Australian Family and Disability Studies Research Collaboration and the Victorian Parenting Centre, it is funded by the Australian Government. The Healthy Start website is an information-rich site that provides access to evidence-informed resources for professionals working with parents who have learning difficulties. The aim of Healthy Start is to link as many people as possible into resources that are based on the best available evidence about what works for these families, and to ultimately improve the lives of children being raised by parents who have learning difficulties.
Office
for Children, Youth and Family Support, ACT
The Office for Children, Youth and Family Support (Office)
is an administrative unit of the Department of Disability,
Housing and Community Services in the ACT. The Office
aims to provide both universal and targeted programs
and services at the prevention, early intervention
and tertiary levels in a range of settings that support
children, young people and families to reach their
potential and that contributes to building community
capacity. The Office is also committed to the involvement
of children and young people in a meaningful way in
decision making about their lives. The Listening
to Kids Report (PDF
5.6MB) involves children's ideas about an ACT Commissioner
for Children and Young People.
The
Best Start - report on the inquiry into the health
benefits of breastfeeding
House of Representatives
Standing Committee on Health and Ageing tabled
its report on the inquiry into the health benefits
of breastfeeding on Thursday 9 August 2007. The
report examines current practices of breastfeeding
in Australia and examines potential improvements
in Australian health through the support of breastfeeding.
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