Early Childhood Connections
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| About Kids Health
Offers an extensive collection of information on child development, common health problems and health care and provides a comprehensive, interactive and accessible resource for families, designed to help children and their families learn about the conditions that affect them, keep informed about current research and learn how to fit disease management seamlessly into an active, healthy lifestyle. http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/ |
Community Child Health |
| About Smiles
For that young smile, oral health begins at birth. This site provides information on how to protect your child's smile, what to expect as your child grows and from your dentist. https://mysmileguide.com/welcome.asp |
Community Child Health |
| ACT for Kids
An organisation which helps families cherish their children and give them the best possible start to life. It works to keep kids safe through information, education, referral and therapy services which help parents care for children. http://www.abusedchildtrust.com.au |
Child Protection |
| ACT Health
Provides a range of co-ordinated health and health care services designed to deliver improved health and community well being for all. Services go to all sections of the community - individuals, families and groups with special needs. http://health.act.gov.au/c/health?a=da&did=1000000 |
Community Child Health |
| AEIOU - for children with autism
Dedicated soley to an intensive early intervention program for children with autism, aged 2 1/2 years - 5 years. Also encourages children to enter mainstream education (kindergarten and preschool) while attending the program. http://www.aeiou.org.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children (ATLC)
In concert with a growing number of affiliates, aims to champion a culture of compassionate individuals, families and communities who have fun with, learn from and responsively and lovingly interact with children. Provides guidance about consciously conceiving, birthing and nurturing and parenting children. http://www.atlc.org/ |
Parenting |
| AllRefer Health
Medical resource provides reliable and comprehensive information and news on diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, surgeries, nutrition, medication and poisons. Focuses on family and community health and provides an extensive collection of medical pictures and images. http://health.allrefer.com/ |
Community Child Health |
| American Academy of Paediatrics - Policy
Current AAP Policy statements, Clinical reports and Technical reports on numerous child health issues. http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/ |
Community Child Health |
| American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Whether seeking general information related to child's oral health or guidance on a specific issue, you will find information on many programs and resources including, advocacy, oral health brochures, oral health policies and clinical guidelines and publications. http://www.aapd.org/ |
Community Child Health |
| American Academy of Pediatrics
Committed to the attainment of optimal physical, mental and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults. http://www.aap.org/ |
Community Child Health |
| American Academy of Pediatrics - Healthy Child Care America
A collaborative effort of health professionals, child care providers and families seeking to improve the health and well-being of children in child care. http://www.healthychildcare.org/ |
Community Child Health |
| American Association for Home-Based Early Interventions
Serves parents of and those working in the field of early home intervention with infants, toddlers and preschoolers with special needs. http://www.aahbei.org/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| anaphylaxis australia
Developing anaphylaxis awareness through education, research and support. http://www.allergyfacts.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Anglicare Victoria
Provides a range of programs including foster care, care for children with disabilities, family and financial counselling, assistance for victims of child abuse and neglect, parenting advice and support and food and material aid. http://www.anglicarevic.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Ask a Pediatrician a Question Online
A listing of pediatricians and other health care professionals, who are available online to ask questions about your children's health and development. http://pediatrics.about.com/od/askapediatrician/Ask_a_Pediatrician_a_Question_Online.htm |
Community Child Health |
| Ask Nanny
Offers free guidance to parents, caregivers, nannies and others involved in childcare and includes a discussion forum. http://www.ask-nanny.com/index.html |
Childcare - In home care |
| Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
Promotes and supports, in the global community, optimal education and development of children from birth through to early adolescents and to influence the professional growth of educators and others whose efforts are committed to the needs of children in a changing society. http://www.acei.org/kindergarten.htm |
Inclusion Support |
| Association for Children with a Disability (ACD)
An information, support and advocacy organisation run by parents of children with all types of disability and their families, in Victoria. Some information is offered in other languages including Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese. http://www.acd.org.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare (AWCH)
A national, non-profit organisation of parents, professionals and community members who work together to ensure the emotional and social needs of children, adolescents and their families are recognised and met within hospitals and the health care system in Australia. http://www.awch.org.au/about.html |
Community Child Health |
| Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies (ACWA)
The NSW peak body representing agencies providing direct service delivery to vulnerable children, young people and their families. Working within a social justice framework, with a focus on equity, social inclusion and capacity building, ACWA engages in a number of activities including systematic advocacy, policy development, research and training to strengthen the capacity of the community services sector to better respond to the need of children, young people and their families. For over 50 years ACWA has been working with its members to reform the child protection system and build a system that care for children. http://www.acwa.asn.au |
Out-of-home care |
| Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
The national organisation representing state public health leaders and others working to improve the health and well being of women, children and youth, including those with special health care needs and families. http://www.amchp.org/ |
Community Child Health |
| Asthma Foundations Australia
A leading consumer authority in asthma education, advice, research and support and offers a range of brochures, information sheets and training materials available for use. Provides links to the Asthma Foundations websites in each state and territory. http://www.asthmaaustralia.org.au/cgi-bin/wrapper.pl?c1=home |
Family Support |
| Asthma Plan Generator
The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, offers access to the Generator, designed to facilitate rapid production of a personalised asthma action plan for children. http://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/forms/asthmaPlanRequest.cfm |
Community Child Health |
| Austprem
Families having experienced the complex challenges of parenting a premature infant reach out to other families facing this journey and offer friendship, information and support. http://www.austprem.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Australasian Sleep Association
Lead, coordinate and enable the educational, research, and social activities of healthcare professionals in the sleep medicine field across Australia and New Zealand, with the purpose of promoting our vision of a society that recognises the importance of good sleep to health, public safety and quality of life. http://www.sleep.org.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
Aims to advance the science and practice of clinical immunology and allergy by promoting education and the highest standard of ethical medical practice. http://www.allergy.org.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Australia's Health 2008
The eleventh biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is the nation's authorative source of information on patterns of health and illness, determinants of health, the supply and use of health services and health service costs and performance. An essential reference and information resource for Australians with an interest in health. http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/series/13 |
Community Child Health |
| Australian Action on Pre-Eclampsia (AAPEC)
An organisation set up to provide support and information to families who have suffered from pre-eclampsia. http://www.aapec.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Australian Childhood Foundation
Aims to prevent child abuse and reduce the harm it causes to children, families and the community. Also provides counselling services for children who have experienced abuse and family violence and runs a range of recognised prevention, education, advocacy and research programs. http://www.childhood.org.au/website/default.asp |
Family Support |
| Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
Records details of vaccinations given to children under the age of seven so parents are able to maintain schedules to ensure their children are fully immunised. Also useful for health professionals monitoring immunisation coverage levels and service delivery. http://www1.hic.gov.au/general/acircirgacir |
Community Child Health |
| Australian Children's Contact Services Association
A non-profit organisation which promotes sound analysis of the role and limitations of supervised parent child contact services, provides a network for members and promotes quality in service provision. http://www.accsa.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Australian Government Child Care
Helps families to participate in the social and economic life of the community through the provision of support for child care services. http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/early_childhood/default2.htm |
Family Support |
| Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
Link to a range of information on Government programs and policies focusing on Stronger Families: Family Assistance, Child Support, Child Care Support. Communities are Strong: Community Support, Indigenous. Individuals Reach their Potential: Disabilities, Carers, Welfare Reform. http://www.facs.gov.au/ |
Family Support |
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information. http://www.aihw.gov.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Australian Lactation Consultants Association Ltd
Works for the promotion, support and education of breastfeeding for health professionals, counsellors, parents and the general public and to support members and all Lactation Consultants in furthering their work with mothers and their babies. http://www.alca.asn.au/ |
Family Support |
| Australian Learning Disability Association (ALDA)
Aims to provide access to information and resources for individuals with learning disabilities, their families, educators and the general public. http://www.adcet.edu.au/Oao/ALDA.chpx |
Disability Support Groups |
| Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group Inc
Dedicated to providing information and support to patients and families affected by this debilitating group of diseases. http://www.alds.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Australian Multiple Births Association (AMBA)
Provides support and information for multiple birth families throughout the ante- and post-natal periods, the preschool stage and the primary and secondary schooling years. Includes contact details for Australian state organisations. http://www.amba.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Autism Association of WA
Dedicated to advance the personal development, equality of opportunity and community participation of people with autism. http://www.autism.org.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Autism Queensland
Provides educational, therapy, support, advisory, training and information services to people with autism, their families and the community. http://www.autismqld.com.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Autism Spectrum Australia
Builds partnerships with people with Autism Spectrum Disorders, their families and the community to provide information, services, learning and research. http://www.autismspectrum.org.au |
Disability Support Groups |
| Autism Tasmania
Offers advice and information to parents, carers and families and provides education and services to children with autism, as well as links to other relevant sites. http://www.autismtas.org.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Autism Victoria
Aim to improve the quality of life for people affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders and provide a range of services to individuals and agencies with an interest in ASD. http://www.autismvictoria.org.au/home/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Autismhelp.info
Dedicated to increase awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and provide practical strategies and resources to benefit preschool, primary and secondary teachers, childcare workers, integrated aides, health professionals and more. http://www.autismhelp.info/main.htm |
Inclusion Support |
| Babies Online
Offers lots of information for new and expectant parents and provides facilities to create a private web page to announce your baby to the world. http://www.babiesonline.com/ |
Parenting |
| Barnardos Australia
Services involved in delivering parent education to families experiencing difficulties in raising their children and where children are at risk of abuse or neglect. http://www.barnardos.org.au/barnardos/html/ |
Family Support |
| Best Start - Ontario
Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre supporting community health professionals working on health promotion initiatives to enhance the health of expectant and new parents, newborns and young children. http://www.beststart.org/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Best Start - VIC
Aims to improve the health, development, learning and well-being of all children across Victoria, from pregnancy through transition to school. http://www.beststart.vic.gov.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Better Kid Care
Provides educational materials and resources, satellite broadcasts, videos and educational activities for childcare providers, parents and employers. http://betterkidcare.psu.edu/index.html |
Childcare - In home care |
| Bootcamp for New Dads
Aimed specifically at Dads to assure every child the opportunity for a caring and capable father, beginning at birth. Topics include Forming a New Family, the Challenges New Mums Present and hands on tips on how to care for yourself, mum and the baby. http://www.bootcampfornewdads.org/ |
Parenting |
| BrainLink
Aims to support and strengthen parents and carers in meeting the challenges they face, helps them understand their child's special needs and provides information and a range of support to people and families living with the effects of Acquired Brain Injury. http://www.brainlink.org.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Bright Futures
A national health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family and the community as partners in health practice. http://www.brightfutures.org/ |
Infant Mental Health |
| British Columbia Family Hearing Resource Centre
Offering comprehensive services to families with young deaf and hard of hearing children and provides consultation and training to professionals in this field. http://www.bcfamilyhearing.com/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)
Serves and acts on behalf of the needs and rights of young children with primary focus on the provision of educational services and resources to adults who work with and for children from birth to eight years of age. http://caeyc.aaiden.com/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| California Childcare Health Program
Dedicated to enhancing the quality of childcare for children by initiating and strengthening linkages among the heath, safety and childcare communities and the families they serve. http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/index.htm |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| Canadian Institute of Child Health
Dedicated to promoting and protecting the health, well-being and rights of all children and youth through monitoring, education and advocacy. http://www.cich.ca/ |
Community Child Health |
| Canadian Toy Testing Council
Every year, hundreds of toys are selected as representative of those being offered on the market and tested in everyday settings to assess design, functionality, durability and play value. Find the ratings and reviews of the toys tested. http://www.toy-testing.org/ |
Child Protection |
| Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute
Coordinates and develops training opportunities and disseminates information for parents and childcare providers. Also serves as advocates for high quality early childhood training opportunities and acts as a clearinghouse for early childhood training information http://ecti.hbg.psu.edu/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Care for the Family
Aims to promote strong family life with family events, sound helpful advice and resources and to help those hurting because of family breakdown. http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/index.asp |
Family Support |
| Carers Australia
Working to promote recognition of the important role of carers in our community and to empower carers so they will be better informed and resourced. Provides links to the Carers Association websites in each state and territory. http://www.carersaustralia.com.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Caring for Kids
Child health, development, nutrition and safety information from paediatric experts, designed to provide parents with information about their child's health and well-being. http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/ |
Community Child Health |
| CASA (Centre Against Sexual Assault) Forum
The peak body of the 15 Centres Against Sexual Assault and the Victorian Sexual Assault Crisis Line (after hours). Victorian CASAs provide services to women and men who are victim/survivors of sexual assault, non offending family members, partners and friends who are supporting the victim/survivor, professionals, and health, community support and legal agencies. http://www.casa.org.au |
Child Protection |
| Center for Children with Special Needs
Focuses on improving systems of care for children with special needs through education, research and evaluation and impacts policy, quality of care, education and family partnerships in health care. http://www.cshcn.org/ |
Inclusion Support |
| Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
Working to ensure that all infants, preschoolers and children to age twelve have an opportunity to be cared for and educated in high quality, inclusive community early care and education settings. http://www.ccids.umaine.edu/ec/ |
Inclusion Support |
| Center for Development and Disability
The mission is the full inclusion of people with disabilities and their families in their community by engaging individuals in making life choices, partnering with communities to build resources and improving systems of care. http://cdd.unm.edu/ |
Inclusion Support |
| Center for Effective Parenting
Focuses efforts in the areas of service, training and research and attempts to positively impact children by improving parenting skills. http://www.parenting-ed.org/ |
Parenting |
| Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
Focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age five. A national resource center for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/ |
Parenting |
| Centre for Community Child Health (CCCH) - Clinical Services
Provides specialist clinical services for children with a range of developmental and behavioural problems. These are also teaching clinics for paediatric trainees who are supervised by paediatricians with specialist expertise. http://www.rch.org.au/ccch/services.cfm?doc_id=10491 |
Community Child Health |
| Centre for Health Promotion
Provides programs and services in nutrition education and physical activity for children's health in the community. Includes Food Matters, resources for child care settings and families on providing healthy food for children from birth to five years. http://www.chdf.org.au/ |
Childcare - Out of School Hours care |
| Centrecare
Offers excellent, respectful and caring counselling, mediation, accommodation and training services which encourage all persons to develop to their full potential. Incorporates the Men's Shed providing information, tips and services on a range of topics including Parenting and Family Issues from a male perspective. http://www.centrecare.com.au/ |
Family Support |
| Child Abuse Prevention Network
A nerve centre for professionals in the field of child abuse and neglect. Provides unique and powerful tools for all workers to support the identification, investigation, treatment, adjudication and prevention of child abuse and neglect. http://child-abuse.com/ |
Child Protection |
| Child Abuse Prevention Service (CAPS)
Support parents and alleviate family stress to ensure children can grow in an environment of security, happiness and self worth and train community counsellors and case workers. http://www.childabuseprevention.com.au/ |
Child Protection |
| Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
A parent-led, non-profit, web based membership organisation of families raising children diagnosed with, or at risk for, early-onset bipolar disorder. http://www.bpkids.org/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Child and Youth Health
Comprehensive information on child and youth health topics and parenting information for families and professionals. http://www.cyh.com/Default.aspx?p=1 |
Home Visiting |
| Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
Promotes high quality research in child care and early education and the use of that research in policy making through a comprehensive and searchable collection of research and related resources. http://www.childcareresearch.org/discover/index.jsp |
Early Childhood Education |
| Child Care Aware
Committed to helping parents find the best information on locating quality child care and child care resources in their community. http://www.childcareaware.org/en/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Child Care Bureau - US Department of Health and Human Services
Dedicated to enhancing the quality, affordability and availablility of child care for all families and administers federal funds to states, territories and tribes to assist low-income families in accessing quality child care for children when the parents work or participate in education or training. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| Child Care Centres Association of Victoria Incorporated (CCCAV)
Provides access to various information including, listing of Child Care Centres, Child Care Code of Ethics, newsletter headlines, profile and also the Childrens Services Australian Workplace Agreements. http://www.cccav.org.au/ |
Childcare - Long Daycare |
| Child Care New South Wales
Supports and assists private Child Care Centre operators in their commitment to providing high quality Early Childhood Services. http://www.childcarensw.com.au/ccnsw/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Child Care Parent Provider Information Network (CPPIN)
For Family Child Care providers and Parents seeking family child care providers and information. Offers an online E-zine that provides informative articles written by Family Child Care providers and providers as well as business specialists about family child care. http://www.childcare-ppin.com/ |
Childcare - Long Daycare |
| Child Development Education Alliance (CDEA)
Supports quality care in church preschool programs with the purpose to enhance developmentally appropriate practices in all areas of a child's life through the efforts of Christian preschool childcare providers. http://www.cdealliance.org/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| Child Development Institute
Offers comprehensive resources and practical suggestions for parents, covering from toddlers to teens on child development, psychology, parenting, learning, health and safety and childhood disorders. http://childdevelopmentinfo.com/ |
Parenting |
| Child Development Media Inc
Videos, books and curricula, find the right resource to meet your training needs. Every title has been selected to strengthen the training and education that you do. Also conducts a continuing education program, publishes a newsletter, hosts teleconferences, exhibits at selected conferences, and hosts training events. http://www.childdevelopmentmedia.com/ |
Home Visiting |
| Child Health Record
An important record for parents to use and keep for their child. The information recorded in each age range will help you understand your child's health and development and assist in the future, when it is time to enrol for preschool program and when starting school. http://www.education.vic.gov.au/ecsmanagement/mch/childhealthrecord/ |
Community Child Health |
| Child Health Surveillance and Screening: A Critical Review of the Evidence
Undertaken to provide a systematic review of the available evidence for screening and surveillance, topic by topic. The review considers children from birth to eighteen years of age; it does not include prenatal screening activities. http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/ch42syn.htm |
Community Child Health |
| Child Link
Unifying children's services in support of families working together to enhance the development of the children in our community. Translations available in Italian, Japanese, Korean and simplified as well as traditional Chinese languages. http://www.childlink.com.au/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Child Support Agency (CSA)
Provides information on community organisations which provide services to assist parents on a wide range of family related issues and aims to ensure adequate support is available for all children not living with both parents. http://www.csa.gov.au/ |
Family Support |
| Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
Committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth and their families and protecting every child from harm. http://www.cwla.org/ |
Out-of-home care |
| Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC)
A resource for parents and professionals dedicated to the protection and promotion of the well-being of all children. Learn about exciting projects and access important research. http://www.cwlc.ca/ |
Child Protection |
| Childcare and Children's Health Publication Survey Report - July 2005
(PDF 1.1MB)
Childcare and children's health is a bi-monthly publication distributed free to all long day care services and family day care coordination units in Australia through the National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC). The National Advisory Board approved a survey of the readership of the Childcare and children's health publication to gauge its effectiveness as a means of translating research into practice for child care and family day care staff. http://www.rch.org.au/emplibrary/ecconnections/CCHSurveyReport2005.pdf |
Childcare - Long Daycare |
| Childcare Queensland
The focal point for Industry leadership and advice in implementing worldwide early learning research results and tackling legislative, policy, ownership and staffing issues of the 21st Century. http://www.childcareqld.org.au/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Childcare Resource and Research Unit
Focuses on research and policy resources, advancing a universal, high quality, publicly-funded, not-for-profit, inclusive system of early childhood education and care. http://www.childcarecanada.org/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
A resource centre for information relating to the care and management of families where a parent has a mental illness. The information on this site has been designed to meet the needs of workers in specific fields. http://www.copmi.net.au/ |
Infant Mental Health |
| Children Youth & Families VIC
Plays a key role in the planning and provision of services to Victorian children and their families. Services broadly include Youth Services and Justice and Youth (youth justice, secondary school nursing and youth services), and Child Protection and Family Services (adoption, child protection, out-of-home care, family violence, sexual assault). http://www.office-for-children.vic.gov.au/ |
Child Protection |
| Children's Forum
Committed to enhancing and improving the quality, affordability and availability of child care and early education through a broad array of programs, services and publications. http://www.flchild.com/ |
Childcare - Out of School Hours care |
| Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Centre Seattle USA
Dedicated to providing the best specialty, paediatric care to every child who needs it. Also encompasses research, teaching and child advocacy devoted to the medical, surgical and developmental needs of children ages birth to 21. http://www.seattlechildrens.org/ |
Community Child Health |
| Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota USA
Offers comprehensive resources and educational materials for professionals, parents and families to help find the information needed to assist children to maintain good health and get the best care. http://www.childrensmn.org/index.asp |
Community Child Health |
| Children's Services Central
Promote and maintain high quality care and inclusion for all children in eligible childcare services in NSW, by increasing the skill level of carers and service staff in line with nationally consistent principles and provide children's services in NSW, regardless of their geographic location, with access to quality professional support that is relevant, appropriate and timely. http://www.cscentral.org.au/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| Children's Services NSW
Provides up-to-date information about child care and related resources, training and information in New South Wales. http://www.csnsw.org.au/ |
Inclusion Support |
| Circumcision Information Australia
Provides up to date and accurate information about the medical, legal, ethical, cultural and historical aspects of circumcision. http://www.circinfo.org/ |
Community Child Health |
| Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA)
Provides support for new parents and for people with the condition and their families, from infancy through to adulthood and attempts to answer some of the most commonly-asked questions. http://www.clapa.com/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Cleftpals Victoria
Supports people who are involved with cleft lips and/or palates but more specifically aimed at parents and carers of a child with a cleft of the palate and/or lip from birth or has been detected before birth. http://www.cleftpalsvic.com |
Family Support |
| Clinical Practice Guidelines
The A - Z of Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. Extensive range of guidelines and resource material for acute paediatric care. http://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/index.cfm?doc_id=5033 |
Community Child Health |
| Coalition of Infant/Toddler Educators (CITE)
Promotes quality infant/toddler care and education by providing professional development services, support and resources and by influencing public policy. http://www.njcite.org/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
An organisation which promotes and protects the rights, interests and wellbeing of all Queenslanders under 18 years of age. http://www.ccypcg.qld.gov.au/index.html |
Child Protection |
| Communicare - WA
A multifaceted family support agency offering personal and family counselling, childcare and parenting programmes with aims to develop a closer and caring community. http://www.communicare.org.au/ |
Childcare - Out of School Hours care |
| Community Child Care Association Resource and Development Unit
The Professional Support Coordinator for Victoria providing information on inclusion, specialist equipment, bicultural support and Inclusion Support Agencies. Also offers access to calendar training, customised training, self guided learning packages and resource sheets. http://www.cccvic.org.au/content.cfm?content=1 |
Inclusion Support |
| Community Child Care Co-operative
Providing training, information and support, publications and advocacy for children's services in New South Wales. http://www.ccccnsw.org.au/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| Community Children's Centres SA
Through creating close partnerships, we nurture each child's development in a circle of security where families feel comfortable, respected, supported and connected. http://www.sachildcare.com.au/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Contact a Family
Works across the United Kingdom to provide information and support for families who care for children with any kind of special need, disability or medical condition. http://www.cafamily.org.uk/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Country Children's Services Association of NSW Inc
A non-profit, non-government organisation that supports the management of high quality early childhood education and care services through information provision, training and advocacy. http://www.ccsa-nsw.asn.au/index.html |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| Cranial Technologies Incorporated
Provides information on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infant positional plagiocephaly (abnormal head shape, flat head syndrome, deformational plagiocephaly) with the DOC Band, a cranial remodelling orthosis. http://www.cranialtech.com/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Cranioysynostosis and Positional Plagiocephaly Support (CAPPS)
A national non-profit organisation that assists families that have, or suspect their child has, Cranioysynostosis or Positional Plagiocephaly. Includes information about the conditions, organisation details, events, doctors listings and contact details. http://www.cappskids.org/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| CYKE
Highly interactive site for kids, parents and professionals devoted to the mental, physical and emotional development of children. http://www.cyke.com/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Deaf Children's Society of British Columbia
Provides information to children and their families about hearing loss and how it affects language development and offers resources to professionals working in this field. http://www.deafchildren.bc.ca/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Defence Community Organisation
Offers ready access to information about posting locations and other topics of interest including, health, childcare, education, special needs and housing. http://www.defence.gov.au/dco/ |
Family Support |
| Defence Special Needs Support Group
Provides support, information and assistance to Australian Defence Force families who have someone with special needs. Contains links to regional and local DSNSG Support Groups and to special needs information at a Local, State, National and International level. http://www.dsnsg.org.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Department for Child Protection
Major focus is on meeting the needs of vulnerable children and families. It is responsible for protecting and caring for children, and supporting people at risk of crisis. http://www.community.wa.gov.au/DCP/ |
Child Protection |
| Department for Communities
Supports the social wellbeing and participation of our key community groups; children and young people, seniors, women, carers, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. http://www.community.wa.gov.au/DFC/ |
Parenting |
| Department of Community Services (DoCS) NSW
Work to promote the safety and wellbeing of children and young people and to build stronger families and communities. In particular, we help those who are vulnerable and most in need. http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCS/STANDARD/PC_101101.html |
Child Protection |
| Department of Health and Families - NT
Strives to create and enhance a Territory-wide network of services which delivers continuing improvement in the health status and well-being of all Territorians. Part of this network is the number of partnerships DHCS fosters and enjoys with non-government agencies and Aboriginal Community Health Boards in health service delivery. http://www.nt.gov.au/health/ |
Parenting |
| Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Online
An independent site created to promote better care and outcomes, for children and families, affected by developmental, learning and behavioural problems by providing access to clinically relevant material for professionals, students and parents. http://www.dbpeds.org/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Developmental Medicine
Committed to the care of children with disabilities, aims to conduct and promote educational programs and research activity in the area of childhood disability, and strives to promote policies and principles that will best meet the needs of children and empower their families. http://www.rch.org.au/cdr/index.cfm?doc_id=824 |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Dialling for Help: State Telephone Hotlines as Vital Resources for Parents of Young Children
Toll-free telephone hotlines operated by the states are increasingly being used by families to obtain reliable advice on their young children's health and well-being. Originally created for pre-natal care assistance alone, these lines now cover a range of early childhood issues. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=248918 |
Parenting |
| Diaper Rash
Diaper rash refers to a number of different skin conditions and rashes in the diaper area which are described in this informative fact sheet. http://rxinsider.com/monographs/diaper_rash.htm |
Community Child Health |
| Disabilities
Develops policies and manages delivery of income support payments and allowances as well as a range of programs and services for people with disabilities, their families and carers to support them and facilitate equality of access and information. http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/disabilities/nav.htm |
Family Support |
| Disability ACT
The role and responsibility is to plan, develop strategic policy, allocate funding and provide and monitor services for people with disability and the families that care for them. http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/disability_act |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Disability Online VIC
Aims to provide people with a disability, their families and carers with access to online disability related information across government and the non-government sector which is quality assured, reliable, relevant and up-to-date. http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Disability Portal
Provides one-stop service for information and resource support to persons with disabilities, persons seeking information on services for the disabled, caregivers, service providers and people working in the disability sector as well as the public at large or students wanting to know about disability. http://www.disability.org.sg/home/index.asp |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Disability Pregnancy and Parenthood International
Controlled by disabled parents which promotes better awareness and support to disabled people considering, during and after pregnancy and as parents. http://www.dppi.org.uk/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Disability Services - VIC
Responsible for funding and providing a range of supports and services for people with intellectual, physical, sensory and dual disabilities, neurological impairments and acquired brain injury. http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/disability |
Family Support |
| Disability Services Queensland
Focuses on the provision of services and supports, community infrastructure development and the whole-of government leadership and coordination impacting on people with a disability and their families. http://www.disability.qld.gov.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Disability WA
Provides a range of direct services and support and also funds non-government agencies to provide services to people with disabilities, their families and carers and also provides independent advice to government on major issues affecting the lives of people with disabilities, their families and carers. http://www.disability.wa.gov.au/action/Homepage |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Disabled Parents Network (DPN)
A national organisation of and for disabled people who are parents or hope to become parents and for their families, friends and supporters. http://www.disabledparentsnetwork.org.uk/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Down Syndrome Association Inc - ACT
Offers support and information to families with a member who has Down syndrome and promotes improvements in the quality of life of persons with Down syndrome with aims to stimulate, within the wider community, an awareness of their very real abilities and needs. http://www.actdsa.asn.au/ |
Family Support |
| Down Syndrome Association of Queensland Inc
Provides information about the organisation and Down syndrome, available services for people with Down syndrome and their families and helpful resources for parents. http://www.dsaq.org.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Down Syndrome Association of Victoria
Promotes improvements in the quality of life of people with Down syndrome and provides understanding, support, information, resources and encouragement to people with Down syndrome and their families. http://www.dsav.asn.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Down Syndrome NSW
Represent the interests and respond to the needs of people with Down syndrome in the major aspects of their lives, as members of the family, in their individual pursuits and as members of the community. http://www.dsansw.org.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Down Syndrome Society - Canadian
Provides information and assistance to all those with an interest in Down Syndrome by advocating on behalf of individuals in the areas of education, employment and healthcare and by providing networking opportunities for parents and professionals in relevant fields. http://www.cdss.ca/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Down Syndrome Society of SA Inc
Establishing and supporting the continuing development of services that promote the physical psychological, educational and emotional well being of people with Down syndrome and offers resources for the education and training of professionals and the community in general about people with Down syndrome. http://www.downssa.asn.au/dsssa/index.php |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Drug Doses
The A - Z of Drug Doses - Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria. http://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/forms/drugDoses.cfm |
Community Child Health |
| Early Childhood Australia
The peak early childhood advocacy organisation, acting in the interests of young children, their families and those in the early childhood field. Early Childhood Australia is a leading publisher of quality-assured early childhood resources. http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Early Childhood Education
Supports the early childhood centre sector to achieve the government's vision and goals for early childhood through information and resources. http://www.ecd.govt.nz/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Early Childhood Focus
Aims to provide the latest news items to parents, early childhood professionals, policy makers and advocates. News items can be posted by visitors to the site through the Submit News submenu. http://www.earlychildhoodfocus.org/artman2/publish/index.shtml |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Early Childhood Intervention Services (ECIS)
Support children with a disability or developmental delay from birth to school entry and their families. ECIS provides special education, therapy, counselling, service planning and coordination, assistance and support to access services such as kindergarten and child care. http://www.office-for-children.vic.gov.au/early-childhood-intervention/home |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC)
A national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc |
Early Childhood Education |
| Early Childhood Learning Resources
Develop, pilot and distribute a set of high quality, innovative early childhood resource materials that nuture and support early literacy and numeracy development of children from birth to five years. A project funded by the Australian Government, Department of Education, Science and Training and being undertaken by Monash University, University of Melbourne, Curriculum Corporation and Early Childhood Australia. http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/programmes_funding/programme_categories/early_childhood/learning_resources |
Early Childhood Education |
| Early Childhood Services Management - VIC
Supports the health, development, wellbeing and learning of Victorias young children by overseeing services including kindergartens and child care, maternal and child health, supported playgroups, parenting services and early childhood intervention services. http://www.education.vic.gov.au/ecsmanagement/default.htm |
Inclusion Support |
| Early Connections
Resources and information for educators and care providers on connecting technology with the way young children learn. http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Early Head Start National Resource Centre (EHS NRC)
Works in partnership with the infant toddler specialists at the regionally based Quality Improvement Centres (QICs) to ensure that Early Head Start programs have information and training on 'best practice' including, developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive services for infants, toddlers and their families, building effective relationships with families and creating developmentally appropriate environments. http://www.ehsnrc.org/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Early Years
A national source of information about initiatives and developments in early years care and education in Scotland and provides support for adults interested in the care and education of children from birth to age eight years. http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/earlyyears/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and if available includes links to full text. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Effective Living Centre - Positive Parenting
Offers courses to help parents build positive relationships within the family and supports parents in their challenging and vital role. http://www.effectiveliving.org/pages/parenting.htm |
Parenting |
| eparentingnetwork.ca
An interactive web TV where you can watch programs about parenting issues, read and download valuable information and email in questions about issues that are important to you as a parent. http://www.eparentingnetwork.ca/ |
Parenting |
| EPIC
Educating children with disabilities and supporting their families. Provides educational programs and services that will maximise the developmental achievements of young children with disabilities. http://www.epic.edu.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Every Child Matters
The aim is for every child, whatever their background or their circumstances, to have the support they need to be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution and achieve economic well-being. http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Everybody
Aims to provide useful and accurate consumer health information designed for New Zealanders, written by medical writers and reviewed by consumer health organisations and health professionals. Also contains health, nutrition and research news. http://www.everybody.co.nz/ |
Community Child Health |
| Family and Children's Service
Helping to change lives through counselling, family support services, educational opportunities, leadership development, initiatives to build up the community and advocacy for public policy that empower human development and opportunity. http://www.fcsmn.org/ |
Family Support |
| Family Day Care Association of Queensland
Offers a personalised, high quality, flexible childcare service, provided in a safe and secure home environment, catering for children aged from babies to school age children and embracing of diversity of language, culture and ability to ensure the right 'fit' for children, carers and their respective families. http://www.fdcqld.org/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Family Day Care Australia
Supports, enhances and resources family day care services and lead the way for family day care in the Australian childcare industry. We work on behalf of the family day care community carers, coordination unit staff, families and operators/sponsors to ensure the strength and continued growth of family day care. http://www.familydaycare.com.au/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Family Initiative for Early Education and Child Care
Recommendations arising from 'The Economic Impacts of Child Care and Early Education: Financing Solutions for the Future' Conference. http://www.legalmomentum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=families_main |
Early Childhood Education |
| Family Paws
Dedicated to providing education and resources to parents, kids and professionals about safe kid and K9 interaction. http://www.familypaws.com/ |
Family Support |
| Family Relationships Online
Provides all families (whether together or separated) with information and advice about family relationship issues. It allows families to find out about services that are funded by the Government that can assist them to build better relationships. http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/ |
Family Support |
| Fathers Forum Online
Aims to help fathers connect with each other and reflect on what it means to become a parent. http://www.fathersforum.com/ |
Parenting |
| Fathers.com
Aims to improve the well-being of children by inspiring and equipping men to be more effectively involved in the lives of children. Provides research-based training, practical tips and resources to help men be the involved fathers, grandfathers and father figures their children need. http://www.fathers.com/ |
Parenting |
| FKA Multicultural Resource Centre
Provides advice, consultancy, training and resources with aims to foster positive attitudes amongst providers and staff in children's services towards the development of multicultural perspectives in their services and programs. http://www.fka.com.au/1/1.htm |
Inclusion Support |
| Genetic Heath Services Victoria
Provides a fully integrated and accessible clinical and diagnostic genetics service, promoting choice through diagnosis, counselling, support, education, research and client services of the highest standard. http://www.genetichealthvic.net.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Getting Ready
Works to develop a comprehensive set of school readiness indicators to form public policy for young children and their families. http://www.gettingready.org/matriarch/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Good Beginnings Australia
Aims to create a caring environment with families, communities, service agencies and governments working together, so that all children can have a good beginning. Uses a flexible, strategic range of services, selected to suit the needs of the particular family or community and proven effective by Australian and International research. http://www.goodbeginnings.net.au/index.shtml |
Home Visiting |
| Greater Eastern and Southern NSW Child Health Network (GESCHN)
Endeavours to provide the highest quality paediatric health care services in the most appropriate location. http://www.sch.edu.au/geschn/ |
Community Child Health |
| hand in hand: nurturing the parent-child connection
Helps parents acquire the skills they need to build and rebuild close connections with their children and also encourage parents to build close connections with other parents, so they are able to learn and share with others and work together to build a healthier community. http://www.handinhandparenting.org/ |
Parenting |
| Hands Net
A new generation of information and training services to set the standard for information exchange and collaboration among non-profits. The Webclipper service organises the best human services content on the web and makes it more accessible through an innovative combination of editorial expertise and cutting-edge technology. http://www.handsnet.org/ |
Community Child Health |
| Health First
Brings together information and advice that will help you better manage the health issues concerning you and your family and provides health contacts from the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding New South Wales region. http://www.healthfirst.net.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Health Insite
A wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics. Use the link to 'Life Stages and Events' to access information specific to birth and childhood health, development, parenting, safety and nutrition. Also offers an A-Z listing of Health Topics, a Conditions and Diseases list and links with areas for each state and topics for specific types of services. http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Healthy Child Care USA
Bimonthly publication for childcare programs devoted to health and safety issues. Issues includes information on health, safety, medicines, staff health, health education activities, illnesses, and more including reproducible parent information sheets and mini-posters. http://www.healthychild.net/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Healthy Kids Check
The Healthy Kids Check was released on 1 July 2008. MBS Items 709 and 711 will support medical practitioners and practice nurses to undertake Healthy Kids Checks to ensure every four year old child in Australia has a basic health check to see if they are healthy, fit and ready to learn when they start school. The Healthy Kids Check will promote early detection of lifestyle risk factors, delayed development and illness, and introduce guidance for healthy lifestyles and early intervention strategies. http://www.aodgp.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Healthy_Kids_Check |
Community Child Health |
| Healthy Kids, Healthy Care
Provides information and resources for parents of children who attend child care programs and offers answers to questions about health and safety issues for young children. http://www.healthykids.us/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Healthy SA
Provides a single point of entry to quality assured, informative, up-to-date and locally relevant information that can provide answers to your healthcare questions. http://www.healthysa.sa.gov.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Healthy Start
An Australia-wide initiative to support parents with learning difficulties, including parents with a diagnosed intellectual impairment and to promote a healthy start to life for their young children. Provides access to evidence-informed resources for professionals working with parents who have learning difficulties. http://www.healthystart.net.au/ |
Parenting |
| Healthy Steps for Young Children
Emphasises a close relationship between health care professionals and mothers and fathers in addressing the physical, emotional and intellectual growth and development of children from birth to age three. http://www.healthysteps.org/ |
Community Child Health |
| Heartkids Australia
Aims to meet the needs of children with a congenital or childhood acquired heart disease by providing non-medical understanding, support and information for families. http://www.heartkids.org.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Heartkids NSW Inc
Offers support to families and aims to increase community awareness about the high incidence of congenital heart defects and its continuing consequences. http://www.heartkidsnsw.org.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Heartkids QLD Inc
Provides non medical support, understanding and information to enhance the personal well being and self confidence of children with congenital/acquired heart disease. http://www.heartkidsqld.org/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| HeartKids Victoria
The aim of this site is to provide useful information and avenues of support for families of heart children. http://www.heartkidsvic.org.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Heartkids WA
Offers support, understanding and information to families who have a child diagnosed with a congenital or acquired heart disorder. http://www.heartkidswa.org.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Home Visitation in 2005: Outcomes for Children and Parents
(PDF 405KB)
This paper from the Invest in Kids Working Group looks at the economic returns of home visiting programs for young children. While the evidence available to date indicates that quality home visiting programs produce modest benefits, the evidence on combining home visiting with other early childhood education programs suggests they produce longer-lasting outcomes. Programs also appear to be more effective when the services provided are aligned with the most pressing needs of the population served. The lack of consistent measurements in the research, however, calls for a more standardised approach to truly measure a program's effectiveness. http://www.ced.org/docs/report/report_ivk_gomby_2005.pdf |
Home Visiting |
| How Children Learn
Provides information and advice aimed at improving the future performance of children, starting before birth. http://howchildrenlearn.homestead.com/ |
Parenting |
| How to Read your Baby
Promotes positive family relationships which enhance the quality of attachment between the primary caregiver and child and improve the confidence and resiliency of the child. http://www.howtoreadyourbaby.org/ |
Parenting |
| Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) - What does the research say about the QUAD child care principles?
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QUAD stands for Quality, Universally inclusive, Accessible and child care with a Developmental focus. HELP has summarised what the relevant research studies tell us about quality, universality and accessible child care that facilitates early child development. http://www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/documents/HELPs_QUAD_Research_Summary.pdf |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| ibabydoc.com
Extensive health information about babies and children from a paediatrician. Includes childhood illnesses, safety, child development and lists product recalls. http://www.ibabydoc.com/ |
Community Child Health |
| Immunise Australia Program
Provides information on standard childhood immunisation, based on accurate information available at this time, to help make informed decisions about immunisation. http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Inclusion.com
Concentrates on the development of future leadership for inclusion through the creation of focused programs, materials and research to create a world where Everyone Belongs. http://www.inclusion.com/ |
Inclusion Support |
| Inclusive Directions
Works with childcare staff to support the inclusion of children with additional needs and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Long Day Care, Outside School Hours Care and Family Day Care services. Continues to provide inclusion support, information and advice, specialist equipment/resources and training. http://www.directions.org.au/ |
Inclusion Support |
| Infant Development Program of British Columbia
Serve children from birth to three years old, who are at risk for, or who already have a delay in development. http://www.idpofbc.ca/ |
Home Visiting |
| Infants and Young Children (IYC)
The journal Infants and Young Children is published in conjunction with the International Society on Early Intervention (ISEI). Articles from each issue are made available, in addition to the opportunity to comment or ask questions of the author(s). http://depts.washington.edu/isei/iyc/iyc.html |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Innovative Communication Programming
Offers numerous publications and resources that are useful for anyone working with individuals with disabilities including, a picture library program, books and training manuals to provide communication, literacy and positive behaviour support. http://www.innovativeprogramming.net.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood (IJEIEC)
Aims to explore and advance early childhood education and thinking about childhood by publishing work that illustrates, extends, inspires and provokes innovative approaches. http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/ceiec/resources/journal.html |
Early Childhood Education |
| Karitane
Aims to promote health and provide quality care and guidance to families so that children can thrive by providing support, guidance and information to families experiencing parenting difficulties, as well as health professionals and to the community. http://http://www.karitane.com.au/ |
Parenting |
| Keep Watch
Comprehensive site providing information and advice on water safety, courses, products, programs, research, resources and community health from the Royal Life Saving Society. http://www.royallifesaving.com.au/www/html/149-keep-watch-overview.asp |
Early Childhood Education |
| Kids can't wait to learn: Achieving voluntary preschool for all in California
This report pulls together authorative research on preschool benefits; state and local enrolment rates; recent voter polling; demographic data and media coverage to reveal that while California may be behind the preschool curve, Californians demand that it catch up http://action.web.ca/home/crru/rsrcs_crru_full.shtml?x=61300&AA_EX_Session=77de92494291c4192347103a1273ca38 |
Early Childhood Education |
| Kids Health Info (KHI)
Parent information fact sheets on medical conditions, treatments, tests and investigations. Based on treatment guidelines developed in the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria. http://www.wch.org.au/kidsinfo/index.cfm?doc_id=3665 |
Community Child Health |
| Kids in Mind
Designed to assist you find information about Child & Youth Mental Health Services in Brisbane and provides help on a range of issues by giving support and guidance in assessing your child's needs and helping you to manage the problem. http://www.kidsinmind.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Kindergarten Parents Victoria Inc (KPV)
Promotes, develops and sustains quality early childhood education and provides a comprehensive range of management support to early childhood services. http://www.kpv.org.au/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| KinderSite
Designed for kinder, child-care, preschool, kindergartens, elementary, primary schools and Special needs plus homeschool, libraries and the home. In fact everywhere where young children access computers. http://www.kindersite.org/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Lady Gowrie Child Centre - Sydney
Site contains information on child care services, general resource and advisory services and library, QI&AS training and support, SUPS training and support, vocational and in-service training, consultation, book sales, information and referral services. http://www.gowrie-sydney.com.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Learning Links
An Australian charity and non-profit organisation formed to help children who have learning disabilities, difficulties and developmental delays and their families. Services include early childhood intervention, full cognitive, developmental and paediatric assessments, individualised and supplementary specialist literacy and numeracy services, specialised help for children who have had serious illnesses, an in-school reading program for children falling behind in literacy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, physiotherapy, family counselling, case management, group programs and workshops. http://www.learninglinks.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Limb Kids Support Association Inc
A non-profit organisation comprising parents, professionals and interested people concerned with the care of children who have congenital or acquired limb differences. http://www.limbkids.asn.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Little Hearts Matter
Offers support to families at the point where a single ventricle heart condition has been diagnosed, through the treatment choices and into life at home. http://http://www.lhm.org.uk/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Living in Families Effectively (LIFE)
A unique parenting program providing a comprehensive approach to living in families with children of all ages and temperaments. http://lifeseminars.com/ |
Parenting |
| Love Our Children USA
Committed to improving the lives of all children by breaking the cycle that victimizes them, empowering parents and the public with resources and knowledge, giving children and youth a voice by speaking for them and advocating for their safety. http://www.loveourchildrenusa.org/ |
Parenting |
| Marfan Support and Information in NSW
An informative site, including a discussion forum, for parents that seek information and support, when they think Marfan Syndrome may be genetic to their family. http://www.marfan.net.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Meerilinga
Involved with the establishment of high quality programs associated with children, early education and care, training and working with parents and the wider community. Reflecting what is relevant and meets the needs of todays children, their families and communities. http://www.meerilinga.org.au/ |
Parenting |
| Mother and Child Glossary
An easy to use avenue for getting credible answers to your health and medical questions concerning women and children, encompassing topics from conception through to delivery and ultimately the child. http://www.hon.ch/Dossier/MotherChild/ |
Community Child Health |
| Mother and Child Health Research
A multi-disciplinary research centre which aims to undertake, study and interpret research on mothers' and children's health, contribute to policy development, provide advice and resources to researchers in related fields and be involved in postgraduate and continuing education. http://www.latrobe.edu.au/mchr/ |
Community Child Health |
| My Dr
Provides comprehensive articles and topical items of interest about a wide variety of diseases and conditions, tests and treatments, health and fitness issues and medications. http://www.mydr.com.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| My Playgroups.com
A resource for finding, starting and managing a playgroup or parents' group, featuring an extensive worldwide directory of playgroups, parents' groups, clubs and babysitting co-ops, plus free online tools for playgroups. http://www.myplaygroups.com/default.asp |
Playgroups |
| mychild.gov.au
Provides information to families about Australian Government early learning and care initiatives and other issues that affect children. You will find information on different types of child care, how to access assistance with the cost of child care, as well as a searchable database of local child care services and links to other useful websites about childrens health, development and wellbeing, parenting and family support services. http://www.mychild.gov.au/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| Nation's Network of Child Care Resource and Referral (NACCRRA)
Provides training, resources and best practices standards to local and state child care resource and referral centers that support high quality, accountable services. Promotes national policies and partnerships that facilitate universal access to quality child care. http://www.naccrra.org/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
Dedicated to advocating for the family child care profession by collaborating with other local, state and national organisations who contribute to the family child care field to increase awareness about and improve the quality of family child care. http://www.nafcc.org/include/default.asp |
Childcare - In home care |
| National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN)
Produces free of charge community education material and extensive range of pamphlets in several languages on subjects including; parenting, prevention of all kinds of abuse and neglect, drugs and alcohol, disabilities, domestic violence and Aboriginal story posters. http://www.napcan.org.au/ |
Child Protection |
| National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Dedicated to improving the quality of early childhood education programs for children, birth through to age eight. Contains information on resources, accreditation, professional development, brochures for parents, conferences. http://www.naeyc.org/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)
Provides and supports programs, workshops and resources for African American children, their parents and communities in Early Health and Education, Child Welfare and Parenting. http://www.nbcdi.org/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| National Centre for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM)
Dedicated to early hearing detection and intervention and universal newborn hearing screening. Resources include information for hospitals, states, audiologists and families. http://www.infanthearing.org/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| National Child Care Association (NCCA)
A professional trade association focused exclusively on the needs of licensed, private childhood care and education programs. As an alliance of care and education professionals and owners, NCCA takes a singular position in the United States as the only organization representing the specific interests of the licensed, private community. http://www.nccanet.org/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center
PACT provides State, Territory, and Tribal policy-makers particularly Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and their partners the resources, training, and technical assistance they need to build more comprehensive and collaborative early care and education systems for better serving children and families. http://www.nccic.org/pact/index.html |
Inclusion Support |
| National Child Protection Clearinghouse
Collects, produces and distributes information and resources, conducts research and offers specialist advice on the latest developments in child abuse prevention, child protection and associated violence. http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/ |
Child Protection |
| National Childbirth Trust UK
Aims to help all parents and parents-to-be, through a range of antenatal classes, helplines and social and educational events, enjoy the experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood which enriches their lives and gives them confidence in being a parent. http://www.nct.org.uk/ |
Parenting |
| National Childcare Accreditation Council (NCAC)
Administers Family Day Care Quality Assurance for family day care schemes, Outside School Hours Care Quality Assurance for outside school hours care services and the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System for long day care centres, all of which assist services to implement strategies to improve the quality of care they provide for children. http://www.ncac.gov.au/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Centre
Supports the implementation of the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and aims to strengthen service systems to ensure that children with disabilities (birth through to five) and their families receive and benefit from high quality, culturally appropriate and family-centred supports and services. http://www.nectac.org/ |
Inclusion Support |
| National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA)
The national consumer based peak body for people from non-English speaking background with a disability, their families and carers. Aims to advocate at a federal level, for the rights and interests of people from a NESB with a disability, their families and carers. http://www.neda.org.au/index.html |
Inclusion Support |
| National Information Centre for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) (USA)
National information and referral centre that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators and other professionals. Focus is children and youth (birth to age 22) with a wide variety of publications, including fact sheets on specific disabilities, state resource sheets, parent guides and bibliographies. http://www.nichcy.org/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| National Institute for Early Education Research
Supports early childhood education initiatives by providing, non partisan information based on research with the goal to produce and communicate the knowledge base required to ensure that every child can receive a good education at ages three and four. http://nieer.org/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Supports and conducts research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families and populations including reducing infant deaths, learning about growth and development and examining problems of birth defects and mental retardation. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/ |
Community Child Health |
| National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Committed to the identification, treatment and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research and service. http://www.rarediseases.org/ |
Family Support |
| National Resource Centre for Health and Safety in Child Care
Offers information for providers, parents, consultants and regulators on current policies and key resources available. http://nrc.uchsc.edu/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| Network SA
Resource, Advisory & Management Services with aims to promote and support effective management, governance, inclusion and cultural awareness in child care centres, out of hours school care programs, family day care and other care and education services for children aged from birth to twelve years. http://www.networksa.org.au/networksa_home.html |
Inclusion Support |
| Ngala Family Resource Centre - WA
Aims to provide and promote a range of programs that help families develop their own resources to enjoy an independent fulfilling family life. Assist parents with young children who need advice and support to confidently manage the challenges of early parenting. http://www.ngala.com.au/ |
Parenting |
| Noah's Ark Inc
A not-for-profit statewide organisation assisting children with disabilities and their families. Also provides early intervention programs and inclusion support agencies in the State of Victoria. http://www.noahsarkinc.org.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| North American Resource Center for Child Welfare (NARCCW)
Conceived and embodied as an umbrella organisation for a tetrad of child welfare agencies. These agencies provide a comprehensive array of child welfare services that assure protection and permanence for abused, neglected and sexually abused children. http://www.ihs-trainet.com/ |
Child Protection |
| Northern Child Health Network
Ensures high quality clinical care is available as close as possible to home for all children. The focus is a shared approach to service development with common guidelines for care, accompanied by staff training and development. http://www.nchn.org.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Northern Territory Families
Provides information and advice for parents on parenting and child development for babies, toddlers, children and teenagers and living within the family environment. http://www.families.nt.gov.au/asp/index.asp |
Family Support |
| NSW Department of Community Services (DoCS)
Working to promote the safety and wellbeing of children and young persons and to build stronger families and communities. Regulates child care services and fund services to support children who cannot live with their families and also fund and regulate adoption services. Offers services for the homeless, helps recconnect people with their families and coordinates services to meet basic welfare and recovery needs of people affected by natural and other disasters. http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCS/HOMEPAGE/HOME.htm |
Child Protection |
| NSW Family Day Care Association
Children aged between six weeks and twelve years are nurtured by a network of experienced and registered carers who provide care for other people's children in their own homes. Children are encouraged to further develop their skills and knowledge. http://www.nswfamilydaycare.com.au/ |
Childcare - Family Day care |
| NSW Family Services Incorporated
A comprehensive site, providing information on support services, projects, training, newsletters and publications, members forum and links to relevant sites. http://www.nswfamilyservices.asn.au/ |
Family Support |
| NSW Health
Responsible for providing the people of NSW with the best health care. It also funds public health services, develops policy, supports the statutory role of the Minister for Health, manages public health issues and monitors the performance of the health system. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| NSW In-Home Childcare Services
A flexible form of childcare where the care is provided in the child's home by an approved carer. Care is monitored to ensure quality outcomes for children. http://www.inhomechildcare.com.au/ |
Childcare - In home care |
| NSW Newborn and paediatric Emergency Transport Services (NETS)
Statewide clinical service for medical retrieval of critically ill newborns, infants and children in New South Wales. http://www.nets.org.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| NT Parent Line
A confidential telephone counselling service aimed at providing professional support for parents and all who have care for children. 8.00am - 10.00pm, seven days a week. Telephone: 1300 30 1300 http://www.parentline.com.au/home_ParentLine.aspx?s=11 |
Parenting |
| Nurse Nana
Health resource for pregnancy, toddler and infant care. Addresses topics such as common cures and myths, breastfeeding, nutrition and immunisation. Includes facility to submit questions and receive feedback. http://www.family4life.com/nurse_nana.htm |
Community Child Health |
| NYC Children's Services
Aims to affect positive change in the child welfare system by strengthening ties to key stakeholders, parents, youth, foster parents, case workers, supervisors and managers, lawyers and judges, elected officials, advocates and administrators. http://www.nyc.gov/html/acs/html/home/home.shtml |
Family Support |
| NYU Child Study Center
Your resource guide to the scientifically-based, parent friendly site that includes articles, newsletters and the latest information on parenting and child mental health. http://www.aboutourkids.org/ |
Family Support |
| Office for Children Youth and Family Support
Provides a range of services to support families, from early intervention and prevention programs through to the provision of substitute care for children and young people who can no longer live at home. http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/ocyfs/ |
Child Protection |
| Office of Children's Services - Alaska
Offers information and programs on a range of topics including Healthy Families, Infant Learning and Family Nutrition. Protects children by preventing and remedying repeated abuse, neglect and the exploitation of children. http://health.hss.state.ak.us/ocs/ |
Child Protection |
| Offord Centre for Child Studies
Leading the search for solutions that enhance the emotional, social and cognitive development of children. http://www.offordcentre.com/ |
Community Child Health |
| Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS)
Provides information on research, education and related subjects from those with personal experience. Chat rooms and message board facilities available. http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Out of School Hours Care SA
Promotes, resources and support non-profit out of school hours care services, staff and management committees. They are the peak consultative body and put forward policy recommendations to all levels of government. Also informs, educates and promotes public awareness of the positive aspects of out of school hours care. http://www.oshcsa.org.au/ |
Childcare - Out of School Hours care |
| Pacific Post Partum Support Society
Offers support to women and families experiencing depression or anxiety related to the birth or adoption of a baby. Also provides training and information for professionals as well as community education on postpartum. http://www.postpartum.org/index2.html |
Family Support |
| Paediatric Continence Association of Australia Incorporated (PCAA)
A volunteer-based organisation dedicated to providing education, information and advocacy for children and young people who suffer incontinence. http://www.pcaa.org.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) Centre
Based on the concept of parents helping parents, with assistance to individual families, workshops, materials for parents and professionals and leadership in securing a free and appropriate public education for all children with disabilities and their families. http://www.pacer.org/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| Parent Infant Family Australia (PIFA)
A non profit organisation helping families survive, reflect on and share the experiences and feelings of the first five years of family life. http://www.pifa.org.au/foundation/ |
Family Support |
| Parenting and Family Support Centre
University of Queensland, specialist family intervention research and training facility within the School of Psychology developed an internationally coordinated system of training and accreditation for practitioners in each of the five levels of family intervention called Triple P. Includes the Child and Family Psychology clinic that provides specialist paediatric clinical psychology services for parents and children aged up to 18 years. http://www.pfsc.uq.edu.au/ |
Family Support |
| Parenting ideas
Dedicated to helping parents raise confident kids and resilient young people. Assists teachers and other professionals to work effectively with kids and also to support parents in their community or organisation. http://www.parentingideas.com.au/ |
Parenting |
| Parenting NSW
Whether your child is a toddler just learning to test the boundaries, a rebellious school child or a teenager challenging your authority, you will find some tried-and-tested advice here. http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCS/STANDARD/PC_100217.html |
Parenting |
| Parenting SA
An initiative of the government of SA designed to promote the value of parents and to improve the quality of parenting. http://www.parenting.sa.gov.au/ |
Parenting |
| ParentLink
ParentLink is an ACT Government program which promotes positive parenting through education and the provision of information. Telephone 13 34 27. http://www.parentlink.act.gov.au |
Parenting |
| Parents as Teachers National Centre
An international early childhood parent education and family support program serving families through pregnancy and until their child is aged five. Designed to enhance child development and school achievement through parent education accessible to all families. http://www.patnc.org/ |
Parenting |
| Parents Helping Parents
Provides lifetime guidance, supports and services to families of children with any special need and the professionals who serve them. http://www.php.com/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| ParentZone - Anglicare Victoria
Offers a wide variety of services and resources including, links with parent support groups, referrals, books, videos, brochures and newsletters. http://www.anglicarevic.org.au/parentzone/ |
Parenting |
| Pinky - My Child
From unborn child to grown child, My Child tackles the reality of caring for your child as well as the reality of being a child, with informative articles, features and first person stories. http://pinky-mychild.com/ |
Parenting |
| Playgroup ACT
The Australian capital Territory has a vibrant network of over 220 Playgroups meeting at suburban preschools, community centres and halls. Provides assistance to these playgroups with activity ideas, fun events, magazines and affordable insurance for families at playgroup. http://www.playgroupaustralia.com.au/act/ |
Playgroups |
| Playgroup Australia
The national peak and administrative body for playgroups in Australia. A federation of eight peak State and Territory Playgroup Associations across Australia who collectively represent more than 110,000 families and 150,000 children at 8,000 playgroup sessions every week. http://www.playgroupaustralia.com.au/ |
Inclusion Support |
| Playgroup NSW
Playgroup is a two hour session where parents/carers, together with their children aged 0-5 years, meet for play activities in their local community centre/church hall etc. Provides to the public a free referral service to affiliated playgroups within NSW, support to affiliated playgroups and assistance with starting a playgroup. http://www.playgroupnsw.com.au/ |
Playgroups |
| Playgroup NT
A non-profit community service organisation which administers and supports Playgroups. Operating in almost every suburb of Darwin and rural and remote towns across the Northern Territory, the mission is to promote and develop fun and learning experiences for babies and children through Playgroup, whilst providing an information and support network to all families. http://www.playgroupaustralia.com.au/nt/ |
Playgroups |
| Playgroup QLD
Provides excellent quality, low cost and safe play experiences for families with young children under school age. Offers access to over 1,300 affilliated Playgroup sessions throughout Queensland. Also provides resources and staff to assist you and your friends to start your own playgroup. http://www.playgroupaustralia.com.au/qld/ |
Playgroups |
| Playgroup SA
Facillitating happy, enriching play experiences for families, carers and young children by providing an accessible network of playgroup services that are set up and run by parents and carers who stay and play with their children and also help them to play with other children. Children, from birth to age five, choose from a range of activities and meet for 1-2 hours on a weekly basis, in a variety of settings including kindergartens, schools, church halls, community centres, parks and even people's homes. http://www.playgroupaustralia.com.au/sa/ |
Playgroups |
| Playgroup TAS
Resource Centres located in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie which stock a comprehensive library of toys and books for hire by members at low cost. Become a member and discover your local community playgroup, receive information about upcoming events and concerts, receive newsletters and the playgroup magazine, TASTOTS and attend parenting seminars and workshops. http://www.playgroupaustralia.com.au/tas/ |
Playgroups |
| Playgroup VIC
Helps families join playgroups to ease what can be the isolation of parenting and to explore the benefits and fun of play since 1974. http://www.playgroup.org.au/ |
Playgroups |
| Playgroup WA
Supports services and assists with establishing playgroups throughout Western Australia. A Members Hotline provides information and advice on everything to do with running a successful playgroup. Development Officers are also available to help with starting a new playgroup. Organises events, workshops and seminars and distributes a monthly newsletter and quarterly magazine. http://www.playgroupwa.com.au/ |
Playgroups |
| Positive Parenting.com
Dedicated to providing resources and information to help make parenting more rewarding, effective and fun. Peace begins at home. http://www.positiveparenting.com/ |
Parenting |
| Possum Children's Support Service Inc
A family centred community service providing a range of family focused services for children including Early Development Screening, Early Childhood Development Support, Inclusion Support Service and the Parents and Educators Resource Library. http://www.possum.asn.au/ |
Inclusion Support |
| pre [k] now
A public education and advocacy organisation that advances high-quality pre-kindergarten for all three and four year olds and is a trusted resource for policy information. http://www.preknow.org/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Pre-K Smarties
A preschool education resource for parents teaching preschoolers with tips for early reading using phonics, parenting articles, family freebies and offers on the best educational toys. http://www.preksmarties.com/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Preterm Infants Parents Association (PIPA)
Offers understanding, encouragement and friendship and provides a support network for the families dealing with the premature birth of their baby. http://www.pipa.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| Public Health Association of Australia
Contains information on conferences, journals, branches and special interest groups and conducts an annual conference. Refer to child health, immunisation, injury, mental health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy statements. http://www.phaa.net.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| QEC Parenting Centre
Provides practical support, education and advice to help parents develop skills to confidently manage the challenges of early parenthood. It may be a concern about a baby's wakeful days and nights, problems with breast feeding, a toddler refusing to eat, behaviour difficulties, how parents may feel about themselves or others, the possible development of postnatal depression or concerns about how to properly care for a child. With a long and successful track record QEC is widely recognised for innovative and caring services. Now, with state-of-the-art, purpose built premises, the Centre is equipped to provide up-to-date advice and support. http://www.qec.org.au/ |
Parenting |
| QLD Community Child Health Service
This service aims to provide the best available health information for parents and carers of children and young people. http://www.health.qld.gov.au/cchs/default.asp |
Community Child Health |
| QLD Department of Communities
Provides and supports a range of services to a wide cross section of Queenslanders in need including; neglected or abused children, young offenders, people with disabilities, families experiencing domestic violence, families in crisis or threatened by breakdown or families using child care services. http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| QLD Health
The Queensland Department of Health aims to provide and be recognised for providing, Queenslanders with the best health and health-related services in the nation. http://www.health.qld.gov.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| QLD Parent Line
A confidential telephone counselling service aimed at providing professional support for parents and all who have care for children. 8.00am - 10.00pm, seven days a week. Telephone: 1300 30 1300 http://www.parentline.com.au/home_ParentLine.aspx?s=11 |
Parenting |
| QLD Parents for People with a Disability Inc
Vigorously defends justice and rights for people with disabilities by exposing exclusionary practices, speaking out against injustices and promoting people with disabilities as respected, valued and participating members of society. http://www.qppd.org/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Queensland Children's Activities Network
The peak body for Outside School Hours Care Services throughout the State of Queensland and aims to deliver a high quality level of professional development and support opportunities to the OSHC sector. http://www.qcan.org.au/ |
Childcare - Out of School Hours care |
| Queenslanders with Disability Network Incorporated (QDN)
For people with disability, with people with disability, by people with disability, for citizenship and social justice with aims to connect people with disability to build a voice of Queenslanders with disability to represent our views on issues that affect us. http://www.qdn.org.au/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Reaching IN... Reaching OUT
Promotes resilience and contributes to children's well-being by enhancing their capacities to cope with change, frustration and stress, and reduces the risk of long-term negative outcomes such as depression and social-behavioural problems. http://www.reachinginreachingout.com/index.htm |
Early Childhood Education |
| Relationships Australia
An organisation that offers resources to couples, individuals and families to help enhance and support relationships. http://www.relationships.com.au/ |
Parenting |
| Resource Unit for Children with Special Needs (RUCSN) WA
Disability resource, training, support and advisory agency for children's services. Contains information on news, inclusion, regional teams, large collection of facts sheets on children with special needs and links. http://www.rucsn.org.au/ |
Inclusion Support |
| Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE)
Whether a parent or a professional involved in the day-to-day care and education of infants and young children, you most likely will be interested in learning skills to assist each infant become the best child they can be. http://www.rie.org/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| Royal Australasian College of Physicians: Health Policy and Advocacy
Issues of interest to paediatricians and the public concerning the health and well being of children are discussed in policy documents on a range of issues from television to child abuse. http://www.racp.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=3F77D658-2A57-5487-D9ADFAEF92282416 |
Community Child Health |
| Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
Australia's major independent special educator with the primary purpose of providing a wide range of educational services to children who have significant hearing and/or vision loss, including children who have additional disabilities. http://www.ridbc.org.au/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| SA Department of Education and Children's Services
An education gateway to children's services providing information for existing and potential providers of care or education services. Find what childcare or education services are offered for parents with young and school-aged children needing services. Keep up to date with online curriculum, support material and training and development information for staff in government and non-government sectors. http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| SA Lady Gowrie Child Centre
Contains information on the provision of a range of training, support and advisory services to child care, preschool, out of hours care and family day care throughout South Australia with an extensive resource library. http://www.gowrie-adelaide.com.au/cms/ |
Childcare - Long Daycare |
| SA Parent Helpline
A telephone information service for parents of children from birth to 18 years of age. Operates twenty four hours a day, seven days a week and every day of the year. Phone: 1300 364 100 http://www.cyh.com/SubContent.aspx?p=102 |
Parenting |
| Salisbury Communites for Children
Creating a child-friendly community environment for children 0-5 years by assisting parents & communities in building family relationships and connecting families with local services, agencies & community groups. http://www.salisburyc4c.org.au/ |
Parenting |
| Siblings Australia Inc
Siblings of children in need can grow up in a situation that includes considerable stress, often without the understanding, emotional maturity and coping skills to deal with their experiences. The primary aim is to develop and coordinate services for families, in particular brothers and sisters, of children with special needs (disability or chronic illness). http://www.siblingsaustralia.org.au/ |
Family Support |
| SickKids
One of the largest paediatric, academic, health science centres in the world, with an international reputation for excellence in health care, research and teaching. Provides basic health needs for children who live in Toronto, other parts of Canada and from around the world. http://www.sickkids.on.ca/ |
Community Child Health |
| SIDS and Kids
Contains SIDS information and publications on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) for researchers, health professionals, parents, school teachers and children. http://www.sidsandkids.org/ |
Family Support |
| Special Link
Puts researchers, policy makers, parents, early childhood educators and directors in touch with the best inclusive practices on the frontlines of Canadian child care. Aims to expand the quality and quantity of opportunities for inclusion in child care, recreation, education, and other community settings, to young children with special needs and their families. http://www.specialinkcanada.org/ |
Inclusion Support |
| Speech WA
An association of parents, professionals and other interested persons who work together for the benefit of children with language disorders. http://www.geocities.com/speechwa/ |
Family Support |
| Spirit of Childhood Foundation
Provides innovative programs for professionals, early childhood workers and parents to strengthen the early parent child bond, build parenting skills and support the understanding of the developmental stages of early childhood. http://www.spiritofchildhood.org/ |
Parenting |
| St John Ambulance Australia
St John Ambulance Australia is a self-funded charitable organisation, active in all States and Territories, dedicated to helping people in sickness, distress, suffering or danger. http://www.stjohn.org.au/ |
Community Child Health |
| Support Organisation for Trisomy 13/18 (SOFT) UK and related disorders
Provides support for families affected by Patau's syndrome (Trisomy 13), Edwards syndrome (Trisomy 18), partial trisomy, mosaicism, rings, translocation, deletion and related disorders. http://www.soft.org.uk/ |
Disability Support Groups |
| Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention
Aims to raise awareness and implementation of positive, evidence-based practices and to build an enhanced and more accessible database to support those practices. http://www.challengingbehavior.org/ |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| The Center for Successful Fathering
Develop and disseminate fathering information to improve the raising of children and promotes the benefits of involved dads. http://www.fathering.org/ |
Parenting |
| The Centre for Cerebral Palsy
A leader in the provision of services, research and development and specialised therapy for children and adults with cerebral palsy. http://www.tccp.com.au/content.php?page=1 |
Early Childhood Intervention |
| The Children's Aid Society (CAS)
Provides a full range of programs and services, from adoption and foster care to health and education, in community centres, camps, public schools and family courts. Aims to ensure the physical and emotional well being of children and families to enable each child the support and opportunity needed to become successful, healthy and contributing adults. http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/ |
Family Support |
| The Children's Plan
Sets out how the Department for Children, Schools and Families is going to achieve making the UK the best place in the world for children and young people to grow up by putting the needs of families, children and young people at the centre of everything we do. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/childrensplan/?cid=childrens_plan&type=bannerad |
Early Childhood Education |
| The Cochrane Collaboration
Contains high-quality, independant evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Also includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials and more. http://www.cochrane.org/index.htm |
Community Child Health |
| The Gowrie Queensland
Contains information on programs for children, resource support, professional development workshops for child care staff, customised workshops for a variety of children's services, training and support for child care centres engaged in the QI&AS. http://www.gowrie-brisbane.com.au/aboutus/introduction.php |
Childcare - Long Daycare |
| The Miller Early Childhood Initiative of a World of Difference Institute
Assisting caregivers, educators and family members in creating and sustaining bias-free early childhood programs and homes that encourage children to appreciate diversity at an age when the seeds of prejudice can begin to take root. http://www.adl.org/education/miller/ |
Early Childhood Education |
| UNESCO Early Childhood and Family Education
The Early Childhood and Family Education section co-ordinates research, activities and initiatives undertaken by UNESCO in early childhood care and education, and parent and family education. Serves as a networking centre and clearing house for information on early childhood issues, policies, programmes and organisations and as the lead agency for an Inter-Agency Early Childhood Communications Strategy. http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=2573&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |
Early Childhood Education |
| Unique - The Rare Chromosome Disorder Support Group
A source of information, mutual support and self-help to families of children with rare chromosome disorders including deletions, trisomy, balanced translocations, unbalanced translocations, rings, inversions, duplications, tetrasomy, monosomy, triploidy, isodicentric, marker, mosaic or sex chromosome aneuploidy. http://www.rarechromo.org/html/home.asp |
Disability Support Groups |
| Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
Committed to contributing to healthy communities by supporting families, promoting equality for children and strengthening and enhancing quality child care. http://www.wstcoast.org/ |
Childcare Quality Assurance |
| Western Child Health Network
WCHN facilitates the development of clinical networking of paediatric services with the aim of to ensure all children are provided with high quality clinical care as close to home as possible, wherever possible. http://www.wchn.health.nsw.gov.au/ |
Community Child Health |
