3 December 2015 | General Interest The Children’s Rights Report 2015, released by National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell on Monday 30 November, highlights the impact of domestic and family violence on children, particularly vulnerable groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. SNAICC welcomes the recognition within the report of the need for early intervention […]
NPY Women’s Council Walytjapiti program releases new parenting supporting resource
10 July 2015 | General Interest An excellent new resource from the NPY Women’s Council Walytjapiti program provides practical information to support first time parents with key issues related to parenting, including keeping children safe and how best to support children’s development. Published in conjunction with Child and Family Wellbeing Services, Caring for Kids: tjitji […]
Children’s Day TV ad launched!
10 July 2015 | General Interest SNAICC has launched the 2015 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day community service announcement, helping to promote the importance of Children’s Day in the lead up to 4 August. The community service announcement will be broadcast on national television over the coming weeks, raising the awareness of the […]
Courtenay Dempsey is our new Children’s Day ambassador!
7 July 2015 | General Interest We are excited to announce Courtenay Dempsey as National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day ambassador. (Pictured here with his partner Danielle, daughter Chenae (7) and son Taitum (5)) Courtenay Dempsey says that his greatest achievement is his children and that being a young dad comes with many […]
Good Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care Services
One of SNAICC’s past projects focused on how early childhood education and care (ECEC) services effectively engage with and provide quality services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities, and achieve positive outcomes for our children. We explored what is unique about services that are demonstrating outcomes and what we can learn […]
Let’s help our kids celebrate their culture by publishing their stories
26 May 2015 | General Interest SNAICC is excited to announce that we are launching the 1000 Deadly Kids, 1000 Deadly Books initiative through a partnership with Kids Own Publishing. The initiative is a new project designed to coincide with National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day, which will see kids across the country […]
Little People, Big Futures – order your Children’s Day resources and start planning your event now!
26 May 2015 | General Interest SNAICC is excited to announce this year’s theme for National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day: Little People, Big Futures. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day is celebrated on 4 August each year, providing people across Australia the opportunity to celebrate the strengths and culture of […]
Communication survey from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
23 February 2015 | Community Announcements The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute is undertaking a survey on behalf of the Department of Education and Training to investigate how professionals across education and allied health currently support babies’ and toddlers’ language and communication in Victoria. The findings from the Every Talking Toddler survey will be used by the […]
SNAICC Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission National Children’s Commissioner’s examination of intentional self-harm and suicidal behaviour in children – June 2014
Download File The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) has published a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission National Children’s Commissioner’s examination of intentional self-harm and suicidal behaviour in children. The submission examines the devastating rates of self-harm and suicide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. The […]
Early childhood education and care : Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children’s Needs – Fact Sheets 2014
Download File SNAICC has developed this series of fact sheets to provide background information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early childhood needs, the current concerns around ongoing funding of services and what needs to happen.
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