Partnership Audit Tool: Creating Change Through Partnerships
May 2014
Audit Tool designed to support inter-agency partnerships in child and family service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families, providing a framework and tools for measuring progress towards achieving genuine partnership goals.
The Journey ‘to Big School’: Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Transition to Primary School
May 2014
Report that investigates practical implications and applications of the findings from earlier review, 'Supporting Transition to Schools', and considers critical gaps between transition theory and practice and draws together key recommendations for future policy and practice in this area.
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A Place for Culture? Exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Competence in the National Quality Standard
December 2013
Report on whether the cultural competence expectations in the Early Childhood Education and Care regulatory framework are adequately articulated and whether they can be met by the current assessment and rating processes.
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Whose Voice Counts? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation in Child Protection Decision-Making
August 2013
Report that explores the extent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' participation in key decisions of child protection.
Supporting Transition to School for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children: What it means and what works?
June 2013
Literature review on the transition to formal school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children proposing that, to be effective, approaches to school transition must recognise that transition requires a multidimensional focus, with a strengths-based approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s development and learning, applying a cultural lens and targeting the five dimensions of ‘readiness’.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle: Aims and Core Elements
June 2013
Report responding to the misunderstanding about - and partial application of - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle and proposes needed structural changes.
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Bringing Child Rights into Your Classroom: An Educator’s Guide
March 2013
Classroom guide for teaching children's rights, with an overview and in-depth focus on our children's major rights.
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March 2013
Colouring book and other games for children to contextualise child rights and assist them in making meaning of them.
Download Developing Capacity Through Partnerships
January 2013
Report describing model design and processes undertaken or planned in each phase of capacity building partnership development, providing insight into the NSW partnership-based capacity building model; its drivers, elements and early successes.
Download Learning Games: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Activities for Early Learning
December 2012
A series of one-on-one exercises for engaging children aged 0 to 3 in educational settings that are culturally relevant.
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Healing in Practice: Promising Practices in Healing Programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families
December 2012
Resource highlighting promising practices in the area of healing with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families, as well as how services incorporate culturally appropriate, community-controlled healing approaches and highlight practices that mainstream and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services can learn from.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Cultural Needs
December 2012
Flip chart to assist in ‘unpacking’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's cultures and cultural needs, portraying different aspects of cultural connections that enhance a young person’s sense of identity and wellbeing.