Learning from Good Practice: Implementing the Early Years Learning Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
June 2012
Report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early childhood education and care services implementing Early Years Learning Framework.
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Response to Issues Paper 4 – Preventing Sexual Abuse in Out-of-Home Care
May 2012
Submission from 2012 on the prevention of sexual abuse of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care, highlighting culturally strong placements, kinship care, community-led decision-making, and investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and family services.
Download Children ‘Growing’ the Declaration Strong
May 2012
Children ‘Growing’ the Declaration Strong examines the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, exploring how the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples can be used together to strengthen protections, promote self-determination and guide advocacy at national and international levels.
Download Submission in relation to General Assembly Resolution A/RES/66/141 on the Rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia
April 2012
Submission from April 2012.
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Intensive Family-Based Support Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families
April 2012
A background paper published in 2012 examining early identification, referral and intensive family-based support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families at risk of child protection intervention, highlighting evidence, system gaps and promising community-controlled practices.
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April 2012
Report published by SNAICC in 2012 on improved outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families in Early Childhood Education and Care Services.
Download Integrated Service Delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families
March 2012
Integrated Service Delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families report reviews literature on integrated service delivery models for children and families, first defining the concept of integrated service delivery and highlighting its importance for child and family service provision.
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Growing Up Our Way: Child Rearing Practices Matrix
December 2011
Growing Up Our Way: Child Rearing Practices Matrix documents traditional and contemporary child rearing practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities; part of the Child Rearing Stories project, which promotes and preserves Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child-rearing practices.
Download Cultural Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children in Out-of-Home Care
January 2011
Report reviewing state and territory legislation and policy regarding requirements for cultural care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care, with reference to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle (in collaboration with Barnardos).
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Working and Walking Together
March 2010
Working and Walking Together resource designed to support non-Indigenous Family Services in developing culturally appropriate professional practice and services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
Download Policy Paper: Service Development, Cultural Respect and Service Access Policy
August 2008
Policy Paper on Service Development, Cultural Respect and Service Access Policy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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