Government Education Portal - Australia

Aboriginal Early Childhood Services Support Unit (AECSSU)  

URL:  http://www.aecssu.org.au/

The New South Wales Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Early Childhood Sector Advisory Group Incorporated (ATSIECSAG Inc) sponsors the Aboriginal Early Childhood Services Support Unit (AECSSU). The AECSSU aims to promote the educational development of the children through provision of high quality early childhood programs. Programs must be culturally relevant to the children and enhance their self-esteem through the reinforcement of their cultural heritages. Services support involves working with staff as well as the management committees and the communities. Support activities range from consultancy on programs and policies, the provision of training to staff committees, resourcing and problem solving within the services.

Aboriginal Early Childhood Services Support Unit (AECSSU)  

URL:  http://www.aecssu.org.au/

The AECSSU is funded by the Department of Education, Science & Training (DEST), to work with a number of early childhood services, specifically those funded by DEST around New South Wales. AECSSU also has one off projects to develop resources on culturally appropriate programs and training information; and provide inservices and workshops.

Australian Association for Infant Mental Health  

URL:  http://www.aaimhi.org/default.htm

The Australian Association for Infant Mental Health is part of a world body (the World Association for Infant Mental Health) made up of professionals from many different fields who work together to enhance the social and emotional well-being of infants and very young children within their family, community and cultural environments

Australian Childhood Foundation  

URL:  http://www.childhood.org.au/website/default.asp

The Australian Childhood Foundation is a national charity which works in a number of ways to make children's safety and welfare a priority, through: counselling services, advocacy for children; community and professional education; child abuse prevention programs; parenting education; and research.

Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) - National Child Protection Clearinghouse  

URL:  http://www.aifs.gov.au/nch/nch_menu.html

The mission of the National Child Protection Clearinghouse is to support target groups by providing relevant information and a network of people committed to creating better opportunities for children through child abuse prevention. The clearinghouse operates from the library of the Australian Institute of Family Studies. A bibliographic database and a project database can be accessed from the site. The Clearinghouse publishes The Child Abuse Preventation Newsletter (online). A selection of publications, reports, bibliographies are also available online. The Clearinghouse is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services under the auspices of the National Child Protection Council as part of the National Strategy for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Child Protection  

URL:  http://www.aihw.gov.au/.../childwelfare/childprotection/index.cfm

The Child Protection information portal is maintained by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. It contains national data on children who come into contact with the community services departments for protective reasons.

Australian Research Alliance For Children And Youth  

URL:  http://www.aracy.org.au/AM/template.cfm?section=home1

Category:  Key Education and Training Links 

The Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY) is a national collaboration of researchers, policy makers and practitioners from a broad range of disciplines who are together building a better future for Australia's children and young people.

Benevolent Society - Children and families  

URL:  http://www.bensoc.org.au/...ctor/whatwedo/childrenandfamilies.cfm

The Benevolent Society works with individuals and communities in metro, regional and rural New South Wales and in South East Queensland. The Children and families section of the website provides information on their early childhood services, intervention programs, parenting support and child protection services. There are links to resources for early childhood staff, including newsletters, presentations and posters.

C&K Pre-schooling Professionals  

URL:  http://www.candk.asn.au/

Established in 1907, C & K is a provider of early childhood education and childcare services in Queensland. It is a community-based association with more than 400 Education Queensland-funded centres and child-related services for families with young children across the state.

Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation  

URL:  http://www.crf.org.au/

The Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation of South Australia aims to support health, educational or social research to encourage and advance investigation into the cause, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of any condition that may affect the general health, education or welfare of children in South Australia and the Northern Territory.