- Useful links
National
Australian Childhood Foundation
www.childhood.org.au
Australian Institute of Family Studies
www.aifs.gov.au
Australia Institute of Health and Welfare
www.aihw.gov.au
Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)
www.aracy.org.au
Centre for Community Child Health
www.rch.org.au/ccch/index_new.cfm?doc_id=10556
Childcare Chat
http://www.childcarechat.com.au/
CREATE Foundation
www.create.org.au
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations - The National Quality Framework for Early Education and Care: a discussion paper
www.dest.gov.au/sectors/early_childhood/policy_initiatives_reviews/coag/discussion
Early Childhood Australia
www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au
Healthy Start – A National Strategy for Children of Parents with Learning Difficulties
www.healthystart.net.au
Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs
www.mceetya.edu.au/mceetya/
National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN)
www.napcan.org.au
National Investment for the Early Years
www.niftey.cyh.com
NSW Commission for Children and Young People
www.kids.nsw.gov.au
Office of Early Childhood Education and Child Care
http://www.oececc.gov.au/
Office of the Child Safety Commissioner, Victoria
www.ocsc.vic.gov.au
Philanthropy Australia
www.philanthropy.org.au
Queensland Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
www.ccypcg.qld.gov.au/index.html
Raising Children Network
www.raisingchildren.net.au
Telethon Institute of Child Health Research
www.ichr.uwa.edu.au
The Parents Jury
www.parentsjury.org.au
International
Association Montessori Internationale
www.montessori-ami.org
Founders’ Network
www.founders.net
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Directorate for Education
www.oecd.org/topic/0,3373,en_2649_37455_1_1_1_1_37455,00.html
Reggio Emilia
zerosei.comune.re.it/inter/
The Centre for Parent and Child Support
www.cpcs.org.uk
Tasmania
Child Health Association
www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/services/view.php?id=3282
Children and Young People in Tasmania (CAYPIT)
www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/cdd/ocya/children_and_young_people_in_tasmania_snapshot
Commissioner for Children Tasmania
www.childcomm.tas.gov.au
Department of Health and Human Services - Child Health Centres
www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/services/view.php?id=5
Early Childhood Australia Inc – Tasmania Branch
www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/state_territory_branches/tasmania_branch.html
Early Learning
www.education.tas.gov.au/early-learning
Office of Children and Youth Affairs (OCYA)
www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/ocya/index.html
Professional Support Co-ordination Program
www.psctas.org.au
Tasmania Together
www.tasmaniatogether.tas.gov.au
Publications
A Picture of Australia’s Children – May 2005
www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10127
Children and Youth News (ABS)
www.abs.gov.au/
Revised Kindergarten Development Check
www.education.tas.gov.au/school/educators/curriculum/kindergartencheck/
State of Victoria’s children report 2006
www.office-for-children.vic.gov.au/statewide-outcomes/report_2006
The Economics of Early Childhood Policy- What the Dismal Science has to Say About Investing in Children
www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP227
