Supported playgroups are community-based services that provide low intensity family
support, through regular group sessions for parents and their young children. Led by a …

Overview This review of research conducted with supported playgroups was prepared for
the Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE). The report …

Managing the transition to school has become a focus of Australian education policy at local,
state and national levels. In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number …

To support national policy initiatives in early childhood education and to determine reasons
for low enrolment in services from families in disadvantaged areas, the authors investigated …

Aim: To trial the Brigance developmental screening tool as an instrument for identifying
Australian Aboriginal children at risk of developmental disability and requiring diagnostic …

THE RESEARCH EVIDENCE THAT underpins the school readiness of Indigenous
Australian children is reviewed in this article, followed by identification of issues requiring …

Purpose Non-standard dialects, such as Australian Aboriginal English (AAE), are spoken
across the globe, often by peoples from marginalised groups and communities. Speech …

Over the past decade there has been increased recognition among policy-makers and the
general community about the importance of education in the early years. A focal point for …

The purpose of this study was to understand how the unique social, historical, cultural, and
Indigenous knowledge contexts of Aboriginal communities in British Columbia shaped high …

This is a reflective paper grounded in the domain of practice. It presents some of the
strategies used to design, implement and establish an education support programme across …