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NIFTeY Conference 2009

Over three hundred and fifty delegates attended a national conference in Melbourne from 15th-17th February, 2009, exploring the theme “Getting it Together for Australia’s Children: what role for parent-child centres?” organised by The National Investment for the Early Years (NIFTeY) and the Centre for Community Child Health at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.

Presentations from the conference are provided below for your information.

Governance Arrangements for Integrated Services: Lessons from the UK for Young Children

Mallee Family Care: Community Development Unit

Community Expectations of an Early Learning Centre in Western Australia

The Early Years Parenting Centre Port Augusta SA

What is the Focus of Parent-Child Centres

Good Beginnings

What Role for Dads in Parent/Child Centres?

Panel Session - Parent and Child Centres: Promoting Inclusion

The Spilstead Model

Three Key Curriculum Components from the Abecedarian Research Studies that can support Child Learning in Parent and Child Centres

How AEDI supported the re-development of Wallaroo Child and Family Centre Inc

Using AEDI to support am Integrated Approach to Sevice Delivery

Exploring the efficacy of an integrated child and family service model: Preliminary insights into parent perceptions and expectations

SPRC - Integrated Services: voices and silences from Australian history

PPP - Community Hubs get it together for Australia's children

BS - Tailoring the program to families' needs: case studies from an integrated parent-child centre

Victorian Children's Centres Evaluation

Workforce issues in Child and Family Centres

The focus of Parent-Child Centres: Helping to create social capital in local communities

The Caboolture Early Years Centre

Exploring the Integration of 'Care and Education' in Daily Practice

Preparing professionals for work in integrated child and family services

Child and Family Centre: A Northern Territory Remote Perspective

The Blue Mountains Consortium: A case study in designing governance structures at a local government level

Centacare Broken Bay: Moving towards integrated Family Centres

Springvale Service for Children Governance Structure

Each Child Integrated Child and Family Services

The redevelopment of Wallaroo Child and Family Centre

Collaboration in the development of a Family and Children's Centre in Colac, Regional Victoria

Education or medication: The subleties of parent-child centre governance

Teen Family Centre Balga, Perth WA

Around the World in Eighty Days: Early learning and care: the International Experience and Implications for the Australian context

Developing a suite of integrated child and family services co-located in Western Sydney

Improved outcomes for children: will integrated services deliver the goods and how will we know?

Community Based Services

UK Experience - Children's centres as Research centres

Researching Fathers Involement in Children's Centres

Home to School transistions for Finacially disadvantaged children - evidence and strategy

Working effectively with Children and Families Across the Disciplines - The need for staff support and supervision