Resource hub

Here you’ll find a collection of our evidence-based publications and resources to support your work with children and families.

 

Promoting mutual understanding and peace: celebrating International Literacy Day
Blogs

Promoting mutual understanding and peace: celebrating International Literacy Day

Explore how partnerships, creative facilitation and community-centred projects support literacy, a cornerstone of child development — and see this in action in West Heidelberg’s We Love Stories initiative.

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Engaging families in parent support services: ‘Hard to reach’ families or difficult to access services?
Blogs

Engaging families in parent support services: ‘Hard to reach’ families or difficult to access services?

Dr Paul Prichard launches the Reflections on Relational Practice blog series with a focus on the art of engaging families.

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How to increase participation in the early years: Promising practices identified through quality improvement
Blogs

How to increase participation in the early years: Promising practices identified through quality improvement

The final part of the blog series explores the role of quality improvement in helping to redesign and enhance the services and systems that support children and families.

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How a pandemic makes QI more relevant than ever (but also a little tricky)
Blogs

How a pandemic makes QI more relevant than ever (but also a little tricky)

The COVID-19 pandemic created opportunities and challenges to using quality improvement to redesign and enhance child and family services in. Learn how Australian early years services responded.

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Years on End... The Tyranny of Distance
Videos and recordings

Years on End... The Tyranny of Distance

Watch By Five's short documentary on their flagship, award-winning, ‘born and bred’ paediatric project.

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Best Start 2024 Statewide Forum
Videos and recordings

Best Start 2024 Statewide Forum

Best Start facilitators and the Victorian Department of Education came together for a two-day forum to connect, share and learn. Our videographers captured their perspectives.

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