Links to International Sites • Centre for Developing Child - Harvard University There are a number of excellent interactive and multimedia resources on this site. Scroll down to find "What Research Tells us About Early Childhood Program Effectiveness" or "Improving Quality in Early Childhood Programs" or "Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change" all good clips to develop your understanding of EIP. • From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts There is a great deal of interesting information on this site. You might like to watch the multimedia presentations. Information on this site will help you with your assignment. • Zero to Three There is so much helpful information on this site and will be also useful when you are doing your Birth - 2 years Professional Experiences. So bookmark it for later. • Human Early Learning Partnerships A range of 'youtube' videos which introduce the importance of early child development from the Human Early Learning Partnership Channel. For more information visit their website at http://earlylearning.ubc.ca/ • National Head Start Association Find out more about the USA's Head Start program including research papers • C4EO UK's Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services • TEAM - ECD Final Report Your text is the Evidence Report. This is the final report which has some similar information but goes on to explain the results. It is a long document so it is suggested you read it online rather than print the whole file. • Promising Practices Network US Research briefs about working with young parents and other focus areas. See 'Programs that Work' for examples of EIP projects you might investigate.   Links to Australian Sites Australian Institute of Family Studies 

A range of research papers, evaluation reports and links. Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) 

 
 
 
 AEDC - Australian Early Development Census 

"The AEDC helps communities understand how their local children are doing developmentally and compared to children nationally and in other communities."

 Raising Children Network 

A great place to start

 Response Ability 

Response Ability aims to improve mental health outcomes for all Australians, through a focus on mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention, and suicide prevention in children and young people. 

 Kids Matter Early Childhood 

KidsMatter Early Childhood works with early childhood education and care services to support the mental health and wellbeing of young children, their families and early childhood educators using a promotion, prevention and early intervention framework. There is also a resource for PRIMARY aged children.

 The Benevolent Society 

See links to Social Issues papers and practices ideas.

 Australian Children Foundation 

Research and information about child protection

 AIHW 

From Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Includes information about each of the focus areas and reports about the health and well-being of Australian children.

 Review of early childhood parenting, education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia 

This paper provides a review of prevention and early intervention research literature that is focused on improving outcomes for Australian Indigenous children in the early childhood years. Jennifer Bowes and Rebekah Grace, February 2014.

 Bridging the ‘Know–Do’ Gap: Knowledge Brokering to Improve Child Wellbeing 

Released in 2010, edited by Gabriele Bammer with Annette Michaux and Ann Sanson, ANU E-Press, Canberra. The book is available from the ANU E-Press as a free downloadable e-book.

 Dropping off the Edge 

Access the report for statistics and information about areas by postcode and disadvantage.

 Brotherhood of St Laurence 

A wealth of information including background information about a range of issues. It also includes research about intervention programs for children and families.

 Neighbourhood perceptions influence children’s development 

Media Release "Residents’ perceptions of their neighbourhood, including facilities, safety, cleanliness and a sense of belonging, influenced their children’s emotional and behavioural development, a new study by the Australian Institute of Family Studies has found." HIPPY 

Find out more about what is happening in Australia to promote interations between children and caregivers.