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Partnership in Integrated Early Childhood Services: An Analysis of Policy Framings in Education and Human Services
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Nichols, Sue; Jurvansuu, Sari – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2008
There is currently movement internationally towards the integration of services for young children and their families, incorporating childcare, education, health and family support. Shifting service provision towards partnership between services, and between these services and families, has been the subject of policy formation at various levels.…
Descriptors: Human Services, Policy Formation, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
Shifting Models of Welfare: Issues in Relocation from an Institution and the Organization of Community Living
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Bigby, Christine – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
The closure of institutions and relocation of people with intellectual disabilities to community living has been the focus of many nations' intellectual disability policies in the past three decades. The author studied the relocation of 58 people from a large institution to 11 small group homes in several Australian communities. Organizational…
Descriptors: Community Development, Employment Practices, Privatization, Mental Retardation
Career Education in Australia: An Overview
Hart, Gaye – Illinois Career Education Journal, 1978
An Australian career education consultant traces the development and current pattern of career education in Australia, which has its basis in career advising and vocational guidance. She comments briefly on curriculum development, teacher preparation, and the education departments' relationship with state and federal employment authorities. (MF)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Children's and Family Services Working Together
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Woodruff, Jane; O'Brien, Jon – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 2005
This paper is based on keynote addresses by Jane Woodruff, CEO, UnitingCare Burnside to the National Association of Community Based Children's Services, University of Wollongong, April 2004; and to the Mobile Children's Service Association Conference, Dubbo, August 2003. It offers the perspective of one NSW child and family welfare agency on…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Agency Cooperation, Social Services, Foreign Countries
Promoting Positive Parenting Practices through Parenting Education. Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series, Number 13
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Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning
Financing Lifelong Learning for All: An International Perspective. Working Paper.
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Burke, Gerald – 2002
Recent international discussions provide information on various countries' responses to lifelong learning, including the following: (1) existing unmet needs and emerging needs for education and training; (2) funds required compared with what was provided; and (3) methods for acquiring additional funds, among them efficiency measures leading to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Education