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Let's start: a program for Territory parents and children

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Title

Let's start: a program for Territory parents and children

Other title

Let's Start parent child program

Creator

Robinson, Gary; Mares, Sarah; Jones, Yomei; Stock, Carolin; Hallenstein, Birgit; Branchut, Virginie

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT

Date

2012

Description

This paper describes the 'Let's Start' program for Aboriginal parents and children in the Northern Territory, including its context, rationale, and the evidence of its effectiveness. This program follows on from the 'Ngaripirliga'ajirri - Exploring Together Program' for school aged children in the Tiwi Islands, run from 1999-2004, and the 'Let's Start - Exploring Together for Indigenous Preschools' program for younger children in the Tiwi Islands as well as Darwin, which was run from 2006-2010. Based on this experience, the program has been adapted and redeveloped as the 'Let's Start Parent-Child Program'.; Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Notes

Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research

Table of contents

Background -- Introduction -- What is Let's Start? -- Early intervention: context and rationale -- Conclusion: the Let's Start approach -- References.

Language

English

Subject

Children, Aboriginal Australian; Services for; Parenting; Study and teaching

Publisher name

Menzies School of Health Research

Place of publication

Darwin

Format

21 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm.

File type

application/pdf.

ISBN

9781922104021; 9781922104038

Copyright owner

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Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/282332

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/413018

Page content

21Lets Start Parent Child Program Refererences Arnold, C., Bartlett, K., Gowani, S., & Merali, R. (2007). Is everybody ready? Readiness, transition and continuity: reflections and moving forward. Working Paper 41. The Hague: Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation. Delfabbro, P., Hirte, C., Rogers, N., & Wilson, R. (2010). The overrepresentation of young Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people in the South Australian child protection system: A longitudinal analysis. Children and Youth Services Review, 32, 1418-1425. Northern Territory Government. (2010). Growing them Strong, Together: Promoting the safety and wellbeing of the Northern Territorys children. Darwin: Northern Territory Government. Robinson, G., Silburn, S. R., & Leckning, B. (2012). Suicide of Children and Youth in the NT 2006-2010: Public Release Report to the Child Deaths Review and Prevention Committee. Darwin: The Centre for Child Development & Education, Menzies School of Health Research. Robinson, G. W., Tyler, W. B., Silburn, S. R., & Zubrick, S. R. (2012). Gender, Culture and Intervention: Exploring Differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Childrens Responses to an Early Intervention Programme. Children & Society, 12. doi: DOI:10.1111/ j.1099-0860.2011.00424.x Robinson, G., Tyler, W., Jones, Y., Silburn, S., & Zubrick, S. (2011). Context, Diversity and Engagement: Early intervention with Australian Aboriginal families in urban and remote contexts. Children and Society, 12. doi: DOI:10.1111/j.1099-0860.2010.00353.x Robinson, G., & Tyler, B. (2006). Ngaripirligaajirri: An early intervention program on the Tiwi islands, final evaluation report (pp. 163). Darwin: School for Social and Policy Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University. Robinson, G., Zubrick, S., Silburn, S., Jones,Y., DAprano, A., Tyler, W., McGuiness, K., Cubillo, C., Bell,M. & Stock, C. (2009). Lets Start: Exploring Together. An early intervention program for Northern Territory children and families, final evaluation report. Darwin: School for Social and Policy Research, Charles Darwin University. Silburn, S., Robinson, G., Arney, F., Johnstone, K., & McGuinness, K. (2011). Improving early childhood development in the NT: Issues to be addressed. Darwin: Northern Territory Government.