LibGuides: Children's Education and Care Subject Guide: Introduction

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The Big Picture by Kearns, Karen
ISBN: 9780170289061
Publication Date: 5th edn., 2020
Birth to Big School by Kearns, Karen
ISBN: 9780170289115
Publication Date: 5th edn., 2021
The business of Childcare by Kearns, Karen
ISBN: 9780170376662
Publication Date: 4th edn., 2017
Framework for Learning & Development by Kearns, Karen
ISBN: 9780170445535
Publication Date: 5th edn., 2021
Supporting Education by Kearns, Karen
ISBN: 9780170419642
Publication Date: 3rd edn., 2019

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Online resources

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ACECQA Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority The NQF establishes higher standards for all education and care services in Australia so children to age 13 years get the best possible start in life. The program sets levels of safety and quality to benefit all children and their families who use approved education and care services.
Australian Child Protection Legislation This resource sheet provides a brief overview of child protection legislation across state and territory jurisdictions in Australia.
Australian Early Development Census
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia V.2.0, 2022
Children's Services Act 2019: South Australian Legislation
Code of Ethics early Childhood Australia
Early Childhood: Education Standards Board: Government of south Australia
Early Childhood Australia This professional association site gives information mainly for educators in the early childhood field. Includes a good list of links to other useful sites.
Early Years Learning Framework (belonging, Being and Becoming)
Education and Early Childhood Services (Registration & Standards) Act
My Time, Our Place: Framework for school age care in Australia
National Quality Framework ACECQA The National Quality Framework (NQF) provides a national approach to regulation, assessment and quality improvement for early childhood education and care and outside school hours care services across Australia.
SA Directory of Communitry Services Select heading "Personal & Family Support. SA community is a directory of South Australian community services. It includes information about government, non-government, community based and some private sector organisations that provide services for the South Australian community in the areas of health, welfare, housing, education, community participation, information, legal services, arts and recreation.
SA Gov : Pre School and Kindergarten On this page Non-government preschools Government preschools Starting preschool Integrated centres and services Waiting lists Parent involvement Immunisation Health, wellbeing and special needs Related information
SA Gov : Types of Early Childhood Services This page will help you to understand the different early childhood services available to families. Some organisations offer more than one of these services.
Staying Healthy: Preventing infectious diseases in Early Childhood Education and Care services 5th edn
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child he Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. The Convention changed the way children are viewed and treated – i.e., as human beings with a distinct set of rights instead of as passive objects of care and charity.