Report – back Seminar “Early Intervention” in Family and Pre-school Children Services
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Report – back Seminar“Early Intervention” in Family and
Pre-school Children Services
- “Actualization of the Spirits of IFSC – Learning from the Australian Experience”
By Angela ChiuCentre Supervisor
Western District IFSCThe Hong Kong Catholic Marriage Advisory Council
20.3.2006
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1. The Australian National Agenda for Early Childhood
• Government commitment to developing a National Agenda for Early Childhood
• Consultation showed broad support for development of a National Agenda for Early Childhood across the areas:– Early child and maternal health– Early learning and care– Child friendly communities– Supporting families and parenting– Improving outcomes for Indigenous children– Working together
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What is the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy?
Four Initiatives:1. Communities for Children - $142.4m2. Invest To Grow - $70.5m3. Local Answers - $137m4. Choice and Flexibility in Child Care - $125.3m
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Communities for Children
• 45 sites (communities) across Australia• $142.4m over four years of funding per
site• Aims to help young children, their families
and the broader community.
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Five priority areas:
1. Healthy young families2. Support for families and parents3. Early learning and development4. Child friendly communities5. Family and children’s services work
effectively as a system
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Key features:
A new way for Government to provide funding to communities:
• Place based• Community driven• Building community and community capacity• Top-down, Bottom-up• Collaborative governance / tight-loose control• Early intervention, prevention and promotion
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Role of Facilitating Partners
1. Bring the community together to talk about local issues that affect young children;
2. Establish a Communities for Children Committee;
3. Engage community leaders;4. Engage existing service providers;5. Promote, integrate & coordinate effort;
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Role of Facilitating Partners (con’t)
6. Build partnerships with local business;7. Work with early childhood experts;8. Manage funding; and9. Report to Government.
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Examples of activities and services
• Home visiting• Early learning and literacy• Playgroups• Parenting programs and family support
services• Boosting social inclusion and peer support
for parents of young children.• Child nutrition programs
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Three major components:
Family Counselling Unit
Family Resource Unit
Treatment-oriented
Supporting families at risk (practical, emotional & training sup
port)
Open, development & preventive
Family Support Unit
Integrated Family Service Centre (IFSC)
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2. Overview of IFSC - HK
1. Objectives– To provide range of preventive, development,
supportive, remedial services to enhance functions of individuals and families
– To preserve and strengthen family as a unit …build up supportive/caring community
– To identify problem early, provide early interventions to assist people in disadvantaged situations so as to help them to cope with crisis, regain self-resilience and restore functioning
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Overview of IFSC – HK (con’t)
2. Principles– Accessibility– Early Identification– Integration– Partnership
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Overview of IFSC – HK (con’t)
3. Spirit of IFSC– Child-centered– Family-focused– Community-based
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3. Actualization of the Spirits of IFSC
• Early Intervention– Early identification of needs– Early intervention in terms of children’s early
years– Fill in service group of children services– Fulfill the spirit of child-centered– Efforts paid on enhancing parental functions
for the benefit of children
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Actualization of the Spirits of IFSC (con’t)
• Community Based– “It takes a community to raise a child”– Creating a caring community for children with
different stakeholders in the community, e.g. Child Care Institutions, ICYC, schools and local peoples, etc.
– Community Education and Community Participation
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