By CELA 30 Nov, 2017 Educators must recognise trauma in Aboriginal children in care This week SNAICC and Family Matters launched the Family Matters 2017 report, sharing the devastating news that Aboriginal children are being removed from their families at an even greater rate than 25 years ago when the Bringing the Home report was released. Read More
By CELA 28 Nov, 2017 When facts aren’t enough: appealing to anti-vax families A new study led by a researcher from The University of Western Australia has analysed the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by parents who reject some or all vaccines for their children. Read More
By CELA 22 Nov, 2017 A simple guide to really enjoying your end of year party Whether your service closes down for the Christmas break or not, most workplaces will have a function of some kind to mark the end of the year. Read More
By CELA 15 Nov, 2017 Australia chooses inclusion: Yes Follow the coverage on ABC Online to see how the ‘vote’ came out in the survey on marriage quality and look at what may happen next. Read More
By CELA 13 Nov, 2017 Storytelling as education (don’t tell the children!) Lindy Mitchell-Nilsson of Heart to Heart Storytelling returns as one of your favourite guest writers with her thoughts on cloaking dull truths in the beautiful colours of story. Read More
By CELA 9 Nov, 2017 Talking to young children about Remembrance Day This Saturday is Armistice Day, also known as Remembrance Day. While few children’s services will be open, many children will have seen poppy badges being sold on street corners, or be aware of older siblings participating in commemoration ceremonies at school on Friday. They may wonder, on the weekend, why adults around them suddenly go quiet at 11am. Read More
By CELA 2 Nov, 2017 Don’t play with your food? Educators face many different challenges in their daily work, just one of these is the use of various play materials in our services. Read More
By CELA 1 Nov, 2017 Compliance breaches and the public right to know As the fifth year of the National Quality Framework draws to a close, it’s reasonable to expect most of the big differences between states and territories are gone or on their way out soon, right? Read More