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Papers Topic - Country Descriptions Advancing Comprehensive Early Childhood Intervention P8.01 Bridging Policy and Practice: Enhancing Early Childhood Services for Children With Developmental Delays in Australia Presenting Author: John Forster (Australia) Affiliation: Noah's Ark Inc, Australia Co-Authors: Tara Way McLaughlin, Patricia Snyder Australia has a key opportunity to enhance inclusion and inclusive practices supports for children with disabilities and developmental delays. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) review highlights the need for early childhood education and care (ECEC) services to provide stronger support for children with developmental delays in ways that improve outcomes while reducing costs. Similarly, the Productivity Commission advocates for a more universal ECEC system, noting that children who would benefit the most are often the least likely to access these services. To address this, our work focuses on reimagining service design using multi-tiered systems of support and building educator confidence and capabilities through an adapted version of embedded instruction (US-based) and embedded learning support (NZ-based) for Australia. This presentation explores the journey from policy to practice, introducing innovative strategies to support children with developmental delays in inclusive learning environments and bridging the gap between policy aspirations and real- world implementation.
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P8.02 Comprehensive ECCD Policy in Bangladesh Presenting Author: Tariqul Islam Chowdhury (Bangladesh) Affiliation: Shishu Academy
From conception through the first 8 years of a child’s life is a very significant period known as early childhood. Recognizing the importance of addressing the needs of early childhood, the government and NGOs, in recent times, have started pre-primary education for 5-year-old children to prepare them for primary school. Moreover, there was a critical need to establish an effective mechanism for coordination among the service-providing agencies working in health, nutrition, education, and social safety-related issues in the early childhood sector, to avoid duplication and waste of resources. The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has formulated a policy by converging all stakeholders and relevant actors through a cross-sectoral, multidimensional, and integrated approach. In this context, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has taken the lead to frame a comprehensive policy with the objective of creating a common understanding and expectations among the organizations involved in Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) activities and to further facilitate collaboration, cooperation, and coordination among all stakeholders. The Comprehensive Early Childhood Care and Development (CECCD) Policy was approved by the Government of Bangladesh in 2013. The main features of the Policy are: (1) an integrated and holistic approach addressing all the domains for 0-8 years age group children; (2) addresses all domains and includes major sectors; and (3) incorporates and supplements ongoing interventions implemented by other sectors through a cross-sectoral approach. P8.03 How Can We Better Communicate What We Do in Early Childhood Intervention and Family-Centered Intervention in the National Early Childhood Intervention System (SNIPI) in Portugal? Presenting Author: Patrícia Claudino (Portugal) Affiliation: National Early Childhood Intervention System (SNIPI), Portugal Co-Author: Júlio Coincas What does it mean to work with a child and a family using a family-centered approach? How can collaborative guidance be explained and understood by families, partners, and the community? Can child development literacy be a communication tool to support the demonstration of good practice in ECI? How can reflective supervision be developed and adapted in a large area, such as the Alentejo? The complexity of the ECI model, the family-centered approach, and transdisciplinarity meet resistance that makes its application with children's families challenging, due to the multiple factors of communication and the expectations of families, reference professionals (doctors, educators, and social workers), and communities regarding work in ECI. The aim of this presentation is to give an example of what we are doing in the Alentejo region, through collaboration and synergy between the Alentejo Coordination Subcommittee, the 4 Technical Support Centers (NST), and the 32 Local Intervention Teams (ELI), with the support of the National SNIPI Commission, in an integrated governance with partners in the local and regional communities.
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