Early Intervention Strategies and Responses to Children aged 0-5 residing in SAAP Services (Staff)Project Completion: November 2005
Dr Erica Bell undertook research to consider the specific needs of children aged 0-5 affected by family voilence. The primary aims of this research was to:
identify key elements of a best practice framework for working with children aged 0-5;
identify assessment tools for effective responses to children aged 0-5;
provide advice about any necessary amendments to such tools to make them more suitable for Tasmanian contexts;
identify key support and links to other children's services;
identify key activities and theerapuetic play modules for use by Family Support Workers and Child Support Workers in SAAP services;
provide advice about any necessary amendments to these to make them suitable for Tasmania contexts;
describe key current early intervention activities within SAAP services;
identify key areas where development of services could occur.
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