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Australian Association for Research in Education
The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) is the national association for fostering educational research in Australia. AARE facilitates contact between educational researchers and supports the development of high quality educational research.
The Australian Childcare Alliance is a national representative body with a membership of 70% of the long day childcare sector, including private and community.
Australian Community Children's Services
The Australian Community Children's Services is the peak representative body for all Australian community owned children's services.
Australian Council for Educational Research
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is a leader in the provision of quality educational research, both within Australia and internationally. As a national, independent research body, ACER’s mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the life span.
Australian Institute of Family Studies
The Australian Institute of Family Studies is a national research and information agency on children and families in Australia. Includes research, publications, online library, and further links and resources for professionals.
Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
The Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) is a national collaboration of eminent experts disseminating knowledge about problems and solutions to issues affecting children and young people.
As Australia's peak national non-government cancer control organisation, Cancer Council Australia advises the Australian Government and other bodies on practices and policies to help prevent, detect and treat cancer. Cancer Council Australia launched the national SunSmart Schools program in 1998. The program has grown rapidly and there are now more than 2500 SunSmart schools and 3500 SunSmart childcare centres across the country.
Centre for Community Child Health
The Centre for Community Child Health is an internationally recognised centre of excellence supporting and empowering communities to continually improve the health, wellbeing and quality of life of children and their families, now and for the future.
Children and Families Research Centre
The Children and Families Research Centre (CFRC) is an interdisciplinary centre for research and outreach in the Faculty of Human Sciences, Macquarie University. It has been established to meet the need for information about how best to support children and their families in Australia.
Early Childhood Australia (ECA) is the peak early childhood advocacy organisation, acting in the interests of young children, their families and professionals in the early childhood field. ECA advocates to ensure quality, social justice and equity in all issues relating to the education and care of children from birth to eight years. ECA's quality-assured publications program is a major tool in their advocacy for young children.
Early Childhood Intervention Australia
Early Childhood Intervention Australia (ECIA) is a national forum for promotion of early intervention for infants and young children with developmental delays or disabilities and their families, including workshops, seminars and conferences to facilitate quality service provision.
Early Childhood Teachers Association
The Early Childhood Teachers Association (ECTA) supports members of the early childhood professional community who work with young children and families in preschools, kindergartens, child care centres, primary schools and other early childhood settings. ECTA aim to provide opportunities for early childhood professionals to develop further their understanding and practice of quality in education for young children.
Equity and Childhood Program, Youth Research Centre
The Equity and Childhood Program, in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education’s Youth Research Centre was previously the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood. The Equity and Childhood Program has developed a strong research culture and international reputation for its work in equity and change research, professional development and teaching.
Family Day Care Australia is a national peak body which supports, enhances and resources family day care services. Their role is to resource and promote family day care services to ensure the strength and continued growth of the sector in Australia.
Good Beginnings builds better outcomes for children in vulnerable communities through effective early intervention programs. Good Beginnings provides free early childhood and practical parenting programs for children and families across Australia, based at their Early Years Centres or home visits.
Isolated Children's Parents' Association of Australia
The Isolated Children's Parents' Association provides support, advice and advocacy for parents in isolated communities. It is a voluntary national parent body dedicated to ensuring that all geographically isolated students have equality with their non-isolated peers, of access to an appropriate education.
Kidsafe is dedicated to the prevention of unintentional injuries in children under 15 years.
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute is dedicated to finding ways to prevent and treat conditions affecting babies, children and adolescents, helping them lead happy, healthy lives. The Institute has close partnerships with the Royal Children's Hospital and the University of Melbourne.
National Investment for the Early Years
The National Investment for the Early Years (NIFTeY) is a national body with a large number of supporters from different disciplines and organisations. NIFTeY advocates for investment in the crucial early period of life and provides information on the importance of the early years (including the prenatal period) to health, development and well-being throughout life.
National Out of School Hours Services Association
The National Out of School Hours Services Association (NOSHSA) is a network of all Australian State and Territory Out of School Hours Services Associations. These organisations promote provision of Out of School Hours Services and act as a united voice to advocate both to Government and the community for excellence in service provision.
Playgroup Australia is the national peak and administrative body for playgroups in Australia.
The Raising Children Network Website provides centralised, Australian-focused, evidence based information for parents and carers of children from birth to fifteen years of age. It also provides information for those who work with parents.
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care
The Secretariat of National Aborginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) is the national non government peak body in Australia representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.
The Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) is a specialist research centre of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales. The SPRC conducts research on all aspects of social policy, disseminates research findings, promotes research training through postgraduate study and contributes to policy development and evaluation.
Telethon Institute of Child Health Research
The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research is dedicated to the prevention of childhood diseases and disability. The Institute's approach is to bring together researchers from different fields of science to tackle major issues in child health and wellbeing.
The deLissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies
The deLissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies at the University of South Australia aims to deliver excellent research in early childhood and family studies that supports a culturally diverse and sustainable world of inclusive, democratic societies.