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Early childhood intervention came about as a natural progression from special education for children with disabilities (Guralnick, 1997). Many early childhood intervention support services began as research units in universities (for example, Syracuse University in the United States and Macquarie University in Australia) while others were developed out of organizations helping older children.
Lifestart began in 1996 when eight families whose children attended the Macquarie University Early Intervention program [2] decided to set up an Early Childhood Intervention service [3][4] which would be a model of best practice in service provision and family support. They won a tender from the NSW state government which allowed them to set up ...
Website. www.acecqa.gov.au. The Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) is an independent statutory authority that assists governments in implementing the National Quality Framework (NQF) for early childhood education and care throughout Australia. [1] Established in 2012, the authority works with the federal, state ...
The Early Years Learning Framework (commonly known as EYLF), [1] together with the National Quality Standard (or NQS), [2] forms the policies around early childhood education in Australia. In January 2023 the Australian Education ministers approved proposed changes and endorsed the use of Version 2 of the EYLF under the National Quality ...
G8 Education was founded in 2006 as Early Learning Services. In December 2007 it began selling shares on the Australian stock exchange, at a time when it owned 38 child care centres. In 2010, it merged with Payce Child Care Pty Ltd and the name was changed to G8 Education Ltd. By 2022 it had grown to 450 child care centres. [4]
Early Childhood Australia is an early childhood advocacy organisation in Australia, acting in the interests of young children, their families and those in the early childhood education and care field. Its chief executive officer is Samantha Page. [2] [3] In 2020, it advocated increased subsidies for early childhood education in response to cuts ...
Education in Australia encompasses the sectors of early childhood education [8] (preschool) and primary education (primary schools), followed by secondary education (high schools), and finally tertiary education, which includes higher education (universities and other higher education providers) and vocational education (registered training organisations). [9]
The National Quality Framework (NQF) is part of the Australian Government 's agenda for early childhood education and child care focused on providing Australian families with high-quality, accessible and affordable integrated early childhood education and child care. The NQF aims to raise quality and drive continuous improvement and consistency ...