Webinar: Home visiting and early education intervention to support vulnerable young children and their families
Research suggests one in five Australian children are born into disadvantage and by the time they start school are already behind their peers. The early years present a unique opportunity for early intervention to improve the outcomes of vulnerable young children.
In this webinar, we will first hear from Dr Sue Perlen (Research Manager) from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Dr Perlen will discuss research evidence from the right@home trial, which evaluated the impact of a nurse home visiting program for mothers experiencing adversity. The two year program was designed to promote family wellbeing and child development, hypothesising improvements in (1) parent care, (2) responsivity, and (3) the home learning environment at child age 2 years.
Our second speakers, Dr Anne Kennedy (a consultant, researcher, and Honorary at Melbourne Graduate School of Education) and Associate Professor Brigid Jordan (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute) will be discussing key findings from a trial of the Early Years Education Program (EYEP). EYEP is an innovative Australian centre-based model of education and care designed to meet the needs of young children facing significant family stress and social disadvantage. EYEP aims to address the consequences of family stress and social disadvantage on children’s development and to help redress learning deficiencies.