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Naming private body parts isn’t optional: Why accurate language belongs in personal safety education
Teaching children the correct anatomical names for their private body parts can feel confronting for some adults. Yet evidence and child protection experts continue to point to the same conclusion: accurate language supports children’s safety, health and autonomy and reduces the secrecy and shame that can prevent children from speaking up.
2026-01-23 08:06:52
by Fiona Alston
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Rebuilding lives, restoring care: The silent toll on children
Communities across regional Victoria are dealing with a devastating emotional and practical toll from recent bushfires and floods, with children often the forgotten victims as families struggle with getting their lives back on track.
2026-01-23 08:06:51
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Transitions to school: Moving beyond checklists towards holistic, child-centred pathways
For children and families, the move from early childhood education and care (ECEC) into formal schooling is a highly significant milestone. Yet while orientation sessions, school readiness programs and enrolment paperwork often frame this shift as a defined point in time, the evidence suggests that transition to school is an ongoing, multi-dimensional process, one that requires coordinated, relational and innovative approaches across home, early learning and school environments.
2026-01-23 08:06:51
by Fiona Alston
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Embedding inclusive practices: practical tools to support children with disability in ECEC settings
Creating inclusive early learning environments is a foundational element of quality education and care. For early childhood education and care (ECEC) and outside school hours care (OSHC) providers, ensuring the inclusion of children with disability is both a professional obligation and a legislative requirement.
2026-01-23 08:06:51
by Fiona Alston
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Incident prevention and management: Protecting children through proactive safety practices
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) services are entrusted with one of the most important responsibilities, ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of children. Effective incident prevention and management practices are vital to meeting this responsibility, and are mandated under both federal legislation and the National Quality Framework (NQF).
2026-01-23 08:06:51
by Fiona Alston
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Student placements are not a staffing strategy: The missing piece from our workforce conversation
2026-01-20 08:00:17
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Reforms risk failing as new data reveals $2.4b child-safety gap
2026-01-19 07:15:41
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Raising the standard Tasmania: What the new program could mean for ECEC quality and oversight
2026-01-21 07:00:52
by Fiona Alston
