Landscape Atlas
The early childhood development systems landscape atlas provides an overview of the structural elements of ten key systems that are integral to children’s early development.
The atlas is intended to help provide a sense of ‘the whole’ when thinking about Australia’s early years system. It provides insight into the ways in which the government-driven structures that underpin our social service systems both constrain and create opportunities for young children and their families and thereby influence early childhood development outcomes.
How to use this resource
The atlas consists of four publications:
- Summary – outlines generalised insights about the structural elements of the ten key systems that influence early childhood development outcomes
- Part 1: Child’s Needs – contains chapters dedicated to each of the five systems that are focused primarily on meeting a child’s needs
- Part 2: Shared Child and Family Needs – contains chapters dedicated to each of the five systems that are focused on meeting shared child and family needs
- Annex 1 – provides a brief introduction to how government works in Australia which underpins the structural elements of our early years system.
Part 1 and Part 2 including the individual chapters dedicated to each of the ten systems in focus may be read in any order according to the readers’ interests.
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Landscape Atlas
Summary
- Introduction
- How to use this Atlas
- Observations from the Atlas
- What else does the Atlas tell us about the ‘current state’?
- How far are we from the ‘desired future state’?
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Part One Child's Needs
- Health
- Mental health
- Disability
- Early learning
- Child protection
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Part Two Shared Child and Family Needs
- Parenting & family supports
- Family & domestic violence supports
- Social security
- Secure and affordable housing
- Safe, healthy physical and built environments
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Annex 1 How Government Works Australian Style'
- Australia’s Federal Structure
- The levels of government
- The division of responsibilities
- Collaborations across government
- Accountability mechanisms
- The laws that underpin Australia’s ECD System