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Engaging Indigenous Families in Preparing Children for School
Evidence into Action Topical Paper (ARACY), Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth
2008
Abstract
Many Indigenous children are not ready to make the transition to school. There is strong evidence showing high levels of vulnerability in the Indigenous population across a range of areas of development – this is evident from the early years of life and span physical, social and cognitive areas of development. For many of these Indigenous children this early vulnerability will impact on their ability to do well at school; most will find learning extremely difficult, and their general health, social and emotional wellbeing and education outcomes are likely to limit their opportunities later in life…
Details
- Title
- Engaging Indigenous Families in Preparing Children for School
- Authors/Creators
- Carrington Shepherd - Curtin UniversityRoz Walker - Murdoch University, Ngangk Yira Institute for ChangeKulunga Research NetworkTelethon Institute for Child Health Research
- Series
- Evidence into Action Topical Paper (ARACY)
- Publisher
- Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth
- Identifiers
- 9781921352294; 991005882547907891
- Copyright
- Commonwealth of Australia.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Resource Type
- Book
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