National Best Practice Framework for Early Childhood Intervention
Unpacking the Framework
National video series

The purpose of this video series, produced with national experts, is to provide the research and practice information behind the Framework principles to support understanding of the evidence and translation of research into practice.  

National Video Series Rights-based universal principle - John Tobin

This video on the rights-based universal principle is presented by Professor John Tobin. John is a professor of Law at Melbourne University where he has taught and researched children’s rights for the past 25 years. 

National Video Series Rights-based universal principle - Anne Hollonds

This video on the rights-based universal principle is presented by Anne Hollonds.  Anne is Australia’s National Children’s Commissioner, a role based at the Australian Human Rights Commission. 

National Video Series Relationship-based universal principle - Dr Paul Prichard

This video on the relationship-based universal principle is presented by Dr Paul Prichard. Paul is a specialist in building authentic partnerships, engaging families, relational practices, and involving parents as collaborators in service delivery. 

National Video Series Strengths-based universal principle - Bernadette Glass

This video on the strengths-based universal principle is presented by Bernadette Glass. Bernadette has worked in the early childhood intervention field for over 25 years and is recognised as a pioneer of strengths-based, family-centred practice in Australia.  

National Video Series Ecologically-based universal principle - Catharine Wade

This video on the ecologically-based universal principle is presented by Dr Catherine Wade. Catherine is the Principal Research Specialist at the Parenting Research Centre and leads research which focuses on evaluating the impact of early childhood initiatives on the lives of families experiencing multiple challenges in Australia and internationally.  

NVS Child-centred key principle - Rachel Parker and Alice Gharazian

This video on the child-centred key principle is presented by Rachel Parker and Alice Gharazian. Rachel and Alice are lead researchers at the Centre for Community Health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. 

National Video Series Family-centred practice - Prof Nick Hopwood

This video on the family-centred key principle is presented by Professor Nick Hopwood. Nick is professor of Professional Learning at the University of Technology Sydney – School of International Studies and Education. 

National Video Series Diversity-affirming key principle - Katharine Annear

This video on the diversity affirming key principle is presented by Katharine Annear. Katharine is a lecturer in Disability Practice in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University.  

National Video Series Participation key principle - Prof Christine Imms

This video on the participation key principle is presented by Professor Christine Imms. Christine is an occupational therapist and the Apex Chair of Neurodevelopment and Disability at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Children’s Hospital.  She is also Director of Healthy Trajectories, a child and youth disability research hub.  

National Video Series Everyday settings key principle - Prof Andrew Whitehouse

This video on the everyday settings key principle is presented by Professor Andrew Whitehouse. Andrew is Deputy Director (Research) and Director of Clinikids at the Kids Research Institute Australia, a professor of Autism Research and the Research Strategy Director of the Autism Cooperative Research Centre.  

National Video Series Outcomes-focused key principle - Prof Helen Bourke-Taylor

This video on the outcomes-focused key principle is presented by Professor Helen Bourke-Taylor. Helen is an occupational therapist and professor (teaching and research) at Monash University who has worked with children with disability in Australia and the US for 35 years. 

National Video Series Evidence-informed key principle - Rebekah Grace

This video on the evidence-informed key principle is presented by Professor Rebekah Grace.  Rebekah is the Director of the Western Sydney University Centre for Transforming Early Education and Child Health which focuses on the needs of children and families experiencing multiple challenges. 

International video series

The purpose of this video series, produced with international experts, is to provide the research and practice information behind the Framework principles to support understanding of the evidence and translation of research into practice. 

International Video Series Rights-based universal principle

This video on the rights-based principle is presented by Dr Ivelina Borisova. Ivelina is UNICEF’s Early Childhood Development Advisor for the region of Europe and Central Asia.  

International video series: Relationship-based universal principle. Cami Stevenson.

This video on the relationship-based principle: is presented by Cami Stevenson. Cami is an administrator in the Multnomah Early Childhood Program, an early intervention program for children from birth to 5 years of age in Portland, Oregon, USA.  

International Video Series Strengths-based universal principle - Dr Bonnie Kielty

This video on the strengths-based universal principle is presented by Dr Bonnie Keilty. Bonnie has worked in ECI for over 30 years including in research, teaching, practice and national service, supporting early intervention systems in the United States.   

International Video Series Ecologically-based universal principle - Prof Robin McWilliam

This video on the ecologically-based universal principle is presented by Professor Robin McWilliam. Robin is a professor of early intervention and early childhood special education at the University of Alabama, where he founded the Evidence-based International Early Intervention Office. 

International Video Series Child-centred key principle - Assoc Prof Tara McLaughlin

This video on the child-centred key principle is presented by Associate Professor Tara McLaughlin. Tara is Head of the Institute of Education at Massey University in New Zealand. 

International Video Series Family-centred praactice - Dr Marilyn Espe-Scherwindt

This video on the family-centred key principle is presented by Dr Marilyn Espe-Scherwindt. Marilyn is a consultant for Eurlyaid, the European Association on Early Childhood Intervention. 

International Video Series Family-centred practice - Anna Kukuruza

This video on the family-centred key principle is presented by Dr Anna Kukuruza. Anna is lead of the Ukrainian Association of Early Childhood Intervention and Executive Director of the Charitable Foundation Early Intervention Institute in Kharkiv Ukraine. 

International Video Series Participation key principle - Dr Mary Louise Hemmeter

This video on the participation key principle is presented by Dr Mary Louise Hemmeter. Mary Louise is a professor of Early Childhood Special Education at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee in the United States. 

International Video Series Everyday setting key principle - Dr Sarah Sexton

This video on the everyday settings key principle is presented by Dr Sarah Sexton. Sarah is the director at the Family, Infant and Preschool Program, North Carolina. Dr Sexton expertise is in helping practitioners deliver evidence-based practices with fidelity. 

International Video Series Community-focused key principle - Jose Boavidia

This video on the community-focused key principle is presented Dr Jose Boavida Fernandes. Jose is a neurodevelopmental paediatrician who worked in the Child Development Centre of the Paediatric Hospital Centro Hospitalar e Universitàrio de Coimbra for over 30 years.   

International Video Series Outcomes-focused key principle - Pat Snyder

This video on the Outcomes-focused Key Principle is presented by Professor Pat Snyder. Pat is the inaugural David Lawrence Jr. Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Studies, a Distinguished Professor of Special Education and Early Childhood Studies, and the founding Director of the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida. 

Consortium partners
A series of logos from our consortium partners. These include Healthy Trajectories, the Melbourne Disability Institute, PRECI, MCRI, SNAICC, ACD, Cyda, and Strong kids Strong future.

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