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This is a very special book, filled with innovative and inspiring ideas, and underpinned by an ethos of hope for vulnerable families and their children. - Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott, Australian Centre for Child Protection Giving the best start in life to every child should be a policy imperative at all levels. However, in the words of Dr Fraser Mustard 'Establishing integrated programs for early child development... will be difficult and slow.' That is why sharing the learnings gained from research and on the ground practice is essential to making this imperative a reality. Congratulations on this compilation of proceedings from a very successful conference - it should be close at hand for every practitioner to consult, reflect on and share. - Hon Lea Stevens, Chair Northern Adelaide Early Childhood Development Steering Committee This book makes a major contribution to the debate about how we can make services available to the families that most need them. It also addresses the critical issue of co-producing services with children, families and communities so that they feel powerfully engaged in the process. Families don't want to be passive recipients of welfare handouts. They want to be treated as citizens with voice and choice - equal and active partners in developing public services. - Dr Margy Whalley, Director of Research at Pen Green Research, Development and Training Base and Leadership Centre

This is a very special book, filled with innovative and inspiring ideas, and underpinned by an ethos of hope for vulnerable families and their children. - Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott, Australian Centre for Child Protection Giving the best start in life to every child should be a policy imperative at all levels. However, in the words of Dr Fraser Mustard `Establishing integrated programs for early child development... will be difficult and slow.' That is why sharing the learnings gained from research and on the ground practice is essential to making this imperative a reality. Congratulations on this compilation of proceedings from a very successful conference - it should be close at hand for every practitioner to consult, reflect on and share. - Hon Lea Stevens, Chair Northern Adelaide Early Childhood Development Steering Committee This book makes a major contribution to the debate about how we can make services available to the families that most need them. It also addresses the critical issue of co-producing services with children, families and communities so that they feel powerfully engaged in the process. Families don't want to be passive recipients of welfare handouts. They want to be treated as citizens with voice and choice - equal and active partners in developing public services. - Dr Margy Whalley, Director of Research at Pen Green Research, Development and Training Base and Leadership Centre

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Karl Brettig is Manager of Salisbury Communities for Children in South Australia. The Salisbury site has been successful in developing a range of innovative child and family support initiatives including an integrated child and family centre at Ingle Farm. Together with a team of child and family support stakeholders he convened the Children Communities Connections conferences in 2008 and 2010.Margaret Sims is Professor of Early Childhood at the University of New England. Her research interests focus around family support and community-based services for young children and families. She has an extensive publication record in this area. She is currently working with colleagues around Australia on developing a suite of postgraduate courses for those working in integrated early childhood services.

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