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Funding & Support
Securing funding and support can be tricky, especially at the moment while the system is being changed. If you're finding it hard to navigate it all, you're not a lone! There are a range of supports available - often the hard part is finding the information you need.
Awhi Articles
Awhi Article
Inclusive Education - What is it?
We're sure you've heard of inclusive education. But do you know what it is?
Awhi Article
How to find a support worker
There are many great carers. Here's a guide from a parent who knows on how to find the right carer to be part of your family.
Awhi Article
How do you get a teacher aide?
Does your child need a teacher aide? Here's a step-by-step guide to getting funding for a teacher aide.
Awhi Article
How do I get ORS funding for my child?
ORS funding can be hard to get and we get a lot of questions here about the process. We hope this guide will help!
Awhi Article
Early Intervention - What is available to help...
Early Intervention Services (EIS) operates under Learning Support at the Ministry of Education - here's everything you need to know about the service.
Awhi Article
Early Intervention - What health services are...
Early Intervention Services (EIS) operates under Learning Support at the Ministry of Education - this guide outlines what services are available under the early intervention umbrella.
Awhi Article
Early Intervention - How can I help my...
If your child needs early intervention therapies, the best place to start is at home. Here are some tips to help you support your child at home with early interventions.
Awhi Article
Are you traumatised by your child’s illness?
Parents of medically fragile and disabled children can face medical trauma just like their children do. Let's talk about what we can do to face that trauma.
Books
Book
Working with families of young children with...
"This user-friendly book presents research-based best practices for serving families of children with special needs from birth to age six. Expert contributors demonstrate how early intervention and...
Book
The early intervention guidebook for families...
"Shows what early intervention looks like when it is based on current research and best practices. It focuses on how families and professionals can collaborate effectively so that young children...
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Teaching individuals with developmental delays :
Offers detailed descriptions of current programs and addresses the critical issues related to developmental disabilities for professionals of Special Education, Law, and Psychology. Covers: Basic...
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Small steps forward :
"When young children are diagnosed with conditions such as Down's Syndrome, autism, or other forms of developmental delay, there is much that parents can do to help. This new edition of the award...
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Quinn at school :
"Early diagnosis and early intervention are both important factors in the lifelong success of those diagnosed. Quinn at School is based on vignettes that reflect the social challenges (interacting...
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Prevent-teach-reinforce for young children :
"Now early childhood professionals have their own guide to the popular Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR) model—the research-proven, family-centered approach used in schools nationwide to resolve...
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Inclusion in the early childhood classroom :
"In this engaging book, the authors share stories from their practice and research about several young children with a variety of developmental delays and disabilities and their teachers. They...
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Helping children to improve their gross motor...
"This guided curriculum offers a way to help children and young people aged 5-18 years. Activity worksheets provide instructions on how gross motor tasks can be accomplished through incremental...
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Group play interventions for children :
"Group play interventions are used to meet a broad range of developmental needs in children from various backgrounds. This book is for mental health practitioners working with children aged 5...
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Family-based practices
"Addresses the topic of family-based practices describing specific strategies that will assist practitioners to collaborate with families in achieving the various components of the recommended...
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Early learning goals for children with special...
Provides suggestions for those working with children with disabilities to utilise play as a means of helping children to learn. Shows how to use each work area of the early years setting as a...
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Early intervention practices around the world
Describes effective early intervention practices at work in 13 countries. Describes innovations in four areas: service delivery models, family support, professional development, and organisational...
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Early Intervention Every Day! :
"Effective early intervention doesn't stop when the provider leaves the family's home. That's why every interventionist needs this practical sourcebook, packed with research-based strategies for...
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Early childhood intervention without tears :
"This essay describes an enhanced Team Around the Child (TAC) approach that supports families in finding a workable balance between interventions for the infant and quality of life for the whole...
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DEC recommended practices :
"Guides the development and implementation of an effective early intervention/early childhood special education program for fully integrating research evidence with the everyday truths faced by...
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Cerebral palsy in infancy: targeted activity to...
"Cerebral Palsy in Infancy is a thought-provoking book which introduces a new way of thinking on the development and use of interventions. Relevant to current practice, it advocates early, targeted...
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CARA's kit for toddlers :
"CARA's Kit stands for Creating Adaptations for Routines and Activities. In this approach, you adapt the environment, activities and routines so that all toddlers may participate as independently...
Ebooks
Ebook
Small steps forward
"When young children are diagnosed with conditions such as Down's Syndrome, autism, or other forms of developmental delay, there is much that parents can do to help. This new edition of the award...
Ebook
Helping children to improve their gross motor...
"This guided curriculum offers a way to help children and young people aged 5-18 years. Activity worksheets provide instructions on how gross motor tasks can be accomplished through incremental...
Online Resources
Online Resource
NZ Down Syndrome Association
"The New Zealand Down Syndrome Association (NZSDA) has set itself the mission to Support, inform and advocate alongside people with Down syndrome, families, whānau and professionals. The NZDSA...
Online Resource
Women's Refuge.
New Zealand’s largest nation-wide organisation that supports and helps women and children experiencing family violence. Our vision is for all women and children in Aotearoa to live free from...
Online Resource
Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People
Brief description of Child Development Services and how to access them.
Online Resource
Skylight Trust :
Skylight Trust supports people of all ages throughout New Zealand who are facing any kind of tough life situation, but specialises in grief, loss and trauma.
Online Resource
Plunket Whanau Awhina
"Plunket is a charity and Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest support service for the health and wellbeing of tamariki under-five and their whānau. We offer free health and development checks, a 24/7...
Online Resource
Incredible Years Parent programme :
Incredible Years Parent is a 14-session programme for parents of children aged 3-8, which provides parents with skills to better support children, creating a positive home environment to promote...
Online Resource
How to have a very nice solo holiday
Some tips about having a great holiday without friends and family.
Online Resource
FASD Hub Australia
Australia's FASD hub for health professionals, teachers, justice professionals, researchers, parents and carers.
Online Resource
Explore Specialist Advice :
Our network of over 170 behaviour specialists are dedicated to working with parents, whānau, caregivers and residential care providers to improve wellbeing and quality of life for all, wherever you...
Online Resource
Early Intervention Services
NZ Ministry of Education website explaining the Early Intervention Service (EIS), what support is available and how parents can access the service.
Online Resource
Foundations
UK website Foundations, a result of the merger between What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) and the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) in December 2022, is dedicated to ensuring that all...
Online Resource
Community Child Health, Te Whatu Ora/Waitemata
Overview of Community Child Health and the services provided, including contact information.
Online Resource
Children’s Health, Starship, Te Whatu Ora /Te...
Information on children's health services at Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
Online Resource
Child Health, Te Whatu Ora Health New...
Brief overview of the service and submission forms for a referral.
Online Resource
Child Development Service, Wellington Regional...
Overview of the service, the professional staff on the team and contact information.
Online Resource
Child Development Service, Te Whatu Ora/Health...
Brief explanation of the Child Development Service, the type of specialists and their roles and contact information for the Service.
Online Resource
Child Development Service, Te Whatu Ora Health...
Child Development Service website, includes a description of the services available, an explanation of how family and whānau can work with the service, links to helpful online resources for family...
Online Resource
Child Development Service, Te Whatu Ora Health...
Contact information for the Child Development Service, Southland, Southern Te Whatu Ora
Online Resource
Child Development Centre, Te Whatu Ora/ Waikato
Summary of services and contact information for the Waikato Child Development Service
Videos
Video
What is Early Intervention?
Early intervention means identifying and providing effective early support to children and young people who are at risk of poor outcomes. Effective early intervention works to prevent problems...
Video
The Power of Early Intervention :
Early intervention - tackling problems before they become more serious and more entrenched - is the right response to improve the lives of children, young people and the families, and to strengthen...
The Awhi Ngā Mātua team would like to thank Takai, the IHC Foundation and the Dines Family Charitable Trust for their generous contributions to our work. A huge thank you also to the IHC Programmes team, in particular the IHC Library which has worked so hard to make their remarkable collection available to us.
