Parent Engagement in ACT Schools

This paper explores evidence-based approaches to supporting students with complex needs, highlighting the critical role of families and partnerships in creating inclusive, effective school responses across the ACT education systems. The report of the Expert Panel on Students With Complex Needs and ChallengingBehaviour, also referred to as the Shaddock Report, recommended that in responding tothese […]

Parent Engagement: A Review. Linking Policy and Programs

Evidence suggests that the activities performed by parents and schools combine in complex ways and are affected by the strength of the relationship partnership between family and school. Furthermore, the greater the consistency and continuity in support for learning that the child experiences between the parent and the school the greater the likelihood that student […]

Better systems, better chances: A review of research and practice for prevention and early intervention

Effective prevention and early intervention is possibly the most promising strategy forchanging the trajectories of children. There is clear evidence that children’s life chances areinfluenced by their families and communities and that they are able to be changed for thebetter. Improving the wellbeing of children, young people and families at population-levelrequires flexible and responsive systems […]