Trailblazing for cultural safety and cultural strength - conversation with Adjunct Professor Janine Mohamed WITH AUDIO

Working in Aboriginal health for the last 25 years

About Janine:

‘Well, I think the most important thing about me is that I'm a member of the Nurrunga and Kaurna nations, and I actually grew up in a little place called Point Pearce Mission, which is in the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. I'm a m

Nepal: Partnership for Sustainable Development (PSD) bridges the gap

'Large parts of the Nepali population live in poverty and are unable to access education...'

From their website:

PSD builds capacity in the poorest and most vulnerable communities in Nepal, notably amongst children, women, orphans, those with disabilities, and in rural communities.

Functionin

How early child and family support began in the UK

The chosen words then for early support professionals were ‘keyworker’ or ‘key worker’

In the early 1990s there were two or three local projects in the UK that were providing a keyworker service to families whose baby or infant had significant special needs. To my knowledge, two of these were in Wal

Thoughts following Michael Guralnick’s 2023 paper on design of early child and family support

‘Designing an integrated system is one thing, getting professionals to be happy and secure working in it is another’

Michael Guralnick’s paper: A framework for the design of inclusive community-based early childhood intervention programs: infants and young children.

Editorial comment

The central the

Two-thirds of England’s maternity units dangerously substandard, says Care Quality Commission

'It voiced particular concern about the poor experience of women from ethnic minorities who are giving birth'

From Guardian Newspaper:

CQC says too many mothers and babies receive care that is not good enough, with staff shortages among reasons

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated 65% of mate

Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems

Evidence to Impact Center

From the website:

Babies and toddlers need a variety of supports to thrive, yet families experiencing poverty and inequities often have limited access to the services they need, when they need them.

The Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems (ECDHS): Evidence

Connecting the Brain to the Rest of the Body: Early Childhood Development and Lifelong Health Are Deeply Intertwined. With VIDEO

From Center on the Developing Child

'We know that responsive relationships and language-rich experiences for young children help build a strong foundation for later success in school. The rapidly advancing frontiers of 21st-century biological sciences now provide compelling evidence that the foundat

The Foundations of the Team Around the Child model (TAC)

This essay is adapted from the original service manual ‘Team Around the Child: Multi-agency service Co-ordination for children with complex needs and their families’ by Peter Limbrick, Interconnections UK, 2001

Introduction

The manual from which this paper is adapted is intended for managers