Parenting

Immunisation
http://www.immunise.health.gov.au

Immunisation can protect people against harmful infections, which can cause serious complications, including death. Immunisation uses the bodys natural defence mechanism - the immune response - to build resistance to specific infections. These diseases, which can be prevented by routine childhood immunisation, are included in the National Immunisation Program Schedule (NIPS). The website provides information about immunisation and Australian immunisation standards, including translations of some materials.

Raising Children
http://www.raisingchildren.net.au

Is a website providing information that can help parents with the day-to-day decisions of raising children, and looking after their own needs. Positive outcomes for children across a range of areas can be achieved when parents have access to information based on the best science in parenting and child health and development. Where the science is unclear, or where there is evidence for more than one approach to an issue, they will provide information about the different options and their risks and benefits. They do not tell parents what to do, yet we will offer detailed information on how to implement a particular chosen strategy.

Family planning
http://www.fpahealth.org.au

Family Planning NSW has been providing reproductive and sexual health services in New South Wales for 80 years. They are an independent, not-for-profit organisation responsible to a voluntary board of directors. The majority of their funding comes from the Federal and NSW governments, as well as Area Health Services, private enterprise and research organisations. We also generate a significant portion of income through the sale of goods and services associated with reproductive and sexual health.

Fostering
http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCS/STANDARD/PC_100884.html

Foster care is provided to children and young people who are unable to live with their own families. We aim to help children, young people and their families stay together, but when this is not possible, we need to ensure they will be cared for in a safe environment by foster carers or other out-of-home care arrangements. Foster carers take on the responsibilities of a parent for a period of time, to provide a safe, nurturing and secure family environment for children and young people needing care.

Adoption
http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCS/STANDARD/PC_101070.html

Adoption is one of a range of options used to provide care for children who can't live with their birth families. It is a legal process, is long term and permanent. All legal rights and responsibilities of parents are transferred from the birth parents to the adoptive parents. Adoption has a long history in our society and there are many views, attitudes and opinions held about it. Current practice recognises that although adoption ends a child's legal relationship with birth parents, the emotional and genetic relationships remain. Adoption today embraces issues of identity, openness and the value of a child's cultural and racial heritage.DoCS Adoption and Permanent Care Services Adoption and Permanent Care Services is the branch of DoCS which provides a wide range of services in NSW for people who are adopted and want to find out about their birth family, for birth parents who are making an adoption decision or who want to be in contact with their child, and for adoptive parents. For people who are interested in adopting, Adoption and Permanent Care Services run programs for: local adoption and permanent care adoption of children with special needs intercountry adoption intrafamily adoption

Natural Parenting - A guide for Parents
http://www.naturalparenting.com.au

Being a parent is one of the most rewarding and challenging jobs we can choose. The value placed on the vital role of parenting most often underestimates the crucial importance of adequately resourcing parents. The well being of future generations strongly depends on how we support and resource parents today.

New South Wales Department of Community Services (DoCS)
http://www.community.nsw.gov.au

This is the leading NSW Government agency responsible for community services promoting safety and wellbeing of children and young people and to build stronger families and communities. DoCS helps children, young people and families across a continuum of care. The core work focuses on child protection, starting with early intervention strategies to help build stronger families and communities. DoCS core activities are to: help protect and care for children and young people and support their families provide and fund accommodation and support services for children and young people who need to live away from their families regulate child care by licensing and monitoring compliance fund and regulate adoption services fund support services to assist people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness help people separated from their families to trace their records coordinate services to meet the basic welfare and recovery needs of people affected by natural and other disasters.

Baby Express
http://www.babyexpress.com.au

Family relationships
http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au

It provides all families (whether together or separated) with information and advice about family relationship issues. It allows families to find out about services that are funded by the Government that can assist them to build better relationships. It also provides information on the Government's reforms to the family law system to help families focus on the needs of their children.

Australian Institute of Family Studies
http://www.aifs.gov.au

The Australian Institute of Family Studies (the Institute) is an Australian Government statutory agency in the portfolio of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. It was established in February 1980 under the Australian Family Law Act 1975. The Director of the Institute is Professor Alan Hayes. The role of the Institute is to conduct research and communicate findings to policy makers, service providers and the broader community about factors that affect family wellbeing.

Fatherhood
http://www.fatherhood.net.au

THE FATHERHOOD PROJECT is a not for profit, independent organisation, dedicated to valuing the experience of fatherhood and building positive community, through enriching the lives of children, fathers and their families. Our aim is for every father to be actively and lovingly engaged in their children’s lives. It is about supporting healthy, relationships between men, women and children and creating positive outcomes for families.

Created: 23-September-2007
Modified: 15-December-2009