How the framework helps practitioners
The National Best Practice Framework for Early Childhood Intervention describes the aims, outcomes and principles that underpin effective ECI services and supports for children and their families. It also provides guidance on how the principles should be delivered in practice.
The framework provides a suite of tools and resources that explain what the principles and practices look like when used to support young children and their families.
The guidance:
- describes the principles and the related practices
- supports decision-making with an evidence-informed decision-making guide
- provides a range of tools and resources to help practitioners understand what best practice looks like in their everyday work.
Applying best practice as a practitioner
As a practitioner, you can use these tools and resources to make sure that the services you provide follow the best practice principles outlined in the framework.
The decision making guide helps you and your clients to make decisions together. It includes guidance about:
- what goals to focus on
- what strategies to use
- who should be on the ECI team
- how to provide support
- where to provide services
- how intensive services should be.
Practice guidance for each of the 14 principles in the framework helps you make sure that your services are in line with the framework.
Our fact sheets provide you with practical examples of how to implement these principles in your practice.
Use the measurement tools and guides to help you choose, and use, outcome measures relevant to your practice.
How we’ll know it’s working
We’ll know that the framework is working when the children you’re supporting:
- have secure, stable and safe relationships with parents, carers, siblings, family members and significant others
- interact with family members, other children and people in the community to build relational skills and connections
- develop their sense of agency and have a voice in matters that affect them
- have a positive sense of belonging to their family and community
- build strong identities and connections to their culture and community
- participate and feel they belong in everyday home, community, early childhood education and care, and school environments
- acquire, develop and generalise new knowledge and skills
- follow their interests and enjoy play opportunities
- develop positive health habits over time
- build capacity to regulate their behaviour.
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