Griffith Connections
This is a Project funded by the Federal Government through the Department of Family, Housing, Community and Indigenous Affairs. It is auspiced by our service and enables us to build capacity within our community to support families as they raise their young children.
The Griffith Connections: Creating Opportunities For Family project will involve a multi-faceted approach to family and parent support, including: home visits; small workshops and focus groups; providing information on parenting and the local community in identified new immigrant home languages; support from qualified early childhood staff; drawing together volunteers from different social, economic and cultural backgrounds to work with families; and the use of a variety of information delivery mechanisms.
Through these diverse approaches, the project aims to provide opportunities for disadvantaged Griffith families to become capable, resourceful and resilient and to promote the healthy development of their children.
The project will also seek to increase the access of all Griffith families, especially those from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, to appropriate support programmes.
The project will raise community awareness of the changing role of the family and of the issues that impact on families, young people and children within the Griffith community.
Griffith LGA is the fastest growing rural community in NSW, attracting families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds as well as young families seeking opportunities for work. A large percentage of children born each year have a parent born in a non-English speaking country. A significant number of young children in Griffith do not speak English as their main language at home
Workshops 2011
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Maggie Dent - Boot Camp 2 day workshop HERE -
Maggie Dent - Loss and Grief for Children HERE
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Maggie Dent - Top Tips for Dad’s HERE
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Coming up: TripleP Parenting Courses
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Resilience Workshop Notes -
Value of Play Workshop Notes
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Download the Value of Play/ Am I ready for School Book.
Newsletters
We produce a bimonthly parenting newsletter distributed across early childhood services and allied health agencies.
You can down load a copy of each edition below.
These files are pdf and you will require the latest version of Acrobat Reader to access the files.
Griffith Connections Newsletter April May 2011
Links
Here are some links to agencies and support programs that we value and believe provide excellent information and resources for parents.
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Coping with Depression - Beyond Blue
Local Community Based Children’s Services
For for local , community based and not for profit children’s services, then the following services meet these requirements.
Griffith Preschool Kindergarten, Kindergarten Lane, Griffith PH: 69644283 Email
Griffith Central Preschool, Kuttamulla Ave, Griffith PH: 69644077
Yenda Preschool, Yenda PH: 69681335 Email
Wiradjuri Preschool, Blumer Ave, Griffith PH: 69622106 Email
Griffith East Preschool, Sanders St, Griffith PH: 69622430 Email.
Riverina Children’s Activity Van, Benerembah St, Griffith Email
ABC Children’s Services, Dtiver, Collina and Coolah St. Email
contact
Phone 0269626833
What is Griffith Connections?
Coping with difficult times
Here are some downloadable resources for parents and people who work with children and families in times of crisis. These resources have come from a variety of sources. All files are pdf.
Introduction to child development and trauma
ECA Bushfires and Young Children Fact Sheet.
Booklet for Teachers on Bushfire
Helping Adolescents after a Bushfire
Possible Reactions students may have after a Natural Disaster
The stress of being under threat
When someone you know has had a traumatic experience
What ever happened to the World. - this booklet looks at how the 9/11 incident impacted on young children and their families and provides insights for adults who work with children and families in crisis.
© Griffith Child Care Centre Inc 2011 | Photography:Neville Dwyer
