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Practice Notes

Children's services practice notes are policy information sheets that are designed to assist children's services by setting out the department's approach to the requirements of the Children's Services Act 1996 and the Children's Services Regulations 1998.

Practice notes will be reviewed as amendments to the Children's Services Act 1996 and Children's Services Regulations 1998 are introduced in 2009.

New practice notes will be added to this page as they are developed.

Please contact a children's services adviser at your regional office of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development if you require more information on a topic that is not available on this site. (see Regional Offices practice note)

A to Z of Practice Notes

To access the complete list of practice notes, search the A to Z of Practice Notes.

Suite of practice notes

Practice notes cover a very wide range of topics. Most topics are presented in individual practice notes. However, some longer practice notes are arranged in a suite.

A suite of practice notes is a number of practice notes related to the same topic. The current suites are listed below and are also available by searching the A to Z index.

Behaviour guidance

  1. Behaviour Guidance (PDF - 54Kb)
  2. Understanding children’s behaviour (PDF - 56Kb)
  3. Challenging behaviours (PDF - 52Kb)
  4. Strategies to guide children’s behaviour (PDF - 68Kb)
  5. Developing a behaviour guidance policy (PDF - 48Kb)
  6. Discipline of children (PDF - 66Kb)

Children’s programs

  1. Children’s Program – Overview (PDF - 48Kb)
  2. Children’s Program – Statement of Principles (PDF - 41Kb)
  3. Children’s Program – Education and Recreational program (PDF - 75Kb)
  4. Children’s Program – Documentation (PDF - 44Kb)
  5. Children’s Program – Observations (PDF - 52Kb)
  6. Children’s Program – Evaluation (PDF - 41Kb)

Criminal History Checks

Soil assessment