Early childhood support for remote children and families

Families as First Teachers (FaFT) is an early learning and family support program that recognises that parents are their child’s first and most important teacher.

The core elements of the FaFT program are:

• quality child and family-centred learning
• parent capacity building
• community engagement.

FaFT provides:

• an early learning program that's child and family centred using an approach and strategies that are evidence based
• access to reading books and learning games to use at home that promote intentional and meaningful interactions between adults and children
• parenting support on child nutrition, health, hygiene, development and wellbeing
• guidance to prepare your child for school and support smooth transitioning to preschool
• child development screening and support to access early intervention.

You can access the program in remote schools and in some urban locations.

For more information, call your closest community program in the table below.

The Department of Education’s child and family centres support children and their families from pre-birth to age 5. Child and family centres are a single point of contact for families to access a variety of services including:

• child health
• early childhood education and care
• child development
• family support.

Their vision is to help families and communities ensure children have the best start in life, growing up strong, healthy and safe.

For more information, contact your closest child and family centre below.

Alice Springs

Larapinta Child and Family Centre, phone 08 8958 5180.

For more information, go to the Larapinta Child and Family Centre Facebook page.

Gunbalanya

Arrmunbu Child and Family Centre, phone 08 8958 5180.

Maningrida

Manayingkarirra Child and Family Centre, phone 08 8979 5950.

Ngukurr

Gulaman Child and Family Centre, phone 08 8979 5950.

Palmerston

Palmerston Child and Family Centre, phone 08 8944 9223.

For more information, go to the Palmerston Child and Family Centre Facebook page.

Yuendumu

Yurrampi Child and Family Centre, phone 08 8956 4015.

For more information, go to the Yurrampi Child and Family Centre website.