Research Collaborations

Curtin University of Technology WA

PRECI are delighted to be collaborating with 4th year allied health students completing their Professional Honours Projects. This includes occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech pathology students. We were successful in having 5 projects accepted by students.

1. Understanding Child Voice and Agency in Early Childhood Intervention
2. An Introduction to Early Childhood Intervention for new graduates from these fields. Three packages will be developed for the target allied health staff cohort.
3. ‘A day in the life of an early childhood interventionist’: understanding early childhood intervention and its key elements, enabling new graduates to make an informed choice about starting a career in ECI.

These projects are due for the completion by the end of 2025.

July

Australian Institute of Family Studies

General Foundational Supports

PRECI has collaborated with the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) in identifying evidence based programs for caregivers of children 0-9 years with disability or developmental concerns outside of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The project is informed by recommendations from the Independent Review of the NDIS and aimed to understand the features of these programs to inform government of gaps and assess their level of alignment to current evidence base around early childhood intervention.

July

Monash University

Strengths-based practice

PRECI were delighted to collaborate with Monash University, Department of Occupational Therapy students Nicole and Farah in supporting their learning and understanding of strengths-based practice in Early Childhood Intervention. They have developed four (4) podcasts that can be accessed here on the PRECI Podbean Channel. These podcasts would be valuable for new graduates and those new to ECI.

July

Monash University

We Care Train the Trainer resources

PRECI are collaborating with Monash University, Department of Occupational Therapy, with three students learning about building family capacity and supporting family quality of life outcomes. This work aims to support families after receiving a new disability diagnosis. It will focus on the training needs of ECI practitioners in running parent groups. The students will assist in developing resources for a group program – We Care Train the trainer. https://wecareworkshop.com.au/

Jan

Western Sydney University

PRECI is pleased to be collaborating with Western Sydney University in undertaking a new research project to define the learning needs of early childhood intervention professionals working in early childhood intervention. The project aims to discover the best ways to meet the identified learning needs, and ways to ensure the implementation of best practice principles, in order to provide an evidence base for the delivery of professional learning opportunities.

Jul

Monash University

Participatory Community Project (PCP)

PRECI was pleased to collaborate with Occupational Therapy students from Monash University for a PCP student project. PRECI worked with the students for a year, commencing July ‘23. Two students had the opportunity to learn more about the Early Childhood Intervention sector and work with PRECI to develop, distribute and analyse results of a survey relating to the implementation of best practices within the field. They presented their results at the 2nd National PRECI Conference in May 2024. Resources below.

Final Survey Analysis Report

PRECI Conference 2024 eposter