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    The Process and Policy Challenges of Adapting and Implementing the Early Development Instrument in Australia

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    Authors
    Goldfeld, S.
    Sayers, M.
    Brinkman, Sally
    Silburn, Sven
    Oberklaid, F.
    Date
    2009
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Goldfeld, Sharon and Sayers, Mary and Brinkman, Sally and Silburn, Sven and Oberklaid, Frank. 2009. The Process and Policy Challenges of Adapting and Implementing the Early Development Instrument in Australia. Early Education and Development. 20 (6): pp. 978-991.
    Source Title
    Early Education and Development
    DOI
    10.1080/10409280903375800
    ISSN
    10409289
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    Centre for Developmental Health
    School
    Centre for Developmental Health (Curtin Research Centre)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33630
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Research Findings: Australian state and federal governments have increasingly recognized early childhood as a critical period for investing in interventions. At the same time, a number of organizational, structural, and environmental responses have been put in place to build the capacity of communities to better support children and their families. It was in this policy environment of increasing investment in community- level interventions to promote outcomes for children that the need emerged in Australia for a population measure of early childhood development. This article outlines some of the process and policy challenges associated with the introduction and adaptation of a population measure of early child development—the Early Development Instrument (EDI)—by Australian communities, which culminated in its adoption as a national measure of early childhood development in 2008. It highlights the need to develop both a strategic and psychometric approach to successfully implement any measure that requires community-wide participation. Practice or Policy: There were particular challenges to embedding the AEDI, and therefore data about early childhood developmental outcomes, within policy processes. These are discussed in terms of the adaptation and validation process in Australia, the development of novel methods of data collection for national implementation, the benefits of cross-national comparisons, and the policy impact and environment that has been necessary for longer term sustainability.

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