❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the Early Development Index (EDI) survey for children, including participation numbers, potential expansion, and vulnerability rates. The Minister provides details on the ongoing demonstration project and future considerations.
AnsweredQoN 852Legislative Council
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I ask the minister to provide the following information - (1) How many Western Australian children have undergone the early development index survey? (2) Does the Minister for Health intend to extend this survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Of the children who have been assessed using the early development index survey, how many have been shown to be vulnerable in the EDI domains? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(1) How many Western Australian children have undergone the early development index survey? (2) Does the Minister for Health intend to extend this survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Of the children who have been assessed using the early development index survey, how many have been shown to be vulnerable in the EDI domains? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(2) Does the Minister for Health intend to extend this survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Of the children who have been assessed using the early development index survey, how many have been shown to be vulnerable in the EDI domains? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Of the children who have been assessed using the early development index survey, how many have been shown to be vulnerable in the EDI domains? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(4) Of the children who have been assessed using the early development index survey, how many have been shown to be vulnerable in the EDI domains? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(1) How many Western Australian children have undergone the early development index survey? (2) Does the Minister for Health intend to extend this survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Of the children who have been assessed using the early development index survey, how many have been shown to be vulnerable in the EDI domains? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(2) Does the Minister for Health intend to extend this survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children? (3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Of the children who have been assessed using the early development index survey, how many have been shown to be vulnerable in the EDI domains? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(3) If no to (2), why not? (4) Of the children who have been assessed using the early development index survey, how many have been shown to be vulnerable in the EDI domains? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(4) Of the children who have been assessed using the early development index survey, how many have been shown to be vulnerable in the EDI domains? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(1) The Australian early development index has been administered to approximately 5 000 Western Australian children in 2004 and 2005. This is part of a demonstration project across Australia being conducted jointly by the TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth and the Centre for Community Child Health at the University of Melbourne. It is an Australian government initiative under the national agenda for early childhood. (2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(2) There are no plans at present to extend the survey to all Western Australian five-year-old children. (3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(3) The AEDI is an Australian modification of a Canadian index and it is being trialled as noted above. The final results of the demonstration project will be released in late 2006 and it is expected that recommendations about future directions for the use of the AEDI will be made in early 2007. At that time the Department of Health, together with other relevant agencies such as the Department of Education and Training, will give consideration to future use of the AEDI in Western Australia. (4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
(4) The first results of the demonstration project will be released on 24 November 2005 by Senator Hon Kay Patterson, the federal Minister for Family and Community Services. No results are available for release before that date. Information from specific communities participating in the demonstration project will be available from 8 December 2005 on the project’s web site, www.australianedi.org.au.
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