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Increasing Triple P attendance in diverse and vulnerable communities across Western Australia utilising the Child and Parent

Centres

Ailsa Earley

Tonia Fahey

Lauren Andree

Outline

• Child and Parent Centre model

• Data collection and outcomes

• Increasing family access and

participation

Establishment of the CPCs

• 2013 - Establishment of the Child and Parent Centre

initiative

• 2017 - Initiative became a Permanent Program

• Centres Located in Vulnerable Communities

• Managed by Non-Government Organisations

Non-government organisation commitment

Contracted PartnersAnglicareWA

Centrecare

Investing in our Youth

Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women’s

Resource Centre

MercyCare

Ngala

The Smith Family

The Shire of Mundaring

Parkerville Children and Youth Care

One Tree Community Services

Wanslea

Wunan

YMCA

• Services for families of children up to age 8

• Parent education, crèche, nurse and speech

pathologist.

• Three psychologists (2 full time equivalent)

Child and Parent Centre Services

Data Collection

• What: date, attendance, topic, venue,

location

• Who: School psychologists, CPC co-

ordinators and principal consultants

• When: every session, census twice yearly

and reporting in biannual reports

Results 2013-2019

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100

200

300

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500

600

700

800

900

1000

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Triple P Data

Metro Regional

Increasing family access and

participation in Triple P

Strategies

• Travel to remote regions

http://www.lifeonperth.com/faqs.htm

Geographic Challenges of WA

http://www.lifeonperth.com/faqs.htm

A day in the life…

Strategies


• Flexible delivery formats

Strategies



• Evening and weekend workshops & whole day

workshops (e.g 3 seminar series in one day)

Strategies



• Evening and weekend workshops

• Tailored examples to cater for discrete

community needs

Strategies





community needs

• Cultural adaptations

Strategies





community needs


• Interpretation services

Strategies





community needs


• Translation and interpretation services

• Co-facilitation and mentoring

Conclusion

• Increase of attendance in Triple P:

– 140 (2013) to 1193 (2019)

• Strategies have been developed to meet

the unique challenges of Western Australia

• What’s next…

Questions

Documents

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