Publications available to download:

SDN History 1905 – 2005
A history of SDN’s first 100 years

Community Link
Our stakeholder magazine published quarterly

SDN Strategic Plan 2006 – 2008
Our strategic goals.

Annual Report 2007 – 2008

Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2007

Barns, M. (2005) Caregivers Investigating Children's Learning: Realistic Perspectives on Infants' Communication, Empathy and Relationships. Redfern, NSW: SDN Children’s Services
This publication explores questions that caregivers explored relating to infants' communication, movement, the emergence of intelligent action, empathy and relationships.

SDN presentations delivered at conferences:

The development of SDN's curriculum framework: Bringing cohesion between theory, research and practice within an ecological context (6.04MB Powerpoint Slideshow)
Presented by Joy Goodfellow and Sandie Wong at the 2008 ARECE Conference Melbourne 22-23 January 2008

Rewards and challenges of transdisciplinary play-based early childhood intervention: An evaluation of SDN's PlayLinks program (1.85MB Powerpoint Slidewhow)
Presented by Sandie Wong and Tamara Cumming at the 2008 ARECE Conference Melbourne 22-23 January 2008

Please call SDN Publications on 9213 2400 for copies of the following:

Goodfellow, J. (2006). Parents Speaking Out: Stories of Parents in SDN Children's Services Parent Resource Program. Redfern, NSW: SDN Children's Services.

Huntsman, L. (2005) 'For the little ones, the best': SDN Children's Services 1905 - 2005  Redfern, NSW.

SDN Children's Services (2005) 'Sharing our stories': Stories of the Inclusion of Children with Additional needs and Rights in Early Childhood Settings. Redfern, NSW.

Goodfellow, J., Camus, S., Gyorog, D., Watt, M., & Druce, J. (2004) 'It's a lot different now': A description and evaluation of an innovative family support program within SDN's mainstream early childhood services. Redfern, NSW: SDN Children's Services