Publications available to download:

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

SDN Strategic Plan 2010 – 2012

Annual Report 2009

Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2009 (SDN)

Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2009 (CFS)

SDN Strategic Plan 2006 – 2008

Annual Report 2008

Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2008

Annual Report 2007

Annual Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2007

SDN Research Publications:

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.

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

Wong, S.M., & Turner, K. SDN Child and Family Resource Centre. Promising Practice Profile. To be included on the Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, website. (accepted for publication June 2008).

Wong, S.M., & Waterford, S. SDN Partnership with Parents Program Promising Practice Profile. To be included on the Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies, website (accepted for publication June 2008).

Wong, S.M., & Cumming, T. (2008). Setting the context. An introduction to the investigation of SDN's Child, Family and children's Services programs including methodological considerations. The first of eight reports investigating SDN's Child, Family and Children's Services programs. Sydney : SDN Children's Services.

Wong, S.M., & Cumming, T. (2008). Practice grounded in theory. The theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of SDN's Child, Family and Children's Services Programs. The second of eight reports investigation SDN's Child, Family and Children's Services programs. Sydney, NSW: SDN Children's Services.

Wong, S.M., & Cumming T. (2008), An Evaluation of SDN’s Child and Family Resource Centre. The Third of
Eight Reports Investigating SDN’s Child, Family and Children’s Services Programs, SDN Children's
Services Inc., Sydney.

Wong, S.M., & Cumming, T. (2008). SDN Early Learning Program: A case study. The fourth of eight reports investigating SDN's Child, Family and Children's Services program. Sydney, NSW: SDN Children's Services.

Cumming, T., & Wong, S.M. (2008). SDN PlayLinks. Dimensions of a relationships-based service. The fifth of eight reports investigating SDN's Child, Family and Children's Services programs. Sydney : SDN Children's Services.

Cumming, T., & Wong, S.M. (2008). An evaluation of SDN's Inclusion Support Agencies: Exploring strengths-based approaches to Inclusion support. The sixth of eight reports investigating SDN's Child, Family and Children's Services programs. Sydney, NSW: SDN Children's Services.

Wong, S.M., & Cumming, T. (2008). Breaking down the barriers: An investigation into the factors that impact upon the successful inclusion of children with disabilities in family day care. The seventh of eight reports investigating SDN's Child, Family and Children's Services programs . Sydney, NSW: SDN Children's Services.

Wong, S.M., & Cumming, T. (2008). SDN's embedded research team. Practitioners' perspectives. The final of eight reports investigating SDN's Child, Family and Children's Services program . Sydney, NSW: SDN Children's Services.

SDN presentations delivered at conferences:

Enhancing safety and wellbeing for children through supporting the meaningful inclusion of families facing challenges into mainstream child care: The Role of the Child Care Resource Officer (CCRO)
Presented by Julie Druce at the Association of Children's Welfare Agencies Conference, 18-20 August 2008.

Combining parent education with other services: Parent education through mainstream early childhood services
Presented by Julie Druce at the CFRC Learning About Parents Conference 28 August 2008

Researching Inclusion Practices: Barriers, challenges and promising practices: Using strengths-based approaches to inclusion support work
Presented by Kay Turner, Sandie Wong and Tamara Cumming at a symposium at ECIA.

Understanding of how to put theory into practice: Weaving the Theory/Practice Nexus November 2008
Presented by Julie Druce in the US at the SDM conference November 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