The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) is a not-for-profit, member-funded organisation advocating for the future of Australia's children.
We work on behalf of long day care owners and operators to ensure families and their children have an opportunity to access affordable, high quality early learning services throughout Australia.
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Mental ill-health: Understand what to look out for and how to get help
Major mental illnesses rarely appear out of the blue. There are often small changes or feelings that “something is not quite right” about peoples’ thinking, feelings or behaviours. It is important that we understand what to look for and what to do.
The COVID-19 climate has had a significant impact on the early learning sector, with changes to the funding model and the resulting changes to family access, along with revisions to workplace health and safety measures affecting the operations of each individual service Australia-wide.
As we continue to navigate through the COVID-19 climate, it's important to ensure that the children continue to feel safe and happy with the routines.
For example, some early learning services may have some staff or families wearing face masks as part of the important efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19. Whilst this is an important way to protect everyone's health, young children may find the appearance of people in face masks confronting.
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There are a lot of things that can easily make people anxious and stressed. This is natural when there are unknown factors in your way. Fear and anxiety can cause strong emotions, which may result in difficulty sleeping. When our sleep is poor, or we cannot get enough sleep, we may not function normally during the day when awake.