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01 Mar 2021... Information about toddler sleep patterns and behaviours (1 to 2 years), toddler sleep rhythms at 1 to 2 years, settling your toddler at 1 to 2 years, toddlers and sleep regression, maternal and child health nurse visits and where to get help.

01 Mar 2021... Information about preventing sleep concerns, including bonding with your baby aged 0 to 6 months, settling and calming your baby and developing a sleep routine.

01 Mar 2021... Information about preventing sleep concerns includes connecting with your toddler, recognising your toddler's tired signs, creating a sleep routine and environment and bedtime routines for your toddler, helping your toddler sleep safely and moving your toddler from cot to bed.

01 Mar 2021... Information about preventing sleep concerns includes connecting with your preschooler, recognising your preschooler's tired signs, creating a sleep routine and environment and bedtime routines for your preschooler, helping your preschooler sleep safely and moving your preschooler from cot to bed.

16 Dec 2021... Information about the hepatitis B vaccine given to newborn babies. Includes information about the disease, why babies should have the vaccine, and information about possible side effects. It is important to start the hepatitis B immunisation as soon as possible after birth.

01 Nov 2019... This resource offers details in translation about the complimentary pneumococcal vaccine for infants under the National Immunisation Program. It describes the disease, vaccine details, eligibility criteria, and potential side effects.

01 Dec 2022... This translated resource provides information about the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines for children between 12 and 18 months of age through the National Immunisation Program schedule. It includes information on what they are, the vaccine itself, possible side effects, and a short pre-immunisation checklist.

01 Aug 2019... You have been given this factsheet because your baby has been born with genitals that look a bit different (atypical). These genital differences are sometimes referred to as 'intersex variations', 'differences of sex development' or 'variations in sex characteristics'. This fact sheet provides information for families to fully understand the issues and risks associated with your child's specific intersex variation in order to make informed decisions about their best care and treatment.

01 Aug 2019... You have been given this fact sheet because your baby or child has been diagnosed as having a variation in sex characteristics. This means your child was born with naturally occurring characteristics that do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies. These differences are also sometimes referred to as 'intersex variations', 'differences of sex development' or 'conditions associated with reproductive development'. Different people prefer different terms.

01 Mar 2021... Information about sleep for newborns, including newborn sleep patterns and behaviours, newborn sleep rhythms, newborn sleep cycles, settling your newborn, feeding your newborn, newborns communicating by crying, maternal and child health nurse visits and where to get help.

01 Mar 2021... Information about sleep for babies 3 to 6 months, including baby sleep patterns and behaviours at 3 to 6 months, baby sleep rhythms at 3 to 6 months, settling your baby at 3 to 6 months, feeding your baby at 3 to 6 months, maternal and child health nurse visits and where to get help.

01 Mar 2021... Information about preventing sleep concerns, including settling your baby (6 to 12 months), recognising your baby’s tired signs, creating a sleep routine and environment for your baby, creating bedtime routines, feeding, playing, sleeping and your baby.

01 Mar 2023... Information about preventing sleep concerns, including looking after yourself, strategies to help your baby sleep and settle, helping your baby sleep with parental presence, helping your baby sleep by camping out and controlled comforting.

01 Mar 2023... Information about preventing sleep concerns, including looking after yourself, strategies to help your toddler sleep and settle, helping your toddler sleep with parental presence, helping your toddler sleep by camping out and with bedtime fading, controlled comforting and moving your toddler from cot to bed.

01 Jul 2024... Information on Year 7 secondary school immunisation program and consent form.  Adolescents in Year 7 of secondary school (or aged 12 to 13) are recommended to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) and diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccines. Parents, guardians, or other medical treatment decision makers must provide consent for each vaccine for adolescents to receive vaccinations at school. The first section provides information on HPV, diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccines, and then the consent form is attached at the end.  More information is available on the Victorian Department of Health website. 

01 Sep 2022... Babies and toddlers are directly affected by trauma. They are also affected if their mother, father or main caregiver is suffering the consequences of the trauma. If their home and routine become unsettled or disrupted as a result of the trauma, babies and toddlers are also vulnerable. You can help your baby or toddler recover by providing support to rebuild a safe, calm and nurturing home.

01 Mar 2021... Information about preschooler sleep patterns and behaviours (3 to 5 years), preschoolers and night-time fears, settling your preschooler at 3 to 5 years, creating a positive sleep environment for your preschooler, preschoolers and night-time bedwetting, maternal and child health nurse visits and where to get help.

01 Oct 2020... While children are at school, many families will have contact with head lice. The information will help you treat and control head lice.

01 Jan 2016... This translated information resource provides information on diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough) booster vaccine, which is given for free to children at 18 months old through the National Immunisation Program schedule. It describes what diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough) are, the vaccines, and their side effects. It also has a short pre-immunisation checklist.

01 Sep 2018... This translated document outlines the lawful requirement that all parents must provide a current Immunisation History Statement from the Australian Immunisation Register to enrol their child in primary school. The document outlines what the statement is and is used for, as well as what to do if a child is immunised overseas.

21 Nov 2018... Know the effects of extreme heat, who is at risk and how you can prepare yourself and others.

01 Mar 2021... Information about toddler sleep patterns and behaviours (2 to 3 years), toddler sleep rhythms at 2 to 3 years, settling your toddler at 2 to 3 years, moving your toddler from cot to bed, maternal and child health nurse visits and where to get help.

01 Mar 2021... Information about sleep for babies 3 to 6 months, including baby sleep patterns and behaviours at 6-12 months, baby sleep rhythms at 6-12 months, separation and your baby, settling your baby at 6-12 months, maternal and child health nurse visits and where to get help.

01 Mar 2021... Information about preventing sleep concerns, strategies to help your preschooler sleep and settle, helping your preschooler with bedtime fading, rewarding your preschooler for positive sleep behaviour and helping your preschooler sleep safely.

01 Dec 2024... The Victorian Government’s school dental program is FREE for all students in government schools. When the Smile Squad team schedules a visit to your school, you'll need to fill out a consent form before students can receive dental care. The consent forms on this page are just samples. Your child's school will provide the official form. This form provides parents and carers with information about Smile Squad services and helps Smile Squad gather the details it needs to provide personalised care.

01 Dec 2022... This translated resource provides information about the measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccines for children at 18 months of age through the National Immunisation Program schedule. It includes information on what they are, the vaccine itself, possible side effects and a short pre-immunisations checklist.

01 Oct 2018... This translated document details the enrolment requirements in Victoria for children in long day care, kindergarten, family day care or occasional care. It also includes information on Immunisation History Statements and childhood immunisation schedules.

01 Nov 2019... Never leave your most precious valuables, your children, alone in the car. The never leave kids in cars campaign prompts parents to take their kids with them whenever they get out of the car, just as they do their everyday valuables, to avoid potentially tragic consequences.

01 Nov 2021... This document provides information about the four-in-one combined vaccine for protection against meningococcal A, C, W, Y strains that is free to secondary school students in Victoria. The consent form must be signed by the parents/carers of eligible young people under 18 years old so they can receive the vaccine at secondary school.

01 Jun 2017... This translated resource provides information on the Rotavirus, the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and young children in Australia. It includes information on the protection against rotavirus that is available free of charge under the National Immunisation Program Schedule for babies in two doses at two and four months of age. It also includes a pre-immunisation checklist and information on possible side effects.

01 Jan 2021... Initial immunisation evidence request template for for early childhood education and care services in Victoria (childcare/kindergartens) to assist parents in complying with the 'No Jab, No Play' legislation, which requires all children to be fully vaccinated unless they have a medical exemption to be enrolled in childcare or kindergarten in Victoria.

20 Nov 2019... This fact sheet explains what happens when a family preservation order has been issued by the Magistrate at the Children's Court because the safety and wellbeing of the children are at risk.