Principle 1.1: Carers and coordination unit staff interact with all children in a warm, friendly and respectful way Principle 1.2: Communication between coordination unit staff and families is effective and supports the child's placement in care Principle 1.3: Communication between carers and families is effective and supports the family and child to settle into care Principle 1.4: Carers' personal and family arrangements provide a positive home environment that supports the provision of family day care Principle 1.5: Relationships within the scheme value diversity, teamwork, mutual respect, understanding and professionalism

Recommended book titles:

A world of difference: Readings on teaching young children in a diverse society
Attachment: Building secure relationships in early childhood
Building your baby's brain: A parent's guide to the first five years
Challenging behaviours in early childhood settings: Creating a place for all children
Children with special needs: Lessons for early childhood professionals
Circle of influence: Implementing shared decision making and participative management
Early development risk and disability: Relational contexts
Educating and caring for very young children: The infant toddler curriculum
Engaging families: Building strong communication
Everyday learning about brothers and sisters
Everyday learning about friendship
Fathering from the fast lane: Practical ideas for busy dads
Games children play: The effects of media violence on young children
Helping children in times of need: Grief, loss, separation and divorce
Hollyhocks and honeybees: Gardening projects for young children
Learning about feelings
Lessons from my child: Parents' experiences of life with a disabled child
Managing difficult behaviour in young children
Our part in peace
Partnerships for children - parents and community together: A summary of a seminar 'roadshow' offered in 13 locations across Australia
Promoting resilience in children
Reading right from the start: What parents can do in the first five years
Relationships, the heart of quality care: Creating community among adults in early care settings
Rethinking attachment for early childhood practice: Promoting security, autonomy and resilience in young children
Revisiting celebrations with young children
Roots and wings: Affirming culture in early childhood programs
Start smart: Building brain power in the early years
Stepfamily life: Why is it different - and how to make it work
That's not fair: A teachers guide to activism with young children
The happy toddler: A parents guide to nurturing a happy and confident toddler
The lost art of childhood: How to do things families have forgotten
The power of projects: Meeting contemporary challenges in early childhood classrooms - strategies and solutions
Understanding children's feelings: Emotional literacy in early childhood
What happened to the world? Helping children cope in turbulent times
Widening the circle: Including children with disabilities in preschool programs
Young children with attention difficulties
Young children's behaviour: Practical approaches for caregivers and teachers (second edition)
Young gifted children: Meeting their needs
Your child's emotional needs: What they are and how to meet them
'You're going to love this kid!' : Teaching students with autism in the inclusive classroom