Children’s healthy development is vital for their learning and wellbeing and lays the foundation for a happy and healthy life.

Families have access to a range of SA Health services and programs through Children and Family Centres including:

• Aboriginal Health Services such as health screening, illness prevention, counselling, and health life advice and adult and child health checks.
• Health Promotion Officers: centres at Ceduna, Christies Beach and Whyalla have links to a Health Promotion Officer. Health Promotion Officers support staff to coordinate and deliver appropriate health and wellbeing programs to Aboriginal families, with a focus on healthy eating, physical activity and oral health.
• Health promotion materials and activities on dental health, healthy eating and physical activity and health, child development and parenting information.
• Child and Family Health Services, such as maternal health nurses and child health checks.
• Primary Health Care Services, such as speech pathology, occupational therapy and nutrition groups, young mother’s groups, fatherhood programs and Aboriginal health programs.
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, including therapy for children and parents and The Incredible Years program.
• Child Dental clinics
• Allied Health Program: In some centres occupational therapists and speech pathologists provide health programs to build the skills and knowledge of staff and parents to support children’s development. Activities include:
  • developmental screening
  • staff development sessions
  • parent consultation
  • parent and child group programs
  • short term intervention for children