Overview
Who It's For
Children aged 0–12 years who have experienced homelessness or family domestic violence, and are clients within the homelessness and/or family domestic violence sector.
How We Help
We provide tailored therapeutic support to help children overcome trauma, regulate their emotions and self expression, manage transitions and build resilience.
What to Expect
School and home visits, telehealth video appointments and telephone support for parents, group programs for parents and caregivers, group activities for children.
How we help:
A Mother's Story
The following video shares the story of a mother and her son’s experiences working with Together4Kids over a period of 3 months. In this story, T4K was able to visit the child at home.
Useful Links
Related links to external websites.
Resources on Separation
Visit the Services Australia website for more information on parent separation and how separating affects your payments. Help with child support arrangements between separated parents.
Family Law Information for Parents
The Best for Kids website provides legal information about family separation, going into care, domestic violence, the police, and legal problems in day- to- day lifeSpecialist Parenting Advice
Bonnie Harris Connective Parenting focuses on creating parent-child relationships that last a lifetime.
Bright Tomorrows Start Today App
Babies learn through spending time with their parents and other special people in their life. Learn more about emotions, thoughts and responses that happen in a child’s brain when a baby experiences meaningful moments. Build strong brains as a strong foundation for their life. Find out more on the Bright Tomorrows Start Today website.
More External Resources
is an awesome website where you can hear families tell stories about reading to kids, find good books and best of all, get ideas about how to help your kids read
Adelaide City Library – Family Story Time
Community libraries are very kid friendly these days. They often have events for kids. To find your local library, go to the website of the council area you live in. Sometimes there is more than one library in your area. For example, visit the Adelaide City Library Website
Watch this video – teach your kids the ABC
Parents guide to helping teach your kids to read
Fun activities to do with children
The Little Big Book Club hold events for families
A website for family fun activities around Adelaide and SA
Babies
The following resources can help you with your baby:
Children
The following resources are useful for dealing with children’s sleep and relaxation needs:
- Sleep for Kids information sleepforkids.org
- Kids health website information for parents.
Video Resources
You may not know what to expect when you and your children are supported by a Domestic and Family Violence or a Homelessness service. This film shows a culturally appropriate intake and assessment of a young Aboriginal mother and her son, which will give you an idea of what you can expect when you come to access a service.
Kamamirna Kakirra (Nanna’s Moon)
Kamamirna Kakirra is a 20 minute film which highlights the healing power of culture. You might like to watch this with your children to strengthen their identify and connection to culture and country.
How Can We Support You?
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Let’s Talk About Conflict
Explore how conflict in parental relationships affect children and learn how conflict can be repaired by getting the right support. Let’s Talk About Conflict: Part 1 is from a seven-part video series with key learnings and takeaways.
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Denise’s Story
Denise is a young Mum and she is arriving for the first time at a FDV Service with her son, Seth. She is met by Lil who is an experienced case worker. Lil finds ways to support Denise to make informed decisions by explaining the options available to her.
Funding Acknowledgement
Together4Kids is funded by the South Australian Government via Department of Human Services and the South Australian Housing Authority.