Barriers to Active Participation in Early Childhood Education and Care

People face all sorts of barriers when accessing an early childhood education and care (ECEC) service.

In particular children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds face attitudinal barriers which may include but are not limited to awareness and access barriers, communication and language barriers, structural barriers, trust/respect and identity barriers.

Download the PDF and discover strategies to overcome potential barriers faced by multilingual children and families in ECEC.

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