Dr Valerie Aloa

Hello, I am Valerie Aloa, Senior Lecturer in the de Lissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies. My office is currently located on the Magill Campus, which is on the eastern side of Adelaide.

I have worked with the Institute since 1986 and I have had a number of years of experience working in early childhood in the United States, England and Australia. I am also currently a Moderator with the National Child Care Accreditation Council which accredits child care centres across Australia.

I have undertaken a number of projects external to the University and these include:

· National Child Care Advisory Council: Revision of Accreditation Principles Dec/Jan '98/99

· Australian Broadcasting Commission : Child Life program on Families . 1989

· City Child Care Centre Interim Management Committee 1989 and the Lady Gowrie Child Centre Management Committee 1985 - 1997.

· CSO: Western Region Action Research Project: Aggression in Preschoolers 1994

· CSO : Think tank on Policies and Programming for Special Needs Children

· AIDAB: Preschool Workshops in Fiji May 1994

ITAB Advisory Board, Children's Services Forum, ChildCare Regulations Review.

• Coordinator: MBIE Bachelor of Early Childhood (Inservice), Australia and Mauritius
• Coordinator: MBIS Bachelor of Education strands: Child Development Early Childhood Education
• Coordinator: MGCH Graduate Diploma in Social Science: Child Development (please note: there will be no more entrants into this award)
• First year students in Child Development Child Care Infant development and care

Member - Australian Institute of Early Childhood Educators - S.A branch

Member - N.A. E.Y.C

Member - Australasian Child Development Association

Member - Australian Infant Mental Health Association

MA (Teaching) (Early Childhood)

MA (Teaching) (Special Education) Oakland University, 1979 Thesis : Effects of adult modelling on children's delayed play behaviour.

BSc (Elementary Education) Wayne State University, 1972

Dip T (Infant), Western Teachers College, 1966.

Associateship in Arts University of Adelaide, 1966.

• I am currently undertaking a Ph.D (Education) at the Flinders University of South Australia. My thesis topic is Caregivers perceptions of infants in transition from home to centre based care
• My thesis in the Master of Arts in Teaching (Special Education) was titled: Effects of adult modelling on children's delayed play behaviour.
• · The social - emotional development of Infants and Toddlers, Child care: programming, administration, quality, accreditation & Infants in care, Gifted and Talented children

(1986 ) Developmentally Appropriate ways to deal with Infants in group care. Conference proceedings. A.A.E.C.E.

Russell,A. Aloa,V. Feder, T, Glover, A. Miller, A.Palmer, G. 1998. Sex-based differences in Parenting Styles in a Sample with Preschool Children. Australian Journal of Psychology. Vol.50. No.2. pp.89-99