Your stay with us will provide an opportunity for you and your family to explore any parenting issues you are currently facing. Parenting issues involve the whole family and we invite you, your partner or a support person to attend. The program is designed to assist you to achieve your goals. The program has 4 phases: • Exploration • Confidence building • Skill consolidation • Preparation for home Tweddle recognises that each family is unique. We respond to your individual needs working with you to achieve your goals and we will be on hand day and night. In a typical day, we will work with you to develop confidence in your skills. This will be achieved by observing you do the task and providing you with feedback and encouragement. Information groups are run everyday and you are invited to attend them.

1. Diet
All meals for your family are provided at Tweddle.
Our meals are plain but nutritious. Standby Admission Date:
If you or your child have special dietary requirements
please discuss this with the intake nurse before admis- Admission Date:
sion. Tweddle will provide for your special dietary needs
where possible.
Admission Time: 9.00am sharp
Nappies
If you use disposable nappies you will need to supply Discharge Date:
your own. A small cost for disposal is payable at the
time of your admission.
Discharge Time: 8.00am
Laundry
There are no laundry facilities available. Please ensure NOTE If you think you will be late,
you have enough clothes for the family for your please call reception and leave a message
entire stay.
Visiting Hours Contact Tweddle on 03 9689 1577 between 9am and
Visitors are welcome at any time between 8am – 8pm. 5pm, Monday to Friday if you have any questions or
are unable to attend.
Telephone Contact During Your Stay
You can be contacted during the hours of 9.00am and Cancellation: Please let us know BEFORE the day of
8.00pm: 03 9687 5486 or 03 9687 6542. your admission if you are unable to attend. We will
then be able to offer the vacancy to another family.
Parking
Off street parking is available.
Alcohol and drug free facility.
53 Adelaide Street
Tweddle
We look forward to meeting you and working with
your family.
Footscray Vic 3011
Melways: Residential
page 42 reference A3
www.tweddle.org.au
FDP 12003
Program

2. About The Residential Program What To Bring
Welcome to Tweddle. Your stay with us will provide Bathroom facilities are shared between two families and • Medicare Card and Health Benefit Card
an opportunity for you and your family to explore any all other facilities are communal. These include: (if you have one)
parenting issues you are currently facing. • Completed administration forms
• Dining room and kitchen (mailed to you prior to admission)
Parenting issues involve the whole family and we invite • Family room • Child Health Record book
you, your partner or a support person to attend. • TV and video • Any medication that any family member is
• Outside playground currently taking, in original containers
The program is designed to assist you to achieve your • Toys and books. • Coins for public telephone.
goals. The program has 4 phases:
There is a coin telephone available for both incoming and For yourself
• Exploration outgoing calls. • Clothing
• Confidence building • Reading material or personal music such as
• Skill consolidation For more information about the program and what ipod/walkman
• Preparation for home. to expect visit our website at www.tweddle.org.au • Toiletries.
Tweddle recognises that each family is unique. We Health For your children
respond to your individual needs working with you to It is important that all family members are well enough to • Clothing including footwear
achieve your goals and we will be on hand day and night. participate in the program. Please notify us if you or your • Nappy pins or clips,
Please make sure you arrive on time so we can start work family are not well. Your booking will be rescheduled in pilchers/plastic pants.
together and gain maximum benefit from your stay. these cases. Cloth nappies are provided
• Nappy wipes
In a typical day, we will work with you to develop confi- We know that some parents choose not to immunise their • Dummy (if used)
dence in your skills. This will be achieved by observing child/ren. If there is an outbreak of an infectious disease • Training cup (if used)
you do the task and providing you with feedback and we will ask the family to leave the program. • A special toy - book,
encouragement. Information groups are run everyday and blanket, soft toy
you are invited to attend them. Allergies • Pram or stroller
If you or your child have an allergy to food or other sub- • Infant formula, bottles
You will have your own bedrooms – one for parents and stances, please tell us. If you have an allergy management and teats including
one for the child, unless otherwise requested. The child’s plan, bring it with you. one prepared bottle
room will have a cot or bed depending on age and (if used). Sterilising
your request. Your room also has a security box to Tweddle is a ‘nut aware’ environment. So, for child safety no equipment is provided.
store valuables. peanut or nut products please.