Providing an opportunity for you and your family to work through any parenting difficulties you are currently facing.

1. Tweddle@
Standby Admission Date:
Admission Date:
Admission Time: 9.00am sharp
Discharge Time: 4.00pm
NOTE If you think you will be late,
please call reception and leave a message
Contact Tweddle on 03 9689 1577 between 9am and
5pm, Monday to Friday if you have any questions or
are unable to attend.
Cancellation: Please let us know BEFORE the day of
your admission if you are unable to attend. We will
then be able to offer the vacancy to another family.
Alcohol and drug free facility.
Parking
Head Office
53 Adelaide Street Tweddle
Off street parking is available.
Footscray Vic 3011
Melways: Day Stay
We look forward to meeting you and working
with your family.
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www.tweddle.org.au
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Program

2. About The Day Stay Program What To Bring Health
Welcome to Tweddle. Your stay with us will provide • Medicare Card and Health Benefit Card It is important that all family members are well enough
an opportunity for you and your family to work through (if you have one) to participate in the program. Please notify us if you or
any parenting difficulties you are currently facing. • Completed administration forms your child are not well. Your booking will be rescheduled
(mailed to you prior to admission) in these cases.
Specialist staff are able to provide your family with an • Child Health Record book
opportunity to: • Any medication that you or your child are We know that some parents choose not to immunise
currently taking their child. If there is an outbreak of an infectious
• Increase parenting skills and knowledge disease we will ask the family to leave the program.
• Learn new strategies to deal with parenting difficulties For yourself
such as: • Clothing Allergies
• Settling and sleep • Pen and paper If you or your child have an allergy to food or other
• Breast or formula feeding • Lunch substances, please tell us. If you have an allergy
• Nutrition management plan, bring it with you.
• Talk to other parents experiencing similar challenges For your children
• Understand your child’s development and behaviour • Change of clothes
• Discuss health and wellbeing issues • Nappies Facilities Available
• Nappy wipes
During the day staff will work with you to develop • Bag to take soiled nappies home Tea, coffee, comfortable chairs and cots.
practical solutions and assist you to gain skills and • Dummy (if used)
confidence in parenting. • A special toy For more information about the program and what to
• Infant formula, bottles and teats expect visit our website at www.tweddle.org.au
Parenting issues involve the whole family and we invite • Food for your child
you, your partner or a support person to attend. Tweddle • Sheets and blankets for the cot
recognises that each family is unique. We respond to your • Bathroom towel
individual needs working with you to achieve your goals.
Please make sure you arrive on time so you start the
program with the other families and gain maximum
benefit from your stay.