Judy Bailey, one of Brainwave’s founding members, a current Trustee, Committe Member & Presenter is  featured in The Australian Women’s Weekly March 2008 issue.

The article is entitled “Judy Bailey, Mum’s the Word”.  AWW’s Karen Burge tells why the well-loved newsreader has become a poster girl for positive parenting.

Here are some quotes and passages from the article:

Stepping away from television has not so much meant “retirement” as a chance to move ahead with the work that drives her - a passion to ensure all New Zealand children start life with “someone who is madly in love with them”.

Jude is intensely involved with the Brainwave Trust which raise public awareness about how a child’s experiences in the first three years of life affect their brain development and future.” (more…)

Brainwave has produced several publications: 

1. Our  five page fold-out pamphlet “The First Years of Life Last Forever”. An introduction to the Brainwave organisatin & overview of the importance of the early years & how early experiences help the brain develop.
2. Our fifteen page booklet  “Build a Lifetime in the First Three Years” This is a more detailed version of the pamphlet.  It is given out at Brainwave presentations. 

These are both available from Brainwave.   We will send the pamphlet out free, but for large numbers would appreciate help towards the postage costs.  If you require more than 10 booklets, we ask for help towards our costs of 25c each, plus postage & packing costs.  They can be sent out with an invoice for payment.  Just send an email with your postal details to sandie@brainwave.org.nz 

1. Pamphlet “Seeing, Hearing & Feeling Violence”, produced by Brainwave for MSD.  This was developed as part of the Family Violence Intervention Programme.
2. Pocket card “Family Violence Can Harm Your Child for Life”, produced by Brainwave for MSD. This is a wallet-sized fold-out resource aimed for “at risk women”.

 The last two are available free from the MSD website.   You can email violencefree@familyservices.govt.nz or fax them on 04 9172080.  For number 1 order FVIP066; for number 2 order FVIP069.

We have also produced two DVDs:

• A 12 minute educational DVD: “The First Years Last Forever” presented by Judy Bailey is available for $25.00 incl GST and postage. This is suitable as an introduction to the Brainwave material & designed for an audience of parents, caregivers & the wider community.
• A 3 hour, edited DVD of Prof. Dan Siegel’s 2002 Auckland seminar - ” Overcoming Interpersonal Violence”, is available for $55.00 incl. GST and postage.