I think you can do all of those
things but if there isn't an effort to develop those individual, unique, one - to - one relationships, those more
generic things aren't going to mean very much and so
in services, an obvious challenge is if you prioritise relationships and developing a
sense of belonging, you've got to give it time and you've got to give it energy.
In part, for an obvious reason, because everybody's unique and everybody's different and while there are some
generic universal
things that you can do, welcome signs, and an open door policy, and having family and community social events, there are a lot of
things you can do that are general appeals to children and families to develop that
sense of belonging.