What’s the Parent Tick?
The Parent Tick is an orange tick icon you’ll see on some Awhi Ngā Mātua articles, to indicate the article has been either written by a parent/caregiver, or reviewed by a parent/caregiver:
What does “reviewed by a parent” mean?
Awhi articles are written by the Awhi team, parents, caregivers, as well as other people from community groups and organisationsacross Aotearoa.
Some of these articles will be read and reviewed by a second person before going up on our website, to make sure the content is suitable andhelpful for parents and caregivers – our primary audience.
How does it work?
Our Parent Tick articles consider certain criteria, includingwhether the articles
- were written by a parent or caregiver
- speak to a parent or whānau reader
- are easy to understand and don't use lots of jargon/technical terms
- include links to helpful resources for parents and whānau
- align with our values.
Who are the Parent Tick readers?
Each reader has their own unique connection to disability, neurodivergence and medical fragility, and is required to bring some level of knowledge, experience or expertise to the subject.
For example, for an article about autism, the Parent Tick reader might be someone who is a parent or carer of someone with autism, or works for an organisation that supports people with autism.
What does this mean for articles without a Parent Tick?
Articles without a Parent Tick are still reviewed andchecked before they go on the website, to make sure they’re a useful resourcefor you.
Without a Parent Tick, it just means no third party has reviewed it as well – but our aim is to eventually have all articles reviewed and awarded a Parent Tick, so watch this space.
