The recently published Synthesis Report on the Post-2015 Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR, 2013) places children at the centre of successful adaptation to disasters: “In particular children and youth have been singled out as having specific needs in terms of school safety, child-centred risk assessments and risk communication. But, more importantly, if appropriately educated and motivated on disaster risk reduction, they will lead and become the drivers of change.” Equally, here, the role of children’s disaster education in managing disaster risk has been recognised as a major priority in the National Strategy for Disaster Resilience (Australian Government, 2011). While Child-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction (CC-DRR) is increasingly popular across agencies and organisations around the world, rigorous empirical research on the efficacy of the approach is scarce. This three-year program of research is planning a range of projects, unified through various means to increase the reach and impact of CC-DRR education within communities in Australia and New Zealand. In addition, Year 1 (of 3) of this Project is focused on planning and pilot work, including large scale practice, research and policy analysis, scoping and review. Initial efforts have included a recent submission to the UNISDR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015 (GAR 15), with the focus on CC-DRR. Another output has been a refereed publication focused on systemic approaches to inculcating CC-DRR platforms within schools and communities. These early outputs, along with other collaborative efforts within the team, are directed towards investigating the extent to which CC-DRR influences disaster resilience at individual, household and community levels. It will also investigate how CC-DRR influences children’s (1) pre-hazard resilience and readiness and (2) post-disaster response and recovery. In doing so, it will provide disaster resilience researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners with an evidence-base for development of effective CC-DRR programming, in Australia and internationally. The Conference presentation will provide an update on progress of our systematic review and scoping efforts in Year 1 and pilot data collected to date. A main thrust will be to update Conference attendees on current “best practice” guidelines alongside a focus on major gaps in research, practice and policy.