In this Resilience Summit video, Nadine Burke Harris, M.D. speaks on the topic of Addressing Childhood Adversity. We also provide a link to an accompanying information package from Stress Health that outlines toxic stress in children and its potential impacts on adult health and longevity, based on the findings of the ACE study on toxic stress exposure in children.
Read MoreZero to Three have produced an online resource A Year of Play to encourage parents to browse and find fun seasonal activities that promote child development through interactive play.
Read MoreKelty Mental Health have issued their second edition of the Healthy Living…It’s in Everyone toolkit. Available in seven languages, it is designed to provide a guide to healthy living for families who have a child or youth living with mental health challenges, and provides ideas for Healthy Eating, Being Active Together, Managing Stress, and Developing Healthy Sleep Habits.
Read MoreDesigned to support the work you are already doing in your programs, the Resilience Guide offers supports for understanding the impacts and developmental effects of trauma and resettlement, along with strategies and tips to help strengthen families’ capacity for resilience.
Read MoreJordan’s Principle is about ensuring First Nations receive the services they need when they need them. The First Nation’s Health Authority has produced a Fact Sheet on how Jordan’s Principle works in BC.
Read MoreA BC Council for Families blog, by April Martin-Ko looks at the benefits of self-directed, self-chosen, imaginative play for children and outlines its impacts on child development.
Read MoreA new UBC study on Parental Awareness of Screen Time Recommendations for Children Less Than Two Years of Age looks at parents’ awareness of the Canadian Paediatric Society’s recommendations issued last year and real-life screen time usage by infants and toddlers.
Read MoreLynn Lyons, in her blog on how to deal with anxiety as a family and managing anxiety in children, explains how parents can model the behaviours they would like to help their children develop and, in the doing so, teach process skills that will build children’s problem-solving capacity.
Read MoreOn March 16, 2018, $10aDay Child Care posted a review of the B.C. Budget 2018 investment in child care on their website, welcoming the progress towards the key recommendations of the $10aDay Plan.
Read MoreJen Mantyka, Program Director for Healthiest Babies Possible, serving Surrey, Delta and White Rock, and Carol Dyck, a public health nurse and lactation consultant with Fraser Health, has developed a Breastfeeding Café to serve the needs of mothers who meet the CPNP criteria and are interested in breastfeeding their infants. To learn more about their experience of setting up their new program, click here.
Read MoreWe interviewed Chelsie Tierney, acting CAPC Site Coordinator in Kimberley, about their Family Supper Night program that allows them to reach out to mothers who are in daytime employment, to offer opportunities for working partners to participate in programming with their families, and for partners to be able to offer some respite cover so women can engage in community or educational activities on their own.
Read MoreTanya Lieberman, host of the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog, recently interviewed Penny Simkin about breastfeeding issues for mothers who are survivors of sexual abuse. In the interview, Penny talked about breastfeeding for survivors of early sexual abuse, including common feelings of survivors about breastfeeding and ways that breastfeeding support people can support survivors.
Read MoreA recent CBC News article highlights the challenges for women giving birth in rural areas. The report focuses on Fort Nelson, BC, where women are being asked to sign an agreement to make arrangements for delivering their babies at alternative medical facilities due to local staffing issues. This particular instance is part of a widespread issue in rural areas across Canada, as difficulties in attracting and retaining doctors cause significant challenges in accessing medical services.
Read MoreMaking Sense of Trauma: Practical Tools for Responding to Children and Youth is a free online webinar designed to help those working with families learn how to use a Trauma-Informed perspective to better understand the relational, neurobiological and developmental impact of trauma on children and youth.
Read MoreAll Kinds of Minds is a children’s book that has been made with and for children with neurological or psychological differences, in order to celebrate difference. A free copy is available to organizations and groups serving children aged 7 and under.
Read MoreHeart Mind Online have produced a three-minute emotional literacy video featuring an early childhood educator using books that express an emotional arc in order to help pre-school children learn to identify their feelings and relate to feelings in others.
Read MoreRaising Our Healthy Kids is a series of evidence-based 1-2 minute videos, consistent with information in PEN: Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition®, and providing information to parents and care providers on healthy growth and development of children up to 12 years of age. The videos were developed by a multi-stakeholder group including Dietitians of Canada and Alberta Health Services and with input from physicians and community stakeholders across Canada.
Read MoreLast autumn, First Call wrote a public letter to the new BC Minister of Health, Adrian Dix, asking for a reversal of the decision made by the previous provincial government to the Child Care Licensing Regulations, to reduce the outdoor space per child for licensed child care programs from 7 square metres per child to 6 square metres, and requesting that the minimum outdoor play space per child be increased.
Read MoreJourney to Perinatal Well Being: e-Tools and Resources to Identify and Support Women with Perinatal Depression and Anxiety is an online course, developed for public health nurses, but targeted, to support capacity to identify and respond to perinatal depression and anxiety. Access dates for the course are from February 1, 2018 to May 31, 2018. For more details, click here.
Read MoreIn their January 10, 2018 blog post, Healthy Families BC has published a FAQ about Perinatal Anxiety. They stress, “Whether you are a new parent experiencing perinatal anxiety, a partner to someone who is, a friend, or a family member, know that you are not alone. These conditions are very common. Having information about what you might be experiencing and knowing where to get support can help.”
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