In her webinar on Gender and Addictions, Kirsty Prasad addresses what is unique about women and substance use, as well as the barriers women face.
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In their Dec 5th webinar, Food Security and Social Housing, the BC Healthy Living Alliance looked at ways that food security is being and can be addressed in social housing.
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Worries & Woes: Preventing Anxiety in Children, presented by Dr Lynn Miller as part of the UBC “in the know” series in association with the F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids’ Mental Health, provides an overview of mental health disorders in children, research findings, resources, and suggestions for how families can support mental health interventions.
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Funded through PHAC National Priorities: FASD, the College of New Caledonia has published FASD Informed Practice for Community Based Programs. Hard copies will be mailed out later this month to PHAC projects that have not picked theirs up already at the BCAPOP Conference.
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) publishes a wide range of support resources on FASD. This month we look at two of them, What Do I Do? Helping Your Kids Understand Their Sibling’s Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and My Sibling has FASD: Can I Catch It?
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Report describes what can be done to support healthy eating in the food retail setting, including suggestions for program development, implementation, and evaluation.
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A guide to healthy living for families who have a child or youth living with mental health challenges.
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Make the Connection™ is a facilitated, interactive parenting program of The Psychology Foundation of Canada (PFC) designed specifically to address the promotion of secure attachment for children 0-3.
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Your Keeping in Touch team recently attended a webinar where the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention presented the Essentials for Childhood resource.
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The theme of Safe Kids Week 2013 focuses on concussion prevention and awareness.
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The new Healthy Eating Toolbox has been developed for parents and caregivers of children aged 2-12, by Health Canada and other contributors, to provide consistent messaging and easy-to-use tools that promote the importance of healthy eating to Canadian families.
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This extremely practical guide, based on cognitive behaviour therapy principles, offers information and exercises to support women in dealing with depression during pregnancy and post-partum.
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Check out our report back from the BC Healthy Living Alliance’s recent webinar.
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The recently updated BC Injury Prevention Directory is a useful reference tool for those working with children and families, providing a listing of injury-prevention initiatives in BC along with contact information for the organizations responsible for managing each initiative.
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“A childhood obesity intervention developed by families for families: results from a pilot study” (International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013)
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At a recent Pinwheel Education Series event, speakers from SHARE Family and Community Services and the Alan Cashmore Centre discussed how to support cross cultural families.
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Click here for some great stats and information on overweight and obesity.
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Click here to access a ready-to-use workshop for working with parents experiencing mental health challenges.
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The Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development has released any easy to use and distribute resource on childhood obesity.
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Check out this website for links to great, attachment-based video resources.
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