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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Responding to increasing waitlists for family access opportunities, Hiiye’yu Lelum (House of Friendship) Society on Vancouver Island, have developed a Friday evening playgroup providing access for non-custodial parents to interact with their children.
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The Community Action Initiative is offering 200 paid spots in an online Motivational Interviewing course.
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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.
Read MoreTake a few minutes to check out this fast-paced, very entertaining and approachable animated exploration of new research findings in motivational theory, similar in presentation style to the famous “Story of Stuff”.
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The theme of Safe Kids Week 2013 focuses on concussion prevention and awareness.
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Our Place is a multi-faceted, community-based inner-city initiative, based in the Strathcona area of Vancouver, and focused on developing a coordinated strategy to grow healthy children and families in a healthy community.
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Victoria-based Island Metis Family & Community Services in Victoria have just started up their new drop-in “Steps to Play” group, designed to encourage positive interaction between children six and under with their respective parent(s) or caregiver(s).
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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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Denise Lloyd, HR guru and recent presenter at a Vancouver Coastal Regional Training Event, posts useful HR resources and tips on her website.
Read MoreClick here to access information from the broad range of dynamic keynote speakers that presented, including Dr. William Bell, President and CEO of Casey Family Programs, the largest operating foundation in the United States focused on the foster care system and improving the child welfare system.
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Click here to read a commentary from the Canadian Paediatric Society that reinforces the best practices embraced by CAPC, CPNP and AHS programs across BC.
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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.
Read MoreThe Letters to Canada video documents the thoughts of Canadian children on the unequal treatment of First Nations children in Canada.
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How can meetings work more effectively for you? Here are tools for optimizing your agenda, facilitating your meeting, and using evaluation to get practical feedback.
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Check out our report back from the BC Healthy Living Alliance’s recent webinar.
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Collective Impact (CI) describes an innovative technique for working collectively in community to address complex social issues. Request for examples in your community!
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After reviewing the historical issues that have created particular ongoing challenges for many Aboriginal families, this paper provides straightforward, accessible practices for parents and caregivers to use to strengthen and support emotional security and attachment in the children they are raising.
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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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Upcoming training opportunities from around the province. Includes Annual Provincial BC ACCS Training Conference, Heart-Mind 2013 and Family FUNdamentals.
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