The findings of the 2015-16 CAPC-CPNP and Associated Activities Evaluation completed in March 2016 have recently been made available.
Read MoreThe Keeping In Touch team has put together a special edition to turn your focus to Aboriginal Head Start in Northern and Urban Communities (AHSUNC) in British Columbia.
Read MoreRead, Speak, Sing: Fun ideas for you and your baby is a short video from the Canadian Paediatric Society where three paediatricians from across Canada offer easy, fun suggestions for parents to engage in everyday activities with their infant or young child to help build literacy skills.
Read MoreSave the date! Registration will open soon for the following PHAC CAPC, CPNP and AHS Regional Training Events.
Read MoreA number of schools in BC, Ontario and the Yukon are involved in the first wave of the Canadian Self-Regulation Initiative, designed to increase children’s capacity to meet life’s challenges and rise to life’s potential.
Read MoreAn interdisciplinary UBC team, writing in the BC Medical Journal this October, provide a case review of a 6-year-old child who was referred for counseling for mood and behavioural symptoms, and the positive affect of coordinated community interventions to address issues around poverty and stress for his family.
Read MoreA new report shows that a UBC-led group of researchers have moved closer to finding a genetic biomarker for FASD, and we look at two initiatives that provide materials to help encourage men to play an active role in supporting their partner to have an alcohol-free pregnancy.
Read MoreIn partnership with the BC Health Coalition, First Call has set up a petition to ensure quality neonatal care coverage through MSP for Canadian-born infants in BC whose parents have precarious immigration status.
Read MoreWe spoke this month with JoAnne White and Helena Browett who run the Great Beginnings (CAPC) Program at Family Place Community Parenting Centre in Maple Ridge. Read more about how their program helps parents move from pre-natal to parenting.
Read MoreEarly childhood educators are often an early point of contact for refugee families. In this AMSSA video, Emily Mlieczko, Executive Director of the Early Childhood Educators of BC, applies the 8 Guiding Principles of early childhood education to the specifics of serving the children of recently arrived refugee families.
Read MoreThe Bernard van Leer Foundation and Ascend at the Aspen institute have just released a detailed report on a “two-generation approach” to reducing poverty and improving child development.
Read MoreLearn about an interactive approach to research that has actively engaged with a rural Aboriginal community to make existing child development measurement tools more effective for local use.
Read MoreWorrying results from a research study on infant sleep patterns indicating that unsafe infant sleep practices are still widespread. Read more here about the study, its findings and recommendations.
Read MoreYou can take effective individual action! Out of their commitment to re-engaging their own children with nature, two British dads have created a book project and website to provide encouragement for others interested in following their example.
Read MoreLearn about the Healthy Together program, designed to foster healthy weights for children at risk including children in care (0-18) and their families. The Bridge Youth & Family Services in Kelowna have played a key role in the development of the program.
Read MoreComox Valley Family Services Association works with local food bank to support pregnant women and families with young children. Read more about the collaborative initiative to connect with hard-to-reach families.
Read MoreCheck out a set of downloadable handouts from the Psychology Foundation of Canada on a range of common family issues to share with participants in your programs.
Read MoreThe Canadian Childcare Federation (CCCF) identifies five elements of cultural competence in early childhood educators.
Read MoreGlobalChild is an electronic reporting platform for signatory countries of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is being developed by an international team led by Dr. Ziba Vaghri of UVic’s School of Public Health and Social Policy. The launch date in Canada is planned for 2021.
Read MoreWe look at the new design criteria guide for outdoor play spaces, Seven Cs, produced by Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, along with a recent blog posting by Dr. Beverlie Dietze of Okanagan College on The Importance of Increasing Children’s Outdoor Play Opportunities, written for the Canadian Child Care Federation.
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