Spirit Bear and Children Make History, available through the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, explores the role of children in creating change. The book tells the story, in a format accessible for young children, of the landmark human rights case for First Nations children at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (www.fnwitness.ca).
Read MoreWe spoke with Rosa Palacios, Family and Seniors Programs Coordinator at Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House, who is enthusiastic about integrating Reggio principles into the drop-ins as part of their ongoing best practices commitment, which includes promoting autonomy, decision-making, democracy, and following people’s interests and experience. For over ten years now, Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House in Vancouver has been implementing the Reggio Emilia approach in their work with children in their childcare programs. Click here to read more!
We spoke with Chris Koop, of North Island Community Services, who has worked for the past 12 years as the Coordinator of CPNP programs for families in Port McNeill and Port Hardy, two small towns on north-east of Vancouver Island, overlooking Queen Charlotte Strait, at the northern tip of the Island Highway. Click here to read more!
Read MoreEsquimalt Neighbourhood House Society’s CPNP programs have developed a flexible format that enables them to easily set up programming in a variety of locations and respond to arising needs within their community. Click here to find out more.
Read MoreThis overview shares the key findings of a national study conducted across the United States by ZERO TO THREE with parents of children birth to 5 years. The findings demonstrated, in particular, a desire to access parenting skills development, particularly through trusted sources that know the family personally; fathers’ desire for more involvement in parenting; and a significant lack of knowledge about the key brain and emotional development stages for children in the first three years of life.
Read MoreIn this Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) webinar, Jenny Morgan and Vanessa Brcic discuss the complex connections between poverty, trauma and stress in the development, experience and treatment of mental illness and addictions.
Read MoreThe BC Council for Families recently hosted a free webinar presented by the Ministry of Health to introduce Journey to Perinatal Well Being, an online course designed to give public health nurses and other professionals working with perinatal women the tools to identify and support women with perinatal depression and anxiety.
Read MoreThe BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS) are in the process of updating their popular curriculum kits. Drum, salmon, bear and owl are complete and coyote, raven, eagle, canoe, cedar, and traditional foods kits will be available soon.
Read MoreIn May of this year, the BC Ministry of Health announced an expansion of the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program, commencing with the summer 2018 market season. The program is designed to help lower-income British Columbian residents, and expectant mothers, gain access to healthy, locally-grown food.
Read MoreIn an article for the ECEBC Early Child Educator, Dr. Mariana Brussoni talks about the current “unprecedented curtailing of children’s outdoor and risky play that is already impacting children’s health and development …. When we try to limit children’s risky play, we rob them of these fundamental opportunities, which ironically, could result in them being less safe.”
Read MoreHarvard University’s Filming Interactions to Nurture Development (FIND) program uses video coaching to strengthen positive interaction between caregivers and children. It uses select clips of adults engaging with children to reinforce developmentally supportive interactions, known as “serve and return”, developing skills by building on caregivers’ existing strengths and capabilities.
Read MoreSheryl Sargent, RSW, is the outgoing Regional Coordinator for the Okanagan Similkameen CAPC programs. Sheryl and her team have graciously chosen to share with us some of the successes and challenges faced by program participants within two sites in the region.
Read MoreThe Canada FASD Research Network (CanFASD) are offering an online training program for front-line health and social services professionals to develop skills and confidence in engaging in supportive, non-judgemental conversations about alcohol use during pregnancy.
Read MoreA recently updated information page on the Canadian Pediatric Society’s (CPS) Caring for Kids website provides information and guidance for parents who have questions about gender identity in children.
Read MoreThe Dialogue to Action on Discussing Alcohol with Women Project has engaged with a wide range of health and social services professionals in improving practices with respect to discussing alcohol with women and their support networks in the preconception period and when pregnant. For more information and resources, click here.
Read MoreEarly Childhood Investigations provides an ongoing series of conference-quality free webinars for early childhood educators. The webinars, presented by experts in the field or early care and education, explore critical topics and provide ideas and insights for early childhood professionals, including program administrators.
Read MoreDr. Deborah MacNamara has produced an infographic, The Preschooler Personality, available on her website at http://macnamara.ca/portfolio/infographic-the-preschooler-personality/ that summarizes the characteristics of preschoolers “that often frustrate or baffle adults but are part of the preschooler’s nature”.
Read MoreIn this 10-minute video, Shirley Turcotte discusses how a Felt Sense is collective, interconnected to all of life and land, and a connection to your ancestors.
Read MoreA collaborative project involving the BC Ministry of Health, the Population Health Promotion unit at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, and the Ending Violence Association of BC, has produced a free training series for the Provincial Health Services Authority, comprised of four one-hour units, to help health workers understand, respond to, and address gender-based violence.
Read MoreRegistration is now open for the 22nd BCAPOP Annual Conference, which will take place October 3-5, 2018 at the Vancouver Airport Westin Hotel in Richmond, BC. The theme of this year’s conference is Exploring Mental Health: Well-Being for Infants, Parents and Support Workers. Also offered is a two-day pre-conference session (October 1-2, 2018) on Breastfeeding Support Training.
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