Federal Indigenous Early Learning & Child Care (IELCC) Framework

Co-developed by the federal government with the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapirit Kanatami and the Métis National Council, this newly-announced IELCC Framework includes 3 frameworks (First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation). First Call member BC Aboriginal Child Care Society and their Executive Director Karen Isaac worked many hours on the development of this national framework and led the BC regional consultations in the lead up to this announcement.

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Jessica Campbell
Spirit Bear’s Guide to Reconciliation

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).

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Jessica Campbell
A Spotlight on Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House: Interviews with Rosa Palacios and with Gary Dobbin and Maryam Naddaf

We 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!

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Jessica Campbell
A Spotlight on CPNP: Chris Koop Interview

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!

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Jessica Campbell
ZERO TO THREE: National Parent Survey Overview

This 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.

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BCF: Introduction to Journey to Perinatal Well Being Course

The 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.

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ECEBC Early Child Educator (Summer 2017) “Keeping Children Safe Means Letting Them Take Risks”

In 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.”

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Harvard University Serve and Return: 5 Steps for Brain-Building

Harvard 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.

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