Esquimalt 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.
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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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In 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.
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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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The 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.
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In 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.
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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’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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