Two articles in the Spring 2016 edition of The Early Childhood Educator focus on support for refugee families as agencies respond to the ongoing intake of refugees from Syria and the Middle East. There is a review of the findings of the recent CMAS review of global research on caring for refugee children and an article from the local perspective of supporting incoming refugees, from CVIMS in Nanaimo.
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The Coalition of Childcare Advocates have produced a range of materials around the $10 a Day Plan for childcare in BC. Their factsheet outlining the basics of the plan is now available in Chinese, Filipino, Punjabi, Spanish and Vietnamese, as well as English.
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KidCare Canada have begun a program of translating their most popular videos into a variety of languages. The first three are now available online.
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The BC Council for Families is currently featuring a blog post by April Martin-Ko on their website on Learning from the Highly Sensitive Child reviewing the research findings of Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl.
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A Vancouver elementary school and local public library teamed up to create the Pillow Full of Feelings Project. Using simple props (a felt pillow and cut out felt emotion faces) children and parents engage in a number of interactive games that successfully spark conversations about emotion and widen emotional vocabulary.
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The June 2015 edition of the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Early Childhood Matters magazine contains an article documenting positive intervention techniques that have been demonstrated as effective in dealing with families experiencing extreme crisis.
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Findings of recent research on brain development and the impact of adverse conditions in early childhood, along with some hope for potential developments in early intervention.
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Research has demonstrated that therapeutic gardening, a form of horticulture therapy, aids in improving mental and physical wellbeing and contributes to the treatment of mental health issues.
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In March 2015, 4ChildrenUK, a branch of the education department in the UK, published What to Expect, When?, a downloadable booklet providing parents with guidance on children’s learning and development in the early years.
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The Hand in Hand Developmental Support Resource is designed for use with children at risk, particularly children involved with child welfare, and created as a part of the Infant Mental Health and Family Law Initiative.
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The Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC) will be holding their 44th Annual Conference, “Strengthening Connections Through Our Cultures and Practices”, April 30 to May 2 in Richmond, BC
Read MoreSFU professor, Bruce Lanphear, presented the video, Little Things Matter: The Impact of Toxins on the Developing Brain, at the first Prenatal Environmental Health Education Forum in November 2014.
Read MoreThe Alberta Family Wellness Initiative presents the core story of brain development in an accessible and engaging format.
Read MoreCheck out this quick video that explains the importance of developing executive function in the early years.
Read MorePediatrician Dimitri Christakis talks about the impact of media on the developing brains of children.
Read MoreThis brief, 2 minute video explains how experiences build the brain through the development of first simple and later complex circuits. This video is part one of a three-part series titled "Three Core Concepts in Early Development" from the Center and the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child.
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In this video, professor of psychology and philosophy at University of California at Berkeley Alison Gopnik asks what babies and young children are thinking about.
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