Self-Care for Child Care Professionals
Working with young newcomer children can be incredibly rewarding, but it does come with challenges that can take a toll on your mind, emotions and body - so it’s important to make time for yourself. If you're looking for self-care tips,
this article is for you!
New Online Tutorial- Managing Risk: Supervision of Children
Most serious occurrences and injuries are predictable and preventable, but when supervision strategies break down, children can be at risk. We know that children must be supervised at all times, but what does that actually mean?
Managing Risk: Supervision of Children provides a list of common mistakes and risks to consider when developing or reviewing your policies and procedures, checklists, tools and strategies for keeping the children in your care safe. At the end of the tutorial, you’ll also find resources, references, a facilitator guide and added group discussion questions so that you can easily facilitate your own team training.
Why Kids Should Play Outdoors in Winter
In winter and cold weather children’s play is often limited to the indoors. Adult fears about safety and negative attitudes toward exposure to cold weather are the barriers that prevent children from accessing play in winter months, but it's up to adults to focus on the importance of children’s play, regardless of the season. After all, play should not be restricted to warm weather. Let’s
welcome winter with a playful attitude.
New and Improved Multilingual Parent Resource: All About Care for Newcomer Children (CNC)
A new and improved version of one of our most popular resources, is now available in 21 languages and ready for use in all provinces.
All About CNC will help parents understand, what they can expect from CNC, important things to remember - like staying on-site, and information they need to share with CNC staff. It also has a section on the bottom, where you can personalize the document to communicate information that is specific to your SPO/CNC program.
Care for Newcomer Children (CNC) Conference
Refugee families with young children often face a great deal of trauma and adversity. Luckily, as one of their early points of contact in Canada, CNC staff are uniquely positioned to help these families by building their resilience. To support their work, we’re pleased to announce the upcoming
National CNC Conference.
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“Magic 8” Preschool Practices Adapted for Dual Language Learners
According to research, there are
eight practices that are most likely to lead to success for preschoolers - and this list looks at these core concepts through the lens of working with children who are learning more than one language.
Mothercraft Lecture Series Recording: Caring for Canada’s Children
These informative online lectures by leading academics and researchers for professionals working with newcomer children focus on issues for families with infants and young children under six years of age.
Presentation archives are now available in French and English!
Canada immigration explained: Video answers to 9 common questions
This
"Coming to Canada" video series answers nine common questions, on topics like:
Immigrants vs. refugees: How are people getting into Canada?
How is Canada's immigration system different from that of the U.S.?
Do refugee claimants automatically get access to our hospitals and doctors?
Building Emotional Literacy: Video
Children have so many emotions. Have you ever tried using a mood metre or starting the day with a moment of silence? In
this video, we're reminded of how important it is to help children learn awareness and strategies for calming down.
