Webinar: Trauma Informed Care for Refugees and Children
What are the effects of trauma on immigrant children? How is mental health screening done? What are some options for helping children who have experienced trauma? Recorded in November 2016,
this webinar discusses issues that children face when exposed to trauma and helps caregivers learn to respond appropriately.
Manitoba Child Care Conference
Manitoba Child Care Association is hosting their
40th Early Learning and Child Care Conference on May 25 to May 27th. The theme this year is: Leaders Today, Learners Tomorrow. The conference includes a networking session for family child care providers, a Men in ECE party, tours of child care centres, and a conference banquet honouring contributors to the field.
Breaking the Stigma: Can Children with Special Needs Learn a Second Language?
Some families and professionals believe that it’s too difficult for a child with special needs to learn a second language, but
research shows that children with special needs can become bilingual. In a study of children with language impairment, Down syndrome and autism spectrum disorder, researchers confirmed that children’s ability to learn is based on their age, the degree of their disability, their intellectual capacity and their proficiency in their first language.
40 Fine Motor Skills Activities
Before a child can learn to write they need strength in their hands and fingers and hand-eye coordination. Here are
40 fine motor activities for babies to five year olds that help to build these skills. These ideas are not only well-explained but are simple, open-ended and make use of art, sensory play and simple manipulative games.
Quick Tip Video – Classroom Expectations
Find out how and why to use classroom expectations in your program in this 2-minute
video!
Risks of Sleeping in Car Seats: Keeping Children Safe
Shepard Dodd was not even 3 months old when he died after being put to sleep in a car seat at daycare. It is not safe for babies to be in a seated or semi-reclined position to sleep.
When sleeping, a baby's head can fall forward because their muscles are under- developed, and their airway can become constricted.
Anaphylaxis Education, Anytime, Anyplace
AllergyAware.ca offers free online courses to increase awareness of anaphylaxis, including a course designed specifically for child care staff/caregivers called Anaphylaxis in Child Care Settings. Available in English and French, the interactive course takes about 30 minutes to complete and ends with a short review quiz. When this quiz has been successfully completed, participants can download and print a personalized certificate of completion.
Video: Why are the early years so important?
Did you know that 90% of brain development happens in the first 6 years of life? Watch this
fun 2-minute video to learn more about how early experiences impacts everything!
CONFERENCE: Celebrating Linguistic Diversity May 4-5
If you’re going to be in the Toronto area, consider registering for this two-day conference. It will feature more than
70 workshop choices related to newcomer children and education. Topics will include: partnering with non-English speaking families, trauma-informed strategies, scaffolding language through play-based learning, and using multilingual resources. Find out more and register now.
WEBINAR: Trauma-Informed Early Education Classroom Design – Designing Spaces for Recovery from Trauma
This webinar is part of the Trauma Reduction in Early Childhood Series. Educators will look at creating spaces that support children who have been impacted by trauma. It’s an opportunity to look at play and space design principles for children who have experienced trauma and to brainstorm ideas for your program space. The
webinar is 1.5 hours and there is a certificate of completion.
