Helping Your Child Get Ready to Learn
Since children do best when they grow up in a healthy environment where they feel safe, respected and loved—the way you care for them will have a great impact on how well they will learn.
This resource is available in multiple languages for download.
Helping Your Child Cope With Stress
Settling in Canada can be stressful. What’s more, if your family had a long journey to safety, it’s common to still feel fearful. However, this can lead your child to feeling fearful, too—and that can result in stress. In this tip sheet, you’ll learn how to recognize the signs of stress in your child. Once you know what to look for, you can work as a family to find ways to begin to feel safe again.
This resource is available in multiple languages for download.
Guiding Your Child’s Behaviour
When children are anxious, it often results in difficult behaviour. No matter how your child behaves, it’s important to be consistent, but also understanding, patient and loving.
This resource is available in multiple languages for download.
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Use the checklist to create a healthy daily routine that can help your child get ready for school.
This resource is available in multiple languages for download.
Creating Routines for Your Child
Repeated tasks make a routine that can help your child to feel relaxed and secure.
This resource is available in multiple languages for download.
10 Tips for Stopping Aggression
The ten tips in this sheet can help you to respond calmly and consistently to aggressive behaviour.
This resource is available in multiple languages for download.
Children Learn Through Play
When children play, they’re learning with their bodies by touching, seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and moving. Every day, there’s something new to discover. Play also helps them to build social skills, language skills and more!
This resource is available in multiple languages for download.
CMAS in Action: Celebrate Children’s Book Week with Anna Humphrey, CMAS Editor and Children’s Book Author
CMAS is eager to spread the news about TD Canadian Children’s Book Week, an annual nationwide event being held from May 5-12 to celebrate Canadian children’s books and the importance of reading. Adding to the excitement? Our very own editor, Anna Humphrey, is one of only 30 authors selected to speak this year.
Read about her involvement and find out how your families can attend events.
CNC in Action: 2018 CNC Conference
The 2018 CNC Conference,
Working With Refugee Children and Their Families, was an opportunity to meet other CNC staff, build relationships, share strategies, and collaborate to create real life solutions that benefit children enrolled in CNC programs.
Revisit highlights from the conference, and submit an idea from the conference that you implemented/plan to implement in your program to win a prize.
Helping you Manage CNC Webinar
Managers and organizations play a critical role in preventing and responding to vicarious trauma and burnout.
This webinar recording for CNC administrators and SDRs describes: what vicarious trauma is and how it is different from burnout; how to identify signs and symptoms; and preventive measures that organizations and managers can take to provide a protective and supportive environment for staff.
