How Social-Emotional Learning Can Help Challenging Behaviour
Teaching social-emotional skills is an effective strategy for managing and reducing challenging behavior. Fortunately, teaching social-emotional learning (SEL) skills doesn’t mean singling out children- integrating SEL concepts into your programming and daily routines can benefit all children!
Here are a few ideas for managing challenging behavior by introducing opportunities for social-emotional learning.
NEW! Eat Right Be Active Booklets
We all want children to grow up healthy and feeling great- and these booklets can help! They are full of everyday ideas that busy parents and caregivers can put into action so
toddlers,
preschoolers, and
school-agers can eat well and be active.
$100 Million Grant Awarded To Create Early Years Programming For Refugee Children
Sesame Workshop, in partnership with International Rescue Committee, was selected to create early education programming for children displaced by Syria’s civil war. The effort promises to create a scalable, measurable model that can be replicated to educate refugee children around the world.
Learn more...
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.
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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.
