Let’s talk About the Early Years
Alberta Health and Wellness, Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health is asking: Are we doing the best we can to ensure positive futures for children? Our growing understanding of the early years in a child’s life provides us with an opportunity to re-think what we do to support healthy childhood development.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Available in French, English, Spanish and Portugese,
this free online encyclopedia covers 47 topics related to the psychosocial development of the child, from conception to the age of five, and presents the most up-to-date scientific knowledge.
No conference this year
Each year, the conference was a wonderful opportunity for caregivers to fully immerse themselves in caring for newcomer children through networking and professional development. Unfortunately, this year the LINC Childminding Conference is not being offered.
With the TESL Conference coming up, some of you may still have a need for CNC Staff professional development ideas and support. For resources that can help you set up a training for your CNC Staff, visit the
Learning Centre on the CMAS website for online workshops, training videos and links. Watch for additional ideas and supports to help you plan for PD early in October.
Manitoba Child Care Association (MCCA)
The
MCCA advocates for quality child care and advancement of early childhood education as a profession. Check out their
Fall Workshop Brochure and explore the wide range of resources and curriculum kits available at the MCCA
Resource Library.
Growing Up in a New Land – A Guide for Newcomer Parents
The Best Start Resource Centre has announced the publication of a new booklet
for parents of children 0-6 titled
Growing Up in a New Land - A Guide for Newcomer Parents. This booklet contains information on: support for parents, parenting in Canada, keeping your child healthy and safe, taking care of yourself as parents and additional services for newcomer parents.
Paper copies of the booklet can also be ordered at $1.25 each.
Alberta Resource Centre for Quality Enhancement
Creatively inspiring Early Learning and Care professionals to build leadership and capacity, ARCQE is unique in designing support and
resources specific to the needs of the Alberta child care community.
Free Webinar: Managing Allergies this School Season
It’s important for children with Anaphylaxis, and those who care for them, to be aware of how to safely manage allergies. Food Allergy Canada has developed the following resources to help families, teachers and caregivers with back-to-school preparations:
Frontiers of Innovation
Launched in May 2011,
Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) focuses on the work of a community of more than 400 researchers, practitioners, policymakers, philanthropists, and experts in systems change from across North America.
The goal of FOI is to bring about substantially greater positive impacts for vulnerable young children whose needs (or the needs of their caregivers) by forging cross-sector collaborations that prompt creativity, support experimentation, and learn from experience. Special thanks to Naznin Dhanani, from ELSA Net, BC for sharing this resource with us.
Refugee children experiences
In this short video, refugee children from Syria talk about their experiences leaving their homeland and life in a refugee camp. They explain their current difficulties in adjusting to life as displaced people and express their hopes for the future, with one pondering on the meaning of the word 'refugee' itself.
A new website you need to see!
Caring for Kids New to Canada is a new website that is full of information that will help you provide quality care to immigrant and refugee children! Developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society with experts in newcomer health, you'll learn about how culture influences health and well-being, developmental disability across cultures, post-traumatic stress disorder, injury prevention and much more! Special thanks to
Ann Hutchings for sharing this resource with us.
