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The Immunization Schedule for Ontario has Changed!
Did you know that children in Ontario no longer need an MMR at 18 months? To avoid confusion, pass along this new schedule to anyone who maintains files and works directly with families. Read More
Six Reasons to Love Your Job!
If you work with immigrant children,1) You are leading the way in a growing professional field!
Canada welcomes 250,000 immigrants each year, including over 8,000 children and youth, speaking over 80 different languages. You work with these families each and every day. When there is a crisis in another part of the world, and refugee families arrive here in Canada, for many of them, you are their first contact!
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Free Multilingual Resources!
The Best Start Resource Centre offers multilingual resources for parents in their home language. Languages available include: Arabic, Filipino, Hindi, Punjabi, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Tamil and Urdu. The resource “You and your baby…” is also available in two Aboriginal languages.
You can download the resources online at: https://resources.beststart.org/product-category/resources/languages-other-than-english-and-french/
Programs can also order print versions of these resources in languages other than English and French. The Best Start Resource Centre will consider special requests from registered charitable organizations who may have funding limitations.Healthy Smiles, Healthy Kids!
Good oral health is important to childrens’ overall health. Yet, for some, regular dental care may not be affordable. Healthy Smiles Ontario is a program for children 17 and under who do not have access to any form of dental coverage. If eligible, children will get regular dental services at no cost. Read More2012 Theme: CONNECTING GIRLS, INSPIRING FUTURES
If every International Women's Day event held in 2012 includes girls in some way, then thousands of minds will be inspired globally.
Each year around the world, International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. Thousands of events occur not just on this day but throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. Read More
IT’S TIME TO LET PARENTS KNOW ABOUT SEPTEMBER 2012 KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION!
Parents can visit their local school and bring proof of the child’s age, address, immunization, and immigrations status. To help parents learn how they can help their child’s brain and body grow and thrive before and during their early years of school, share the resource Learning to Play and Playing to Learn
Creating a “climate of delight” while children learn: Dr. Rachel Langford
Play is important to learning. Research tells us again and again that when children play, exploring and experimenting with material, they learn through those experiences. Dr. Rachel Langford offers some strategies to create a "climate of delight" while children learn.Read More
Forging New Ties, Planting New Roots – Kenise Murphy Kilbride
It’s 2:00 in the morning and Julia’s baby, Cassandra, has been crying nonstop for about an hour. She knows Cassandra has a fever and is worried it’s getting worse. She thinks to herself, can I take her to the doctor or hospital? I think she needs medicine, but where would I find it? Julia knows she has to do something, but just doesn’t know what it is. She’s been living in Canada for only three weeks.
Families who immigrate to Canada with young children have many concerns and questions about “how it’s done here” and where they can turn for help and resources. It’s a very stressful situation to move to another country, and even more so for families with younger children. Read More
Caring for Newcomer Children (CNC) Learning Centre
The Training and Events page has changed. With the Caring for Newcomer Children (CNC) Learning Centre, it’s easier than ever to access training!
The Caring for Newcomer Children (CNC) Learning Centre is an online learning hub that provides online courses, videos and other learning opportunities designed to help you continuously develop your knowledge and skills for today and the future.
The CNC Learning Centre is designed to offer you variety and choice in the way you want to learn. Access the CNC Learning Centre by emailing onlinelearning@newcomerfamilies.ca.
Thank You
Thank you to all who attended the 10th Annual Childminding Conference “Wellness for All”. We had great attendance and workshops were diverse and full of great ideas. Be sure to take those ideas back to your colleagues, put them into action, and create gemstone moments in your own program! Although the conference has ended, the learning continues with online video versions of select workshops becoming available early in 2012.