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.
Infographic: Understanding Stress Behaviour
Do you know the difference between misbehaviour and stress behaviour? The Mehrit Centre has developed this infographic to explain what stress behaviour is, signs to watch for and tips for helping children.
All About Care for Newcomer Children (CNC) – Multilingual Parent Resource
This
new and improved version of one of our most popular resources, is now available in over 40 languages and is ready for use in all provinces.
A Parent’s Guide to Gradual Separation – Available in over 40 languages
When parents register their child for Care for Newcomer Children (CNC), many CNC programs that practice gradual separation have been challenged to explain their gradual separation/entry process to parents - especially when there isn’t a shared language. We’ve developed a
multilingual resource for parents that will help!
Hand in Hand: A Parenting Journey – Parenting Guide for Newcomers
What are the Canadian laws surrounding child abuse? Do I need to change my parenting style? Should I be scared of losing my child?
Hand in Hand: A Parenting Journey answers these common questions from newcomer parents. Developed with input from Canadian families and newcomers, this guide gives families new parenting tools and information about resources to support their parenting here in Canada.
211 is your connection to information and services
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211 is Canada's telephone help line (2-1-1) and website - a gateway to community, social, non-clinical health and related government services. 211 helps to navigate the complex network of human services quickly and easily, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 100 languages!
Healthy Families BC: Pregnancy and Parenting
Healthy Families BC has helpful tips and tools for parents with babies and toddlers. The website covers all areas of social, emotional and physical development, as well as building healthy relationships and positive parenting.
Newcomer Parents Share the Challenges they Face
Even though CNC is only in its second year of operation, CMAS wanted to hear from newcomer parents and get a deeper understanding of the challenges they face. How were they coping after migrating to a new country with young children? Were the CNC services helping?
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