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.
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:
Helping You Meet the Requirements: Supporting Parents
When parents come to you for information and assistance, the support you provide helps families adapt to life here in Canada.
This special feature will help you meet new requirements that specifically require all CNC programs to provide information on the topics of immunization, allergies/nutrition, settlement and community resources.
Helping You Meet the Requirements: Serious Occurrences
According to the new CNC requirements, in addition to reporting a serious occurrence to IRCC, you now must also inform CMAS. Find out how you can meet the requirement.
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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.
Child-Centred Program Planning Resources
The Family Resource Facilitation Program (FRFP) website has lots of information and resources to help you with child-centred programming!
How to Read Food Labels
The
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network has a tip sheet to help you understand food labels and avoid milk, soy and peanuts.
Helping You Meet the Requirements: Consulting with Local Public Health and Health Professionals
In the CNCR, there are references to consulting local public health offices to meet various health and safety related requirements. And then there are others that specify input from health professionals. So, when and how do you contact each of these sources…and what exactly is the difference between the two? It’s actually much simpler than it sounds.
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Protect Children’s Health!
Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE) is an affiliation of groups with overlapping missions to improve children’s environmental health in Canada. Collectively, these organizations have decades of experience dealing with environmental issues, promoting the health and well-being of children. You’ll find useful information in both
English and French
Mental Health of Mothers and Children
The Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development has posted a cluster of articles and papers on the topic of mental health. All of these documents are connected in one way or another to the mental health of mothers and children.
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