A Syrian family’s long journey to Canada
The Farwan family gave CBC rare access to follow their long voyage from Jordan. Their
powerful story has been captured in photo and a short documentary, giving us a glimpse of their courage, strength and resilience.
A year in Calgary: 3 families with very different refugee stories
CBC News reconnects with three refugee families they first met a year ago. One woman is thriving in her new home, another family is struggling to even get out of the house, and the third family has left town.
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The Reality of Early Childhood Trauma
When young children experience or witness a traumatic event that threatens their safety or the safety of their parents/caregivers, the impact can be long-lasting. Even for infants and children that may not understand what happened!
Find out more about symptoms and behaviours, protective factors, and how to help!
Connecting to a New Home: Butterflies and Beyond
Extending is an important stage in the program planning cycle. It lengthens children's interests into the different developmental areas. In doing so, it also creates connections to the world around them. For a newcomer arriving in Canada, making these connections can be particularly important. Staff at the Chinese Association of Mississauga CNC program are always looking for new ways to build on these interests. When the children kept going back to the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle,
it gave them an idea.
READY-TO-USE PARENT WORKSHOP: Building Resilience in Young Children
Everyone has the capacity for resilience. Building resilience is something we work on throughout our lives, and parents play the biggest role to play in helping their children develop strengths that support resilience. The purpose of this
ready-to-use parent workshop is to provide practical tips and simple messages for parents about how to build resilience from infancy to age 6.
Roxana Radu: Journey to CNC
Roxana Radu’s journey to CNC was unusual. While following her plan to teach ESL to adults, she had an experience that changed her life and goals. We had a chance to talk to Roxana about her
unconventional journey to CNC.
It’s National Home Fire Safety Week – How will you help keep families safe?
Do you know the risks and how to prevent them?
Canada Safety Council has information on holiday fire safety issues, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and fire escape plans. Share this information with parents today!
How to select toys for short term or mobile children’s programs: Quick Tip Tutorial
You may not know the number of children, their ages and needs until they arrive. And staff may have to bring toys to different locations, so they need to be easy to transport and store! How can you plan for so many variables? This
quick-tip tutorial will help you plan for uncertainties and select the toys you need for a mobile or short term program. In it, you'll find 7 key factors to consider, a printable list of toy suggestions, and ideas for developing your own mobile kits.
Changing Outcomes Through Child Profiles
The process of child observations is a key strategy used in CNC programs to plan for each child. Observations are a way to collect data on the child their interests and their growth. How this is done varies from program to program. The Catholic Cross Cultural CNC program introduced a model that moved away from just collecting information when the child enters the program to a
more defined portfolio system.
How to Improve Your Cultural Awareness and Understanding
The
National Centre for Cultural Competence has a
Curricula Enhancement Module Series on Cultural and Linguistic Competence. It is intended for health and mental health professionals, but has modules that will help early learning and care professionals improve their cultural awareness and understanding as well!
