The respected medical journal, The Lancet, has published a groundbreaking series on early child development, “Advancing Early Childhood Development from Science to Scale.” The 3-part series argues that the growing social and economic costs to nations of under-investment in prenatal and early childhood development are unsustainable. In their review of a wide range of international programs, the findings demonstrate that the best results combine what's known as "nurturing" care with basic health, nutrition, and cognitive programs.
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The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Child Rights Toolkit was inspired by the need to improve children’s access to justice in Canada. It is designed for professionals working in legal and administrative decision-making who want to better understand and implement a child rights based approach in practice and strengthen their advocacy for children.
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Parents as First Teachers is one of a series of resource booklets available through FNHA to support First Nations and Métis parents in BC.
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ECE professionals and primary school teachers in the Comox Valley are working collaboratively to facilitate children’s school entry. Read more about the tools and supports they have created to facilitate this significant transition point in the lives of children in their community.
Read MoreA series of LGBTQ Parenting Tip Sheets, produced by BC Council for Families (BCCF), has been designed to support LGBTQ parents, and the professionals they work with in community organizations, around parenting issues and options.
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Diabetes Canada’s Food Skills for Families program is designed to support low income, newcomers, Punjabi, Aboriginal and active seniors populations to learn food preparation and nutrition skills in a fun, community environment. Check out this video report on the Squamish Food Skills for Families Cooking Class for Punjabi speakers.
Read MoreDr. Lynn Miller of UBC presents a video on anxiety in children as part of the FRIENDS program, which offers a range of techniques for children to use to manage their worries and anxieties.
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For everyone located in BC, free access is now available to a range of online educational ECD resources through the Science of Early Child Development (SECD) project, in partnership with the BC Provincial Government.
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For decades, Participaction has encouraged Canadians to stay active and improve health. Their 2016 report Are Canadian Kids Too Tired to Move? focuses on the important inter-relationship between sleep and energy in children.
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The communities of Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Hope are cooperating together across their region, in partnership with Live 5-2-1-0, to spread clear, consistent messages about healthy eating to children in their communities.
Read MoreNational Child Day was celebrated on November 5. Check out these two videos produced by N’we Jinan in collaboration with school children and youth, celebrating diversity and the strength of indigenous culture.
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Planning for Change, produced by Best Start Resource Centre, provides a Facilitator Guide to assist community facilitators in planning and presenting a workshop for First Nations Women about FASD Prevention and Skills for Change.
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Read, Speak, Sing: Fun ideas for you and your baby is a short video from the Canadian Paediatric Society where three paediatricians from across Canada offer easy, fun suggestions for parents to engage in everyday activities with their infant or young child to help build literacy skills.
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A number of schools in BC, Ontario and the Yukon are involved in the first wave of the Canadian Self-Regulation Initiative, designed to increase children’s capacity to meet life’s challenges and rise to life’s potential.
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An interdisciplinary UBC team, writing in the BC Medical Journal this October, provide a case review of a 6-year-old child who was referred for counseling for mood and behavioural symptoms, and the positive affect of coordinated community interventions to address issues around poverty and stress for his family.
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A new report shows that a UBC-led group of researchers have moved closer to finding a genetic biomarker for FASD, and we look at two initiatives that provide materials to help encourage men to play an active role in supporting their partner to have an alcohol-free pregnancy.
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Learn about an interactive approach to research that has actively engaged with a rural Aboriginal community to make existing child development measurement tools more effective for local use.
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Worrying results from a research study on infant sleep patterns indicating that unsafe infant sleep practices are still widespread. Read more here about the study, its findings and recommendations.
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You can take effective individual action! Out of their commitment to re-engaging their own children with nature, two British dads have created a book project and website to provide encouragement for others interested in following their example.
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Learn about the Healthy Together program, designed to foster healthy weights for children at risk including children in care (0-18) and their families. The Bridge Youth & Family Services in Kelowna have played a key role in the development of the program.
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