Upcoming Events
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Middle Childhood Video from Kids New West on Vimeo.
Illustrates the importance of relationships with role models for children ages 6 to 12 years.
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I like it when... from Kids New West on Vimeo.
Shows how parent child interactions support healthy early childhood development.
Hubs
What is an Early Child Development Hub? Early Child Development hubs will look quite different from one community to the next. Key to their development is their responsiveness to local needs. Specific service mix, location, and infrastructure will depend on the nature of the community and the characteristics of its children and families. There is no “one size [...]
Early Years
Right from the start During the first five years a child’s brain is rapidly growing and maturing. The love and attention a child receives and the nurturing and positive experiences a child encounters have a huge impact. Parents and caregivers are the central figures in a child’s life. As they talk, sing, play and laugh [...]
Middle Years
Importance of the Middle Childhood Years The middle childhood years are a pivotal time for children as they deal with changes to their bodies puberty body image peer pressure social insecurity Children’s’ ability to create positive pathways and their capacity to cope, learn, and develop emotionally, physically, and socially positions them for their adult years. [...]
Research
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Are We Doing Enough?
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Play or Learning?
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New West 5 year olds
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Newcomer Children
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With the Brain in Mind Website
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Children’s Understanding of Emotion
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Social and Emotional Development in Early Years
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UBC HELP Research EXPO Video link
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Children and Play: How does Culture fit in?
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Early Childhood Conditions help shape DNA: Research
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Are We Doing Enough?
A Status Report on Canadian Public Policy and Child and Youth Health To encourage policy-makers to examine their progress on child and youth issues and to foster discussion among Canadians, the Canadian Paediatric Society produces a biennial status report on public policy affecting children and youth. This report examines how well provincial/territorial and federal governments [...]
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Play or Learning?
The False Choice Between Play and Learning Podcast – Among early learning advocates, the fate of play continues to be hotly debated. To learn more about the relationship between play and learning, the New America Foundation invited Annie Murphy Paul–journalist, author and mother of young children–to talk about what she has uncovered in the reporting [...]
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New West 5 year olds
The Early Development Instrument (EDI) tells us how five year olds are developing as a group. The Human Early Learning Partnership at UBC, in partnership with School Districts look at the growth of Kindergarten students throughout the province. On January 9th, Joanne Schroeder, Provincial Community Development Manager from HELP will discuss the results for New [...]
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Newcomer Children
AMSSA is proud to announce the launch of the report “Promising Practices” of Early Childhood Education Principles for Immigrant and Refugee Children in British Columbia. For the first time in British Columbia, staff who specialize in working with immigrant and refugee children share their insights into “promising practices” they have identified through front-line early childhood [...]
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With the Brain in Mind Website
(From First Call:) With the Brain in Mind focuses on the importance of positive early brain development in giving children the best possible start in life. By providing opportunities to learn about the latest research and best practices in early childhood brain development, the website aims to increase the capacity of parents, professionals, and policy [...]
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Children’s Understanding of Emotion
“Hi, how are you?” “Fine, thanks. And you?” “Not bad.” So goes a simple and common exchange we hear and participate in nearly every day. But what if we were to take the question seriously and to answer as honestly as we could? Read More
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Social and Emotional Development in Early Years
(From Healthy Families:) The Early Years are a fascinating and often mysterious time. Copious amounts of information exists while much is still unknown. The process of deciphering, staying current and combining this knowledge into our daily practice can be challenging. Social and Emotional Development in the Early Years is the title of a series of [...]
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UBC HELP Research EXPO Video link
From UBC Human Early Learning Partnership: Thank you for attending HELP’s Fall Research Exposition: 10 Years of Insight – Connecting the Dots. This year’s event connected neuroscience, to child development in BC, to family policy. This cell to society perspective has significantly contributed to our understanding of the importance of the early years. The day’s [...]
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Children and Play: How does Culture fit in?
How are our approaches to play influenced by culture, and how are they impacted by the experience of immigration? That’s the intriguing question that Maya Goldstein, an MA graduate in Human Development, Learning and Culture at the Faculty of Education at UBC, has been investigating through a study conducted with South Asian families at a [...]
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Early Childhood Conditions help shape DNA: Research
(From EYCDI:) Early childhood living conditions provoke biological changes in genes leading to DNA “memory” that can last a lifetime, an international study has found.Experts have already noted that income, education and neighbourhood resources can have a dramatic effect on children’s health, and that a poor socio-economic environment in infancy can translate into a higher [...]
