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New Westminster Child Development Hubs from Kids New West on Vimeo.
Describes the benefits of Community Child Development Hubs being established in New Westminster
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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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Eastside Hub Study
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Mom & Friends
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Right to Play
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Young Parents
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Child Safety Online
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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 & Emotion
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Eastside Hub Study
Available now, read the 2012 New Westminster Eastside Child Development Hub Needs Assessment . The study, which included a survey and consultation with residents and service providers, will be used to assist decision makers in addressing the needs of families on the Eastside of New Westminster. The report is a project of New Westminster Early Childhood Development [...]
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Mom & Friends
Emotional Support for Mom creates positive outcomes for kids Is there someone in your life that you can turn to for day-to-day emotional help with parenthood? It’s a question that may not seem that important, but as proved by a recent large-scale US study, having support with the challenges of parenting plays an important role [...]
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Right to Play
Here’s something we hear a lot these days: kids need to play outdoors more. But what about children who don’t live in safe neighborhoods? What about children from economically disadvantaged families, whose parents must spend long hours working just to ensure the day-to-day survival of the family, and who may be to exhausted, or too [...]
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Young Parents
What contributes to resilience for teen mothers and their children? To answer that question, researchers from Vancouver Island University have been talking with some of Nanaimo’s young mothers. It’s well known that young mothers frequently face many challenges — the interruption of their schooling, difficulties with housing, ineffective transportation and limited finances for living and [...]
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Child Safety Online
Child Safety Online: Global Strategies and Challenges is a new report from UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre. It examines children’s online behaviour, risks and vulnerability to harm. The report states: The responsibility to protect children in the online environment should not be borne only by parents and children. Policymakers, professionals such as teachers and social [...]
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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 & 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
