Supporting Families: Latest Science, Best Practices: Recent Episodes
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The Supporting Families: Latest Science, Best Practices podcast, hosted by Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, presents the latest science and current practices in different areas of early childhood development. Dr. Roumeliotis is the Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU). His specialities are pediatrics, public health, physician leadership, multimedia health creation and production.
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This resource is brought to you by Families Canada, the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, and Dr. Paul, and is made possible with the support of the ESDC- Social Development Partnership Program
The webinar brings together a panel of experts in intergenerational programming, senior programming, and dementia awareness, to share and discuss their experiences in creating dementia inclusive spaces and programs. This session is an opportunity to gain knowledge of challenges and barriers faced by individuals with dementia in accessing programming, and to learn methods and strategies to address these challenges when developing programming to be dementia inclusive.
Augmenter la confiance dans les vaccins: Vacciner les enfants dans l’après-pandémie
La récente baisse du taux global de vaccination des enfants exige des connaissances approfondies des vaccins pour continuer à renforcer la confiance dans la vaccination. Grâce au financement de l'Agence de la santé publique du Canada et en partenariat avec le Bureau de santé de l'est de l'Ontario, Familles Canada s'efforce d'accroître la capacité du secteur de soutien à la famille à favoriser la confiance ’des membres des populations défavorisées et marginalisées face aux vaccins grâce à une série de webinaires répondant aux questions les plus pressantes liées à la vaccination des enfants.
Webinar Replay: Building Vaccine Confidence: Childhood Vaccination in a Post-Pandemic World With the recent decline in overall childhood vaccination rates, accurate vaccine knowledge is crucial to continue building vaccine confidence. With funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada and in partnership with the Eastern Ontario Health Unit, Families Canada is working to increase the capacity of the family support sector to support vaccine confidence among disadvantaged and marginalized populations through a series of webinars answering the most pressing childhood vaccination-related questions.
Webinar - What We Heard: Perinatal Mental Health Supports in the Family Support Sector
Supported by the Daymark Foundation, Families Canada has been working on a project titled: “Mental Health Support for Perinatal People: A needs assessment of the family support sector”. The webinar marks the launch of the needs assessment and share, for the first-time, what Families Canada’s research team heard during the national consultations. Existing gaps, assets, opportunities, and barriers to providing mental health support services to perinatal people will be identified. Find out where to access a list of existing programs and resources in your province/territory. And important recommendations for increasing perinatal people’s access to mental health support in the family support sector will be shared. This important event will help increase your understanding of current gaps, opportunities, barriers for providing mental health support services to perinatal people in the family support sector. Participants will also hear about new research recommendations on what can be done in the family support sector to better support perinatal people’s mental health. Online Store! Our online store helps you find the resources you're looking for, from tip sheets and booklets on parenting, play, Indigenous families, and many more. Visit the store here: https://lnkd.in/eybDtFza
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In this episode our guests Dr. Mariana Brussoni and Nicole Latremouille will discuss the importance of outdoor play in childhood and ways to apply the latest science and research findings into everyday settings. Dr. Mariana Brussoni is a developmental psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia and Nicole Latremouille is a Program Facilitator with the EarlyON Child and Family Centre, a program of Andrew Fleck Children’s Services.
In this episode, Professor Susan Rvachew explores technology use in early childhood. She sheds light on the impact of technology on children in the vital first years of their life, and what parents, educators, and families can do to minimize any harm and maximize benefits. Professor Rvachew is the Director of the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at McGill University.
In this episode, Dr. Tina Montreuil will discuss anxiety, stress and mental health in early childhood development. Learn why it is important, what we know, and what can be done. Dr. Montreuil is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychopedagogy and Counselling and Psychiatry at McGill University.
In this episode, Dr. May Ling Halim discusses gender and identity development in children. Gender socialization happens from the time a child is born and has a long lasting impact on their well being. Dr. Halim is an Associate Professor of Psychology at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).