Families and Parenting

 

Building Partnership with Families

Workshop

  • Standard Fee: $50.00
  • RAP Card Fee: $30.00

The goal in creating relationships with families is to build respectful and mutual partnerships. Partnerships enrich both teachers’ and families’ relationships with children and bring together their mutual expertise for the benefit of the child.  This three-hour workshop assists in identifying elements of a partnership and ways to document the evidence related to that partnership.

Reinforces Accreditation Standards: 4 and 5


 

Family Friendly Screening Tools

Workshop

  • Standard Fee: $50.00
  • RAP Card Fee: $30.00

Introduction and review of the Ages & Stages Questionnaire and Nipissing Tools.

Reinforces Accreditation Standards: 1, 2 and 3


 

Nourish, Nurture and Neurodevelopment

Workshop

  • Standard Fee: $50.00
  • RAP Card Fee: $30.00

The Canadian Child Care Federation in partnership with the Canadian Institute of Child Health produced a learning kit full of easy to use resources about children’s optimal neurodevelopment health in support of excellent caregiver practice.  The Nourish, Nurture, Neurodevelopment Workshop is based on this learning kit. The objectives of this session are:

  • Creating the Best Environment for Healthy Brain Development
  • Supporting Breast Feeding and Good Nutrition in Child Care
  • Creating and Supporting a Healthy Attachment
  • What responsive care looks like and supporting responsive care in Child Care settings
  • Supporting the best protection and how caregivers can protection children from harm. 

This is an excellent workshop for parents with new infants.


 

Supporting Father Involvement

Workshop

  • Standard Fee: $50.00
  • RAP Card Fee: $30.00

Explore a variety of strategies to promoting involvement of fathers in Early Learning and Care Environments.

Reinforces Accreditation Standards: 4 and 5