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Resources 
Child Development
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Baby Wants..... |
Best Start Resource Centre, 2008 |
A booklet designed for parents to encourage them to do some simple everyday actions to foster their young child’s development: play, read, sing, etc. The text is simple and the pictures show the suggested activities. |
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print and PDF. |
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Improving
the Odds: Healthy Child Development. Focus on the Early Years:
Neuroscience and Implications for Clinical Practice. |
Ontario
College of Family Physicians, revised 2007.
Appendix P: Pediatric Nutrition Guidelines for Primary Health
Care Providers, revised 2008 |
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MAINPRO©-C training program developed for family doctors
and other health care providers. |
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print and PDF. |
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Shaken
Baby Syndrome - Handout |
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collaborative project of: the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Program, Toronto Public Health,
and the Best Start Resource Centre, 2008. |
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content developed by the ONF SBS Prevention Program, these handouts
provide information about infant crying and comforting techniques.
Available in English, French, and 17 other languages, for download
only. Includes a text box to insert local contact information. |
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in English, French,
Arabic, Bengali,
Chinese, Farsi,
Greek, Hindi,
Italian, Korean,
Polish, Portuguese,
Punjabi, Russian,
Somali, Spanish,
Tagalog, Tamil
and Urdu by download
only. |
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Holistic
Support Wheel Tool |
| Best
Start Resource Centre in collaboration with Spirit Moon Consulting,
2007. |
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tool to assist in planning holistic care and supports for Aboriginal
children and their caregivers. |
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in black and white PDF
and in full colour PDF. |
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A
Sense of Belonging : Supporting Healthy Child Development in
Aboriginal Families |
Best
Start Resource Centre, 2006 (in collaboration with Spirit Moon
Consulting, Waabinong Head Start, Ontario Federation of Indian
Friendship
Centres, Ontario Native Woman’s Association, Pauktuutit
Inuit Women of
Canada, Ontario Native Woman’s Association, Union of Ontario
Indians, Métis
Nation of Ontario and Nishnawbe-Aski Nation). |
This
manual was developed to improve service delivery to Aboriginal
families
in Ontario. It shares important information about what Aboriginal
people
feel they need to support their families in having happy, healthy
children. |
Available in
print and PDF.  |
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Have
a Ball! A Toolkit for Physical Activity and the Early Years |
| Best Start
Resource Centre, Physical Activity Resource Centre and the Nutrition
Resource Centre, 2005 |
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A variety of materials in a handy, ready-to-go 'briefcase'
for promoting and delivering physical activity opportunities
for young children. The Toolkit includes a binder of information,
a copy of Moving and Growing: Ages Two, Three and Four, a
copy of the Rainbow Fun resource on CD, the Chief Medical
Officer of Health Report: Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives,
Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating: Focus on Preschoolers,
a beach ball to (must we say it)…get the ball rolling,
and other complementary materials.
Please note: Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating:
Focus on Preschoolers is no longer current. Advice and guidance
for educators on the revised Canada's Food Guide recommendations
for children is now included in Section 5 of the Resource
for Educators and Communicators available through Health Canada
online at:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/educ-comm/index_e.html
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Download the binder contents available in PDF.
- What
the Research Says (PDF 535KB)
- Resource Selection Critera
(164KB)
- Resources
(PDF 344KB)
- Great Ideas
(PDF 3.5 MB)
- Have a Ball with
a Ball ! (88.6KB)
- Fact sheets
- Professionals (PDF 1.1 MB)
- Fact sheets
- Parents (PDF 316KB)
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