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Resources Child Development

Holistic Support Wheel Tool
Best Start Resource Centre in collaboration with Spirit Moon Consulting, 2007.
A tool to assist in planning holistic care and supports for Aboriginal children and their caregivers.
Available in black and white PDF and in full colour PDF.
 

 


Improving the Odds: Healthy Child Development. Focus on the Early Years: Neuroscience and Implications for Clinical Practice.
Ontario College of Family Physicians, revised 2007.
A MAINPRO©-C training program developed for family doctors and other health care providers.
Available in print and PDF.
 

 


 

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.
 

 


Putting Health Promotion into Action: A Resource for Early Learning and Child Care Settings
Best Start Resource Centre, 2006
This resource provides an introduction to health promotion and it's significance to the early learning and child care sector. Programs in Ontario that are successfully implementing health promotion are highlighted.
Available in print and PDF.
 

 


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

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Please note: Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating: Focus on Preschoolers is no longer current.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

 

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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