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1. Rethinking Public Policy using Neuroscience
Hormones, stress, drugs, injury can all affect the development of the cerebral cortex. Dr. Kolb’s research examines the linkages between these factors and their consequences for human behaviour. His findings question the current design of our health, education, social welfare and justice systems.
Facilitator: Dr. Bryan Kolb | Department Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge
2. Keeping Current in the Rapidly Changing ECD Field
People who work with children and families need to understand the science of early human development. Fortunately there are made-in-Canada teaching aids to help. The Encyclopedia on Early Child Development and the multimedia curriculum resource, The Science of ECD, are two web-based sources, updated regularly with the latest information in an accessible format. Whether you are an educator, practitioner, advocate or policy maker, the hands-on demonstration of these two powerful tools will enhance your work.
Facilitators: Claire Gascon-Giard | Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development; Mia Elfenbaum | Red River College
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3. Can Canada have an ECD program?
The delivery of early childhood and family programs is a provincial responsibility, but the health, well- being and competence of the next generation has far reaching implications for Canada. How can these often conflicting federal/provincial perspectives be reconciled in the interests of children and families? The experiences of Manitoba and Quebec provide different perspectives to reflect on the components needed for a comprehensive public policy approach to early human development.
Facilitators: Dr. Paul Kershaw | Human Early Learning Partnership, University of BC; Dr. Rob Santos | Healthy Child Manitoba; Dr. Christa Japel | Université du Québec à Montréal
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4. No Data, No Problem, No Action
To improve outcomes for children, communities need to know how effectively the social and policy context supports their development. The Early Development Instrument (EDI) is used across Canada and internationally to identify environments and practices that are, and are not, working for children. This session focuses on using EDI findings to mobilize communities and policy makers to take action.
Facilitators: Dr. Magdalena Janus | Offord Centre, McMaster University; Joanne Schroeder | Council for Early Child Development
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5. Bridging the Education and Care Divide
The comprehensive OECD review of Canada’s early childhood programs recommends we, “build bridges between child care and kindergarten education, with the aim of integrating ECEC both at ground level and at policy and management levels”. Three jurisdictions have responded by bringing their early childhood departments under their ministries of education. Community innovators have also taken bold steps. This session provides an update of recent activities to promote understanding between the early childhood and the education sectors with an emphasis on strategies for engaging senior policy and educational leaders.
Facilitator: Jim Grieve | Peel District School Board
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6. First Duty: an Integrated Early Childhood and Parenting Program
Toronto First Duty (TFD) opened its first site in 2000 to model the main recommendation of the 1999 Early Years Study -- every child should have the right to a child development and parenting program. Building on existing community assets, the TFD model merges education, child care, parenting and intervention supports into a seamless program that families access through their neighbourhood school. Research indicates the model serves more families, with better quality programming for the same cost as traditional service delivery. This session takes participants through the key principles, strategies and research findings derived from over eight years of developing the model.
Facilitators: Jane Bertrand | George Brown College; Kelly McLean-Haley | New Brunswick, School District 14; Fidelia Torres | Toronto District School Board
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7. Mastering the Community Development Process: the Inverness Experience
This session provides an open forum for sharing real, community level lessons that occur when resources and efforts toward a common goal are pooled. It starts with the experiences of a rural region of Nova Scotia leading to the creation of cross sectoral alliances to improve outcomes for children.
Facilitators: Carol Gott | Rural Voices for Early Childhood Education and Care; Jim Mustard | Community Activist, Nova Scotia; Rankin Macsween | New Dawn Enterprises
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8. Best Practice for Parents
Parents are their children’s first and most important caregivers but parenting programs don’t always convey this message. Parent surveys too often report programming that leaves them feeling ‘defective’, not welcomed or is dismissive of their experiences and expertise. How do programs reach out to all corners of their community to provide an inclusive environment for all families, from the most at-risk to the most affluent? This session shares best practices in both parenting programs and in public policy that supports the role of parents in children’s development.
Facilitators: Dr. Carol Matusicky | BC Council for Families; Dr. Carol Crill Russell | Senior Research Associate, Invest in Kids
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**All presentations are posted in Adobe PDF format to reduce file size and to prevent editing of the slides. If you require a PPT version of a slide, please contact Allison Black at ablack@councilecd.ca to request permission of the speaker.
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