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Resilience is the ability to bounce back from stress and adversity and take on new challenges. The Reaching In Reaching Out office (Promoting Resiliency in Young Children) shared this site with us:
http://storybook.fishfulthinking.com/FishfulThinking/WhatIs .
I have spent a bit of time exploring it, and I think it is FABULOUS! I thought everyone might find it interesting and useful.
Written by Heidi Payne, ECE Resource Centre Assistant
NOTE: Childreach is offering RIRO training this fall to assist early childhood educators and other child-serving professionals to become more aware of their own beliefs about adveristy and opportunity, and then in turn help young children learn to Reach IN to think more flexibly and accurately and to Reach OUT to take on new opportunities. For more information, please visit our website.
The Best Start Resource Centre is pleased to offer two workshops related to early childhood development and diversity. These workshops are based on the content of a manual which will be released over the summer: Growing Up in a New Land – Strategies for Working with Newcomer Families. The two workshops will offer slightly different content. Both will be co-facilitated by Saleha Bismilla, an internationally-trained Registered Nurse, Midwife and Community Health Nurse with a broad experience working in the GTA, and Louise Choquette, the staff member from the Best Start Resource Centre who has developed the manual.
A face-to-face workshop will be offered in partnership with Childreach in London, Ontario on Monday, October 25. This workshop is designed for service providers who work with parents and children through Ontario Early Years Centers, Healthy Babies Healthy Children programs, family resource programs, settlement programs and other parenting programs. Registration for this workshop is $35 and includes lunch and a copy of the manual. Registration information is available at: http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/newland_London/growingup.html.
An evening webinar on Wednesday, November 10 is designed for service providers working newcomer children ages 0 to 6 through daycares, schools and settlement programs (early childhood educators, teachers, teaching assistants, etc.). Registration for this webinar is $15 and includes a toll-free number and a copy of the manual. Registration information is available at: http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/growingup_webinar_2010/growingup.html.
Registration for both these workshops is limited, and we expect a high interest for them, so don’t delay to register if you are interested.
There will also be a space designated for specific organizations in London who provide services to newcomers to have a display to promote their services. If you are interested in setting up a display, please contact Nadine Reeves at Childreach.
Are you wondering about how to talk about sex and sexuality with your school-age child? What are students learning about this topic at school? What is “normal”? What about my family values?
If you would be interested in a parent workshop to help you answer some of these questions, call Marg at 519-434-3644 x38. If there is sufficient interest, this workshop will be offered in the New Year.
The Fathers Network is an 8-week group for dads run by dads that looks at ways for men to be better fathers to their children. The group may include biological fathers, step-fathers, same-sex fathers, and males who are in a parenting role. It is also open to first time fathers or soon-to-be fathers. Call Steve Didham at 519-455-9000 for more information.
We also have two “dad-specific” workshops coming in the New Year at Childreach :
Play With Me Daddy
Saturday, January 23 from 10 am to 12 noon – for dads to learn the importance of play and how it builds the father/child relationship.
Infant Massage
Saturdays, February 6, 13, 20 and 27 from 10 to 11 am – for dads and their babies under 6 months of age. Build a special connection!
Register online or call us for more information.
The London Police, Children’s Aid Society, Thames Valley District School Board, and the City of London have organized a free seminar about internet safety on Wednesday, May 6 from 7 to 9 p.m at Central Secondary School. Bruce Cowper, the Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft Canada, will be speaking to families on the good, the bad and the ugly sides of the world wide web.
Children are welcome, and childminding will be provided for younger children. Pre-registration is required for childminding. Call 519-661-5575 and refer to bar code 207198 or visit the Spectrum website.
