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ATTACHMENT
Sharing Attachment Practices Across Cultures
Women's Health Centre - c/o Parkdale Parents Primary Prevention
Project
30 The Queensway
Toronto, Ontario
M6R 1B5
Description:
Validate the attachment practices used by mothers/families from diverse
cultural backgrounds and countries which have proved to be critical in
the healthy child development of their children. The project will produce
a literature review on attachment practices abroad, conduct a series of
focus groups and one-to-one interviews with mothers of diverse cultures
and languages and identify how re-settlement can put these practices at
risk. These activities will result in the creation of a tool box with
easy to implement tips and strategies on cross-cultural attachment practices.
Direction will be provided to the project through an advisory board with
representatives from CAPC/CPNP projects across the country.
Status: Completed
Resource:
Attachment Across Culture
This toolkit is directed to all those interested in exploring and validating
cross-cultural attachment beliefs, values and practices, as well as the
impact of migration and resettlement on these beliefs, values and practices.
It is specifically targeted to health and social service providers across
Canada.
BEST START RESOURCE PACKAGE
Best Start: Ontario's Maternal, Newborn and Early Child Development
Resource Centre.
Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse (OPC)
180 Dundas St. W.
Suite 1900
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1Z8
www.beststart.org
Description:
Best Start: Ontario's Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource
Centre supports community health professionals across Ontario working
on health promotion initiatives to enhance the health of expectant and
new parents, newborns and young children. Through consultations, training,
networking, referrals and resource materials, Best Start staff provide
you with the strategies and tools to tackle the range of issues affecting
men and women from preconception to postpartum as well as newborns and
young children.
Status: Completed
FAS/ARBD (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/ Alcohol Related
Birth Defects)
Enhancing FAS/ARBD Interventions at the Pre-natal and Early Childhood
Stages in Canada
Canadian Mothercraft Society - c/o Breaking the Cycle
32 Heath Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 1T3
in partnership with Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)
www.ccsa.ca/fas/
Description:
This project will strengthen efforts to address FAS/ARBD at the prenatal
and early childhood life stages in Canada by working with CPNP/CAPC/AHS
projects to systematically identify gaps and assemble, analyze, pilot
test and return key knowledge on best practices to these projects. The
project will be guided by an advisory committee with representatives from
CAPC, CPNP and AHS projects across the country.
Status: Completed
Resources:
Enhancing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
- related Interventions at the Prenatal and Early Childhood Stages in
Canada
Health Canada's Community Based Programs addressing prenatal and
early childhood issues, hold great potential in reducing the harms associated
with substance use during pregnancy because of their concern for the overall
health of pregnant women, families and young children. Whether an individual
child will have FAS or related effects appears to depend on a number of
factors in addition to alcohol exposure, including prenatal health, nutrition,
and other drug use, lifestyle and socio-economic factors. Therefore, substance
use and pregnancy issues are best addressed in the context of the overall
health of a family and a comprehensive, integrated response by communities,
as represented by the CAPC, CPNP and AHS projects.
Fact Sheets:
FATHERING
S'engager auprès des pères.../Involving Fathers...
La Petite Maison de Pointe-Calumet - c/o Prospère
in partnership with Dads Can
861, boul. de la Chapelle
Pointe-Calumet, Québec
J0N 1G1
Description:
To promote commitment on the part of fathers and to strengthen local,
regional and national action in relation to fathers, families, services
and society, this project proposes a three-phase approach - that is, creation
of an inventory of best practices and a booklet of programs/resources,
development of a Web site for exchange and information, and the holding
of a national symposium. This project will create an environment supporting
experiments in progress, both at organizations associated with CAPC and
in the context of other community initiatives.
Status: Completed
Resource:
On Fathers Ground: A portrait
of projects to support and promote fathering
Fathering:
a Commitment redefined. Many factors have led to the redefinition
of the role of the father, starting with the will of fathers themselves.
However, the few resources available to make fathering easier are
still widely unknown. This catalogue will be an inspiration to the
people who already work passionately to support fathers in their
commitment to their children as well as to those who plan to join
the efforts.
Enhancing Paternal Engagement in New Canadian Families
Calgary Immigrant Aid Society
12, 910 - 7th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
T2P 3N8
www.calgaryimmigrantaid.ca
Description:
Enhance and promote programs that support fathers and fathering needs
of immigrant/refugee in both specialized and mainstream services for children
and families. The project will undertake Canadian and international literature
reviews, conduct focus groups and individual interviews with immigrant/refugee
fathers/families and to develop, produce and disseminate a training program
and manual on cross-cultural fathering, and barriers to paternal engagement.
Status: Completed
Resources:
Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Fathers: A Training
Manual for Human Service Workers
It is the intention that this
manual will comprise a major step in understanding the barriers to
paternal engagement in general and specifically in the population
of immigrant and refugee fathers. Ultimately, children and families
will benefit from increased sensitivity of service providers and
increased competency in planning and implementing family support services
that are accessible and meaningful to fathers. It is hoped that this
project will address the lost opportunities for child focussed services
to build upon the strengths that many men bring to the parenting
situation (McBride and Rane, 1997, strengths that, if fostered and
supported, will strengthen families and enhance the healthy development
of children.
- Module I
- Enhancing our Understanding of Immigrant and Refugee Fathers
- Module II - Planning Programs
- Module III - Evaluation &
Program Development: Inseparable Partners
- Module IV - Examples of Programs
for Immigrant Fathers
My Daddy Matters Because...
Babies Best Start for Brighter Futures
1641 Pharmacy Avenue
Scarborough, ON
M1R 2L2
Description:
An Advisory Committee composed of 12 members representing each of Canada's
7 regions directs this project. The Project intends to build on a previous
NPF project entitled On Fathers' Ground by providing CAPC/CPNP
projects across Canada with the information necessary to both improve
services to fathers and to make better, evidence-based decisions with
respect to choosing activities, services, resources, or programs for
fathers. More specifically, the project mandate intends to:
- Identify effective practice in Canada
- Develop a national social marketing campaign
- Reinforce community mobilization across Canada
- Develop a body of research literature
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Produce an valuable “How To” toolkit for use in pilot
sites
Status: Active
HUMAN RESOURCES
People & planning: Human Ressoources Management Tool Kit
The Pas Family Resource Centre
P.O. Box 97
The Pas, Manitoba
R9A 1K3
www.tpfrc.com
Description:
The project will enhance the knowledge, understanding and effectiveness
of CAPC/CPNP projects in providing effective training and supervision
by producing a practical management resource tailored to the needs and
objectives of CAPC/CPNP projects.
Status: Completed
Resource:
People & Planning A
Human Resources Management Tool Kit for CAPC/CPNP Projects
The tool kit is composed of six priority areas of human resources management:
Staffing, Orientation, Training, Supervision, Performance Appraisal,
and Management.
LITERACY
Parenting for Literacy: A Training Program for Family Resource and Early
Intervention Staff
University of New Brunswick Early Childhood Centre
Bag Service #45333
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 6E3
Description:
Pilot project in N.B.: provide training to CAPC project staff to enhance
their ability to strengthen the literacy development of pre-school children
and their parents. A training package including a manual, supportive audio/visual
materials and a train-the-trainer program will be produced, and distributed
to CAPC projects and other family resource programs in Atlantic Canada.
A French component is also being developed.
Status: Completed
Resources:
- Parenting for a Literate Community Training Manual
- Parenting for a Literate Community Booklets
- Training overheads
- Video - An Introduction to Parenting for a Literate Community
Hard copies of the printed materials can be obtained by contacting the
University of New Bunswick at (506) 453-5024 Address: Early Childhood
Centre, Bag Service Number 45333, Fredericton, NB, E3B 6E3. For updates
on these materials, please visit the website at this address www.unbf.ca/education/ecc/plc/
The following information was produced outside of Health Canada
and is therefore not subject to the Official Languages Act. It is available
in English only.
An Annotated Inventory of Literacy Programs
Early Childhood Centre, Faculty of Education
University of New Brunswick
10 Mackay Drive, Bag Service #45333
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 6E3
Description:
In collaboration with CAPC and CPNP projects across Canada
the Centre will support the development of a more coherent and coordinated
approach
to literacy education by CAPC/CPNP projects and will produce an annotated
inventory of literacy programs and practices currently in use by,
and available to, CAPC/CPNP projects. The University of Moncton will
produce
the equivalent product in French as relevant to French language literacy.
Status: Completed
Resources:
Language,
Literacy and Healthy Development: The Work of CAPC & CPNP
Projects
This resource provides an annotated inventory
of literacy programs and practices currently in use by, and available
to CAPC/CPNP projects. The resource provides information vital for
managers and practitioners seeking to make informed choices regarding
the delivery and development of literacy programs that are effective
and responsive to the socially and culturally diverse populations the
projects serve.
NATIONAL THINK TANK
CAPC/CPNP National Think Tank: Building on Learnings from Communities
and Research
CAPC/CPNP National Think Tank: Building on Learnings from
Communities and Research
University of Toronto
Banting Institute
207-100 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1L5
Description:
The purpose of this project is to facilitate networking and learning
among CAPC and CPNP projects across the country. The proposed Think
Thank model
is an innovative approach that will bring academics and community-based
practitioners together to capture and validate learning about issues
of
particular importance to CAPC and CPNP projects. The process will achieve
a tangible outcome capable of informing and strengthening projects,
establishing
models that could be replicated, and informing a broader base of research
and policy development.
Status: Completed
Resources:
The Think Tank
resulted
in the production of four papers which integrate the experience
and expertise of the project representatives and the researchers. A fifth
paper
provides
an overview of this model and the process that was used.
CAPC/CPNP National Think Tank: Participant Involvement in Board/Governance
Structures
University of Toronto
Banting Institute
207-100 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1L5
Description:
The Think Tank will bring together board members, participants, staff
and a researcher to capture best practices and innovative ideas on how
to involve participants in board/governance structures, followed by a
literature review to validate the findings. The outcome will be a paper
that presents the findings in a clear and practical format.
Status: Completed
Resources:
Think Tank Paper on Parent Participation
in CAPC/CPNP Governance and Decision-Making
NETWORKING/CONNECTIVITY
Création de réseaux |
Internet Connectivity Project |
Centre d'animation St-Pierre de Montréal
1212 Panet Street
Montréal, Québec
H2L 2Y7 |
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
2131 Renfrew Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V5M 4M5
Status: Completed |
Connectivity - Yukon |
Connectivity Manitoba |
Yukon College
Attention Financial Services
P.O. Box 2799
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 5K4
Status: Completed |
The Pas Family Resource Centre Inc.
P.O. Box 97
The Pas, Manitoba
R9A 1K3
Status: Completed |
Connecting CAPC/CPNP in Alberta/NWT
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Parkland Healthy Families Association
4905 - 47 Avenue
Stony Plain, Alberta
T7Z 1S3
Status: Completed |
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Description:
This project proposal is to assist CAPC and CPNP projects in Quebec, B.C.,
Manitoba, Alberta/NWT and Yukon to acquire the necessary equipment to
facilitate communication, information exchange and networking among these
groups and to provide training in order that full advantage may be taken
of the potential offered by the use of electronic linkage.
Meeting of CAPC/CPNP Joint Management Committees
Canadian Institute of Child Health
Suite 512, 885 Meadowlands Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K4B 1H8
Description:
Convene a national meeting of CAPC and CPNP Joint Management Committee
representatives.
Status: Completed
Resources:
Joint Management
Proceedings entitled Meeting of the CAPC/CPNP Joint Management Committees.
A number of members from each CAPC/CPNP provincial/territorial Joint Management
Committee (JMC), as well as key national and community stakeholders, where
brought together to examine a number of critical issues relevant to future
program development, delivery and evaluation.
The following information was produced outside of Health Canada and
is therefore not subject to the Official Languages Act. It is available
in English only.
Connectivity Phase II: WebBoard Training
Ontario's North for the Children
P.O. Box 1118, 30 Hill Street
Chelmsford, Ontario
P0M 1L0
Description:
This project responds to the training needs identified by CAPC and CPNP
projects across Ontario including basic Internet functions (e.g., reading
and posting messages, searching) and more advanced instruction such as
web conferencing, train-the-trainer sessions and training for moderators/animators.
The project will also develop bilingual resources including a webboard
manual and train-the-trainer guide which will be available to all CAPC
and CPNP projects across the country.
Status: Completed
National Conference Needs Assessment
Healthy Start for Mom & Me
601 Aikins Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R2W 4J5
Description:
Conduct a needs assessment of all CAPC and CPNP projects across Canada
to determine the interest and feasibility of hosting a national conference
of CAPC and CPNP projects.
Status: Completed
RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Responsibility and Accountability: What Community Based Organizations
Need to Know
Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs
707 - 331 Cooper Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0G5
www.frp.com
Description:
This project will address the issue of Vicarious Liability within Community
Based Programs. A Handbook will be created and disseminated to all CAPC/CPNP
projects.
Status: Completed
Resource:
Responsibility and Accountability: What community-Based Programs
Need to Know
Family support programs, like other community-based not-forprofits, are
faced with a variety of uncertainties and challenges. These uncertainties
can take many forms and can sometimes threaten the well-being of the organization.
This tool kit has been designed to assist family support programs in developing
sound operating practices that will help them to minimize many of these
challenges and will contribute to the overall health of their organization.
SPECIAL MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS
Supporting CAPC and CPNP project staff in their work with parents and
children coping with special mental health needs
Jewish Family Services of the Baron de Hirsch Institute
1 Carré Cummings Square, Suite 300
Montreal, Quebec
H3W 1M6
Description:
Many projects have reported that children in their programs need special
attention because of emotional, behavioural or developmental problems.
The project therefore will develop a resource tool(s) for use by CAPC/CPNP
staff, which is user-friendly, with relevant informational content.
This resource will provide staff with access to information to allow
them to carry out the work of the CAPC/CPNP projects more effectively
and support staff in their work and consequently, benefit children,
families and communities that the projects serve.
Status: Completed
Resources:
Family Front and Centre : A Support Resource Promoting Healthy Child
Development
This tool kit provides relevent theoretical and practical
information on children's mental health. The resource tool kit includes
a User Guide and five spiral bound books in French and English.
TEEN PREGNANCY
Building the Foundation - A CAPC/CPNP Initiative for the prevention
of teen pregnancy
Young/Single Parent Support Network
c/o St. Mary's Home
659 Church Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1K 3K1
In partnership with: Canadian Institute of Child Health and the
The Timmins Native Friendship Centre
Description:
The goal of this project is to develop a framework for action that will
help CAPC/CPNP projects to reduce the incidence of teen pregnancy in their
community. Project components and activities would consist in: establishing
a network of key informants, gathering knowledge and findings through
literature review and survey of CAPC/CPNP programs and other organizations;
preparing a report on resources, training, gaps and best practices; communicating
findings to projects and; making recommendation for future action.
Status: Completed
Resource:
Pro-Action, Postponement, and Preparation/Support - A Framework
for Action to Reduce the Rate of Teen Pregnancy in Canada
The project's goal was to develop a framework for action to reduce the
rate of teen pregnancy in Canada. The objectives were to learn what is
currently being done and what needs to be done on this issue across the
country, and to explore the potential role of projects funded by the federal
Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) and Canada Prenatal Nutrition
Program (CPNP) in reducing the rate of teen pregnancy. The findings of
this report are based on a literature review, a survey of 40 key informants,
five consultations with youth, and a survey of 756 CAPC/CPNP projects
across Canada. Special efforts were made to include the Aboriginal perspective
in developing this report.
- Section 1: Acknowledgements,
Foreword, Executive Summary, A. Introduction, B. Potential Consequences
of Teen Pregnancy, C. Some Facts About Teen Pregnancy, D. Profiles of
Teens Having Babies, E. Factors That Contribute to Teen Pregnancy, F.
Teen Pregnancy Myths, G. Principles Guiding the Development of the Framework,
H. A Framework to Reduce the Teen Pregnancy Rate Based on Evidence of
What Works, I. Key Players in Canada, J. The Unique Role That CAPC/CPNP
Projects Can Play, K. Recommendations for CAPC/CPNP Action, L. National
Level Options, M. Resources, and Notes
- Section 2: APPENDIX A - Literature
Review
- Section 3: APPENDIX B - Key
Informant Opinions and Views
- Section 4: APPENDIX C - Youth
Consultation Findings, Suveys and Focus Groups
- Section 5: APPENDIX D - CAPC/CPNP
Survey Findings
APPENDIX E - CAPC/CPNP, Government and Aboriginal Representatives Consulted
VOLUNTEER
CAPC/CPNP Volunteer Recruitment and Management Project
Rural Response For Healthy Children
Box 687
13 Rattenbury Street, East
Clinton, Ontario
N0M 1L0
Description:
The project will enhance the knowledge, understanding and effectiveness
of CAPC/CPNP projects to recruit and manage volunteers by developing a
practical volunteer management resource tailored to the needs and objectives
of CAPC/CPNP projects. It will include tools and templates for the most
common volunteer management tasks and queries, discuss the importance
of training and supervision of volunteers, highlight good practices and
success stories
Status: Completed
Resource:
Valuing Volunteers - A Volunteer Recruitement & Management
Tool Kit for CAPC and CPNP Projects
The Tool Kit can be used as a primer for those considering the use
of volunteers or a refresher for the seasoned veteran. It can provide
a
framework for developing new volunteer programs or great ideas for
rejuvenating existing ones.
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