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Among other things, we are glad to introduce you to our new Bulletin on program evaluation. Organizations and professionals need evaluation resources and tools to monitor the impacts of programs. How can we determine the effectiveness of a program for young children or their parents? What analyses are required to justify the broader implementation of a program? Our latest Bulletin explores these questions and analyzes some Canadian programs aimed at improving early childhood learning.
This Bulletin highlights some of the strengths and limitations of four Canadian programs for improving early childhood learning and development.The first two articles assess the effectiveness of nurse home visitation for young mothers and the other two evaluate the effects of short-term parent training programs on the behaviour and attitudes of parents as well as their young children.The Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot Study in Canada (Ontario)The Community Perinatal Care Study (Alberta)Community Parent Education Program (COPE) (Ontario)Triple P Positive Parenting Program (Manitoba)View the Bulletin (PDF, 744 KB)
In a concerted action, Brazil's National Council of Secretaries of Health and National Council of Secretaries of Education have disseminated the report Early Learning Prevents Youth Violence1 by Richard E. Tremblay, Jean Gervais and Amélie Petitclerc and the documentary film Origins of Human Aggression by Richard E. Tremblay and Jean Gervais to more than 5,000 municipalities in Brazil. The purpose of this decision is to raise community awareness about the importance of investing in early childhood, and even during pregnancy, to prevent violence.This collaboration between Brazilian government agencies and the Canadian team made up of the Research Unit on Children's Psychosocial Maladjustment (GRIP) and the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD) will lead to the development of public policies aimed at early childhood. These policies will have the advantage of being based on scientific data and will be supported by interventions whose effectiveness and appropriateness have been evaluated.1 Report produced by the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development with the financial support of the Canadian Council on Learning's Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre. View the report (PDF, 1.18 MB)
The Council for Early Child Development, the Canadian Council on Learning's Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre, and the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development collaborated to organize a Pan-Canadian Summit that took place in Montreal on January 29 and 30, 2009. This event brought together more than 250 people interested in strengthening relations between the worlds of early child development and schools.Consult keynote presentations
Best Start Resource CentreAnnual ConferenceFebruary 23-25, 2009Toronto, OntarioThe Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre will be at this event. We invite participants to visit our booth to pick up some of ECLKC's free products.Find out more
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