North Caribou Lake Nation
Early Childhood Centre
Aboriginal Healthy Babies/Healthy Children
- Delivers a parenting support program and promotes healthy child development
- Provides group information and educational sessions on topics about healthy pregnancy, birth and taking care of baby at home
- Provides information on the stages of pregnancy
- Offers parents handbook of pregnancy and baby care (Baby's Best Chance)
Program participants are provided with:
- Follow up via telephone within 48 hours of discharge from hospital
- Home visits pre birth to prepare family for new arrival
- Home visits post birth to offer support to new mothers
- Home visits during child's early years to offer development guidance
- Referrals to other programs and services
Early Childhood Development
- Provides a program focused on improving the health and social development of preschool children and their families
- Strives to meet the emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs of the child
- Offers programs that will culturally connect and spiritually root children in the traditional language and history of family, community and Nation
- Involves parents, elders and community members as much as possible
Provides the following:
- A variety of school readiness programs such as learning shapes and numbers, building vocabulary and reading
- Supervised indoor and outdoor playtime and gym activities
- Nutritious snacks
Source: https://www.northwesthealthline.ca/displayservice.aspx?id=140711
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