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TODAY (Jan. 29) IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER!
Register NOW because the conference is almost full. Once the conference is full, you can register to be on our waiting list in case there are cancellations.
The conference addresses preconception through to child health and explores sessions relevant to your work and areas of interest. Acquire the latest information, learn innovative strategies and programs, and meet new colleagues.
To find out more about the conference including: registration details, the agenda, speakers, venue, parking, and accommodations, see http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/bsannualconf10/index.htm
Here are some highlights of the conference:
----- PRECONFERENCE SESSION (February 17, 2010) -----
Promotion of Healthy Social Emotional Development and Prevention of Pre-school Bullying
Pre-school bullying is a topic that is receiving more and more interest. The forum will bring together research and practice in a still under-explored area of child health. Presentations and discussions will look at: the origins of aggression, factors associated with aggressive behaviour in young children, and factors leading to bullying or victimization. Strategies for service providers working with young children on promoting healthy social/emotional development and prevent aggression in pre-schoolers will be explored.
----- MAIN CONFERENCE (February 18-19, 2010) -----
KEYNOTES
We're All In This Together
Dr. Robin Williams <http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/bsannualconf10/speaker.htm#dr_rw> , Medical Officer of Health, Niagara Region Public Health Clinical; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University
In her session, Dr. Robin Williams plans to examine the opportunities to move the Early Years agenda forward in Ontario, looking at both the opportunities and the challenges.
Advancing Preconception Health: From Concept to Practice South of the Border
Merry-K Moos <http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/bsannualconf10/speakers.htm#merry_k> , Professor (retired), Maternal Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina
After two decades of grass roots energies, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established a Select Panel on Preconceptional Health in 2006. The panel, recognizing that healthy women are at increased likelihood of having healthy pregnancy outcomes, prepared a blueprint for moving the reproductive prevention paradigm from a pregnancy orientation to one centered on a woman's health. This presentation will explore strategies employed to achieve each of the 10 Select Panel recommendations, remaining opportunities and challenges as well as lessons learned that may have relevance for moving the agenda forward in Canada.
Monitoring Progress on Early Child Development in Canada
Dr. Clyde Hertzman <http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/bsannualconf10/speaker.htm#dr_cly> , Director, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP); Tier I Canada Research Chair, Population Health and Human Development; and Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
We have now created a pan-Canadian platform for monitoring early child development (ECD), including data from six provinces. It is based upon mapping vulnerability using the Early Development Instrument. The platform allows those interested in ECD to understand patterns of development according to neighbourhood and region across the country. Since each province is taking its own approach to policies and programs in the early years, the pan-Canadian platform will help us understand which regimes are most successful in improving the state of ECD. Moreover, it provides a basis for like-minded communities across the country to create learning partnerships to improve ECD.
OTHER SESSION TOPICS:
* Sexual Health and Canadian Youth: Current Status and Educational Priorities
* Management of Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy-Evidence Based Counseling
* Do you know the ABC's of Safe Sleep?
* Is He Still Nursing?" - Supporting Women Who Breastfeed Past 6 Months
* Children Living in a Digital World
* Building Physical and Health Literacy: A Renewed Vision for Health and Physical Education in Ontario
* Early Childhood and the Crisis in Oral Health
* Fitting Fathers In. Key Ideas from Research and Promising Practices in Working with Dads
* Teach a Parent > Reach a Child: Integrating a Family Literacy Approach in the Early Years
* Physical Activity for 2-5 Year Old Children: Have a ball together!
* Preventing Inflicted Infant Head Trauma: A Best Practice Implementation
* From Corvette to Windstar: Men's Transition to Fatherhood during Pregnancy
For more information, see http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/bsannualconf10/agenda.htm
Meghan Boston-McCracken, MSW, RSW
Bilingual Information Specialist / Spécialiste bilingue d'information
Best Start Resource Centre / Meilleur départ
Health Nexus Santé
(formerly Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse/anciennement Centre ontarien d'information en prévention)
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Telephone: (705) 254-3463 / 1-800-397-9567 ext. 2345
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Register now! Space is limited - 'Early bird' rates end January 8th.
Best Start Resource Centre: 2010 Annual Conference
February 17-19, 2010: Toronto, ON
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