NEWS

  • Thank you Sponsors and Supporters
      It takes the community to ensure all of our young children have the best start in life.  Many thanks go out to the many organizations, groups and volunteers who participated in the Campbell River Children’s Health Fairs this year on...

  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; the Invisible Disability!
        We typically acknowledge that life creates challenges for people with mobility impairments or visible developmental disabilities, but what about people who live with an invisible brain difference such as FASD?  Fetal Alcohol...

  • Child Care Concerns? PacificCARE Can Help!
      Looking for child care can often be a daunting task; there are so many different sources of information that may not always be the most reliable. While internet search engines, social media sites and even classified internet ads may seem...
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EVENTS

  • Sidestepping the Power Struggle
      LIFE Seminars recognizes that parenting is a demanding job filled with everyday challenges and struggles. This course explores ways in which to identify and minimize these struggles effectively. Here are some of the topics which will be...
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Professional Events

Positive Approaches to Behaviour

Starts at :Wednesday, September 19 - 6:30 PM

 

PARTNERSHIPS IN POSITIVE APPROACHES TO BEHAVIOUR

Many early care and learning providers feel like they spend much of their time addressing the behaviours of a few children, leaving little time to support the development and learning of the other children in their program.

Increasing evidence suggests that an effective approach to addressing problem behaviour is the adoption of a model that focuses on promoting children’s social emotional development, providing support for children’s appropriate behaviour, and preventing children’s challenging behaviour.

In this 6 week comprehensive training you will learn the pyramid approach.

The pyramid approach teaches us how to build positive relationships, how to use preventative classroom and home based strategies; social and emotional teaching strategies, and intensive interventions. You will develop a plan for addressing challenging behaviours. You will also have an opportunity to talk about challenges you are experiencing in facilitated group discussions throughout this 6 week program.

 

 

Dates: Wednesdays

Sept. 19th, 26th, October 3rd,10th, 17th,and 24th.                                                                

Time:  6:30 to 9:00 p.m.

Workshop location: Ironwood Place; 1351 Ironwood Street, Campbell River

For more information please phone:      250 286-0955 -  Dinah Ext. 232  or   Debbie -Ext. 237 

The Father Factor: How to Help Dads Succeed

Starts at :Monday, November 19 - 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

 

The Father Factor: How to Help Dads Succeed

Success By 6 Presents

Workshop with David Sheftel 

Monday November 19, 2012 @ 1:30 - 4:00

 Community Centre Lounge

 

 

You know that fathers play an essential role in children's lives, and that promoting positive fathering is a key element in building healthy families.  But as many organizations and agencies are discovering, working with fathers in our communities can be challenging.  Engaging meaningfully with dads can mean rethinking some of our basic assumptions about delivering services and supports to families.  At this essential workshop you'll learn why and how to engage fathers in their families' lives, and develop the tools that will help you to reach out to dads.

 

 

In this interactive workshop you will:

  • Learn current best practices for working with fathers in a social services environment
  • Hear important new research about how father involvement benefits children, families and men
  • Explore your own and your agency's perceptions of dad
  • Develop practical strategies to overcome the barriers to dads' involvement
  • Increase the effectiveness of programs for supporting fathers in their role as parents

 

 

 

David Sheftel has been a leader in the family support and education field for over10 years.  He is a Certifiied Canadian Family Educator, holds a certificate in Infant Mental Health, and works for the BC Council for Families as coordinator of the Father Involvement Network of BC and the provincial Home Visitor Training Initiative.  David brings with him a diverse range of experience in family support.   He believes strongly in the importance and value of supporting families and especially fathers. 

 

RSVP by Friday November 9, 2011 ~ info@crfamilynetwork.ca see you there!

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Nature-based Learning Networking Group

Starts at :Tuesday, September 25 - 6:30 PM

 

 

  • ·        Networking opportunity
  • ·        Share what you’ve done and get new ideas
  • ·        Next steps
  • ·        Refreshments provided

Please RSVP by return email

 

 

This evening is a follow-up to the workshop held on August 29 and we also encourage anyone who works with children to attend. We heard a wealth of information from Dr. Enid Elliot and it is our desire to ensure that this concept becomes sustainable and a part of all early year’s programs.

If you are unable to attend because of another commitment, we would like to hear from you!  We would like to find an evening and time that works for as many of the dedicated child care providers as possible.

Please feel free to contact Eleanor Gee egee@pacific-care.bc.ca to sign up for this networking session or to let us know an alternate evening that would work for you!