Wave 4 of Early Development Instrument (EDI) Results Released
Wave 4 of the EDI indicates that close to a third of kindergarten
students across BCare behind in key areas when starting school and too
many never catch up. "Since we started tracking the progress
of BC children 10 years ago, we can clearly demonstrate that child
vulnerability is trending upwards," said Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Director
of the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) at UBC. "Anything
more than 10 percent is avoidable under optimal conditions of early
childhood so about two-thirds of the developmental vulnerabilities that
B.C. children currently experience as they start school is
preventable." Provincial and local results can be downloaded at http://www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/maps-and-data/. |
REPORT: INVESTING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SAVES MILLIONS
Vancouver, Sep 13, 2010:
the Vancouver Board of Trade and the Justice Institute of B.C. released
a joint report saying that investing in early childhood development --
particularly before age five -will save governments and society
millions of dollars in the long run. Read more (Vancouver Sun article) |
Read the Report online |
May 2010: Letter of Support of Early Years Community Coalitions by Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Director of HELP
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ECD
Evaluation Project Report 2010
Results of the
joint Children First and Success by 6 BC iniatitives evaluation project
now available
Report | Evaluation Background
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| Early Years Community Developers News |
| BC Children First Newsletters |
- March 21, 2011
- March 7, 2011
- February 21, 2011
- February 6, 2011
- January 24, 2011
- Child Report Card - Jan 17, 2011
- January 12, 2011
- December 8, 2010
- November 24, 2010
- October 12, 2010
- September 29, 2010
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March 30, 2010 Update
The Provincial Working Group for Early Years Community Developers (made
up of reps from HELP, Children First, Success by 6, United Way of the
Lower Mainland, MCFD and with guests First Call) met on March 30th. The
following is an update of what we talked about and next steps. Read more. |
Jan 7, 2010: "Network of Support" Project
Early
Years Community Developers met to discuss the proposed Network
of Support to strenghten partnerships and supports of ECD coalitions
within BC. This event is initiated by Children First BC in partnership
with Success by 6, Understanding Early Years and HELP.
Dialogue Report (Dec 2009) | Transition Project Review
For more info, contact Tracy
Smyth.
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First Initiatives
support communities to identify and develop an integrated and
comprehensive model of Early Childhood Development [ECD] service
delivery for children 0 to 6 years of age and their families.
They are funded by the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
There are 45 initiatives throughout British
Columbia. Children First Initiatives are key to creating
networks that work together to build family-friendly sustainable
communities both within the early child development field and the
broader community. | | |
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