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Alberta Understanding The Early Years Conference: October, 2008
Alberta Understanding The Early Years Conference: October, 2008
Alberta Understanding The Early Years Conference: October, 2008
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Effective communities engage their citizens and utilize resources in creative collaborative ways to address challenges.
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C. Enabling Communities
Transferring knowledge
Working together to act on the knowledge Strengthening the ability to make decisions 3
Families who have a high level of social support and live in communities where neighbours support each other.
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Major Partners
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Setting the Stage with Ongoing Activities to be Implemented Throughout the Project
Work with the community to develop an understanding of and commitment to the UEY project Support and strengthen the community coalition Communicate the importance of the early years Share UEY project results on an ongoing basis
Develop tools and products to assist parents and others to better understand early childhood development
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Ongoing analysis: Determining the areas in which these resources, programs and services are located and how they are used by families. Discovering barriers to their use and identifying gaps in assets in some areas of the city.
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Developed as baseline for our community without EDI data for first version
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Profile the types and availability of community resources for families and children
Assess how well the needs of families with young children are being met Learn more about how research can be used at the local level to bring about improvements for children
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Activities, Projects and Materials to Raise Awareness of the Importance of the Early Years
Show and Tell of what we have accomplished so far. . . Media Releases Brochures Parent Directory (Inventory of Community Programs and Services) Welcome to Kindergarten Bags Book Marks (Free and low cost summer activities) Child Development Chart and Activities Participation in related projects through coalitions with community groups
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