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Doyle, Antoinette; Li, Ling – SAGE Open, 2021
Family-focused early learning programs aim to assist parents in supporting their young children language and literacy development. This study examined program access and learning opportunities for diverse families across a wide range of community-based settings in one eastern Canadian province. As well, the study examined practitioners'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Access to Education, Community Programs
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Bartlet, Nadine A.; Freeze, Trevi B. – Exceptionality Education International, 2018
An increasing number of children and youth have mental health disorders. To address this issue, federal and provincial mental health policymakers in Canada have recommended: (a) improving the coordination of services, and (b) increasing the role that schools play in providing supports. One way to operationalize these recommendations is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Schools, Mental Disorders, Mental Health
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2009
This report presents the findings of the formative evaluation of the Understanding the Early Years (UEY) Initiative. The evaluation was conducted to examine issues of implementation and design, early progress in achieving immediate objectives, and issues related to accountability. The evaluation team was also asked to provide preliminary guidance…
Descriptors: Evidence, Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Technical Assistance
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Pennell, Joan; Burford, Gale – Child Welfare, 2000
Details implementation of the Family Group Decision Making Project in Canadian Newfoundland and Labrador among residents from Inuit and European backgrounds. Notes how the program offered solutions to problems of fostering cultural autonomy, measuring family violence, unifying families and protecting family members, and integrating child welfare…
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Child Safety, Child Welfare
Campbell, Sally – Zero to Three (J), 2005
Healthy Families America is a national, voluntary, home visiting program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a safe and healthy start. Since 1992, it has been successfully replicated in over 440 communities in the U.S. and Canada. This article describes the program's reflective, relationship-based model and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Caregivers, Home Programs
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Calame, Robert; Parker, Kim – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2003
Aggression Replacement Training (ART) has been introduced and adopted with youth and families at Batshaw Youth and Family Centres in Montreal, Canada. The Batshaw philosophy of "Family Centered Practice" has generated a program which includes parents and significant others in what we call "Family ART" groups. Within the Batshaw…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Community Programs, Foreign Countries, Foster Care