Course Description

Service providers must ask questions and seek current information about factors that influence Indigenous children in today's society. This module offers an overview of Indigenous child wellness and looks at current risk factors affecting Inuit, Métis and First Nation children. Effective supports are described.

Best Start Resource Centre

The Best Start Resource Centre is a health promotion organization that works with diverse partners to build healthy, equitable and thriving communities. The Best Start Resource Centre supports service providers who work in preconception health, prenatal health and early child development. The Best Start Resource Centre produces multi-media resources in multiple languages on a broad range of topics related to preconception health, prenatal health, and early child development.

Course curriculum

    1. Acknowledgements

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    2. Original Documents

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    1. Seeking: The Southern Direction

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    2. Indigenous Child Wellness Wheel

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    3. Contributing Factors to the Health Status of Indigenous Children

    4. Impact on Indigenous Children 0-6

    5. Early Learning Environments

    6. Addressing Areas of Risk in Indigenous Families

    1. Module Summary

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    1. References

    2. Glossary

    3. General Resources

About this course

  • $20.00
  • 12 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content