Course Description

Service providers must ask questions and seek current information about factors that influence Aboriginal children in today's society. This module offers an overview of Aboriginal 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

    2. Original Documents

    1. Seeking: The Southern Direction

    2. Aboriginal Child Wellness Wheel

    3. Contributing Factors to the Health Status of Aboriginal Children

    4. Impact on Aboriginal Children 0-6

    5. Early Learning Environments

    6. Addressing Areas of Risk in Aboriginal Families

    1. Module Summary

    1. References

    2. Glossary

    3. General Resources

About this course

  • $6.00
  • 12 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content