• Data in Action
    Responding to EDI Data: A Play-Based Approach to Social-Emotional Learning in the Fraser Valley

    The CALM Curriculum© (Connecting Neuroscience and Positive Psychology for Learning and Managing Emotions) is a play-based, research-informed initiative developed by the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre to help children improve self-regulation skills, build resilience, navigate social interactions and scaffold skills that support early childhood mental health.

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    Building a Community Wellness Framework: South Island Indigenous Authority

    Our latest Data in Action story spotlights South Island Indigenous Authority (SIIA), a community partner of HELP, and how their team has been able to use data from the Child Development Monitoring System as part of their wellness framework development. This collaboration demonstrates the potential for Monitoring System data to help identify and support child and youth well-being, honouring the unique identities, strengths and needs of communities.

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    Cross-Sector Collaborations Create Early Years Programming to Support Rocky Mountain Transitions into Kindergarten

    Learn about how Child Development Monitoring System data are useful sources of information to support cross-sector early learning discussions and partnerships.

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    Data & Connection Series: Community-Led Research in Comox Valley

    In an effort to address concerns about rising EDI vulnerability rates in the region, the Building Connections for Valley Families initiative was launched in 2019 to collectively inform and engage with communities with the goal of enhancing early years supports and services for children (conception to age 8), their families, and the Comox Valley.

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    Data & Connection Series: Innovative Programming in Kootenay-Columbia

    The Kootenay-Columbia region used Toddler Development Instrument (TDI) data collected during its pilot year to support their cross-cultural collaborative work, which resulted in the introduction of Parenting Cafés.

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    Data & Connection Series: How Revelstoke Used 20 Years of Data to Strengthen Connection

    For the past 20 years, Revelstoke has used Monitoring System data collected across all five tools to inform their community-based work of strengthening child development and well-being in the region. In response to trends in the data, Revelstoke has taken a whole-of-community approach, focused on connectedness and equity.