Links
Welcome to our links page. These links provide a variety of information to parents and caregivers. If you have any suggestions or would like to offer any comments on the links listed below please email us at enquiries@cdcpg.org
- BC Children's Hospital Library: The library is free of charge only to families, caregivers, community-service providers and other health-care professionals in BC
- The Village is an extensive registry of programs, resources and services available in Prince George. It is updated monthly and is available on the Parent Support Services Society of BC web site.
- Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI). The site has information for development professionals and families on social/emotional development for young children. There are many free resources available on the site including down loadable brochures and videos.
- Consumer Watch: Child Safety: has information on choosing safe products for children, safety tips, recommended safety devices, and recalled child/baby related products.
- Pathways Awareness: New Parents. This page has a down loadable development calendar that adjusts for your baby's age. They also have a brochure that lists typical speech, play and physical development.
- Wonder Baby provides information regarding children with visual impairments, including an extensive links page.
- BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation provides information on child car seats. BCAA also holds child seat check events in Prince George on the 3rd Thursday of each month, call 250 649-2399 to book an appointment
- Centre of Knowledge on Healthy Child Development: provides evidence based information on what promotes and what hinders healthy child development.
- ASL Pro: Video signing library
- Ability Online: A place where young people with disabilities and illnesses connect with all kinds of possibilities that address their needs as curious, growing citizens of the planet. They meet and chat with other people like them in a virtual world that transcends boundaries and barriers. They make friends, get tips from mentors, and freely participate in an atmosphere of collaboration, companionship and support.
- Parents Help Line Link Library: Although the Help Line is no longer in operation, there is still many helpful links available here
- Help: Human Early Learning Partnership: This is an interdisciplinary research network of faculty, researchers and graduate students from British Columbia's six major universities. Led by Dr. Clyde Hertzman, HELP facilitates the creation of new knowledge, and helps apply this knowledge by working directly with government and communities. HELP works in partnership with, and receives funding from, the BC Ministries of Children and Family Development (MCFD), Education and Healthy Living and Sport.
- Born 2 Sign: On line signing dictionary. Includes illustrated signs with video clips, and information on you may want to consider signing with your child.
- Sick Kids: Infant Mental Health Promotion : Includes many down loadable articles on areas such as managing aggressive behaviour.
Here are some links to children's
activity sites. Many have printable
colouring sheets, activities and recipes available:
