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Authors and Producers | For Me As A Parent
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For Me, as a Parent…. Kit is a co-production of CECOM at Hôpital Rivière-des-Prairies and the QEMVIE (Qualité éducative des milieux de vie de l’enfant) Research Group of the Université du Québec en Outaouais and the CJM-IU (Centre jeunesse de Montréal Institut universitaire). The authors are Suzanne Lavigueur. Produced the illustrations, and Richard Martin. The first edition of the kit (2008) was aimed at parents of children 0 to 5 years old. Which was included in the 2010 edition. Launching video.
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The Approach | For Me As A Parent
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The intervention approach underlying the use of each of the tools in the kit is centred on listening to parents; it is supported by visual materials that promote an attitude of openness and exchange. For Me, as a Parent…. Why the illustrations do not portray ethnic diversity. How the kit came to be. The concept and content of the For Me, as a Parent kit emerged out of the research project Parents’ competencies and the resources supporting them. The objective of that research was to inventory, document an...
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Testimonials | For Me As A Parent
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A preliminary and partial version of the. For Me, as a Parent…. Kit was tested by a first group of professionals who agreed to use and adapt the tools in their practice with parents. Since the kit’s launch in June 2008, a wide variety of organizations and professionals have incorporated these tools into their parent support programs: youth centres, health and social services centres, rehabilitation centres, community organizations and family centres, and private practices. It was so much fun! The profess...
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Children’s Qualities | For Me As A Parent
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The theme children’s qualities is explored using 12 illustrations. For children ages 2 to 5 years, and 16 illustrations. For ages 6 to 11 years. These qualities are illustrated in terms of behaviours children might display in their daily life. Http:/ formeasaparent.com/wp-content/uploads/bfi thumb/qualities 1A 03-2sozje0demwfu9fbym0sui.jpg. Http:/ formeasaparent.com/wp-content/uploads/bfi thumb/qualities 1A 04-2sozjgrvx2mkzbuifo385m.jpg. Using these different illustrations as a starting point, parents co...
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Parenting Skills | For Me As A Parent
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The parenting skills theme plays an important part in the kit. Here we find a set of positive behaviours and attitudes that parents can use to support their child’s development. This theme includes four series of illustrations that present different skills adapted to the child’s age. 0 to 8 months; 9 to 24 months; 2 to 5 years; 6 to 11 years). For each age group, illustrations are provided in two versions :. Http:/ formeasaparent.com/wp-content/uploads/bfi thumb/skills 2B p03-2sozcdkwwu34kstv5bliiy&#...
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Training Workshops | For Me As A Parent
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The For Me, as a Parent… kit can be used on its own by any experienced professional, with the aid of the User Guide. To contact us in regards to training workshops. 1 – Children’s Qualities. 2 – Parenting Skills. 3 – Shared Pleasures. 4 – Self-Care Activities. 5 – Support From The Social Network. 6 – Parental Concerns. 7 – Parental Challenges And Development. To Order the Kit.
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Support From The Social Network | For Me As A Parent
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Support From The Social Network. The theme of support from the social network refers to people in the parents’ circle of family and friends who are significant, either because they help them carry out their parenting role, or because they create impediments. After these persons are identified, the each parent’s social network is represented visually on a diagram. The question framework offers three successive levels of focus:. The third part explores the parent’s general feeling of solitude. Listening to...
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Self-Care Activities | For Me As A Parent
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The theme of self-care activities refers to those activities parents use to regain their energy, rest, take care of themselves and recharge their batteries. For some parents self-care activities can coincide with the shared pleasures theme, while for others, such leisure activities seem to depend greatly on support from the social network. A series of 22 illustrations. Sometimes associated with a female figure and other times with a male figure, represent different types of self-care activities. This the...
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Parental Challenges and Development | For Me As A Parent
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Parental Challenges and Development. The theme of parental challenges and development is explored using a list of 30 examples. Of more or less difficult situations encountered by many parents, which presents specific situations or challenges that call into question or threaten their ability to carry out their parental role. First, parents are encouraged to think about the greatest challenges they have faced so far in their lives as parents. This tool can be useful to help parents get their bearings. ...
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Parental Concerns | For Me As A Parent
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The theme of parental concerns is explored using a list of 16 examples. Of concerns or worries that parents may have when they think of their child’s future. First, this list of potential worries can help parents to identify and share with the professional or with the group of parents some of their greatest worries. Then, parents might be able to think of concrete means of preventing some of the problems they are worried about. 1 – Children’s Qualities. 2 – Parenting Skills. 3 – Shared Pleasures.