Healthy Child Development Program
Healthy Child Development Mainpro® - C
Program
The Integrated Services for Children Division of the Ontario Ministry of
Health and Long Term Care and the Ministry of Community, Family and Children’s
Services provided the OCFP with an educational grant to develop a Mainpro® - C
program on Healthy Child Development. This program emphasizes the use of the
Antenatal Record, the Alpha Record, the Rourke Record and the Nipissing Record
as tools for effective assessment of pregnant women, infants and young children
to ensure the early identification and effective response to information gaps,
lack of parenting skills and other factors that may lead to developmental delays
or handicaps.
The following is a list of the six modules covered in this
program:
• The Early Years – neuroscience research and human development research
• The Parenting Connection – the important role of parents in child
development
• The Assessment of Family Functioning – use of screening
and assessment tools
• The Assessment of Child Development – normal and
delayed child development
• The Approach to Identified Patients and
Families – case management and coordination
• Linkage to Community
Resources – role of Public Health and other community agencies
The program serves as a bridge between the Healthy Babies and the Healthy
Children programs managed by the Public Health Departments. It provides an
educational forum for family doctors, nurse practitioners, midwives and public
health nurses, and other health care professionals to develop strategies to
better meet the needs of pregnant women, infants, and young children.
Healthy Child Development
Workshops
Health Child Development: Improving the
Odds
The quality of early childhood experiences has an
important influence on brain development and subsequent learning, behavior and
health. The purpose of this program is to highlight developments in early
neurodevelopment and to explore how these developments can be incorporated into
medical practice. This interactive, case-based workshop will provide an overview
of the field of Preventative Pediatric Health Care (0-6 years) through the well
baby/child visit, using various evidence-based tools. In particular, the Rourke
Baby Record and the Nipissing District Developmental Screen will be utilized.
Early identification of preconception and prenatal psychosocial issues, a
Preconception Checklist and the Antenatal Record will be introduced. The Healthy
Child Development Improving the Odds Manual will be used as a resource.
In conjunction with the development of the Healthy Child Mainpro® - C
program, the OCFP partnered with Best Start to develop a toolkit manual to
accompany the teaching workshop. This manual contains background information,
various clinical tools, and cases. To view this manual CLICK HERE – Improving the Odds: Healthy Child Development Manual 2010
6th Edition. CLICK HERE - Improving the Odds: Appendix
Healthy Child Development: Facing the
Challenges
Listed below are topics that are included in the “Facing the Challenges”
Manual. These topics can be given as individual in-depth programs or in
combination. To view this manual CLICK HERE – Facing the Challenges Manual
Healthy Child Development: Focus on Psychosocial
Risk Assessment and Substance Use Issues
Antenatal
psychosocial health assessment is a vital component of prenatal care. The ALPHA
Form has been incorporated into the Antenatal Record and will help identify
factors relating to maternal, family, substance use and family violence issues.
Care of pregnant women with identified risks can be challenging. This
interactive case-based workshop will build on the information covered in the
Healthy Child Development: Improving the Odds and Facing the Challenges manuals
to provide strategies for identification, management and treatment of concerns
identified in the preconception, prenatal and postpartum periods to ensure the
best possible outcomes for children. Substance Use in Pregnancy will be also
discussed using the PRIMA (Pregnancy Related Issues in the Management of
Addictions) provider manual.
Healthy Child Development: Attachment Theory and
Attachment Disorder
This workshop will assist the
practitioner in developing an understanding of Attachment Theory and Attachment
Disorder in infants and toddlers. There will be information provided on various
parenting behaviors and their impact on patterns of attachment. Suggestions will
be provided for some primary care interventions that can improve attachment and
referral resources within the community with attachment issues. The Healthy
Child Development Improving the Odds and Facing the Challenges will be used as
resources.
Healthy Child Development: Aboriginal
Families
This workshop will discuss some aspects of
Aboriginal culture and history as it pertains to the 0 to 6 age group and their
families. The program will promote a compassionate approach to working with
Aboriginal families and the practitioner will learn how to identify some
practical strategies for working with Aboriginal families. The Healthy Child
Development Facing the Challenges will be used as a resource.
Healthy Child Development: Development Delay
(including Autistic Spectrum Disorder)
This workshop will
explore how to diagnose and offer management strategies to families with
children who suffer from Developmental Delay including Autistic Spectrum
Disorder, Developmental Coordination Delay, Muscular Dystrophy and Cerebral
Palsy. Developmental Surveillance tools such as the Rourke Baby Record and the
Nipissing District Developmental Tool will be discussed. The Healthy Child
Development Improving the Odds and Facing the Challenges Manuals will be used as
resources.
Healthy Child Development: Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
This workshop will explore
strategies for early identification of women at risk from substance use during
pregnancy. It will also cover areas relevant to child development and approaches
for linkage to community resources to optimize management of common behavioral
issues that develop in children affected by this condition. The Healthy Child
Development Improving the Odds and Facing the Challenges manuals will be used as
a resource.
Healthy Child Development: Postpartum Mood
Disorders
This workshop will cover issues related to the
normal psychological development of women in pregnancy and how it can affect
their adjustment to their newborn and affect attachment in the parental/child
relationship. The workshop will also look at diagnosis and treatment options for
women suffering from postpartum depression, anxiety and psychosis, and
strategies for using Interpersonal Psychotherapy as a treatment modality for
those women who are suffering from postpartum mood disorders. Practical tools
such as the Edinburgh Postpartum Screening Tool and flowcharts for clinical
management will be included. The Healthy Child Development Facing the Challenges
Manual will be used as a resource.
Healthy Child Development: The Role of the
Father
This workshop will look at issues of relevance for
fathers of infants and young children and how they can improve the attachment
relationship. There will be case-based discussion of how a father can assist in
the case of postpartum depression in the mother and also in how he can cope with
his own emotions during the transition from couple to family. The Healthy Child
Development Facing the Challenges Manual will be used as a resource.
Healthy Child Development: The Enhanced 18 Month
Well Baby Visit
This workshop will look at how primary care
practitioners can optimize proactive health and developmental surveillance. The
enhanced 18 Month Well Child Visit will be used s an example of an opportunity
to do a full review of parent-child interactions, evidence regarding clinical
maneuvers that need to be done and discussion of the role of child care and
other community resources. The evidence gathered by the Guidelines Advisory
Committee underpinning the use of the Rourke Record at the 18 Month Visit will
be presented in detail. The Healthy Child Development Improving the Odds and
Facing the Challenges manuals will be used as resources.
Healthy Child Development: Nutrition and Child
Development
This workshop will look at maternal nutrition
and dietary intake in the prenatal period and its impact on child health
outcomes. Information regarding feeding of the infant, breastfeeding and
introduction of solids will be reviewed in detail. Iron deficiency and the
health impacts of nutritional supplements will be discussed. The Healthy Child
Development Improving the Odds manual will be used as a resource.
For Upcoming Workshops CLICK HERE
For other useful on-line resources CLICK HERE
For further information, contact Ms. Eilyn Rodriguez,
Associate Executive Director Research and Educational Services
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