Information for Professionals
These IECMH tip sheets provide information for professionals, expanding on the topics of the Moments Matter posters. In addition to the below tip sheets for professionals, there are also tip sheets for parents available here (in English, French, and Arabic). For questions about these tip sheets, contact info@growingupgreat.ca. See below for additional resources from other organizations.
Fiches en français disponibles ici.
Professional Tip Sheets
All eight tip sheets for professionals in a single file
Professional Tip Sheet: Introduction
Professional Tip Sheet: Attachment
updated December 2024
Professional Tip Sheet: Brain Development
Professional Tip Sheet: Resiliency
Professional Tip Sheet: Self-regulation
Professional Tip Sheet: Sense of Agency
Professional Tip Sheet: Temperament
Professional Tip Sheet: Perinatal and Parental Mental Health
Other Resources
- Brain Story Certification: a valuable certification training and resource from Alberta Family Wellness Initiative (~30 hours)
- Trauma Informed Care: a training from Alberta Health Services (~10 hours)
- Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
-
- What We Can Do About Toxic Stress
- ACEs and Toxic Stress: Frequently Asked Questions
- Epigenetics and Child Development: How Children’s Experiences Affect Their Genes
- What Is Executive Function? And How Does It Relate to Child Development?
- Brain-building Through Play: handouts of activities for various ages
- Ottawa Public Health: IECMH
-
- MindMasters2
- Screening Tools
- Referral Pathways
- Additional information for childcare providers
- Parenting in Ottawa: Baby and Toddler Resources
- Brain Builder Learning Cards
