Children's Health Topics

Growth and Development

GROWTH: Measurement and assessment

• Rourke Baby Record: Evidence-based guides for preventive health care, 0 to 5 years
• Greig Health Record: Evidence-based guides for preventive health care, 6 to 12 years
• Growth charts: Using the new World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards to monitor children’s growth in Canada
• WHO Growth Charts Training Program: An evidence-based, self-learning package designed for primary care and public health practitioners.

DEVELOPMENT

• CPS position statement on an enhanced well-baby visit at 18 months
• Position statements on Early Childhood Development
• Early childhood development: Provincial/territorial and community resources
• Closing the gap between what we know and what we do for Canada’s young children, by Drs. Jean-Yves Frappier and Andrew Lynk
• Position statements on mental health, behaviour and development from the Canadian Paediatric Society
• Mental Health: Screening Tools and Rating Scales

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

• Your child’s development: What to expect
• Documents on growing and learning and behaviour and parenting from Caring for Kids, the Canadian Paediatric Society website for parents and caregiver

Last updated: February 2012