Early child development
Healthy childhood development through outdoor risky play: Navigating the balance with injury prevention
Posted: Jan 25, 2024
Committee(s): Injury Prevention Committee
Topic(s): early child development, injury prevention, mental health, health promotion, healthy active living
Skin-to-skin care (SSC) for term and preterm infants
Posted: Jan 11, 2024
Committee(s): Fetus and Newborn Committee
Topic(s): breastfeeding, newborn medicine, fetal and maternal issues, early child development
Evaluation and management of enuresis in the general paediatric setting
Posted: Aug 16, 2023
Committee(s): Community Paediatrics Committee
Topic(s): community paediatrics, early child development
Recognizing and addressing atypical growth
Posted: Jul 11, 2023
Committee(s): Nutrition and Gastroenterology Committee
Topic(s): nutrition and gastroenterology, developmental paediatrics, early child development
From ACEs to early relational health: Implications for clinical practice
Posted: Apr 3, 2023
Committee(s): Early Years Committee
Topic(s): early child development, family health
Screen time and preschool children: Promoting health and development in a digital world
Posted: Nov 24, 2022
Committee(s): Digital Health Task Force
Topic(s): literacy, developmental paediatrics, early child development
Read, Speak, Sing: Promoting early literacy in the health care setting
Posted: Jan 27, 2021
Committee(s): Early Years Committee
Topic(s): prevention and anticipatory guidance, early child development, literacy
Relationships matter: How clinicians can support positive parenting in the early years
Posted: Jul 25, 2019 | Reaffirmed: Apr 30, 2025
Committee(s): Early Years Committee
Topic(s): community paediatrics, early child development, mental health, social paediatrics, sleep
Counselling and management for anticipated extremely preterm birth
Posted: Aug 11, 2017 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026
Committee(s): Fetus and Newborn Committee
Topic(s): bioethics, early child development, newborn medicine
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