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Looking Back, Moving Forward
May 19, 2010
from 8:00am - 4:00pm
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, Healthy Futures Health and Resource Fair
May 21, 2010
from 11:00am - 4:00pm
Part
2: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) &
Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ITERS-R)
May 21, 2010
from 8:30am - 12:30pm
First Annual: "Just for the Health of It" Health Fair
May 21, 2010
from 11:00am - 3:00pm
Cultural Challenges, Creative Solutions: Blacks, Latinas, Asians and Teens
May 22, 2010
from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Healthy Babies, Healthy Futures Training
May 22, 2010
from 9:00am - 1:00pm
Effects of Prenatal Drug Exposure
May 24, 2010
from 8:30am - 4:30pm
11th Annual CCIS Child Care Provider Conference
June 5, 2010
from 7:30am - 4:00pm
Cross-Cultural Sensitivity to Working Clinically with Adoptive Families
June 12, 2010
from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Controversies in Breastfeeding Support and Management
June 14, 2010
from 9:00am - 4:00pm
Learn About Ages and Stages Developmental Screening (ASQ-3)
June 17, 2010
from 8:30am - 12:30pm
Program Evaluation for the Program Manager and Evaluator
June 24, 2010
from 8:30am - 12:30pm
Program Evaluation: Focus Groups and Surveys
June 28, 2010
from 8:30am - 12:30pm
Assisting Mothers to Successful Baby Led Latching
July 14, 2010
from 9:00am - 4:00pm
All for the Love of Kids, 15th Annual Awards Dinner and Fundraiser
August 4, 2010
from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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If You Choose: Choose 40 Weeks, says the March of Dimes
The March of Dimes California Chapter is working to educate families about the importance of the last weeks of fetal development and how much brain growth occurs during that critical period. More »
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Perinatal Depression Awareness Month
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Speak Up When You're Down
Perinatal depression is a very real illness that affects up to a quarter of all women and is cited as one of the most common complications during and after pregnancy. Learn about helpful resources in L.A. County. More »
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Teresa Nuno
Teresa Nuno grew up in inner-city Chicago, where she developed a passion for helping improve the condition of communities like the ones from which she came. Learn how far that passion has taken her. More »
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Governor's May Revise Budget Cuts CalWORKs and Children's Programs
In the May Revise budget, released Friday, the governor proposes to eliminate the CalWORKs program and drastically cut child care and other children's programs in his latest budget proposal. More »
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Let's Move!
Last week First Lady Michelle Obama and the President's Childhood Obesity Task Force released an extensive plan to combat the growing childhood obesity epidemic in the United States. The president has yet to approve the plan, but I am very encouraged at how extensive it is and hope to see it in action.
I am especially pleased to see an entire chapter focused on early childhood, which even targets women of child-bearing age. The first recommendation in the report reads, "Pregnant women and women planning a pregnancy should be informed of the importance of conceiving at a healthy weight and having a healthy weight gain during pregnancy, based on the relevant recommendations of the Institute of Medicine."
I encourage all of our readers to watch the press conference unveiling the plan -- click here to watch the press conference -- and to read the first chapter of the report focusing on early childhood. Click here to go to this chapter of the report. The success of this plan lies with professionals like you and me. So let's begin by becoming familiar with it. Happy reading!
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