UEY

Brief presentation on Understanding the Early Years projects in Southeast Saskatchewan and Moose Jaw - South Central Saskatchewan, prepared for the kidSKAN Connectors Forum, May 13, 2010 in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Brief presentation by Brenda Ives, former coordinator, on the Understanding the Early Years in Northeast Saskatchewan project. Given at the kidSKAN Connectors Forum, May 13, 2010 in Regina, Saskatchewan.

This poster describes the decision-maker based approach that the Healthy Children research team in Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit uses to conduct research with decision-makers, its development, and its impact in the Saskatoon Understanding the Early Years study.

The steps are: 1) Identify decision-makers; 2) Involve them early; 3) Involve them often; 4) Conduct research they can use; and 5) Give them results they understand.

This fact sheet summarizes the findings from the Northeast Saskatchewan Understanding the Early Years study, funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada from 2005-08.

More detailed findings were published in the Community Mapping Report, which covers early development outcomes for children using the Early Development Instrument, and compares these outcomes to resources available in the community and characteristics of these communities. There are seven fact sheets: one on the overall project, and one each for the six study areas the project was divided into for analysis. Download the other six fact sheets from the Northeast UEY site at: http://earlyyears.nesd.ca/

This fact sheet summarizes the findings in the first Community Mapping Report published by Moose Jaw-South Central Saskatchewan Understanding the Early Years. It is funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada from 2007-10.

More detailed findings were published in the first Community Mapping Report, which describes the communities, their services and resources for young children, and their strengths and challenges.

Visit the Moose Jaw-South Central Saskatchewan UEY site at: http://ourchildrenourpromise.ca

This first Community Mapping Report summarizes the early findings in the Moose Jaw-South Central Saskatchewan Understanding the Early Years in Southeast Saskatchewan. It describes the communities, their services and resources for young children, and their strengths and challenges. The second Community Mapping Report, to be published in 2010, will include information on young children's outcomes, as measured by the Early Development Instrument.

Visit the Moose Jaw-South Central UEY site at: http://ourchildrenourpromise.ca/