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  1. Standard 1: Family Centred Approaches
    4 Sections
  2. Standard 2: Family Support, Education and Referrals
    7 Sections
  3. Standard 3: Encourage Family Connection through Child-Led Play
    5 Sections
  4. Standard 4: Cultural Competency and Cultural Safety
    6 Sections
  5. Standard 5: Professional and Ethical Conduct
    6 Sections
  6. Standard 6: Early Learning and Play-Based Programming
    4 Sections
  7. Standard 7: Evaluation & Quality Improvement
    5 Sections
  8. Standard 8: Design, Function, Safety and Hygiene of Physical Environment
    8 Sections
  9. Standard 9: Partnerships and Collaboration
    6 Sections
  10. Standard 10: Governance
    5 Sections
  11. Standard 11: Planning, Administration and Information Management
    6 Sections
  12. Standard 12: Finance and Risk Management
    6 Sections
  13. Standard 13: Human Resources
    6 Sections

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    Description

    FRP promotes parenting education in a group-setting that focuses on child growth & development, including physical, cognitive and social development.

    Benchmark Quality Indicators

    • FRP has a plan to regularly offer information and education on Early Childhood Development.
    • FRP offers a variety of other topics related to child rearing.  For example, temperament, attachment, health care, nutrition, environmental safety and injury prevention, etc.
    • FRP helps participating families recognize child development or behaviour issues that may require additional services in a sensitive, confidential manner and offers information on possible referral options.
    • Staff and outside professionals providing the parent education programs are qualified.
    • FRP is aware of the five core principles of an FRP drop-in.

    Innovation and Promising Practices

    • FRP offers a parent educational program (such as Nobody’s Perfect), delivered at least once or twice a year in a group setting.
    • Agency’s service delivery includes a partnership of an Infant Development Program Consultant, speech therapist, and/or Supported Child Care Consultant, Public Health Nurse, etc., that regularly attends the FRP to connect with families that have concerns about their child’s development and/or behaviour issues.
    • If FRP staff has a concern about the language development of a specific child they work with the local speech therapist to talk to all participating families about typical speech and language development.
    • Ages & Stages screening offered in facility.
    • FRP provides parent education programs that are culturally relevant and appropriate for a wide range of parents – consider literacy levels, fluency in English and/or cognitive abilities.
    • FRP offers child-minding and a variety of formats and times, such as afternoon or evening workshops, full-day programs and multi-session series.
    • Circle of Security is offered to families.