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OKN’s Indigenous Reconciliation initiative considers Truth and Reconciliation as two distinct entities, as illustrated above. Learn more about this graphic in our Indigenous Reconciliation Strategy.

Children spend a great deal of their first 8 years learning in schools, thus, how schools connect to their community is important. Progress in this area will show good connections between schools, parents, community resources and the local neighbourhood.
Indicators:

  • Parental involvement in schools
  • Youth as resources
  • Volunteerism
  • Community use of schools
Children thrive in neighbourhoods that are safe and connected. Neighbourhoods that can meet all of our needs are valued.
Indicators:

  • Neighbourhood safety
  • Neighbourhood cohesion
  • Walkability
  • Caring for the community
Safe environments benefit children by providing a sense of personal security that allows them to take maximum advantage of learning, playing and making new friendships.
Indicators:

  • Child care capacity
  • Quality child care
  • Parenting capacity
  • Parental monitoring
  • Quality time at home with family
Safe environments benefit children by providing a sense of personal security that allows them to take maximum advantage of learning, playing and making new friendships.
Indicators:

  • Serious injury
  • At-risk behaviours
  • Safety from harm
All children need positive connections to their parents/caregivers, peers, school and community.
Indicators:

  • Supportive and caring environments
  • Boundaries and expectations
  • Commitment to learning
  • Positive values
  • Social competencies

Learning is one of the cornerstones for success in life and starts at birth. Community progress for this result will show that children are learning both in their preschool and school years.
Indicators:

  • Preschool learning opportunities
  • Student achievement (EQAO)
  • Healthy body weight
  • School engagement

Good health is a prerequisite for positive outcomes for children and youth. Both physical and emotional health are valued in this result. In addition, given the critical brain development that takes place in the first 12 months of life, infant health is closely monitored.
Indicators:

  • At-risk births
  • Healthy eating
  • Healthy body weight
  • Physical activity
  • Mental health

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Kindergarten Parent Survey has Launched

We will soon have new, high-quality data to support the work of organizations in Halton! We will learn more about how kindergarten children and their parents are doing based on the Early Development Instrument (EDI) and the Kindergarten Parent Survey (KPS).

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Early Years Initiative 2016-2019 Evaluation Report

An evaluation report on a 3-year initiative outlines how 6 communities used Collective Impact to improve local early childhood development outcomes by taking action on identified needs.

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The Early Development Instrument and the Early Years

Watch this video about the Early Development Instrument and the importance of the Early Years

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Early Development Instrument (EDI) 2012 Community Profile Report

Measures a child’s development and provides the community with data and information on how well children are doing in Halton.

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Early Development Instrument (EDI) 2003 – 2018 Results

The EDI is a population-based tool used to assess children’s development in five key domains. This report cover results from 2003 to 2018.

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EDI webinar

What is the EDI and how is it used to measure the developmental health of Children in Halton? In this 30-minute webinar Dr. Liz Wells explores the EDI results for Halton from 2003 to 2018.

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