The Year 2 research report on the New Brunswick Early Childhood Centres, produced by the Health and Education Research Group (HERG) is now available.
Report description: "This report describes the ongoing evaluation of the integrated platform of services being demonstrated at the New Brunswick Early Childhood Development Centres, and presents selected outcomes from the first two years of implementation. Research outcomes are expressed in terms of benefits of an integrated model of services; impacts on children, families, staff and service providers; as well as some of the challenges encountered at the community and provincial levels.
Findings from the four provincially funded demonstration sites have served to inform services and the development of policies and procedures at other sites (Carleton/York/Victoria (CYV) sites and La Boussole in Kent/Richibucto) that are at earlier stages of program implementation. The concluding section of this report provides recommendations with respect to policy and promising practices at the community and provincial levels.
While these practices represents a predominately educational perspective, plans for year three data collection include the administration of key informant interviews with partners from Family Resource, Early Intervention, VON, Talk with Me, and Public Health, among others, to highlight promising practices that are emerging within these partnerships."
Year Two Research Report - New Brunswick Early Childhood Centres (3.2 MB)