Handle with Care - Bras d'Or

A simple interactive program to help parents and caregivers, including those who work in early childhood settings, to promote the mental health of young children from birth to 6 years.  Handle with Care is based on a number of important assumptions about mental health: Mental health, or social and emotional well-being, is a precious resource for all children.  Mental health is part of our overall health. It’s about: How we feel, think, and behave; How we cope with the ups and downs of everyday life; How we feel about ourselves and our life; How we see ourselves and our future; How stress affects us; How we deal with negative things that happen in our life; and Our self-esteem or confidence.  Supporting children’s mental health is an everyday aspect of health care, just as we support healthy bodies by ensuring children eat well, exercise and get enough sleep.  Handle with Care uses a strengths-based approach that assumes every parent and caregiver has problem-solving skills, potential resources, and wants what’s best for the children in their lives.