Introduction

Pre-natal care is essential for the development of children at the age of 0 to 8 years old. Children at this age need special care and attention to develop their physical, emotional, cognitive and social skills. However, most parents in Malaysia do not have the opportunity to be together with their new born child all day long because of their professional carrier and they have to work to earn their living. Those who can afford maid will leave their new born child with the maid at home. The dependent on maids as the care giver to our young children has become an unhealthty phenomenon due to many factors such as, the rising cost of living, the quality of the care given to our children, and the uncertainties in regulation and laws pertaining to the employement of maids in this country. The only alternative that parents have is to send their children to nursery and day care centre in replace of hiring a maid. How reliable are these nursery and early childhood care center in providing pre-natal care for holistic development of our children is being questioned by many today.

The workshop

The workshop will cover four critical areas in early child care practices;

i. the importance and effectiveness of children"s health care at early stage;
ii. commitment to develop children intellectual needs;
iii. development of languange and literacy skills;
iv. nurturing of young children's social skill before they reach the preschool age.

Who should participate?

i. Nursery managers/service providers,
ii. Child caregivers,
iii. Preschool teachers,
iv. Parents/guardians,
v. Those who are providing home care for children.


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