The Whole-Brain Child
This book is full of strategies and tips to help parents guide the growth of their children's emotional intelligence. Contains illustrations, charts, and even a handy ‘Refrigerator Sheet.’ Check out another book related to social and emotional development by Dr. Dan Siegel called The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child.
Summit Speaker Support Materials
Sharing lived experience with mental illness or mental health challenges is both difficult and courageous, especially when speaking to a group of your peers. It’s also meant to be a positive experience for the individual sharing. To ensure that happens, providing proper speaker support for someone looking to share their lived experience is necessary and important. You want them to feel safe, supported and confident when their moment arrives.
Speaker support isn’t a straightforward process, so for a more detailed and in-depth look at best practices we suggest you refer to the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) Headstrong Toolkit for Training Speakers.
Home Learning for Well-being Video Library
A video series that shows effective strategies that can be used across home and school settings to better support students in developing the skills needed for social, emotional and behavioural well-being and thriving.
BC Youth Mental Health Act
For youth and families of youth who need to stay in hospital to get treatment for a mental health issue. This interactive video resource page will help you to get (quickly) informed about rights, options and opportunities and links to further resources.
Mental Health First Aid COVID-19 Self-Care & Resilience Guide
When life gets busy and our sense of well-being and balance is affected, we often forget to take care of ourselves or we look for quick fixes or solutions to problems. Building self-care into your daily or weekly routine can greatly improve resilience and prevent burnout.
McCreary Centre Society
Offers fact sheets, survey data, and reports related to the health of BC youth. Includes the BC Adolescent Health Survey, with provincial results on youth mental health.
Sip Smart! BC
Teach children in Grades 4-6 about sugary drinks and making healthy drinks choices. It includes a Booklet for Families as well as a Teacher Resource Guide for classrooms.
Sibling’s Guide to Psychosis
Facts about psychosis to help a family member understand the condition. Also includes advice to help support their siblings, and how to cope with their own feelings.
Coping Space Meditation (3 min)
A coping space meditation piece by Dr. Jake Locke from BC Children's Hospital
Better Nights Better Days
A program for parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders who have sleeping problems (ages 4-12). This is an online program developed by a team of sleep experts across Canada.
Eating a Raisin Mindfully (5 min)
A mindfulness meditation by Dr. Dzung Vo from BC Children's Hospital.
ADHD in Children and Youth - The Basics: Webinar Recording
Webinar recording for parents & caregivers from the 'ADHD in Children and Youth: The Basics' webinar (Feb. 03, 2021).