Comfort, Play & Teach: Activities to Support Development
This resource offers parents and caregivers suggestions for engaging with their young child and understanding how that experience supports their child's development and well-being. The activities include creative arts, dramatic play, music & movement, and more.
Colouring page: COVID-19 vaccine superhero
Print and colour in a COVID-19 vaccine superhero story!
Mindful Self-Compassion Meditations
A collection of mindful self-compassion practices. This includes meditations, as well as handouts like Self-Compassion in Daily Life.
Gender Identity
This article discusses how gender identity typically develops and how parents and caregivers can promote healthy gender development in children.
What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work: A Practical Guide for Parents and Caregivers
This book offers parents an effective, step-by-step guide to some of the most common struggles for kids aged 5–12. Written by mental health professionals with over 30 years’ experience, this book provides a framework to explore new ways of responding to your child that will help them calm down faster and boost their resilience to stress.
Speaking Up! A Parent Guide to Advocating for Students in Public Schools
This guide provides tips and resources for parents on parent involvement in schools. Explains how the school system works, outlines parents' and students' rights and responsibilities, provides strategies for advocating for children and supporting student self-advocacy.
Jon Kabat-Zinn: Daily Mindfulness Practice and Q&A
Cultivating Mindfulness at this Critical Moment - Daily Practices and Inquiry with Jon Kabat-Zinn video recording.
Helping Children and Teens During Difficult Times
A guide by Vancouver Coastal Health intended to help parents and caregivers talk to and support their children when a loved one is diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, focusing on ways to talk to children about their loved one’s sickness and help children express their feelings in age-appropriate ways.
Part 2(b): Practical Strategies to Support High School-Aged Youth with School Attendance: Powerpoint Slides
Powerpoint Slides for Part 2(b): Challenges with School Attendance. To watch the accompanying webinar recording, click here.
Pain BC
This website provides support and education for people living with chronic pain, including children/youth in pain and their families. The site also has information and tools for health care providers.
Anxiety and Me
This video, created for children, explains what anxiety is, examples of the physical and mental health effects it can bring, and how those effects can show up in children. The video shows children how they can manage and better cope with anxiety and those pesky anxious thoughts.
Stresslr
Free web app that provides a fun and engaging way for children to learn about stress, understand how they react to it, and develop healthy strategies to cope with stress in their daily lives.