Concurrent Disorders: When Substance Use Meets Mental Health
This Where You Are podcast episode from the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre brings together a parent and registered psychiatric nurse to discuss how to best support and treat youth with concurrent disorders.
Body Scan Meditation (15 min)
A body scan meditation by Dr. Jake Locke from BC Children's Hospital.
Sleep Diary
This online sleep diary can help your child track their sleeping habits for up to 2 weeks. You can also download the My Sleep Diary PDF.
Mindful Breathing (5 min)
A mindful breathing exercise by Dr. Dzung Vo from BC Children's Hospital.
Parents Like Us: The Unofficial Survival Guide to Parenting a Young Person with a Substance Use Disorder
This handbook aims to helps parents feel connected with other parents and caregivers experiencing a young person struggling with substance use disorder. Each section contains information such as stories, support, resources, and more.
Supporting Youth With School Attendance Challenges: A Resource For High School Professionals
A companion document to the webinar “School Anxiety & Attendance Challenges: Practical Strategies for High School Professionals”. This explains the theoretical foundation of school avoidance and provide a framework for a student’s struggles and concrete steps towards successful school attendance.
Families, Together: Supporting the Mental Well-being of Children and Youth
Video and discussion guide featuring families from different cultural backgrounds and health professionals sharing their experiences supporting a child or youth with a mental health challenge.
Finding Calm – Guided Breathing
Taking a moment to slow your breathing can help to manage anxiety and calm feelings of stress. This guided breathing video helps you to observe and slow your breath.
Understanding ADHD For Parents and Caregivers
This US-based organization includes useful information for parents of children with ADHD, including information on coexisting conditions in children; preschoolers and ADHD; ADHD and childcare; and surviving the holidays with ADHD. Note information on assessment and treatment is US-based.
Talking With Youth About Substance Use - Paying Attention-Relationship or Behaviour
Parenting with a different focus in mind about substance use and talking to youth about this difficult topic.
Superflex: A superhero social thinking curriculum (2008)
This comic book is aimed at elementary school children to teach them how they can use strategies to self-regulate some of their own wayward, not quite so flexible thoughts and behaviours.
Moody Cow Meditates
Peter the cow is having a BAD day. After missing the bus and wiping out on his bike he loses his temper and gets in trouble. And to make matters worse all the other cows are teasing him, calling him Moody Cow. Peter's day just seems to get worse until his grandfather comes over and teaches him how to settle his mind and let go of his frustration through a simple and fun exercise.