Healthy Living Toolkits

Many children and youth with mental health challenges face unique obstacles to healthy living due to such things as the symptoms of their illness, the medication they are on, or the stigma they may face.

To address these obstacles that children, youth, and their families face, two healthy living toolkits were created - one for families, and one for health professionals. These toolkits contain information, resources, and tools to help children and youth with mental health challenges develop healthy living habits.

Toolkit for Health Professionals

The Healthy Living, Healthy Minds: A Toolkit for Health Professionals provides information and resources for health professionals across B.C. to discuss healthy living specific to child and youth mental health. The toolkit contains information on the unique obstacles children and youth with mental health challenges may face to healthy living, assessment tools, key messages for families, and handouts that can be easily photocopied and given to children and youth within a visit.

To download or view a PDF version, and access additional resources and videos, CLICK HERE

Toolkit for Families

The Healthy Living ... It's in Everyone toolkit for families was developed with The F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids' Mental Health. The toolkit includes information on healthy living for families who have a child or youth with mental health challenges, worksheets and tools, and tips from families across B.C.

TO DOWNLOAD or view a PDF version, and access additional resources, click here

Toolkit Feedback

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Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre

Local Phone: 604—875-2084; Toll Free: 1-800-665-1822

Or via email: toolkits@keltymentalhealth.ca

Print

Ordering a Print Toolkit

The Healthy Living Toolkits can be ordered at a subsidized rate from the C&W bookstore website: http://bookstore.cw.bc.ca/ (search for 'healthy living toolkit')

The Toolkits can also be borrowed, at no cost, from the BC Children's Hospital Family Resource Library: www.bcchildrens.ca/KidsTeensFam/
FamilyResourceLibrary.htm or by calling toll-free: 1-800-331-1533 ext. 2

In addition, the Toolkits are available in a number of public libraries across B.C. (Note: Please email toolkits@keltymentalhealth.ca if you would like this resource added to your public library)

Selected Healthy Living

Resources

Healthy Living, Healthy Minds: A Toolkit for Health Professionals

This toolkit provides information and resources for health professionals across B.C. to discuss healthy living specific to child and youth mental health. The toolkit contains information on the unique obstacles children and youth with mental health challenges may face to healthy living, assessment tools, and handouts.

Healthy Living Toolkit for Families

The Healthy Living Toolkit for Families includes information on healthy living for families who have a child or youth with mental health challenges, worksheets and tools, and tips from families across B.C.

Caring for Kids

Good general resources for parents around promoting healthy eating habits and working around picky eating

ActNowBC

Contains many tips, tools and resources related to physical activity and healthy eating.

BC’s Information Source for Children, Youth & Families

RBC Children's Mental Health Project

RBC Children’s Mental Health Project is RBC's cornerstone “health and wellness” pillar; RBC Children’s Mental Heath Project is a multi-year philanthropic commitment to support community-based and hospital programs that reduce stigma, provide early intervention and increase public awareness about children’s mental health issues.

BC Mental Health & Addiction Services

This is an agency of Provincial Health Services Authority, providing provincial tertiary mental health services to the citizens of British Columbia. Programs include: Adult Tertiary Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Services, Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Women’s Reproductive Mental Health, as well as the Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program for children and youth located at the BC Children’s Hospital.

BC Children's Hospital Foundation

Through a wide range of fundraising events and opportunities, The BC Children's Hospital Foundation is united with its donors by a single, simple passion - to improve the health and the lives of the young people who enter BC Children's Hospital every day.