The BC Children’s Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre recently launched a newly re-designed website. This website features new tools, resources, and ways to navigate through the site. We have a few exciting opportunities coming up for you to provide feedback on the new site, as well as future content areas for inclusion on the site!
 

Opportunity #1: Be a user testing participant

As many of you know the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre website has recently been updated. Now that you have had a chance to use the site we would like to hear from you!

We recognize that adult duty bearers need to advocate for the rights of children and youth of BC as listed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in order to improve their well-being.

Eating disorders are often misunderstood, complex illnesses that if left untreated can have very serious and harmful effects on children, young people and their families. Every year, February 1 to 7 marks Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Groups across Canada unite in a national week of action focused on raising awareness of eating disorders and helping people connect to the support they may need.

Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW) is February 1-7, 2019 and the Kelty team is busy promoting this year's theme, "Eating Disorders Can't Afford to Wait!" in hope to bring awareness that million's of people across Canada are currently struggling, with limited resources to provide support. 

Disclaimer up front – I am a fan of the holiday season!  The twinkling lights throughout the streets seem to add a bit of ‘merry and bright’ to the shortening days. There are a number of fun, festive events for you to take part in by yourself or with others. It can be an exciting time of year.

During casual conversations with families, friends and co-workers, people share their plans for travel, stay-cations, traditions both old and new, and even a memory or two about what they love about the season. This year I also asked each of them:

Raising a child is one of the hardest jobs there is. Parenting a child with ADHD is even tougher.

We are excited to announce that the communities selected to host a Balancing Our Minds youth summit are from Gold River, Powell River, Chase, Revelstoke and Abbotsford!

Whether you live with mental health challenges or know someone that does, you may know that healing is not a linear path. There are ups and downs and some days feel like you are taking 10 steps backwards instead of forwards.

Originally launched in 2013, DrugCocktails.ca is a website developed at BC Children’s Hospital that helps youth and professionals ‘get the facts’ about the risk of mixing medications with other substances like cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis, and other street drugs.

Halloween is fast approaching, and most kids and families are excitedly getting their costumes ready and homes decorated. For some kids, however, Halloween can be stressful or frightening. I experienced this last year, when I took my 3 year old trick-or-treating. Things started off well, but a few houses in he exclaimed he was done trick-or-treating because of some scary masks he had seen.