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What can I do if my child feels anxious about needles?
It is common for children to be fearful or anxious about needles, whether getting a vaccine, medication or having blood drawn. As a parent or caregiver, you may be wondering how you can best support your child through a needle procedure. Luckily, there are many evidence-based strategies to help manage needle anxiety that your child may experience.
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Emotion Regulation Part 2: Deepening Our Understanding
Our kids’ big emotions don’t always make sense. As parents, we might even feel like we’re walking on egg shells because we’re scared of another big...
Supporting Our Kids With Substance Misuse While Caring For Ourselves
As parents and caring adults, the way we talk about and understand substance use can deeply influence the young people in our lives. Supporting young...
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Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
Conversation starters about mental health for your child in sports
Sports can play an important role in a child’s life, and can be a way for them to learn positive ways to boost their mood, work with others, and...
Parents Canada
What Parenting My Gender-Diverse Child Taught Me About Love
Unlearning the gender binary (i.e., male or female) isn’t always easy for people, especially parents. Many caregivers delight in learning whether the...
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BC Children's Hospital
Antidepressant Monitoring Form
A form used to monitor response and side effects with antidepressant medications.
BC Children's Hospital
Antipsychotic Monitoring Form
A form used to monitor response and side effects with antipsychotic medications.
BC Children's Hospital
Atomoxetine (Strattera®)
Atomoxetine is a non-stimulant medication used to treat ADHD.
Emotional Regulation
Michelle Garcia Winner and Pamela Crooke
You are a social detective! Explaining social thinking to kids
This book teaches children and students (ages 5-10) how to recognize and develop social skills, a skill set they can use at home, school, or within the community.
Michelle Garcia Winner and Stephanie Madrigal
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.
FamilySmart
Emotion Regulation: What It Is, How to Support It and Why It Matters
Learn more about information and strategies to cope with emotion dysregulation and explore the critical role which parents and caregivers play in creating the environment for positive change.
University of British Columbia
Social & Emotional Learning Resource Finder
The Resource Finder provides a variety of resources to help school professionals learn about social and emotional learning, apply teaching methods and asses their efforts.
OCD Resources Recommended on April 16/2026
This is a sample collection for Julia.
Mansueto, Charles S. Vavrichek, Sherrie Mansfield Golomb, Ruth Goldfinger Raikes, Jennifer
Overcoming Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: A comprehensive behavioral treatment for hair pulling and skin picking
With time, practice, and solid skills for managing stress, anxiety, urges, and other triggers, this book will help you break free from body focused repetitive behaviors and feel more in control of your life.
International OCD Foundation
OCD In Kids
This US-based site provides information on OCD in children and teens, including articles, brochures, fact sheets, videos, and suggested reading. There are sections for parents and kids.
BC Children's Hospital
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are antidepressant, anti-anxiety and anti-OCD medications.
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