This resource provides advice on how you can begin and continue having conversations about drug use with your kid, teenager, or even your adult children.
Includes curriculum resources and lesson plans focused on drug literacy with the goal of encouraging students to both express and think critically about their current drug- and gambling-related beliefs, attitudes and behaviours.
This is a workbook for parents and caregivers who love and worry about a teenager who may be experimenting with or regularly engaged in relationship with alcohol or other drugs.
Parenting with a different focus in mind about substance use and talking to youth about this difficult topic.
Designed to help youth “get the facts” about the effects and risks of mixing medications they take with substances like cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis, and other street drugs.
This presentation is a facilitated discussion to help share some practical ways to move through the challenges of being a parent of a young person with substance use challenges.
This guide explores facts and misunderstandings about cannabis and helps parents find ways to engage their children in conversations about cannabis.
BCMHSUS provides specialized treatment for people across BC with severe mental health and substance use/addiction issues.
This resource provides parents and caregivers with information about how to talk about substance use with their child.
This fact sheet is for parents and caregivers of youth in grades 6 to 12. It provides information about cannabis, legalization, risks, signs of a problem, how to help, and where to get more information and support.
This handbook aims to helps parents feel connected with other parents and caregivers experiencing a young person struggling with substance use disorder.
Helping Schools seeks to help educators stimulate students to think differently about drugs and to explore the meaning of drugs in human experience. These resources include evidence-based promising practices, tools to support positive school initiatives, and health education modules and resources such as iMinds.
Through real stories, expertise, and practical tips, this podcast helps families promote their mental health and wellness, navigating important topics to meet you where you are in your journey.
Call 911 or go to your local hospital’s emergency room if you or anyone else’s safety is at risk and immediate help is needed.
If you or someone you know is thinking about ending their own life, or needs someone to talk to about suicidal thoughts or ideas:
For mental health or substance use crisis support:
For commonly asked questions about supports and services in BC, explore our Ask Kelty Mental Health tool.