Our Kids Health
Week 2 - Supporting Your Child Through Grief and Loss
This week we talk about five key ways to help your child through their grief and loss.
What is the difference between psychologists and registered clinical counsellors?
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My child is hearing voices or seeing things. What can I do?
these are some words you want to keep it to around 180 characters in total. it's not that hard as you shouldn't be too wordy here.
Tourette Canada
Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada
The Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada website has information and resources, along with links to community support on their website.
BC Government
Child Abuse Prevention Helpline for Children in BC
Anyone up to the age of 24 who is being mistreated at home, at school, in the play ground, etc. can call for help. Adults can also call if they know a family where a child or youth is being mistreated, or if they are afraid they may hurt a child.
BC Children's Hospital
Supporting Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma - Powerpoint Slides
Powerpoint slides from the 'Supporting Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma' presentation. To see accompanying webinar recording, click here.
Stuart Shanker
The MEHRIT Centre
An educational organization, established by Dr. Stuart Shanker, with information and resources on self-regulation.
BC Children's Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
S4E4 - Promoting Student Wellbeing: The ABC's of Substance Use Education (Transcript)
Discover evidence-based approaches that help students build protective factors including autonomy, belonging and competence and describe how this can help prevent, delay and reduce substance-related harms.
Mental Health Commission of Canada
HEADSTRONG Toolkits
This site has toolkits to assist schools in planning mental health related initiatives. The toolkits provide information and ideas to help schools design and implement an anti-stigma youth summit and create and sustain school-based activities.
BC Ministry of Education and Child Care
Language Matters! An Introductory Guide for Understanding Mental Health and Substance Use: A Resource for Educators and School Communities
The guide is meant to help facilitate conversations, build common understandings, and support practice by defining and discussing key mental health and substance use terms and topics.
BC Children's Hospital
Preparing Children and Youth for Hospital Procedures
This webpage provides resources to help children and youth understand what will be happening to them during their visit to the hospital and during different procedures.This includes resources for children with anxiety, autism, and other mental health challenges.
Dr. Dan Siegel
Nowmaps Jr: Adventure stories to help young kids navigate everyday challenges and grow in caring and kind ways
A delightful, rhyming story that introduces kids ages 3-6 to the neuroscience of early childhood social and emotional learning (SEL) in a captivating, interactive way.
