What can I do while my child is on a waitlist?
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Autism Community Training
Autism Community Training (ACT)
Provides province-wide information and educational opportunities on autism to support families and service providers.
RaisingChildren.net
Parents and Screen Time: Role Modelling for Children
A website dedicated to support parents in developing healthy screen use habits in their children.
BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
Individual Education Plans: A Guide for Parents
This BCCPAC guide helps parents understand what individual education plans (IEPs) are and explains how they can collaborate with educators to enhance their child's learning.
BC Children's Hospital
Transcript: Eating Disorders: How Parents Can Play an Active Role in Recovery
Read answers to questions including how to support your child at home, managing meal times, what to do if your child refuses help, tips about how parents can play an active role in your child’s recovery.
BC Children's Hospital
Transgender Resources
Information and resources for gender questioning and trans children, youth, and their families.
FamilySmart
The ABCs of Substance Use and Connecting With Our Kids
Join FamilySmart for a conversation with Senior Associates, Youth Substance Use Health Promotion, a Youth Addiction Counsellor and Parents to talk about the basics of substance use; from pre-experimentation to casual using.
Pan Canadian Joint Corsortium for School Mental Health
Positive Mental Health Toolkit
A toolkit designed to promote positive mental health perspectives and practices in the school context.
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
Helping Schools
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.
Healthy Child Manitoba
What Parents and Caregivers Need to Know About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
This booklet is for parents and caregivers of children and teenagers with FASD, and provides ideas about caring for your children to help ensure they have the best lives possible.
Jonathan S. Abramowitz
The family guide to getting over OCD: reclaim your life and help your loved one
This compassionate guide helps you change your own behavior to support your loved one's recovery.
BC Children's Hospital, VSB, VCH
Part 1: Challenges with School Attendance- Introduction for Parents & Caregivers: Webinar Recording
This Part 1 webinar recording for parents & caregivers provides a foundation for successful school attendance and enhanced family wellbeing. To see the accompanying presentation slides, click here (Nov. 16, 2020).
