Anxiety Problems in Children and Adolescents
Fact sheet on anxiety problems in children and adolescents.
Recognizing Resilience: A Workbook for Parents and Caregivers of Teens Involved with Substances
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.
ReachOut Psychosis
ReachOut is a school based program to educate young people and their parents about psychosis in a fun and interactive environment that reduces the stigma surrounding mental illness. The ‘Psychosis Help’ section of the site contains variety of resources.
Atypical Antipsychotics and Metabolic Monitoring
Information for parents/caregivers on atypical antipsychotics and their possible metabolic side effects. Includes ways to prevent, treat and monitor these side-effects.
A Parent's Handbook: Your Guide to Autism Programs
Guide helps parents learn more about available programs and how to access services for their children with autism
Taming worry dragons: a manual for children, parents, and other coaches
Explains what anxiety is, describes the different types of anxiety, includes information about coping strategies, provides tips for parents and other coaches, and includes information on medications. Geared for children from 8 to 12 years old.
Autism Community Training (ACT)
Provides province-wide information and educational opportunities on autism to support families and service providers.
A Family Guide to Concurrent Disorders
This Family Guide to Concurrent Disorders is divided into four parts to discover what are concurrent disorders, the impact on families, treatment and support, and the journey to recovery.
The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child
Features a step-by-step method for parents that experience problems with their children; discusses seven myths of parenting; and offers advice for solving common issues with children in different age groups, from toddlers to adolescents.
The Defiant Child
Discover a way to end constant power struggles with your defiant, oppositional, "impossible" 5- to 12-year-old, with the help of leading child psychologist Russell A. Barkley. Dr. Barkley's approach is research based, practical, and doable--and leads to lasting behavior change. Vivid, realistic stories illustrate what the techniques look like in action.
Getting Over OCD, Second Edition: A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life
Tens of thousands of readers are living freer, happier lives thanks to the clinically proven strategies in this book. Now thoroughly updated based on the latest science, the workbook helps OCD sufferers use the powerful techniques of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)--the most effective treatment for the disorder--to achieve lasting recovery. Examples and stories of people with a wide range of obsessional thoughts and compulsive behaviors illustrate the 10 steps of the program and assure readers they are not alone. Numerous worksheets and other practical tools can be downloaded and printed for repeated use. The second edition is revised throughout with cutting-edge strategies for coping with unwanted thoughts that can't be eliminated completely, plus new learning techniques drawn from brain research.
The Quest for Rest
Looking for simple techniques to revamp your family's bedtime routine and wake up to a happy, healthy child? Discover the latest science-based sleep tips that will benefit your entire family. The Quest For Rest contains must-have tools for families struggling with the symptoms of kids who aren't getting a good night's sleep.