All Resources
App or Online Tool
Walking Alongside Youth (WAY) with Anxiety: A course for foster care providers and out-of-care/kinship care providers
WAY Anxiety is an online course and collection of resources designed for Indigenous youth and families to provide practical, culturally safe ways of caring for youth with mild to moderate anxiety.
Rolling with ADHD for Teachers
An eight module series that covers practical tools and strategies for educators of children with ADHD. This series has been adapted from the long standing program at BC Children’s, and includes what research show really works for kids and school communities living with ADHD.
Breathr
Breathr provides easy and fun ways to practice mindfulness along with interesting facts about the benefits of mindfulness.
Books
The transgender child: A handbook for parents and professionals supporting transgender and nonbinary children
A source of information for families wanting to understand and affirm their transgender, gender-expansive, or nonbinary child.
Nourished: Connection, food, and caring for our kids (and everyone else we love)
This book gives parents and caregivers the keys to transform the everyday act of feeding children (and other loved ones) into a most fulfilling and nourishing dance of attachment.
Secrets of feeding a healthy family: How to eat, how to raise good eaters, how to cook
This book encourages families to go to the trouble of feeding themselves well.
Kelty's Webinars
The Voices of Siblings: Tools We Can Use to Help Support Siblings of Children with Mental Health Challenges
In this webinar, we discuss the role of youth and children who have a sibling living with mental health challenges. Siblings play an important role in the family dynamic. It is common to get questions on how we can best support them and respond to questions that they ask.
Youth Inspiring Action for Mental Health - Video Toolkit Premiere
The Balancing Our Minds (BOM) Toolkit is a series of videos that aims to support and inspire youth wanting to make changes for improved mental health and well-being in their schools and communities. You can find the slides used in the presentation here.
Protective Factors for Student Mental Health and Well-being: Learnings from the YDI and Kids & Covid Project
Dr. Hasina Samji discusses mental health and well being in BC from recent findings from the Youth Development Instrument (YDI) and the Kids and COVID project – with a focus on protective factors and recommendations for improving mental health and well-being.
Medication Sheets
Risperidone (Risperdal®)
Risperidone is an antipsychotic and mood stabilizer medication and is also used for treatment of irritability of autism and tic disorders.
N-acetylcysteine(NAC)
Acamprosate is intended for those who have a history of alcohol use.
Methylphenidate (Quillivant® ER)
Methylphenidate is a long-acting stimulant medication used to treat ADHD.
PDFs
The Tech Solution: Creating Healthy Habits for Kids Growing up in a Digital World
The Tech Solution is a resource for parents and educators who want to explore their approach for raising kids in a digital world. It outlines things to know about the short-term and potential long-term consequences of tech use.
Sibling support resources
Sibling support resources for caregivers including articles, tips on talking to your child and self-compassion.
Sibling support resources for caregivers
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Podcasts and Audio
Support Service
Compass
Through phone and web-based consultation, the Compass team supports community care providers with information, advice and resources they need to deliver appropriate and timely care to children and youth experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges.
Triple P – Positive Parenting Program
The Triple P Positive Parenting Program provides a toolbox of ideas. You choose the strategies you need. You choose the way you want to use them
Connect Parent Group
Connect is an evidence-based 10-week manualized group program for parents and alternate caregivers of pre teens and teens who struggle with significant behaviour problems.
Videos
Mindfulness for Caregivers with Dr. Willard
In trying times, as caregivers, how can we not just survive but thrive in the face of challenge, burnout and imbalance? Join Dr. Chris Willard as we discover the foundations of resilience and performance.
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.
Self Harm: There Is Always Help, There is Always Hope
In this 'In the Know' session, hear from a young person with lived experience and a healthcare professional as they discuss what self-harm is, why youth self-injure, and other options for healthy coping strategies.
Websites
Mental Health Literacy Curriculum
The Elementary Mental Health Literacy Resource is a classroom-ready resource designed to support multiple school environments, including in-person, online and hybrid instruction.
Child Development & Rehabilitation InfoSource
Your trusted source to find development, rehabilitation and support information and resources for children and youth with neurodiversity and/or disability in BC.
We Are Allies
We Are Allies was created to help adults learn how to support and care for the trans, Two-Spirit, and non-binary youth in their lives.
