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App or Online Tool
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Anxiety Canada
MindShift® CBT App
MindShift® CBT uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.
Breathr
Breathr provides easy and fun ways to practice mindfulness along with interesting facts about the benefits of mindfulness.
Kids Help Phone
Sleep Diary
This online sleep diary can help your child track their sleeping habits for up to 2 weeks. You can also download the My Sleep Diary PDF.
Books
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Eline Snel & Jon Kabat-Zinn
Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents)
Simple mindfulness practices to help your child (ages 5-12) deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions.
Christopher Willard, Daniel Rechtschaffen, & Holly Clifton-Brown
Alphabreaths: the ABCs of mindful breathing
Children will learn their ABCs and the basics of mindfulness through playful breathing exercises. Breaths like Mountain Breath and Redwood Breath will connect them with nature, while breaths like Heart Breath and Wish Breath will help them remember to fill their heart with gratitude and send good wishes to others.
Holmes, Margaret M.
A Terrible Thing Happened
This gently told story is for children who have witnessed any kind of violence, accidents, homicide, suicide, or natural disasters such as flood or fire. An afterword for parents and other caregivers offers suggestions for helping traumatized children.
PDFs
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Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: A Guide for Families and Caregivers (Full Version)
An extended guide for families and caregivers on understanding and exploring Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Comfort, Play & Teach: Activities to Support Development
This resource offers parents and caregivers suggestions for engaging with their young child and understanding how that experience supports their child's development and well-being. The activities include creative arts, dramatic play, music & movement, and more.
Self-Care Plan
A self-care plan template to support parents and caregivers to take care of their well-being. The template will guide you to review your current habits, think about your self-care needs write down new habits or activities that support your needs and reflect on any barriers.
Kelty's Webinars
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Part 1: Redefining & Locating Culture within our SEL Practice: Webinar for School Professionals
For School Professionals. Webinar recording for Part 1: Redefining & Locating Culture within our SEL Practice. To see the accompanying presentation slides, click here (Apr. 20, 2022).
Supporting Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma - Webinar Recording
Webinar recording for parents & caregivers from 'Supporting Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma' webinar. You will learn what trauma is, how to talk to your child about these experiences, what you can do as a parent or caregiver to support your child at home and where to reach out for help. To see the accompanying presentation slides, click here (Feb.2022).
Dr. Angela Low
Back to School: How To Promote Resilience and Set Your Kids Up For Success- Webinar Recording
Webinar recording from the 'Back to School: How To Promote Resilience and Set Your Kids Up For Success' webinar (Sept. 2021). To see the accompanying presentation slides, click here (Sept.2021).
To read a related blog post, click here.
Medication Sheets
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Risperidone (Risperdal®)
Risperidone is an antipsychotic and mood stabilizer medication and is also used for treatment of irritability of autism and tic disorders.
Gabapentin
Gabapentin anti-seizure medication for adults. Gabapentin is not approved by Health Canada for use in children and adolescents. However, there is evidence to support the use of gabapentin in adults with neuropathic pain, anxiety, restless legs syndrome, cannabis use disorder, and alcohol use disorder.
Naltrexone (ReVia®)
Naltrexone belongs to a group of medications called opioid antagonists and is commonly used for the management of alcohol use disorder.
Podcasts and Audio
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Where You Are | S4 E6
No Shortage of Questions: Talking With Your Child About Scary News and World Events
Where You Are | S4 E5
Tantrums, outbursts, and negotiations: Parenting kids with challenging behaviour
Support Service
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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
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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.
Christopher Willard
Letting Go: A Visualization for Parents
A visualization video for parents and caregivers on how letting go (in three different ways) can make space in your life and help spread kindness to yourself and your family.
Kelty Mental Health
School Mental Health Framework
Listen to Maureen discuss the framework’s development in the video below. In this video, she talks about the role of schools in promoting mental well-being and preventing mental health challenges. She also explains the importance of the district’s collaboration with public health to create a common understanding of mental health terminology in the community.
Websites
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Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education
Heart-Mind Online Resources for Families
A collection of resources to build capacity in families to support the Heart-Mind well-being of children, and promotes their social and emotional development.
Vancouver Early Years Partnership
SEL Matters
Learn more about the role of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in the early years, including its impact on brain development, success in school, a healthier society and a stronger economy.
Confident Parents, Confident Kids
A site for parents to support their child's social and emotional development. The site offers a range of blog posts and resources related to social emotional development for parents, caregivers and families.
