Bounce Back: Promoting Resiliency in Children and Youth
In this episode from the Kelty Centre's Where You Are podcast, dive into a topic that’s gaining in both evidence and curiosity... Resiliency! Our hosts Char and Michelle speak with Lynne Godfrey (parent and grandparent) and Dr. Linda Uyeda to explore resiliency, understand its connection to mental and physical health, and cultivating resiliency in children and youth!
Keeping Tech in Check: Developing Healthy Habits In Your Family
This Where You Are podcast episode from the Kelty Centre helps families find better ways to guide their kids’ technology use, and to avoid battles and negotiations around screen time, video games, and tech use at home. Dr. Shimi Kang, child and youth psychiatrist, and her teenage son Joesh, offer practical tips for families to develop or reset healthy tech habits at home.
Present Matters: Mindfulness and Mental Well-being
Parents and caregivers are often curious about mindfulness – how do we fit this into our busy lives, does this actually help my child or youth's mental wellness? In this episode from the Kelty Centre's Where You Are podcast, listen to Paul Irving (mindfulness champion) and Dr. Dzung Vo, founding Director of BC Children's Hospital Centre for Mindfulness) to learn more.
Concurrent Disorders: When Substance Use Meets Mental Health
This Where You Are podcast episode from the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre brings together a parent and registered psychiatric nurse to discuss how to best support and treat youth with concurrent disorders.
Sleep: Building the Foundation for Family Mental Wellness
Over 70 percent of Canadian children are not getting the sleep they need. Are you one of those families? In this episode from the Kelty Centre's Where You Are podcast, listen to Andrea Bell (parent) and Dr. Smita Naidoo (child and adolescent psychiatrist) explore sleep strategies and science that can help kids and teens sleep well to enhance mental wellness.
School Anxiety & Attendance Challenges Webinar Series: Practical Strategies for School Professionals
On this page, you will find webinar recordings, powerpoint slides, and other resources for our ‘School Anxiety & Attendance Challenges Webinar Series’ for School Professionals.
ADHD Webinar Series For Parents and Caregivers
On this page, you will find webinar recordings, powerpoint slides, and other resources for our ‘ADHD Webinar Series' for parents and caregivers providing them with information on how ADHD is diagnosed, evidence based treatment for ADHD, self-regulation tools for children with ADHD, tips on parenting a child with ADHD and how to help a child with ADHD at school.
Anxiety Canada
Provides information on anxiety, OCD, and PTSD, including self-help toolkits, personal stories, and videos. Also includes a youth and young adult site.
Powerpoint Slides for School Anxiety & Attendance Challenges: Practical Strategies for High School Professionals
Powerpoint slides from the 'School Anxiety & Attendance Challenges' webinar for high school professionals. To see accompanying webinar recording, click here.
School Anxiety & Attendance Challenges: Practical Strategies for Elementary School Professionals: Webinar Recording
Webinar recording from the 'School Anxiety & Attendance Challenges' webinar for elementary school professionals. To see the accompanying presentation slides, click here.
Hope, Help, and Healing: A Planning Toolkit for First Nations and Aboriginal Communities to Prevent and Respond to Suicide
Hope, Help, and Healing is a Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention Toolkit for First Nations communities.
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