Resources from around the community:

Help For Hard Times: Workshops for families and caregivers whose child or youth has been a patient in a psychiatric unit.  These are hosted online and facilitated by parents with lived experience.  click here for registration and information for all sessions

Bite-Sized Mindfulness: Watch TedTalk by Kira Willey presents simple, powerful mindfulness techniques for children that can reduce stress, improve school performance, and help kids manage their behavior and emotions. She shows how easily these short, kid-friendly exercises can be used by anyone, in a variety of settings.  Click here to see guided Mindful Moments by Kira Willey online.

Intro to CBT for teens by the Burnaby Primary Care Networks.  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a technique anyone can use to change internal thinking patterns (the thoughts in our head). This can help to improve mood (how we are feeling). It is a way to be mindful and aware in order to manage anxiety, stress, and more. Click here to Register for the online session Monday April 25th from 11-12:30pm.

Looking for access to support? Foundry BC offers virtual drop-in counselling sessions, youth and caregiver peer support, primary care and group offerings to young people ages 12-24 and their caregivers! You can also download the FOUNDRY BC app to book appointments, get support and workshops.
Checkout more resources on the STUDENT and PARENTS drop down menu.

Mental Health Literacy Exchange – podcast we have created by Claudio Bortolussi, Suzanne Vardy and Jocelyn Bryan from SD41 with the hope of having people join the conversation about Mental Health. We feel that conversations allows us to build skills, awareness and reconnect us.  Click here to listen to Part One of the conversation, and join the conversation as we hope this platform grows along side the conversations happening within our schools and community.