Resources for Adults
Books/Documents
- A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support their LGBT Children
- Attachment in Schools Who Are Managing Students with Complex Needs by Colby Pearce
- He Rode Tall by Ross Buchanan
- Hold On to Your Kids by Dr. Gordon Neufeld and Dr. Gabor Mate
- Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon, PhD and Michael Thompson, PhD
Local Websites – Ottawa & Ottawa Valley, ON
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
- Consultation familiale Le Repere – East End Ottawa, ON
- CrisisLine (aged 16 or over, Ottawa, ON and area)
- e-Mental Health
- Mental Health Services Referral Tool – City of Ottawa, ON
- Mental Health Strategy for Canada
- National Eating Disorder Information Centre
Other Resources
- Brain Injury Guide for Youth: A Guide to Help you Understand the Effects of Brain Injury
- Challenges and Choices: Finding Mental Health Services in Ontario – (includes who can make a mental health diagnosis and getting an assessment)
- Did You Know There is a Whole Theory About “Change” in a Person’s Life?
- Impacts of Strong Parental Support for Trans Youth
Resources for Youth
Please also check out our Pinterest page for inspirational/motivational and coping strategies and more!
Ottawa & the Ottawa Valley – Ontario, Canada
- Renfrew County Crisis Support Clinic for Youth & Families – Two Walk In Clinics, click for details!
- Lanark County Walk-In Counselling Clinic – Four Walk in Clinics, click for details!
Apps
- Healthy Minds App – The Royal Ottawa
- Recovery Road (Eating Disorder Management)
Audio/Video
- “The 5 Things We Wish ALL Teachers Knew About: Anxiety Disorders, Depression and Suicide”
- “The 5 Things We Wish ALL Teachers Knew About: School Suicide Prevention Programs”
- “The 5 Things We Wish ALL Teachers Knew About: How to Welcome Back a Suicidal Student”
- Eating Disorders Meal Support: Helpful Approaches for Families
- Fun Friends Program (Anxiety Based)
- Raising Resilient Kids
- The Silent Epidemic (Caution: may be triggering)
- Tip of the Week D.I.F.D.
- Why Children Need to Rest
Books/Documents
- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Great book for Bibliotherapy!)
- A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support their LGBT Children
- Attachment in Schools Who Are Managing Students with Complex Needs by Colby Pearce
- He Rode Tall by Ross Buchanan
- Hold On to Your Kids by Dr. Gordon Neufeld and Dr. Gabor Mate
- Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon, PhD and Michael Thompson, PhD
Local Websites – Ottawa & Ottawa Valley, ON
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
- Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
- Consultation familiale Le Repere – East End Ottawa, ON
- CrisisLine (for youth aged 16 or over, Ottawa, ON and area)
- Crossroads Children’s Centre – City of Ottawa, ON
- e-Mental Health
- Justice for Children and Youth
- Mental Health Services Referral Tool – City of Ottawa, ON
- Mental Health Strategy for Canada
- National Eating Disorder Information Centre
- Open Doors for Lanark Children and Youth – Lanark, County, ON
- Ontario Association of Child and Youth Counsellors
- Phoenix Centre for Children & Families – Renfrew County, ON
- Pink Triangle Youth (PTY) – Ottawa, ON
- Sprout Occupational Therapy – Almonte, ON
- Youth Services Bureau (Ottawa, ON)
Other Resources
- Brain Injury Guide for Youth: A Guide to Help you Understand the Effects of Brain Injury
- Challenges and Choices: Finding Mental Health Services in Ontario – (includes who can make a mental health diagnosis and getting an assessment)
- Did You Know There is a Whole Theory About “Change” in a Person’s Life?
- FFL-Treating_and_Preventing Anxiety in Children and Youth
- Impacts of Strong Parental Support for Trans Youth
- Mental Health, School Climate and Bullying among Youth – Ottawa, ON – Results from the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey – 2009-2011
Journals
- International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience (IJCAR): IJCAR is a peer-reviewed academic journal on child and adolescent resilience factors, processes and programming, published on a biannually basis by the International Society of Child and Adolescent Resilience (ISCAR).
- International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies (IJCYFS): IJCYFSis a peer reviewed, open access, interdisciplinary, cross-national journal that is committed to scholarly excellence in the field of research about and services for children, youth, families and their communities.