Resources for Children and Families

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BC Partners for Mental Health & Addictions Information
www.heretohelp.bc.ca
A great website with a wealth of self-help resources for a range of mental health concerns. 

Child Mind Institute
https://childmind.org/
A great website with a wealth of resources for a range of mental health concerns and learning challenges in children and adolescents.

Kelty Mental Health
https://keltymentalhealth.ca/
Another great website with a wealth of resources for a range of mental health and substance use concerns in children and adolescents.

Kids Help Phone
1-800-668-6868
https://kidshelpphone.ca/
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7, national support service. They offer professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French. All services are confidential and kids or teens don’t even have to give their name if they don’t want to. 

Anxiety

Anxiety Canada
https://www.anxietycanada.com/
The general Anxiety Canada website also includes lots of information, self-help resources, and videos including resources for children and families coping with anxiety:  https://anxietycanada.com/articles/parent-child/
AnxietyCanada has also developed My Anxiety Plan (MAP), which includes a free self-management course based on CBT for caregivers wanting to support their children coping with anxiety: https://maps.anxietycanada.com/courses/child-map/

Coping Cat Parents
https://www.copingcatparents.com/
Based on the well-regarded, CBT-based, Coping Cat protocol, this online program for anxiety management has both caregiver and child (Camp Cope-A-Lot) components.

Mindshift CBT App
https://www.anxietycanada.com/MindShift-CBT
Mindshift CBT is an award winning app created by AnxietyCanada. It uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help children and teens learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of their anxiety.

International OCD Foundation
https://kids.iocdf.org/
This is a great website with lots of information and recommended resources for children and families coping with OCD.

Peace of Mind Foundation
https://peaceofmind.com/
https://www.ocdchallenge.com/

Counselling therapy

The Peace of Mind Foundation provides a range of useful information and resources for coping with OCD including OCD Challenge, a free online self-help website for individuals suffering from OCD.