Resources for Parents & Caregivers
Deployment Resources - This link is sponsored by the CF Morale and Welfare services division and has resources for the deploying members and their families including links for services, resources and access information.
School Refusal Anxiety Canada - Includes resources, download apps, tools and tips. Children can have difficulty attending school due to a variety of factors, ranging from post-holiday blues to test anxiety, as well as peer teasing or conflict, and academic pressures. When these difficulties are fleeting, resulting in minor complaints or a rare day off from school, most families can cope without intervention. However, some youth struggle to attend school on a more consistent basis.
Screen Addiction in Children - As parents we walk a fine line between wanting our children to have fun and use technology to watching them develop debilitating addiction that can harm their social development. This tool from Today's Parent can help you figure out when to say WHEN!
8 Ways to Improve Parent Child Relationship
How do you have a better relationship with your parents? How as parents can you have a better relationship with your child? In this video, we cover some tips and tricks to help strength the relationship between a parent and a child. You might relate or find these helpful!
Panel Discussion about the Disruptors
The Child Mind Institute hosts a panel discussion on ADHD following the New York screening of the award-winning documentary on ADHD, “The Disruptors.” Dr. Roy Boorady and Dr. Dave Anderson from the Child Mind Institute join the film’s executive producer, Nancy Armstrong, for an engaging conversation with senior NBC News correspondent, Cynthia McFadden.
About the film:
ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed — and widely misunderstood — neurological conditions in the world today, affecting nearly 10% of kids and a rising number of adults. But what if having an ADHD brain is actually an asset? A growing number of innovators, entrepreneurs, CEOs, Olympic athletes, and award-winning artists have recently disclosed that their ADHD, managed effectively, has played a vital role in their success.
“The Disruptors” documentary hears from many of those game-changing people about their ADHD, and intimately takes viewers inside a number of families as they navigate the challenges, and the surprising triumphs, of living with ADHD. The film takes an immersive look at our approach to ADHD that debunks the most harmful myths, and examines the flip side of this trait - ultimately offering a revelatory understanding of the diagnosis, and real hope for millions of kids, families and adults with ADHD.
Distinguishing Between Mental Health Disorders and Stress
Having Difficult Conversations with Your Kids
Sesame Street Divorce ToolKit ( Resources for talking to kids about family separation and blended families)
BBC Stress/Anxiety
Youth Advocate Program - HRM - Ages 9 - 15