Parent/Caregiver Resources

Have questions or concerns about mental health and well-being? Interested in accessing useful resources? We have pulled together a collection of great places to start your search. Don't forget, you can always speak with a teacher, principal or someone in the school. They are a well-positioned partner who can help with your questions.

Grief Resources

• Grief Resources Tip Sheets for Parents and Caregivers

• Culturally Responsive & Relevant Grief Resources

TDSB Back To School & Coping for Caregivers Resources

• TDSB Mental Health & Well-Being YouTube Channel 

• TDSB Hearts and Minds Newsletter

• Coping & Resources for Students with Special Educational Needs: TDSB Psychological Services: Top 10 Strategies and Resources to Help Your and your Family Cope

• TDSB Speech-Language Pathology Dept: How to Talk to Your Kids About Going Back to School (see more in this series!)

• TDBS Speech-Language Pathology Dept.: Coping: Well-Being Visuals through a Language Lens Resource Tip Sheet

TIP SHEETS: School Mental Health Ontario

• Children's Mental Health Ontario

• Tip Sheet: Helping Your Child Manage Digital Technology

• Tip Sheet: How to Support a Mentally Healthy Back to School for Your Child

• Tip Sheet: Small Impact-Big Conversations-Grade 12 Students & Secondary Students

• Tip Sheet for Parents and Caregivers: WITH CARE – How do you know if you should be concerned about your child / teen’s mental health and well-being?

• Tip Sheet: Noticing Mental Health Concerns in your Child

• Tip Sheet: Suicide Prevention Guide for Parents and Families During COVID-19 and Return to School

School Mental Health Ontario: VIRTUAL MENTALLY HEALTHY ACTIVITIES & RESOURCES

• Socio-Emotional Video Learning Series

• Student Mental Health Read A louds

• Easy and Fun Mental Health Activities at Home

TIP SHEETS: Substance Use & Children/Youth for Caregivers/Parents

• Tip Sheet: Cannabis: What Parents/Guardians and Caregivers Need to Know

• Tip Sheet: Opioids: what you and your friends need to know

• Tip Sheet: Prescription opioids, including fentanyl: What parents and caregivers need to know

TDSB Professional Support Services: Helping Children & Youth Cope with Anxiety

• Short webinar Anxiety 101 Part 1

• Anxiety 101 Part 2 How to Help Children and Teens Cope with Worry

• Anxiety 101 Part 3 More Ways to Help Children and Teens Cope with Worry

Helping Children & Youth Cope During Virtual Learning

• Canadian Mental Health Association: Your Child's Mental Wellness and Remote Learning

• TDSB Professional Support Services: Helping Your Kids in Changing Times

• TDSB Professional Support Services: Tips for Supporting Teens

• TDSB Professional Support Services: Coping with Learning from Home

• School Mental Health Ontario: How to Support Your Child's Mental Health During Covid-19

Special Education & Complex Needs Resources

• Special Education & Complex Needs Community

• Special Education & Complex Needs - Visual Format

TDSB Mental Health and Well Being - Student Resources

Have questions or concerns about mental health and well-being? Interested in accessing useful resources? We have pulled together a collection of great places to start your search. Don't forget, you can always speak with a teacher, principal or someone in the school. They are a well-positioned partner who can help with your questions.

• High School Handout

• No Problem Too Big or Too Small

• Self-Care 101 for Students

• Reaching Out

• COVID-19 Response

Grief Resources

• Grief Resources Tip Sheets for Students

• Culturally Responsive & Relevant Grief Resources

Virtual Mentally Healthy Activities & Resources

• Socio-Emotional Video Learning Series

• Student Mental Health Read A louds

• Easy and Fun Mental Health Activities at Home

• Grounding Techniques for Students

Keeping My Mental Wellness Healthy

• My Circle of Support Pocketbook – Student Help-Seeking Resource

• 2SLGBTQI+ Student MH Social Media Bundles

• Mental Health Literacy and Anxiety Management Social Media Bundles

• Equity and Allyship Social Media Bundles

Tips Sheets For Students: Keeping Mentally Healthy

• Reaching Out

• Self-Care 101 For Students

• No Problem Too Big or Too Small: student help-seeking resource

Substance Use Tip Sheets

• Opioids: What Your Friends Need to Know

• Vaping: What Your Friends Need to Know

Additional Mental Health Resources – Community Partners

• Teen Mental Health

• Newcomer Resources.pdf (tdsb.on.ca)

• School Mental Health Ontario

• Sick Kids-Community Mental Health

• eMental Health

• Kids Help Phone

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

• Anxiety Canada

• Free Mental Health Counselling

• Mind check

• Children's Mental Health Ontario

• Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health

• Helping Other Parents Everywhere

• Mind Your Mind

• Caring for Kids (Canadian Paediatric Society)

• I Feel Good! A Guide to Support the Mental Health and Well-Being of Children and Youth who are Deaf/deaf and Hard of Hearing in Ontario's Schools