MENTAL HEALTH RESOUCES & SUPPORTS

• Parent Information Brochures: Topics include health and safety issues, academic success, classroom learning, parent participation and board policy and regulation. https://www.surreyschools.ca/page/412/parent-information-brochures 

• Protecting Surrey Schools Together: You can report something you have seen, heard or experienced if it relates to the safety/well-being of yourself or another student. This can happen at school, in the community or online. https://www.psst-bc.ca/ 

Crisis Supports:

• Kids Help Line: 1-800-668-6868

• Kids Help Phone: (Text CONNECT to 686868)

• Fraser Health Crisis line: 604-951-8855 or 1-877-820-7444 (toll free) - trained volunteers provide emotional crisis support 24 hrs/day, 7 days a week.

• Short Term Assessment Response Team (START): support during crisis of extreme mental health symptoms. Provides confidential mental health crisis intervention services for children and teens. 1-844-START 11 (1-844-782-7811)

• Mental Health Support Line (24/7 all ages): 310-6789

• Call #211- United Way – information/referral for community, government and social services

• Emergency Mental Health Crisis: Call 911 – Car 67 Mental Health Police Response

• Suicide Prevention Crisis Line: 1-800-784-2433

• Suicide Prevention Education and Counselling (SPEAC): 604-584- 5811

• Kuu-us Crisis Response Services: toll-free 1-800-588-8717, provides 24/7 culturally-aware crisis support to Indigenous people in B.C. 

• Hope for Wellness Help Line: toll-free 1-855-242-3310, offers 24/7 counselling and crisis intervention by phone or online chat. Available in French, English, Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut. 

• Metis Crisis Line: 1-833-638-4722, provides 24/7 metal health support, including crisis intervention and access to crisis programs.

Counselling:

Please contact your school based counsellor or District Resource Counsellor if you require further counselling supports and /or community based supports during this time.

• Child and Youth Mental Health Clinics:

South Surrey| White Rock                604-542-3900      www.cymhsrss.com

Surrey | Cloverdale                            604-951-5701

Surrey | Newton                                 604-501-3122

Surrey | Guildford                              604-586-2685

Surrey | North                                     604-951-5960

• BC Association of Clinical Counsellors 1-800-909-6303 www.bc-counsellors.org

• BC Psychological Association: www.psychologists.bc.ca

• Homewood Health – Surrey Schools Employee| Family Assistance Program 1-800-663-1142

• DIVERSEcity – Multicultural counselling services 604-597-0205  www.dcrs.ca

• Sources Community Resource Centre: www.sourcesbc.ca

• Together White Rock| South Surrey: www.together-wr.com

• Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health Services: 604-586-4200

• FRAFCA (Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre Association) www.frafca.org

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Resources:

• Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre: Children’s Hospital – resources for students, families and educators. https://keltymentalhealth.ca/

• Foundry BC: offers young people ages 12-24 health and wellness resources, services and supports-online and through integrated services in communities across BC  https://foundrybc.ca

• Fraser Health Child and Youth Mental Health Resources www.fraserhealth.ca

• Here to Help:  www.heretohelp.bc.ca

• BC Government Mental Health and Substance Use Supports in BC: www.2gov.bc.ca

• Anxiety Canada: www.anxietycanada.com

• Canadian Mental Health Association: www.cmha.ca

• Mental Health Commission of Canada: www.mentalhealthcommission.ca

• Wellness Together Canada: Mental Health and Substance Use Support: www.canada.ca

Apps and Mindfulness recordings

• Guided Mindfulness Meditations by Dr.Vo | Kelty Mental Health www.keltymentalhealth.ca

• UCLA Free guided mindfulness meditations http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22

• Mindful Teen Website http://mindfulnessforteens.com/guided-meditations/

• Apps:     Headspace | Calm | Breathe2Relax | MoodGym | Breathr | Mindshift | Headspace | Mind Your Mood | What’s Up? | Smiling Mind | Stop, Breathe, Think | Insight Timer

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Managing COVID-19| Resources

• CYMHSU Community of Practice: Managing Anxiety and Stress in Families with Children and Youth during the COVID- 19 outbreak www.sharedcarebc.ca

• National Association of School Psychologists: Resources for Parents/Educators. www.nasponline.org

• The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning  https://casel.org/covid-resources

• Teen Mental Health: Staying connected during Covid 19 www.teenmentalhealth.org

• Kelty Mental Health: CoVid 19 Resources www.keltymentalhealth.ca

• Stigma Free Society: COVID-19 Youth Wellness Toolkit  www.stigmafreesociety.com