Student Wellness

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General Resources

Canadian Mental Health brochures
Includes: anxiety, children youth and depression, depression and bi-polar, eating disorders, feeling angry, getting help, grieving, mental health for life, and mental illness.

Social and Emotional Learning in Schools UBC- powerpoint download

Education Canada Magazine mental health issue

Teachers’ perspectives on student mental health in Canadian classrooms

My Health Magazine

The New Mentality: Disable the Label

Physical and Health Education Canada

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Not Myself Today 

Optimizing conditions of teachers’ professional practice to support students with special educational needs  

Mental Health Support Tips for Teachers (from Australia) 

Every Kid Needs a Champion

​Healthy Minds Healthy Children

Edutopia: Social and Emotional Learning 

Rocky View Schools Committed to Supporting Mental Wellness 

Wellness Resiliency and Partnership (WRaP program for students with FASD) 

Positive Behaviour Supports for Children (Mount Royal University) 

Schools as a setting for promoting positive mental health: better practices and perspectives 

People for Education: Broader Measures of Success- Social Emotional Learning 

Best in School Counselling Websites- from MastersInCounselling.org

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ATA/Canadian Teachers Federation

Compassionate classrooms: understanding student mental health

Canadian Teachers Federation: Child and Youth Mental Health

The Facts on Education: What are effective approaches to improving students’ mental wellbeing?

Mental Health in Schools: How Teachers Have the Power to Make a Difference

Canadian Teachers Federation

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iTunes U

UC Davis MIND Institute videos

The social and emotional lives of gifted youth

Child development and learning

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Elementary

Depression in Young Children

Supporting Minds: an educator’s guide to promoting students’ mental health and well being

Walking the Talk: Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness in the Elementary Classroom

At My Best (elementary resource)

AHS: Elementary Mental Health Kit

BC Friends for Life program 

Alberta Education Resources

Re:defining Success (a team approach to supporting students with FASD)

Unlocking Potential: Key components of programming for students with learning disabilities

Focusing on Success: teaching students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder: Building Strengths, Creating Hope

Mental Health Matters

Alberta Education: Mental Health Matters 

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Secondary

Preliminary survey report: The skill needs of major Canadian employers

JH Mental Health Kit - Be Kind to Yourself and Others

Promoting Youth Mental Health through the Transition from High School

Supporting Positive Behaviour in Alberta Schools

Exploring Body Image Issues in the Classroom

Teen Mental Health- (extensive list of valuable FREE Canadian resources in their Toolbox)

TeenMentalHealth.org on YouTube

AHS: Junior High Mental Health Kit

BC Friends for Youth program 

Anxiety BC Youth

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Self Regulation

The Mehrit Centre:
Early Childhood Education Resources
K-12 Education Resources

How TV Affects the Brains of Young Children

Stimulating Learning with Rachel- calming activities