Mental Health Resources

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What is mental health?

Educator well-being

Supporting mental health at school

Ways to support your own mental health

Improving Mental Health (web page/downloadable info sheet, Canadian Mental Health Association, B.C. Division)

Defining anxiety

Anxiety disorders

Externalizing activities in CBT

Anxiety in the brain and body

For parents

Confident Parents, Thriving Kids (online parenting support program, Canadian Mental Health Association, B.C. Division)

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Behavioural Treatment for Kids with Anxiety (online article, Child Mind Institute)

Understanding thinking

Thinking Traps (online article, Anxiety Canada)

Benefits of breaks

Research-Tested Benefits of Breaks (online article, Edutopia)

Exposure

Facing Your Fears: Exposure (online article, Anxiety Canada)

Promoting positive mental health in schools

Schools as a Setting for Promoting Positive Mental Health: Better Practices and Perspectives (report, Joint Consortium on School Mental Health)

Creating a supportive classroom climate

Learning Environments (collection of online articles, Edutopia)

Progressive muscle relaxation

How to Do Progressive Muscle Relaxation (web page, Anxiety Canada)

Supporting students who are anxious

Anxiety at School (Info Sheet for Supporting Minds, School Mental Health-Assist)

Information and support for parents

Confident Parents, Thriving Kids (online parenting program, Canadian Mental Health Association, B.C. Division)

EASE at Home (EASE lessons for families to use at home, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Child and Youth Mental Health)

The Parenting Report Card: Are You Getting All A’s? (A Guide to Getting the Right F’s) (online article, Lynn Lyons)

Introducing EASE

Fiedeldey-Van Dijk, Carina, Margo Rowan, Colleen Dell, Chris Mushquash, Carol Hopkins, Barb Fornssler, Laura Hall, David Mykota, Marwa Farag, and Bev Shea (2017). “Honoring Indigenous culture-as-intervention: Development and validity of the Native Wellness AssessmentTM.” Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 16(2), 181–218.  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15332640.2015.1119774

First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association of British Columbia (2016). Authentic First Peoples Resources, K-9 (2nd edition). http://www.fnesc.ca/authenticresources/

First Nations Education Steering Committee (updated 2016). First Peoples Principles of Learning. http://www.fnesc.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/PUB-LFP-POSTER-Principles-of-Learning-First-Peoples-poster-11×17.pdf

Greater Good Science Center (n.d.). “Mindful Breathing.” https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/mindful_breathing#data-tab-how

Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre (BC Children’s Hospital; n.d.). “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.” https://keltymentalhealth.ca/cognitive-behavioural-therapy

Waddell, Charlotte, Cody Shepherd, Christine Schwartz, and Jen Barican (2014). Child and Youth Mental Disorders: Prevalence and Evidence-Based Interventions. Children’s Health Policy Centre, Simon Fraser University. https://childhealthpolicy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/14-06-17-Waddell-Report-2014.06.16.pdf

The Educator’s Role

BeYou (formerly MindMatters Australia; 2015). What Is Mental Health? (video, 3:21). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArOTqcMH2G0&feature=youtu.be

British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (n.d.) “Wellness—Taking Care of Yourself.” https://bctf.ca/NewTeachers.aspx?id=31855 

Canadian Mental Health Association, British Columbia Division (2013). “Improving Mental Health.”  https://cmha.bc.ca/documents/improving-mental-health/

Naylor, Charlie (2019). “Staff Well-Being in Schools: Some B.C. Ideas and Approaches.” EdCan Network (Canadian Education Association). https://www.edcan.ca/articles/staff-well-being-in-schools/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkdqMgKbL5wIVCNNkCh0bQgvFEAAYASAAEgLyvvD_BwE

Galderisi, Silvana, Andreas Heinz, Marianne Kastrup, Julian Beezhold, and Norman Sartorius (2015). “Toward a New Definition of Mental Health.” World Psychiatry 14(2), 231–233. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2015.1119774  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471980/

Government of British Columbia, erase (expect respect & a safe education; n.d.). “Erase Stigma / Embrace Understanding.” https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/erase/mental-health?bcgovtm=20191119_EDUC_AM_ERASE_2__ADW_BCGOV_EN_BC__TEXT

Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre (BC Children’s Hospital; n.d.). “Challenges and Disorders.” https://keltymentalhealth.ca/mental-health-challenges-and-disorders

Ontario Ministry of Education (2013). Supporting Minds: An Educator’s Guide to Promoting Students’ Mental Health and Well-Being (draft version). http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/reports/health.html

TeenMentalHealth.org (n.d.). Teacher Knowledge Update (School Mental Health Teachers Training Guide). http://teenmentalhealth.org/product/school-mental-health-teachers-training-guide-english/

Weare, Katherine (2012). Evidence for the Impact of Mindfulness on Children and Young People. The Mindfulness in Schools Project, in association with the University of Exeter, Mood Disorders Centre. https://mindfulnessinschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MiSP-Research-Summary-2012.pdf

Understanding Anxiety

Anxiety Canada (2019). “Anxiety 101: What You and Your Child Need to Know about Anxiety.” https://www.anxietycanada.com/articles/anxiety-101-what-you-and-your-child-need-to-know-about-anxiety/

Anxiety Canada (2019). Fight Flight Freeze: Anxiety Explained for Teens (video, 2:41). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpolpKTWrp4&feature=youtu.be

Anxiety Canada (2019). “Talking to Your Child or Teen about Anxiety.” HeretoHelp (BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information). https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/infosheet/talking-to-your-child-or-teen-about-anxiety

Anxiety Canada (2019). “When Anxiety Is a Problem.” https://www.anxietycanada.com/articles/when-anxiety-is-a-problem/

Canadian Mental Health Association, British Columbia Division (n.d.). Confident Parents: Thriving Kids (support program). https://welcome.cmhacptk.ca/

Counsellor Keri (2018). “Worry Group Activity: Deep Breathing to Make Worry Monsters.” https://www.counselorkeri.com/2018/05/07/worry-group-art-activity/

Crash Course (2014). OCD and Anxiety Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #29 (video, 11:31). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX7jnVXXG5o

Harris, Russ (2017). The Happiness Trap: Evolution of the Human Mind (video, 3:37). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv6HkipQcfA

Harvard Health Publishing (2018). “Understanding the Stress Response.” https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response

Mehlomakulu, Carolyn (2019). “Making Monsters and Creative Creatures.” http://creativityintherapy.com/2019/05/making-monsters-creative-creatures/

Weare, Katherine (2012). Evidence for the Impact of Mindfulness on Children and Young People. The Mindfulness in Schools Project, in association with the University of Exeter, Mood Disorders Centre. https://mindfulnessinschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MiSP-Research-Summary-2012.pdf

Anxiety in the Classroom

Anxiety Canada (n.d.). “Facing Your Fears: Exposure.” https://www.anxietycanada.com/sites/default/files/FacingFears_Exposure.pdf

Anxiety Canada (2019). “Thinking Traps.” https://www.anxietycanada.com/articles/thinking-traps/

Bubrick, Jerry (n.d.). “Behavioral Treatment for Kids with Anxiety.” Child Mind Institute. https://childmind.org/article/behavioral-treatment-kids-anxiety/

Terada, Youki (2018). “Research-Tested Benefits of Breaks.” Edutopia (George Lucas Educational Foundation). https://www.edutopia.org/article/research-tested-benefits-breaks

Young, Karen (n.d.). “Anxiety or ADHD? Why They Sometimes Look the Same and How to Tell the Difference.” Hey Sigmund. https://www.heysigmund.com/anxiety-and-adhd/

Creating a Supportive Environment

Anxiety Canada (2019). “How to Do Progressive Muscle Relaxation.” https://www.anxietycanada.com/articles/how-to-do-progressive-muscle-relaxation/

British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development, Child and Youth Mental Health (2020). EASE at Home. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/managing-your-health/mental-health-substance-use/child-teen-mental-health/ease

Canadian Mental Health Association, British Columbia Division (n.d.). Confident Parents: Thriving Kids (support program). https://welcome.cmhacptk.ca/

Edutopia (n.d.). “Learning Environments.” George Lucas Educational Foundation. https://www.edutopia.org/topic/learning-environments

Lyons, Lynn (n.d.). “The Parenting Report Card: Are You Getting All A’s? (A Guide to Getting the Right F’s).” https://www.lynnlyonsnh.com/the-parenting-report-card-are-you-getting-all-as/

Morrison, William, and Patricia Kirby (2010). Schools as a Setting for Promoting Positive Mental Health: Better Practices and Perspectives. Joint Consortium for School Health. https://www.jcsh-cces.ca/upload/JCSH%20Positive%20Mental%20Health%20Perspectives%20Better%20Practices.PDF

School Mental Health-Assist (n.d.). “Anxiety at School.” Info Sheet for Supporting Minds. https://smh-assist.ca/wp-content/uploads/Info-Sheets-Supporting-Minds-Anxiety-1.pdf

Waddell, Charlotte, Cody Shepherd, Christine Schwartz, and Jen Barican (2014). Child and Youth Mental Disorders: Prevalence and Evidence-Based Interventions. Children’s Health Policy Centre, Simon Fraser University. https://childhealthpolicy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/14-06-17-Waddell-Report-2014.06.16.pdf

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