Helpful Links
Resources for Students
Kids Help Phone
Canada's free, national, bilingual, confidential, and anonymous 24-hour telephone and online counselling service for children 20 and under. For more information, visit the Kids Help Phone website.
Mindyourmind and Mindcheck
Interactive websites for teens and emerging adults to access information, resources, and tools during tough times. For more information, visit the Mindyourmind and Mindcheck websites.
Playing with Anxiety: Casey's Guide for Teens and Kids
An e-book for students dealing with anxiety. For more information, visit the Playing with Anxiety: Casey's Guide for Teens and Kids website.
Self-Injury Outreach & Support (SIOS)
A collaboration between the University of Guelph and McGill University, SIOS is a non-profit outreach initiative providing information and resources about self-injury to those who self-injure, those who have recovered, and those who want to help. For more information, visit the SIOS website.
Cannabis Resources
10 Questions About Cannabis Use and Your Teen
Cannabis Legislation At A Glance
Reaching Out, and Caring for Myself and Others
Circle of Support Pocketbook - SMHO
Resources for Parents
The ABCs of Mental Health
Provides information related to different mental health concerns according to developmental ages. Also provides information to help determine the level of concern (green-yellow-red). For more information, visit the ABCs of Mental Health website.
Children's Mental Health Ontario
For parents and families wanting to learn more about mental health and well-being, signs and symptoms, when to get help, and specific mental illnesses. It also lists books to share with children. For more information, visit the Children's Mental Health Ontario website.
Centre of Knowledge on Healthy Child Development
Provides information pamphlets on a range of mental health topics, including resiliency and mental health problems. For more information, visit the Centre of Knowledge on Health Child Development website.
Cannabis Resources
10 Questions About Cannabis Use and Your Teen
Cannabis Legislation At A Glance
Cannabis: What Parents, Guardians and Caregivers Need to Know
Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines
Concerns With My Child's Mental Health
Info Sheet: Noticing Mental Health Concerns for Your Child
Info Sheet: Helping Your Child Manage Digital Technology
Tip Sheet: For Parents and Caregivers
Suicide Prevention
Suicide Prevention Guide: Prepare, Prevent, Respond
Quick Reference Guide: Prepare, Prevent, Respond
Resources for Teachers
Making a Difference: An Educator's Guide to Child & Youth Mental Health Problems
The Making a Difference guide is produced by the Child and Youth Mental Health Information Network, this publication is intended to provide general information to help educators understand mental health problems in children and youth.
Leading Safe and Accepting Schools
A website that shares up-to-date resources on safe and accepting schools, including Leading Mentally Healthy Schools: An Administrators Guide. For more information, visit the Leading Safe and Accepting Schools website.
Supporting Minds: An Educator's Guide to Promoting Students' Mental Health and Well-Being
An overview of child and youth mental health and addiction problems and how to recognize and respond to these problems. For more information, visit the Supporting Minds website.
Cannabis Resources
10 Questions About Cannabis Use and Your Student
Cannabis Legislation At A Glance
Canada's Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines
Ministry of Education - Cannabis Information for Schools and School Boards
Cannabis: What Parents, Guardians and Caregivers Need to Know
Community Resources
Brant Haldimand Norfolk Community Information Database
A comprehensive, up-to-date database utilized in searching for community and social services for children, youth, and adults in the areas of Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk. For more information, visit the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Community Information Database website.
Contact REACH
A single entry access point of referral for child and youth mental health issues and developmental services in Haldimand and Norfolk. For more information, visit the Contact REACH website.
Haldimand-Norfolk REACH
A large, multi-service agency offering a wide range of coordinated services and supports to children, youth, individuals, and families. Referrals go through Contact REACH. For more information, visit the Haldimand-Norfolk REACH website.
Haldimand-Norfolk REACH Brochures: Family Services Single Therapy Sessions, Temper Taming Group Sessions, Family Services Counselling Programs, Walk-In Counselling Clinic
Contact Brant
A single entry access point of referral for child and youth mental health issues and developmental services in Brant. For more information, visit the Contact Brant website.
Woodview
A single entry access point of referral for child and youth mental health issues and developmental services in Brant. For more information, visit the Woodview website.
Woodview Brantford Programs
For more information about Woodview programs in Brantford, please click here.