LibGuides: Mental Health and Wellness: Children and Mental Health

Kids'

Organizations & Associations

Children's Mental Health Ontario
The team at Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) works hard to make a positive impact on families, caregivers, and members. The staff here have experience working inside and outside the provincial government on both the bureaucratic and political sides. Children’s Mental Health Ontario is governed by a Board of Directors composed of volunteers. These Directors are eligible to serve on the Board for a maximum of 2 terms that are 3-years in length. There are currently 13 Directors on the CMHO Board.
Canadian Peadiatric Society
The Canadian Paediatric Society is working to improve the ability of paediatricians and family physicians to address child and youth mental health by:increasing clinician access to evidence-based information,improving collaboration among mental health service providers, and enhancing continuing education and residency training.
Mental Health for Children and Youth in Canada Canadian Institute for Health Information
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) provides comparable and actionable data and information that are used to accelerate improvements in health care, health system performance and population health across Canada.
Strong Kids Strong Minds
Children’s mental health continues to suffer post-pandemic and new ways to provide support are needed now more than ever. This Mental Health Week, we are excited to launch a new online game world to help children and teens build skills that will foster resilience.
Kids Help Phone
1-800-668-6868
Free, anonymous and confidential professional phone counselling and online counselling, available 24/7 for kids and youth 20 years of age and younger.

Li'l Doc : Depression

Li'l Doc and Geeko explain how an imbalance in the brain can sometimes let fatigue and sadness get the upper hand.

In the past few years, a lot of celebrities have spoken publicly about mental health and mental illness. Superstar athletes Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles have opened up about their own struggles, and so have pop stars such as Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber. Clearly mental health is an important topic, but do you know what it means? CBC Kids News contributor Ainara Alleyne breaks it down and helps us understand the difference between stress and anxiety or sadness and depression.

How The Pandemic Is Impacting Kids’ Mental Health | NBC Nightly News

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Resources

Anxiety Canada: Normalize Youth Anxiety with Our Caretoons Animated Series
Let’s get youth to open up about anxiety with two animated series that they can relate to. Caretoons not only make us laugh but also start the conversation about mental health in teens’ everyday lives.With humour and heart, Caretoons normalize anxiety in an entertaining way and encourage youth to talk to someone they trust, such as a parent, teacher, or friend. Premiering on Anxiety Canada’s YouTube, these two animated series focus social anxiety, health anxiety, contamination OCD, and more.
CMHA:While we may think of low mood or other challenges as adult problems, they can affect people at any age. Children and teens can experience mental illnesses like depression. Sometimes it can be difficult for adults to understand how difficult children
While we may think of low mood or other challenges as adult problems, they can affect people at any age. Children and teens can experience mental illnesses like depression.
CMHA: Transitioning from Youth to Adult Mental Health Services
Learn about moving from mental health services for youth into the adult services system, and what resources are available in Ontario to help with that change.

The Nature Playbook is a free and accessible resource/tool for outdoor play practitioners; it was published in July 2016 by the Canadian Parks Council. The book and its associated tools for implementation were created and designed by an intergenerational working group of Canadians from coast to coast to coast, all in support of increasing outdoor play in nature for all Canadians. To access the Nature Playbook, click here.

Strong Minds Strong Kids: Resiliency Quiz

Try our Resiliency Quiz to learn more about how resilient you are today and the strategies you can adopt that will enhance your life-long resiliency.

Affirmation Cards

Let’s remind our kids of the great qualities they already possess and encourage them to reflect on these resiliency building characteristics with our affirmation cards. Download them in English, French and printable version.