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The Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) has collected a toolkit of resources that include journal prompts for wellness, COVID-19 support, shareable graphics, downloadable worksheets, and videos about Black mental health.
This document, created by AboutKidsHealth from SickKids, outlines how to use CARD (Comfort, Ask, Relax, Distract) as a fear and anxiety management tool.
The First Nations Health Authority has created a document that outlines various culturally appropriate ways to approach grounding exercises, including deep breathing, traditional cultural practices, and a list of affirmations that can be used as a part of grounding practice.
The term dual diagnosis describes a situation where someone has both a developmental
disability and a mental health problem. This guide includes information on understanding dual diagnosis, how dual diagnosis impacts families, and explores treatment and support for those with dual diagnoses.
The Emotional Toolbox represents a collection of tools (strategies) designed to help people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) deal with negative emotions. It is designed to increase the number of strategies available to prevent and manage negative emotions such as anxiety, anger and sadness.
This culturally relevant toolkit created by the First Nations Health Authority addresses the importance of lateral kindness as an approach to addressing lateral violence or lateral unkindness, a result of colonialism, residential schools, and cultural genocide. The toolkit includes a Person’s Bill of Rights and a checklist for how to resolve conflict.
This self-help booklet series by HCARDD is for people with intellectual disabilities and can be used with the support of family members, friends, staff, and health care professionals. The booklets are intended to give people with intellectual disabilities an opportunity to talk through their feelings and make plans for staying well during COVID-19.
This guide from the Canadian Mental Health Association offers a summary of the services and programs that support the mental health and wellness of Indigenous children and youth in Ontario. It suggests both services that are culture-based and specifically geared toward Indigenous people and others that are open to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
This guide from the Canadian Mental Health Association provides a summary of the services and programs that support the mental health and well-being of gender-diverse and sexual-minority youth in Ontario. It aims to help youth, their friends, family, caregivers and service providers find their way around these services and systems.
Mood problems affect a person’s thoughts, how they feel about themselves and the way they think about things. This overview from Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre outlines ways that mood problems present in children and adolescents.
The First Nations Health Authority has created this short toolkit with methods for practicing self-compassion, including how to create a self-compassion journal, relaxation exercises, and creating a loving kindness phrase.
The International Dyslexia Association has put together a resource for caregivers to understand and support young people experiencing social and emotional problems as a result of dyslexia.
The Window of Tolerance is a way of understanding how your body copes in times of stress. Learn about your own Window of Tolerance and how to understand, reflect on, and expand your window of tolerance.