Strengthening Communities

Are you trying to equip your community to better support children, youth and families who are struggling? The resources in this section will help as you plan awareness activities, and build knowledge and skills in your community around many MH & SU issues.

Strengthening Communities

Building Caring Communities

Building Caring Communities

These resources will help guide communities in foster caring relationships, which can make all the difference in the life trajectory of a child or youth.

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Cariboo Circle of Courage Poster

Cariboo Chilcotin Community Plan

Cariboo Circle of Courage Poster

Cariboo Community Profile

Cariboo Risk & Protective Factor Profile

Caring for your child's mental health - ages 2-6

Caring for your child's mental health - ages 6-9

Caring for your child's mental health - ages 10-12

Caring for your child's mental health - middle school

Caring for your child's mental health - high school to adult

Report - Emotion-Focused Family Therapy

Interior Region Family Navigator Press Release

Lytton Circle of Trust Template

Lytton Circle of Trust overview

SOS Mental Hygiene do's and don'ts

Substance Use: Building Resilience - ages 0-6

Substance Use: Building Resilience - ages 6-9

Substance Use: Building Resilience - ages 10-14

Substance Use: Building Resilience - ages 15-18

Suicide Prevention

These tools and resources will help you be better prepared to help and support those at risk.

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Suicide Prevention Toolkit - Youth

Salt Spring Island Resource Booklet

Salt Spring Suicide Toolkits

Suicide Prevention Toolkit - Youth

Substance Use

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Youth Substance Use Learning Session Poster

A Guide to Community Dialogue about Drugs

A Health Promotion Perspective I

A Health Promotion Perspective II

Canadian-Standards Substance Use Prevention

Core Addictions Practice Trainees' Resource Manual

Fentanyl Response for UBC Okanagan

Golden Fentanyl Publication

Mike + Vicki’s Interactive Story About Drugs & Alcohol Use

Parent Education PowerPoint

Practitioners’ Pre Core Addictions Practice Survey

Practitioners' Post Core Addictions Practice Survey

School-Based Substance Use Prevention

Substance Use: Building Resilience - ages 0-6

Substance Use: Building Resilience - ages 6-9

Substance Use: Building Resilience - ages 10-14

Substance Use: Building Resilience - ages 15-18

Webinar: Community Dialogue to Create Understanding About Drugs

Youth Core Addictions Practice Training

Youth Substance Use Learning Session Poster

Community Training

These resources are designed to help build community knowledge, skills and confidence in child and youth mental health and substance use.

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MH First Aid Link

ASIST Training Link

KAIROS Indigenous/Non-Indigenous Blanket Exercise

San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Link

Building LGBTQ+ Acceptance

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LGBTQ+ Terminology Handout

Action Tips for Trans Allies by MIT

Genderbread Chart

LGBTQ+ Terminology Handout

Parent Letter on Gender Dysphoria (Transgender) Child

School Safety Plan for Student with Gender Identity Disorder

Tips on Creating Inclusive Intake Forms

VCH Trans Speciaity Care

VSB Gender Identities Policy

Awareness & Events

Here are some examples of posters and planning materials for successful Collaborative events around MH & SU.

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Langley self harm poster 2

Delta Anxiety in Children and Youth Event

Langley sadness poster 1

Langley sadness poster 2

Langley self harm poster 1

Langley self harm poster 2

Langley stress poster 1

Langley stress poster 2

Langley worry poster 1

Langley worry poster 2

Paper Tigers Movie Poster

Resilience Movie Screening poster

Screenagers Movie Event Planning Guide

Screenagers Movie poster

SOS Parent MH Event in South Okanagan Poster

Student poster on coping with stress, anxiety, and depression 1

Student poster on coping with stress, anxiety, and depression 2

Student poster on coping with stress, anxiety, and depression (black and white)

Student poster on coping with stress, anxiety, and depression (colour)