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Kindergarten Outdoor Play in the Sun, Rain, and Snow!
This promising practice highlights a Kindergarten outdoor play program aimed to transform the program from highly-structured, teacher-directed, indoor activities to student-led play in the outdoor environment.
Ventures Program
This promising practice highlights the Ventures Program at an alternative high school located in British Columbia.
Resilience Harvard University Center on the Developing Child
Reducing the effects of significant adversity on children’s healthy development is essential to the progress and prosperity of any society. Science tells us that some children develop resilience, or the ability to overcome serious hardship, while others do not.
Bringing Mental Health to Schools
A Canadian-developed, nationally and internationally-researched resource, the Guide – previously delivered only through face-to-face training – is now available online through this UBC-supported program. In this course, educators will learn how to apply this classroom-ready, web-based, modular mental health curriculum resource (the Guide) as well as upgrade their own mental health literacy. Educators can then use this curriculum resource in their schools to successfully address mental health related curriculum outcomes designed to be delivered by usual classroom teachers to students in grades 7 – 12. There is a fee of $20.00 Canadian in order to register for this course. Upon completion of the course, a certificate of completion is awarded.Teach Mental Health Mental health literacy for the classroom
This course is designed for teacher candidates currently in Faculties of Education and for educators currently working in schools including classroom teachers, administrators and other specialized roles such as Resource or Learning Support Teachers, for example. Participation in this online course is free. Developed by education and mental health professionals, this seven module (8 to 10 hours) course will give you a foundation of mental health literacy, including effective strategies to use in your educational settings and in your own life.
Teaching Tolerance Lessons
These robust, ready-to-use classroom lessons offer breadth and depth, spanning essential social justice topics and reinforcing critical social emotional learning skills. There are 500 lessons in total, each directed towards a specific age-group ranging from kindergarten to grade 12.The Be Safe App. You deserve help.
Be Safe is a mobile app that aims to help young adults make a decision about seeking help in a crisis.Be Safe is unique because it was developed in full partnership with youth and professionals.
School mental health assist
School Mental Health ASSIST (SMH ASSIST) is a provincial implementation support team designed to help Ontario school boards promote student mental well-being, and to enhance support for students who struggle with mental health and addictions problems.
What you need to know about internet addiction Kimberly Young, TEDxBuffalo
Dr. Young helps identify warning signs of Internet addiction and what we can do to manage technology in our daily lives.