Masterclass in Stress Management
The Psychology Foundation of Canada’s Masterclass is the first step towards understanding, recognizing and applying strategies to support the young people in your life manage life’s inevitable ups and downs.
Kids Have Stress Too! Tools and Activities for Classrooms
Kids Have Stress Too! (Psychology Foundation of Canada) provides educators with strategies to help create an emotionally-healthy environment in their classroom by promoting self-regulation and effective stress-management skills and strategies for students in grades 1-3 and grades 4-6.
Healthy Minds Nova Scotia Online Mental Health Support
HealthyMindsNS is a suite of online mental health resources, available free to post-secondary students, to complement the mental health supports and services available on campuses. It was created to make sure students have access to mental health supports whenever they need them, to strengthen s
Every Kid Deserves a Champion (TedTalks)
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years gives this TEDTalk to emphasize the importance and value of relationship building with students as a foundation for effective teaching.
Supporting Students with ADHD
Chadd (Children and Adults with ADHD) is a non-profit organization dedicated to support individuals with ADHD.
Resources for Trauma-Informed Schools
The Treatment and Services Adaptation Center website provides various resources (e.g., tip sheets, videos) for educators and school administrators to create trauma-informed learning environments for students and safely manage school crises.
Welcoming Newcomer Students
School Mental Health Ontario offers examples of a multi-tiered system of supports to welcome newcomer students and enhance their transition to school.
Social-Emotional Learning Strategies for Secondary Students
School Mental Health Ontario created these social-emotional learning (SEL) posters for secondary students. Each poster highlights a specific SEL skill or strategy that students could be taught to practice and integrate into their daily routines.
Social-Emotional Learning Strategies for Elementary Students
School Mental Health Ontario created these social-emotional learning (SEL) posters for elementary students.
Supporting Students' Mental Health: A Resource for Guidance Teachers
School Mental Health Ontario offers a framework, 6Rs that guidance teachers could use as an example approach to support their students' mental health and transitions.
6Rs: Receive; Relax; Reframe; Redirect; Refer; Record