Mental Health and Addiction Resources
Offers online information, resources and publications on a variety of mental health and addiction topics. Topic areas include: mental health in the workplace; managing depression; coping with suicidal thoughts; and women living with depression during pregnancy and after delivery.
Community Support Groups
Provides an online listing of autism support groups available throughout the province. Groups offered include community groups to support families; adult groups for youth and adults on the autism spectrum; and sibling groups for siblings of individuals with autism and related disabilities.
Counselling and Support
Provides counselling and a variety of programs and services to support individuals with Down syndrome, their parents and families. Support includes individual counselling, information and resources, parent support meetings, child play therapy, kids and youth groups, skill development, and health workshops.
481-13320 78th Avenue, Surrey, BC
Seniors' Distress Line
Provides a free and confidential telephone support service for seniors, their caregivers or anyone concerned about a senior. Calls are answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by highly trained, non-judgemental and caring volunteers.
Those who may benefit from this service include seniors who are feeling alone, facing difficult life situations, wanting help working through a problem, or looking for information on community resources.
Ability411
Provides online information about assistive technologies and equipment to BC seniors, their family members, and care teams. Online resources include finding equipment, financial aid, free equipment loan programs, and equipment rentals. Web links to information and resources for health services, home and community care, telehealth, and caregiver support is also available.
BC Epilepsy Parents Network
Offers group support for parents, caregivers, guardians and all other adults who contribute to the lives of children living with epilepsy. Participants meet monthly via videoconference to connect with others, share their experiences and provide support.
610-4180 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby, BC
Mindful Self-Compassion
Offers a free online course to help people get past insecurity and develop more compassion and kindness to increase their overall peace and joy. In the group sessions, participants learn how to overcome perfectionism, reduce anxiety and depression, improve relationships, and learn how to handle difficult emotions easier.
Mental Health First Aid
Offers a training course to improve mental health literacy, and provide the skills and knowledge to help people better manage potential or developing mental health problems in themselves, a family member, friend or colleague.
Teaches to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, provide initial help, and guide a person towards appropriate professional help. Course is 12-hours, delivered in 4 modules, carried out over 2 days.
Confident Parents: Thriving Kids Anxiety Program
Provides a family-focused coaching service for parents of children with mild to moderate anxiety. The program helps parents build skills and strategies that strengthen their role as a parent and help with managing their child's anxiety symptoms.
The program includes short educational online videos supported by weekly telephone coaching sessions delivered at flexible times over 8 - 10 weeks to parents and caregivers across BC.
Confident Parents: Thriving Kids Behaviour Program
Provides a family-focused coaching service for parents of children with mild to moderate behavioural problems. Program sessions are held via telephone and parents are also provided with an accompanying manual which they work through with their coach.
Program focus includes: encouragement of positive behaviour; consequences for negative behaviour; monitoring of children's activities; problem solving; and positive involvement in children's interests, activities, and social development.