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Crisis Response

Axis Family Resources

Provides 24-hour telephone help for youth and individuals with developmental disabilities in crisis. A trained staff member or volunteer is available to listen, provide information and support, in an anonymous and confidential manner.

Aboriginal Patient Navigator

Ktunaxa Nation Council

Provides referral, advocacy and support to Aboriginal clients and families to help them connect to the right services to meet their health care needs. Program goal is to ensure aboriginal patients' health care experience is culturally safe and inclusive; services may include navigation at East Kootenay Regional Hospital, discharge planning, promoting access to community services, and assistance in understanding community service systems.

Family Support Services

Fraser Health

Provides support to families of individuals with mental health and or substance use issues. Programs include in-person learning and information sessions, respite services, and parent support group.

Child and Youth Mental Health

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

Provides a child and youth mental health consultant to work with youth, families and communities in providing a health assessment, create a treatment plan, and to increase protective factors, reduce risk factors, and build capacity to support the mental health of children and youth using cultural and holistic approaches. Also provides referrals to other mental health services within the community.

Available B.C. wide

Child and Youth Mental Health Clinics

Free mental health clinics for children and youth in locations across B.C.

Available B.C. wide

FamilySmart

Free programs that help B.C. families and caregivers who are parenting children and youth facing mental health challenges.

Available B.C. wide

Adolescent Health and Medicine

BC Children's Hospital

Provides assessment, clinical services, education and training to youth with complex health issues that are affecting their relationship with peers, school and or family life. Youth are helped to move towards a healthy adulthood through setting goals, finding resources, and better health and wellbeing.

Topic areas include friendships, sexuality, home life, drugs, mood and worries, sleep, eating, health conditions, school, and social challenges.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Autism Assessment

BC Children's Hospital

Provides diagnostic assessment for children and youth who may have autism spectrum disorder. The assessment includes a detailed parent interview and interactive observation session that uses toys and games appropriate to the child's age or level of development.

The program at Sunny Hill Health Centre also receives complex, tertiary level referrals through regional service teams throughout the province.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre - Dala Program

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides residential treatment, assessment and intervention for fragile youth with symptoms like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia or other thought disorders. The program helps teens with improving their mental health, developing social and family support networks, and with learning life skills necessary to enhance their quality of life.

2721 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC

Available B.C. wide

Autism Funding

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides funding for eligible autism intervention services and therapies for children and youth. The funding helps families with the cost of purchasing autism intervention services to promote child's communication, social-emotional, academic, and functional life skills development.

Showing 11 - 20 of 166 Resources

Crisis Response

Axis Family Resources

Provides 24-hour telephone help for youth and individuals with developmental disabilities in crisis. A trained staff member or volunteer is available to listen, provide information and support, in an anonymous and confidential manner.

Aboriginal Patient Navigator

Ktunaxa Nation Council

Provides referral, advocacy and support to Aboriginal clients and families to help them connect to the right services to meet their health care needs. Program goal is to ensure aboriginal patients' health care experience is culturally safe and inclusive; services may include navigation at East Kootenay Regional Hospital, discharge planning, promoting access to community services, and assistance in understanding community service systems.

Family Support Services

Fraser Health

Provides support to families of individuals with mental health and or substance use issues. Programs include in-person learning and information sessions, respite services, and parent support group.

Child and Youth Mental Health

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

Provides a child and youth mental health consultant to work with youth, families and communities in providing a health assessment, create a treatment plan, and to increase protective factors, reduce risk factors, and build capacity to support the mental health of children and youth using cultural and holistic approaches. Also provides referrals to other mental health services within the community.

Available B.C. wide

Child and Youth Mental Health Clinics

Free mental health clinics for children and youth in locations across B.C.

Available B.C. wide

FamilySmart

Free programs that help B.C. families and caregivers who are parenting children and youth facing mental health challenges.

Available B.C. wide

Adolescent Health and Medicine

BC Children's Hospital

Provides assessment, clinical services, education and training to youth with complex health issues that are affecting their relationship with peers, school and or family life. Youth are helped to move towards a healthy adulthood through setting goals, finding resources, and better health and wellbeing.

Topic areas include friendships, sexuality, home life, drugs, mood and worries, sleep, eating, health conditions, school, and social challenges.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Autism Assessment

BC Children's Hospital

Provides diagnostic assessment for children and youth who may have autism spectrum disorder. The assessment includes a detailed parent interview and interactive observation session that uses toys and games appropriate to the child's age or level of development.

The program at Sunny Hill Health Centre also receives complex, tertiary level referrals through regional service teams throughout the province.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre - Dala Program

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides residential treatment, assessment and intervention for fragile youth with symptoms like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia or other thought disorders. The program helps teens with improving their mental health, developing social and family support networks, and with learning life skills necessary to enhance their quality of life.

2721 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC

Available B.C. wide

Autism Funding

Ministry of Children and Family Development

Provides funding for eligible autism intervention services and therapies for children and youth. The funding helps families with the cost of purchasing autism intervention services to promote child's communication, social-emotional, academic, and functional life skills development.

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