Child Development - Parent Resources
Offers online tools and resources for parents and service providers working with families to support healthy social and emotional development in early childhood.
Codependency Support Groups
Provides an online listing of support groups where men and women can come together and support each other with recovery from codependence. Group members are people who have been in relationships, as children and as adults, with individuals who are involved in addictive, compulsive or other dysfunctional behaviour.
Here2Talk
Offers single-session telephone and chat-based counselling to all students currently registered in a BC post-secondary school. The service is available 24-hours through an app, phone and chat.
The program can help with concerns such as stress, feelings of isolation or loneliness, anxiety, frustration, the balance between personal and academic priorities, adapting to new campus culture or city, time-management, and tension with family, friends or instructors.
RCMP Victim Services
Provides support to victims, witnesses, family members and others who have been impacted by crime and trauma.
Services include emotional support, police requested crisis response, home and personal safety/security planning, legal and criminal justice system assistance, referrals and connection to other resources and agencies such as counselling, support groups, and social services.
Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre - Connect Parent Group
Offers group sessions where parents and caregivers of young people with a lot of mental health concerns or troubling behaviour, can meet together in small groups to learn new skills. The group sessions focus on areas such as recognizing and managing feelings or reactions, setting limits, communication, and strengthening relationships with their teen.
2721 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC
Kelty Eating Disorder Resources
Provides resources and peer support to people of all ages with eating disorders or disordered eating concerns in BC. Support is available by phone, email or in person at the centre.
Online information is also available and includes topics such as treatment options, types of disorders, group support, recovery and relapse prevention, nutritional counselling, and where to find help.
4555 Heather Street, Vancouver, BC
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
Provides mental health and substance use information, resources and help with navigating the mental health system for families throughout BC and the Yukon.
Parent peer support workers are also available to support parents and caregivers by phone, virtual meeting, e-mail or in-person. See website for online resources, educational events and webinars.
4555 Heather Street, Vancouver, BC
Child Protection Services
Provides child protection services for children and youth in BC. Social workers investigate reports of child abuse or neglect, provide or arrange support services for families, supervise a child's care in the home, and protect children through removal from the family and placement with relatives, a foster family or specialized residential resources.
To report a concern about a child being abused or neglected, call the toll free number or Helpline for Children, both available 24-hour, 7 days a week.
First Nations Virtual Doctor of the Day
Free access to primary and mental health care closer to home for First Nations people who have limited or no access to doctors.
Child and Youth Mental Health Clinics
Free mental health clinics for children and youth in locations across B.C.