For information about services in Ontario or about local agencies that provide services you may be looking for, see below:

1. Information about available specialized treatment services in the Haliburton County area can be accessed through this link: Search for Services.
2. For a list of local agencies that partner on this website, click here

The following websites provide information about ways to support positive mental health for children and youth:

Mental Health

• Introduction to Mental Health (free on-line tutorial from CAMH)
• ABC's of Children's Mental Health (NASP) (PDF) (Information for educators, especially school principals, PDF - NASP)
• Answers to Your Questions about Getting Help (PDF- cymhin.ca)
• What You Can Expect From a Mental Health Professional (PDF – cymhin.ca)
• How Does Therapeutic Play Work? (Play Therapy International website)
• Information on a variety of Mental Health topics (presented in a reader-friendly way) (teenmentalhealth.org)

Anxiety

• Anxiety Problems in Children and Adolescents (includes reading list*) (Offord Centre)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (Canadian Mental Health Association -CMHA website)
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CMHA website)
• Phobias and Panic Disorders (CMHA website)
• Introduction to Anxiety (free on-line tutorial from CAMH)
• Understanding Anxiety Disorders (CMHA fact sheet)
• Panic Disorder (teenmentalhealth.org)
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (teenmentalhealth.org)
• When Your Child Refuses to Go to School (education.com)

• What is Attachment Disorder? (Attachment Association of Canada)

Attention Problems

• Attention Problems in Children and Adolescents  (includes reading list*) (PDF - Offord Centre)
• An ADHD Primer (NASP website)
• Helping the Student With ADHD in the Classroom (PDF- NASP)
• ADHD (teenmentalhealth.org)
• Attention-Deficit Disorders (CMHA factsheet)

Behaviour Problems

• Teaching Young Children Self-Control Skills (NASP) (PDF) (NASP website)
• Behaviour Problems in Children and Adolescents (includes reading list*) (PDF-Offord Centre website)
• Verbal Aggression: Coping Strategies for Children (NASP)
• Defusing Violent Behaviour in Young Children: An Ounce of Prevention (PDF – NASP, information for school principals)
• Aggression in Adolescents: Strategies for Parents and Educators (NASP)
• Children and Difficult Behaviour (CMHA fact sheet)
• Book - Acting Out: Understanding and Reducing Aggressive Behaviour in Children and Youth (lets you read part of the book) (CAMH website)
• Stealing(education.com)
• Firesetting (TAPP-C website, Oxford county contacts, but good info)
• Encopresis (soiling) (education.com)
• Bedwetting (education.com)
• Book: The Explosive Child by Dr. Ross Greene

Eating Disorders

• Eating Disorders (CMHA website)
• Food and Weight Preoccupation (NEDIC website)
• Eating Disorders (heretohelp.bc.ca)
• Eating Problems in Children and Adolescents (PDF Offord Centre Website)
• The Process of Changes: Adolescence and Disordered Eating (PDF from the NEDIC website)
• National Eating Disorder Information Centre website

Mood Disorders

• Mood Problems in Children and Adolescents (includes reading list*) (PDF - Offord Centre)
• Introduction to Depression (free on-line tutorial from CAMH)
• Depression: When It Hurts to Be a Teenager (NASP website)
• Depression in Children and Adolescents: Information for Families and Educators (NASP website)
• Depression(teenmentalhealth.org)
• Children and Depression (CMHA website)
• Seasonal Affective Disorder(CMHA website)
• Introduction to Bipolar Disorder(free on-line tutorial from CAMH)
• Bipolar Disorder: Educational Implications for Secondary Students (PDF - NASP)
• Bipolar Disorder (CMHA website)
• Bipolar(teenmentalhealth.org)

• National Institute of Mental Health Website

• Psychosis (CMHA Website)

Schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia (CMHA website)
• Learning about Schizophrenia: Rays of Hope — A Handbook for Families(PDF – SSC)
• Schizophrenia (teenmentalhealth.org)

Impulse Control Disorders

• Understanding and Responding to Students Who Self-Mutilate (NASP website)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Principal Leadership, 2007) (NASP website)
• Student Gambling (PDF - NASP)
• Introduction to harm reduction (free on-line tutorial from CAMH)
• Youth and Self-Injury (CMHA website)
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (teenmentalhealth.org)
• Tourette Syndrome (PDF - Offord Centre)

Substance Abuse

• Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders: An Information Guide (CMHA website)
• Youth & Drugs and Mental Health: A Resource for Professionals (CMHA website) (this is a booklet that is only partly available on this link)
• Introduction to Addiction (free on-line tutorial from CAHM)
• Substance Abuse in Children and Adolescents (PDF- Offord Centre website)
• How to Talk to your Teen about Drugs (Government of Canada)
• My Kid on Drugs: What Can I Do? (CAMH website)
• Ten Tips for Talking to Your Kids about Substance Use (CAMH website)
• Youth and Drug Use (includes BC stats) (heretohelp.bc.ca)