Parenting Resources 

Below is a variety of resources ranging from anxiety management to using social media for parents to support their children, teens, and young adults to thrive :

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ANXIETY

 

Free Parent Interventions

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• ​My Anxiety Plans (MAPS): MAPS are anxiety management programs based on CBT, an evidence-based psychological treatment. You can choose from two MAPs - Children/Teens and Adults. 

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• Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Anxiety: The Canadian Mental Health Association in BC offers a free coach-based program to help parents support their children aged 3-12 to manage anxiety.

 

Books

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• Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents (by Eli Lebowitz)

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BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES

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Free Parent Interventions

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• Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Behaviour: The Canadian Mental Health Association in BC offers a free coach-based program to help parents support their children aged 3-12 with behavioural difficulties.

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• Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing (by Dr. Alan Kazdin): Free course developed by a leader in the field that provides a toolkit of behaviour-change techniques that will make your typical day in the home easier as you develop the behaviours you would like to see in your child. 

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• Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach (by Dr. Ross Greene): Rather than focusing on kids' concerning behaviours (and modifying them), CPS helps kids and caregivers solve the problems causing those behaviours. The problem-solving is collaborative (not unilateral) and proactive (not reactive). 

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Books

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• The Everyday Parenting Toolkit The Kazdin Method for Easy, Step-by-Step, Lasting Change for You and Your Child (by Kazdin)

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• The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children (by Ross Greene)

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• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (by Daniel Siegel)

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SOCIAL MEDIA FOR KIDS & TEENS (podcasts)

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• How and when do I give my kid a phone?

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• What to do about shocking texting?

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• Should I track my teens' location?

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• Should I let my kid use TikTok?

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PARENTING YOUNG ADULTS 

 

• How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success (by Julie Lythcott-Haims & Macmillan)

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• The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
  (by Jessica Lahey)

 

• Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults (by Lisa Heffernan et al.)

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SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH SELF HARM

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• Self-injury outreach and support is a non-profit outreach initiative which provides information and resources regarding self-harm to those who currently self-harm, those who have recovered, and those who are seeking help.

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• Book: Helping Teens Who Cut: Using Dbt Skills to End Self-Injury (by Michael Hollander)

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