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Anxiety resources to help children, teens, families, and educators learn about anxiety, understand CBT and more! Anxiety Resources Free Interventions Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Anxiety : A free coach-based program offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association in BC to help parents support their children aged 3-12 to manage anxiety. Mind Space Virtual and In-Person Psychoeducational Groups : A variety of programs for individuals aged 17.5 + with anxiety, depression, insomnia, ADHD, and/or for parents/caregivers. Apps Smiling Mind: A free app created to help young children, youth, parents, and school professionals practice daily meditation and mindfulness exercises. Headspace: A paid app designed for people of all ages to learn to meditate and live mindfully. CALM : A paid app designed to help people sleep, meditate and relax. Websites Anxiety Canada : a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase awareness and promote education about anxiety disorders, increase access to evidence-based treatment, and encourage and develop new treatments and delivery. Anxiety Canada has many handouts and video clips with experts in childhood anxiety explaining the different types of anxiety disorders with tips for children, adults, parents, and educators. Anxiety Canada also has other video clips with real students describing their struggles and ways they learned to cope with anxiety and a free online anxiety management program. EASE (Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators): For Educators : a collection of evidence-informed anxiety management and resilience-building resources for use with B.C. students in grades K-7. The resources use cognitive behavioural strategies to address the thoughts, feelings and behaviours associated with anxiety. These resources were co-developed by Dr. Juliana in partnership with Anxiety Canada and MCFD. For Parents : To help support learning across environments, fun and practical EASE lessons have been adapted for use by parents and caregivers to help children manage worries and anxiety at home. Kelty Mental Health: An organization that helps families across the province navigate the mental health system, listen and offer peer support, and connect them to resources and tools. Child Mind Institute: This independent, national nonprofit organization provides information about mental health disorders to families and educators. Anxiety in the Classroom : Sponsored by the International OCD Foundation, this website offers helpful information, resources, and materials about anxiety and OCD as they relate to the school setting. It also provides specific tools for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel who may work with students with anxiety and OCD. Parents and students can also find tools and information to help them advocate for school accommodations, as well as to educate their teachers and classmates about OCD and anxiety. Anxiety and Depression Association of America : This organization offers excellent information on anxiety strategies to be implemented at home and in schools and research-based information for children, adolescents, parents, and professionals. Teen Mental Health: This interactive website provides mental health literacy for teens and school professionals, including slides and handouts. It has entertaining animations to help teens better understand mental health disorders. Enhance your learning about anxiety (click on the links below) Learning about anxiety in schools Information for children Information for youth Learn about the Fight-Flight-Freeze response Video for young kids Video for teens Video for adults Learn about Exposures How to do them Examples of fear ladders Maximizing exposures for anxiety: article and interview Learn about Family Accommodation Evidence-based guidebook for parents based on the SPACE program Excessive reassurance-seeking strategies School Resources Podcast about school accommodations for students with anxiety and OCD provided by Dr. Juliana The Vaccination CARD Toolkit (Comfort, Ask, Relax, Distract) is a science-based, proven framework for helping prepare children for stressful events such as school-based vaccinations, presentations, and examinations. Webinar about School Refusal Brain Health Videos The Teen Brain by Dan Siegel How stress affects your brain The importance of sleep Selective Mutism (SM) SM Information: Selective Mutism Association Anxiety Canada Child Mind Institute Training: Free Selective Mutism Training for Parents and Educators Free phone-based coaching is offered by the BC government to families who have children between ages 3 and 12 years with mild anxiety symptoms. SM Activities & Games Separation Anxiety Disorder Video for children and teens Video for parents of kindergarteners Panic Disorder Video Social Anxiety Disorder Handling criticism Phobias General information Fear of vomiting- resources Fear of needles - resources Anxiety Booklist Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD: A Scientifically Proven Program for Parents by Eli Lebowitz The Anxiety Workbook For Kids: Take Charge Of Fears And Worries Using The Gift Of Imagination by Robin Alter and Crystal Clarke The Anxiety Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Deal with Anxiety and Worry by Lisa M. Schab Freeing Your Child from Anxiety: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries, and Phobias by Tamar E. Chansky

Dr. Noble has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including multiple school boards, community mental health institutions, and hospitals. He provides therapy and assessments for children and adolescents with a variety of presenting concerns. Dr. Kevin Noble ( pronouns: he/his/him) Dr. Noble is a registered psychologist who has worked in various clinical settings, including multiple school boards, community mental health institutions, and hospitals. He provides therapy and assessments for children and adolescents with a variety of presenting concerns, including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, behavioural challenges, grief and interpersonal difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Dr. Noble also works with parents to develop effective parenting approaches and strategies to help support their children. When working with clients, Dr. Noble employs evidence-based strategies, primarily within a Cognitive Behavioural framework, while also drawing from a variety of other treatment modalities, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Central to Dr. Noble's work is his ambition to provide the best support for individuals with learning challenges. This goal led him to pursue his dissertation research on the social and emotional impacts of living with a Learning Disability and to become a course instructor for two terms teaching the undergraduate course "Learning Disabilities: Experience to Understanding" at the University of Guelph. This experience led him to seek a position with the Learning Disabilities & Mental Health Services (formerly The Integra Program) within The Child Development Institute (CDI) for part of his internship and his first year working as a psychologist in a supervised practice in Ontario. EDUCATION Dr. Noble completed his Doctorate and Master's degrees with the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) accredited Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology program at the University of Guelph. Past training experiences include the Centre for Psychological Services at the University of Guelph, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, and the Brampton Civic Hospital training within the child and adolescent day hospital and inpatient units. Dr. Noble also worked part-time with the Hamilton Wentworth School Board completing assessments for Giftedness. In addition, he completed his pre-doctoral internship at the CPA-accredited Toronto Area Residency Consortium in School and Clinical Psychology at the University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Noble worked full-time as a psychologist and research manager with the Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Services in Toronto. There, he completed individual and group interventions, ran research projects, and completed complex assessments for children requiring small classroom placements. In addition, Kevin has worked full-time as a psychologist at the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB), where he completed assessments and consultations and worked alongside an incredibly dedicated team of school administrators, teachers, guidance counsellors and support staff to help students succeed within the school community. At the TCDSB, Dr. Noble completed individual and group interventions, presentations and in-services to staff and students and supervised Ph.D. students who were on their residency at the Toronto Area Residency Consortium. He also worked part-time with Etobicoke Psychological Services, completing psychological assessments and interventions. CERTIFICATION Kevin is registered with the College of Health and Care Professionals of BC (CHCPBC) (#2772). Dr. Noble is also a member of the Canadian Psychological Association. INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES In his free time, Dr. Noble loves playing and watching sports, making fresh pasta, going on long walks with his dog, and spending quality time with his family. LANGUAGES Dr. Noble speaks English. SERVICES Dr. Noble provides in-person and online sessions on Thursday and Friday (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.). CONTACT kevin@beaconpsychology.ca