Mental Health
Click on the bold titles below to find websites and resources to help with teaching mental health.
CMHA Mental Health Week School Tool Kit – Contains many activities and ideas for teaching students about their emotions. Activities are aimed towards elementary students but could be modified for younger or older students.
Canadian Mental Health Association Info and Articles – Consists of multiple different articles for you to better educate yourself on mental health, making it easier to teach it.
CMHA Mental Health Fact Sheet – A pdf with facts about emotions, labelling, mental health week, stress, and anxiety.
Every Day Mental Health Resources – Multiple different resources on critical and creative thinking (executive functioning), healthy relationship skills, identification and management of emotions, positive motivation and perseverance, self-awareness and sense of identity, and stress management and coping.
Mental Health Literacy – resources for educators to help with teaching mental health
Anxiety Canada Website – contains great info on anxiety, also has resources for educators.
Coping Skills for Kids – Website with great info to help kids dealing with anxiety
Kids Health Organization – Website explaining sad and depressed feelings to kids
Confronting the Stigma Behind Youth Mental Health video
Mental Illness for Kids – Youtube video explaining mental wellness and illnesses for kids
Mental Health: The Basics – Video on mental health and the basic information needed to understand it
PBS Kids – games to help kids understand their feelings and emotions
Teaching Social Skills to Kids Who Don’t Have Them Yet Article
Kids Play and Create – activities to help build kids’ self-esteem
Facing History and Ourselves: Identity Charts – ideas and activities to help teach identity to kids