Stay connected
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Support for youth
- Instagram gallery - messages to help, heal and give hope
- Virtual drop-ins and hang-outs
- Big White Wall - provincial online support program (for ages 16 years and up)
- OurSpace youth sessions:
- Youth Resiliency videos
- Focus on what's In your control (and leave the rest!) video and links
- Skills for Psychological Recovery - free video series
Helpful links for children & youth
Looking for helpful links for family members and caregivers? Visit our Family Resources During COVID-19 page.
COVID-19 vaccine
- Info for youth born in 2009 or earlier - this resource page has helpful info for young people, including:
- the type of vaccine and how it works
- what to expect when you get vaccinated, side effects, etc.
- informed consent and who can give it
- Q&A videos with youth and doctors
- how to book an appointment
- tips for coping with worries (what to expect, getting a needle, etc.)
Coping during COVID-19
- BrainsOn - Understanding coronavirus and how germs spread
- How washing hands helps (YouTube video)
- F.A.C.E. C.O.V.I.D. - strategies for coping with the coronavirus (PHAC YouTube video)
- MPR - Just for kids: a comic exploring the new coronavirus
- Child & Adolescent Services - Managing stress and anxiety in COVID-19 times (pdf)
- Hamilton Health Sciences - YouTube channel with lots of very short, helpful videos
- Alternatives for Youth - resources
- Youth Wellness Centre - community resources
- COVID-19 - Tolerance for uncertainty - workbook (pdf)
- School Mental Health Ontario
- Virus Anxiety - care for your coronavirus anxiety
- Chris Hadfield: An astronaut's guide to isolation (YouTube video)
- Game-A-Day - Free games Playocracy
- Voices of Youth (UNICEF) - COVID-19: your voices against stigma and discrimination
- Be There - how to be there for friends and for yourself
- YourSpace archived youth sessions
- Instagram gallery - messages to help, heal and give hope
