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
  • How to take care of yourself during COVID-19
  • Self-Care 101
• 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