Helpful Resources and Documents
The following resource links are intended to help teachers understand anxiety and stay up to date with the most recent anxiety disorder research.
ABCs of Mental Health
- A free resource for Teachers & Parents from the Hinks-Dellcrest Center
Anxiety BC Website
- A good website directed at families and individuals with anxiety disorders
Anxiety BC Youth Website
- Excellent site directed at youth and teens
- Videos on the website show anxiety disorders from the perspective of children
BC Ministry of Children & Family Development
- Resources and initiatives by the Ministry of Children & Family Development
BC Ministry of Education Special Education Documents
- Support documents for anxiety disorders are found under the category of Behaviour
- The Behaviour Invervention/Mental Illness Instructional Support Planning Process outlines the spectrum of Anxiety Disorders, from mild to complex
Children's Health Policy Centre, Simon Fraser University
- Journal articles and commissioned research reports on children's mental health issues
F.O.R.C.E Society
- Promotes children's mental health in BC
- Good resource for families
FRIENDS Program
- An effective anxiety prevention program for children that can be used in schools
OCD: The War Inside (Video)
- 70 minute National Film Board video documenting the lives of children and adults living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Directed By Mark Pancer & David Hoffert
Taking Care: Child & Youth Mental Health
- An interactive tool which highlights issues in youth mental health
- Collaboration between the Knowledge Network and the Province of BC
WorryWise.Org
- A website dedicated to helping children who suffer from anxiety, with a specific section for what educators can do to help