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Mental health challenges, such as mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression, can impact many areas of a child or youth’s life. It can be difficult for parents and caregivers to recognize these challenges and know how to respond and support their child or youth through them. Since parents and caregivers have a significant influence on a child or youth’s world, it is important that they are equipped with the skills and knowledge to support their child or youth’s mental health. These online courses and resources are designed to build the capacity and support the needs of parents and providers, who are supporting children and youth experiencing mental health problems.

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Walking Alongside Youth with Anxiety

Walking Alongside Youth (WAY) – Anxiety is an online course and collection of resources designed to build capacity and support the foster care providers and out-of-care/kinship care providers who are caring for Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth with mild to moderate anxiety. Sessions focus on strengthening relationships, responding to youth in culturally safe and practical ways, and understanding that walking alongside youth is the most effective way to address anxiety symptoms.

Walking Alongside Youth with Depression

Walking Alongside Youth (WAY) – Depression is an online learning resource for parents, family members and other care providers who are supporting a child or youth experiencing mild to moderate depression. It includes practical, accessible and culturally safe information about depression in children and youth, as well as many opportunities for reflection and to gain additional insights that will help support parents and caregivers as they support children and youth who are struggling with depression.