Resources

An evolving list of resources for individuals, families, and the professionals who work with them.

Mental Health & Wellness

• http://mindyourmind.ca/
• MB Mental Health Education Resource Centre http://www.mherc.mb.ca/
• Resource Assistance for Youth (RAY Winnipeg) http://www.rayinc.ca/
• Mental Health Crisis & Non-Crisis Support Services in MB http://www.manitoba.ca/healthyliving/mh/crisis.html
• http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/
• National Institute of Mental Health  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
• National Alliance on Mental Illness http://www.nami.org/
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/
• World Health Organizatin http://www.who.int/

The Science of a Meaningful Life & Mindfulness

• http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/
• http://www.mindfulnesseveryday.org/
• http://www.rickhanson.net/
• http://mindfulnessinschools.org
• http://danielrechtschaffen.com/
• In Winnipeg http://klinic.mb.ca/wellness-support-groups/life-in-balance/
• In Winnipeg http://winnipeg.cmha.ca/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction/

 

Learning & Attention Issues

• https://www.understood.org/en
• http://www.chadd.org/
• http://www.caddac.ca/
• http://www.ldonline.org/
• http://ldamanitoba.org/
• http://www.ldac-acta.ca/
• http://ncld.org/

Intellectual Disabilities

• http://aaidd.org/
• https://www.aclmb.ca/

Autism

• http://autismcanada.org/
• http://www.autismmanitoba.com/
• http://www.asperger-manitoba.ca/
• https://sfari.org/

Tics & Tourette Syndrome

• https://www.tourette.ca/
• http://www.matc.ca/services-tss.html

Anxiety

• http://www.adam.mb.ca/
• http://www.anxietybc.com/
• http://www.adaa.org/

Mood Disorders

• http://www.mooddisordersmanitoba.ca/
• http://depressionhurts.ca/

Eating Disorders

• http://eatingdisordersmanitoba.ca/
• http://www.nedic.ca/
• http://www.westwind.mb.ca/
• http://womenshealthclinic.org/what-we-do/blog-with-left-sidebar/

Substance Abuse & Addictions

• http://www.camh.ca/
• http://www.afm.mb.ca/
• http://www.ccsa.ca/
• http://www.samhsa.gov/
• http://abovetheinfluence.com/

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

• http://fasdmanitoba.com/
• http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/fasd/
• http://www.canfasd.ca/
• https://www.fasdoutreach.ca/
• http://www.fasdcenter.samhsa.gov/

Concussion & Traumatic Brain Injury

• http://www.cdc.gov/headsup/
• http://www.cdc.gov/TraumaticBrainInjury/index.html
• http://www.biausa.org/mild-brain-injury.htm

Bullying

• http://prevnet.ca
• http://needhelpnow.ca/

Trauma & Acute Stress

• http://www.sidran.org/
• http://www.nctsnet.org/

Suicide Awareness & Prevention

• http://reasontolive.ca/
• http://www.speak-out.ca/
• https://www.iasp.info/
• For Aboriginal youth http://www.honouringlife.ca/
• https://www.livingworks.net/programs/asist/

 

Other Research & Support Websites

• Childhood Disability Research https://www.canchild.ca
• Neurodisabilties & Brain Development http://neurodevnet.ca/
• National Centre on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/index.html

 

…more coming soon, including books, articles, websites, and apps!