5/21/20

School Guidance, Counselling, COVID-19 response continues !

Hello - Bonjour !

Just a reminder not to hesitate to reach out if you need help !
stgautron@wsd1.org

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Here are some additional ressources that may be helpful :

Here is a stay at home care package by BIG LIFE JOURNAL - a great ressources with tons of ideas.

Here are some SEL (Social Emotional Learning) activities with some mindfulness exercises for the very young!   (k-3)

Here is a new COVID-19 Journal by HUB FOR HELPERS

 Don't forget these sites and apps :

Mindshift from Anxiety Canada:
https://www.anxietycanada.com/resources/mindshift-cbt/

Calm in the storm - an app for coping with the stresses of life
http://calminthestormapp.com/

Always there from - KIDS HELP PHONE
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/always-there/id579718991

Smiling mind - building resilience app - not for profit
https://www.smilingmind.com.au/

Happy color - color by number - art therapy app
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/happy-color-color-by-number/id1407852246

Headspace - practical mindfulness app
https://www.headspace.com/

Hack stress with :
www.stresshacks.ca

Canada's foremost experts on the treatment of anxiety
www.anxietycanada.com

For young leaders revolutionizing mental health
www.jack.org

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Power point for teachers on mental health
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A COVID Diary for older kids and adults

Some new information / services :
Robyn Priest is offering Free Online Support Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic for a number of groups including parents and TEACHERS. Robyn Priest LIVE YOUR TRUTH, is a mental health and peer support education and strategy firm. All programs are designed and delivered by people with their own experience of living with a mental health issue, or a family member of someone living with a mental health issue. To demystify the many misconceptions of mental health issues from a perspective of someone who has lived it, so we can educate people to go after, and live the life of their dreams. Their “REAL” truth.
https://www.robynpriest.com/individual-2
https://www.robynpriest.com/

Here is more helpful information :
As some of you may know the Province of Manitoba is offering a FREE online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) program which will soon be available to all Manitobans aged 16 and over who are struggling with anxiety related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is called AbilitiCBT and is expected to be available by mid-April. This is a virtual therapy program from Morneau Shepell.
For more information and to register please follow these links: https://manitoba.ca/covid19/bewell/virtualtherapy.html or https://manitoba.ca/covid19/bewell/

Here is a great article on anxiety and COVID-19 . Read about it here!

Here is a link from the Canadien Mental Health Association regarding services available in Manitoba

Me on YouTube !