Self-care
To maintain good mental health, it is important to teach young people to take care of themselves every day. Following healthy habits, managing their relationship with drugs, resisting the pressure to perform, learning to deal with emotions and stress and developing kind self-talk are all ways for teens to maintain good mental health.
At home or at school, you will find simple, concrete tools that you can use with your students to help them take care of themselves every day. To better guide you, all our content is organized by level: the higher the level, the more it represents an advanced level of practice.
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Level 1: Helping your teen maintain their mental health
Info sheetA brochure with many concrete tools to help your young person maintain good mental health.
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LEVEL 1: LESSON PLAN "LEARNING TO TAME PARASITIC THOUGHTS"
Lesson planA lesson plan to help young people understand what parasitic thoughts are so that they can better tame them and find inner peace.
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LEVEL 1: LESSON PLAN "STAYING BALANCED BY MAINTAINING YOUR INNER BALANCE"
Lesson planA lesson plan to teach your students how to adopt good practices that will help them keep their mental balance when going through a difficult time.
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Level 1: Lesson plan Uncertainty and performance anxiety
Lesson planA lesson plan to help young people become more aware of their reactions to uncertainty.
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LEVEL 1: LESSON PLAN: GRATITUDE
Lesson planA lesson plan to help your students become more optimistic and resilient by becoming aware of the small pleasures in their daily lives.
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LEVEL 1: LESSON PLAN: TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF
Lesson planA lesson plan to reflect on the notion of self-compassion with your students, with practical exercises to do at home to take care of themselves.
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Level 1: Mental health quiz
Test and quizA quiz that teaches students from Grade 5 to 9 about mental health. Only available in French
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Level 1: Mental health quiz - Answer key
Test and quizThe answer key to the mental health quiz for young people from Grade 5 to 9. Only available in French
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Level 1: SPECIAL PERFORMANCE ANXIETY IN TEENS FOR SCHOOLS
Info sheetLearn how to help your students better manage their anxiety with our comprehensive mini-guide!
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Level 1: Student pamphlet Parasitic thoughts
Info sheetAn easy-to-understand diagram to help your students sort out their thoughts and reduce anxiety.
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LEVEL 2: LESSON PLAN UNCERTAINTY AND PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
Lesson planA lesson plan to help young people better deal with uncertainty.
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LEVEL 2: STUDENT PAMPHLET: SELF-TALK FOR TURBULENT TIMES
Info sheetAn info sheet to help your students develop calming self-talk when they are going through a crisis.
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LEVEL 2: STUDENT PAMPHLET: UMBRELLA STRATEGIES
Info sheetAn info sheet to help your students regain their composure and ground themselves when they are going through a crisis.
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The self-compassion break
Info sheetA practical checklist to help your students develop kind self-talk.
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Helping your child cope with anxiety
In this article, learn how to help your teens better manage their anxiety and provide positive support.
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Taking care of your teen's mental health
Find several tips for helping young people take care of their mental health, including communication, self-compassion and healthy habits.
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Performance anxiety experienced by teenagers
Here are a few testimonials in which students talk about their academic performance anxiety and how they deal with it. Feel free to show this video clip to your students to help them better manage their anxiety.
Level 1 : the first year of high school: a true challenge!
Starting high school brings its share of changes: new class schedules, a new environment, pressure to perform, entering adolescence, becoming independent, socialization issues, and more. Find concrete tools to help your young people get through this stage.
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Helping your teens take care of themselves
LEVEL 1 : Drug use: when should you be concerned?
With Anne-Élizabeth Lapointe from the Maison Jean Lapointe, you will learn how to react when faced with early experiences of addiction. What can we tolerate? When should we be concerned? How can you make your child aware of the dangers of drugs?
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Only available in French
SPECIAL TEACHER : Coping better with stress and anxiety
A podcast in which Marie-Andrée Poulin, TV host and teacher, interviews Amélie Seidah, Ph. D. and Isabelle Geninet, Ph. D., psychologists. Together they discuss stress, anxiety, uncertainty and internal mechanics to help teachers better manage their own anxiety.
Listen to it on Google Podcast
Only available in French
LEVEL 1 : Academic performance anxiety, a roundtable with young people (Episode 1)
A podcast recorded with teens who experience academic performance anxiety. Listen to better understand this growing phenomenon and/or play it for your young people to help them express themselves about their own anxiety.
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Only available in French
LEVEL 1 : Academic performance anxiety, an analysis by Nathalie Parent (Episode 2)
A look at school performance anxiety with psychologist Nathalie Parent, who analyzes the problem to help us deal with it better.
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Only available in French
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External resources (6)
Controlling your self-talk
Find tips and educational activities for developing positive self-talk in the Canadian Mental Health Association’s AdapT guide.
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Breathe. Don't let stress have the last word!
Do you deal with young people who experience anxiety? You’ll find lots of tools and resources on the Respire platform to help them manage it better!
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SantéFamille
Designed for anyone who has a loved one living with a mental health issue, SantéFamille is an online organization with an educational mission to empower families to maintain good mental health through shared experience and learning.
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Strong minds, strong kids
To create teachable moments in your upper-level high school classrooms, Strong Minds, Strong Kids from Psychology Canada offers five lessons on stress—as well as a talk on stress—all free of charge (courtesy of RBC Launch).
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Anxiety in children and adolescents: better understanding to support them better
The training module “Anxiety in children and adolescents: better understanding to support them better” from the Comité québécois pour les jeunes en difficulté de comportement (CQJDC) includes 8 videos and several free tools for teachers, youth workers and parents.
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LA DEMOIS'AILE
La demois’aile is an online platform designed to promote teenage girls’ well-being by offering them the chance to enjoy a unique experience: being a blogger!
Check out their platform