School toolkit
Resources for school staff
School toolkit
Resources for school staff
Do you work with young people?
A situation worries you, or you simply want to learn more about mental health and raise awareness among teens? All our simple and turnkey tools have been developed with leading experts for teenagers aged 11 to 18, to help them reach their full potential.
Subscribe to our newsletterBack to School: How To Overcome Appearance Anxiety
Here’s some advice to help you better understand why some young people may develop anxiety about their appearance and how you can help them have an easier time going back to school.
Read articlePositive mental health: A key factor in academic perseverance
In order to support Hooked on School Days, we met with a psychologist, a researcher and a teacher to share strategies for encouraging and motivating your young people on a daily basis.
Read articleIntimidation and cyberintimidation 5/5: school - prevention and intervention
Julie Boissonneault helps us better understand the school's essential role in dealing with bullying and gives parents concrete actions they can do with their child to prevent bullying. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Intimidation and cyberintimidation 4/5: role and responsability as a parent
PhD student specialized in violence and social relationships Julie Boissonneault helps us better understand our role and responsability as parents when it comes to intimidation. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Intimidation and cyberintimidation 3/5: surviving intimidation - Maxyme's testimony
Listen to 17-year-old Maxyme who went through intimidation throughout her school years. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Intimidation and cyberintimidation 2/5: demystifying the roles
PhD student specialized in violence and social relationships Julie Boissonneault adresses the different roles in a scene of intimidation. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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Intimidation and cyberintimidation 1/5: what is it and how does it present?
Éric MPhD student associated with La Chaire de recherche Bien-être à l’école et prévention de la violence, Julie Boissonneault, helps us define and understand intimidation in teens. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.
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How to help a friend in distress?
In this video, follow McKenzie and Marta as they explain how you can help a friend in need and make a difference.
Getting to know yourself better
Show your students this interview with Parker Courte Rathwell, athlete in cross country skaying, with lots of tips for self-awareness.
Understanding how the adolescent brain works
Show your young people how their brains work and its effect on their daily lives. Show along with the animated videos about mindfulness and mentalization.
Accepting your body despite social pressure
Show this video to your students to help them develop a positive and expanded vision of the body and the notion of beauty.
First year of high school: a real challenge!
Find concrete tools to help your young people get through this stage.
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 …
Lead a meditation in the classroom
Discover the experience of two teachers with mindfulness meditation in the classroom as well as a 5-step tutorial to lead your first meditation with your students.
Introducing students to mindfulness
Introduce your teens to the basic principles of mindfulness. Show it before the first practice session with students.
Student pamphlet: My personal strengths
An exercise from our "Understanding your strengths" lesson plan, which will help young people think about their strengths beyond the academic sphere.
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5 tips to help your student succeed in school
An info sheet with many practical tips for teachers to help their students develop a good self-esteem in the face of academic challenges by putting notions of success into perspective.
Download PDF Psychological distress barometer
A summary table you can refer so you can “situate” a teen whose behaviour or language worries you.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Accepting and respecting body diversity
A lesson plan to help you instill a genuine culture of acceptance of body diversity in your class and help your students develop a healthy and diverse body image.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Beauty - going beyond looks
A lesson plan to help your students develop a positive body image by developing a broader concept of beauty.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Staying balanced by maintaining your inner balance
A 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.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Uncertainty and performance anxiety - Level 2
A lesson plan to help young people better deal with uncertainty. This activity can be suggested after completing the Level 1 lesson plan.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Uncertainty and performance anxiety - Level 1
A lesson plan to help young people become more aware of their reactions to uncertainty.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Learning to tame parasitic thoughts
A lesson plan to help young people understand what parasitic thoughts are so that they can better tame them and find inner peace.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Understanding your strenghts
A complete lesson plan to help your students become aware of their strengths and improve their self-esteem.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Imagining your future
A comprehensive lesson plan to get your students thinking about their life goals and values so that they can make decisions that are right for them.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Gratitude
A lesson plan to help your students become more optimistic and resilient by becoming aware of the small pleasures in their daily lives.
Download PDF Lesson plan: Taking care of yourself
A 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.
Download PDF TEENAGE BODY IMAGE MINI-GUIDE
Learn how to promote body diversity in your school with our comprehensive mini-guide!
Download PDF RESPONDING TO A STUDENT IN PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS MINI-GUIDE
Learn how to respond when faced with psychological distress with our comprehensive mini-guide!
Download PDF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ANXIETY IN TEENS MINI-GUIDE
Learn how to help your students better manage their anxiety with our comprehensive mini-guide!
Download PDF MINDFULNESS AT SCHOOL MINI-GUIDE
Find out how to practice mindfulness with your students with our comprehensive guide.
Download PDF Encouraging a positive body image at school
Learn tips for reducing stigmatization and bullying at school.
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RESPIRE. DON'T LET YOUR STRESS HAVE THE LAST WORD!
Are you faced with youth who are experiencing anxiety? Funny TikTok clips and this web platform are an excellent opportunity to raise the subject of stress and anxiety with the teenagers around you.
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Adapt - Educational activities
Educational activities to promote youth mental health. This program is aimed at secondary school students, mainly in the 12-15 year old range.
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ANTI-STRESS BUBBLE FITSPIRIT X BENEVA
FitSpirit talks about stress and anxiety and share soothing tools within the FitSpirit Well-being Program powered by Beneva!
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Helping LGBTQI+ Youth with Caring
This guide is intended to enhance and strengthen the support that practitioners can provide to youth who are part of the LGBTQI+ community, through a caring approach that promotes their full recognition and empowerment.
Learn moreOUR WORKSHOPS
We travel all across Quebec to offer our turnkey and free of charge mental health workshops to high schools.
Each year, we visit some 250 schools and organizations, reaching more than 50,000 young people.
FAMILY TOOLKIT
Simple information and practical advice to help parents better understand adolescence and psychological distress, without prejudices or taboos.
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Tips and tools to help teens better understand what is happening to them, find help when they need it and develop their well-being every day.
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