Links Directory
Welcome to our growing lists of agencies, websites and resources related to children's mental health. Whenever possible we try to include Canadian and Ontario resources.
These sites are provided for your information only, and Children's Mental Health Ontario assumes no responsibility for their content. Please carefully evaluate the content of each site when you visit it, rather than simply take the content at face value.
Recommended Links
Community Education Services
The Community Education Service helps helps connect parents to high-quality information and courses about common childhood problems. On this page you'll be able to view current and upcoming courses held in Hamilton, Brant, and Haldimand and Norfolk (ON).
http://www.communityed.ca/parent.cfm
About Our Kids 
Information on children's mental health and parenting based on research in child psychiatry, psychology, and child development; sponsored by the New York University Child Study Center. The Parent Letter provides tips and advice on special topics relevant to teenagers and school-age children (e.g., test anxiety, bullying, divorce, homework, anger, obesity, etc.). Another excellent resource for parents is A - Z Disorder Guide. http://www.aboutourkids.org/
Association of Parent Support Groups in Ontario (APSGO)
A volunteer organization with chapters throughout Ontario, providing weekly self-help meetings to support and assist parents of 'disruptive' youth. http://www.apsgo.ca/
Autism Ontario (formerly Autism Society Ontario)
The leading source of information and referral on autism and one of the largest collective voices representing the autism community. Members are connected through a volunteer network of Chapters throughout the Province of Ontario. http://www.autismontario.com/
Breakaway - Family and Youth Initiative
Provides free, confidential harm reduction and addiction treatment services, and has made support for parents a key part of its programming. Their goal is to reduce the harm from drug and alcohol use while helping the youth and family to develop better alternative coping skills. http://www.breakawayyouth.org/
Centre of Knowledge on Healthy Child Development - Information Pamphlets
The Centre produced a series of information pamphlets especially for parents. They are written in plain language and were created with the help of experts in the field. These pamphlets will help parents understand attention, behaviour, mood and anxiety problems. http://www.knowledge.offordcentre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=13&Itemid=29&e...
Concerned Parents of Toronto
An association of concerned parents and friends, specifically concerned with adolescents and adults who have both an intellectual disability and mental health needs. http://www.crct.org/choices/show.cfm?id=70
Connect for Kids
This website is a hub of kid-related information. It gives visitors the information and tools they need to learn about issues affecting children, families, and communities and to take action to improve policies and programs. http://www.connectforkids.org/
eMentalHealth.ca
An online mental health directory where anyone can go to find out where to get help. http://www.ementalhealth.ca/splash.php
Geneva Centre for Autism - Education and Training Options for Parents
The Centre offers parents many opportunities to participate in educational workshops. These groups are facilitated by behaviour communication consultants, speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, social workers and psychologists. http://www.autism.net/content/blogcategory/166/594/
Get Help Early (working together to overcome psychosis)
This website was developed by first-episode psychosis youth and parents with the help of dedicated family members who donated their talent, expertise and experience to create a partnership-based early psychosis resource. This website houses a wonderful art gallery featuring the works of young artists who have experienced first-episode psychosis. This is a very moving and inspirational website. http://www.gethelpearly.ca
