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A guide to realizing if

your child is at-risk, displaying 

self-destructive behaviors, and

needs your help and intervention.

 

 

Struggling Teens

Call Now!    1-866-620-1418

Learn more how Total Transformation, an at-home program for parents, can help your struggling teen and heal your family.

 

 

 

Is my teen's BEHAVIOR just normal teenage rebellion?

 

What are the DRUGS THAT TEENS ARE ABUSING?

 

What are the WARNING SIGNS

OF DRUG USE?

 

What are the signs of STEROID ABUSE?

 

What is the difference between COCAINE and METH?

 

What is SUDDEN SNIFFING DEATH?

 

We live in the suburbs.  Why should I be concerned about HEROIN?

 

How can I help my ADDICTED TEEN?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Help in Canada

Programs & Services in Canada

 

Canada Information  -  Hotlines & Helplines

Programs & Services  -  Helping Resources in Canada

 

TAKE POSITIVE ACTION

TO HELP YOUR TEEN AND HEAL YOUR FAMILY

 

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Practical Help, Real Answers

for Adoptive & Foster Parents

The Adoptive & Foster Parent Guide: Help Your Child Heal From Trauma & Loss

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Hotlines and Helplines

 

Alcohol & Drug Information and Referral Line

604 660-9382 Vancouver

1-800-663-1441  BC and Yukon

 

British Columbia Crisis Lines

604-872-3311 Greater Vancouver

1-866-661-3311 Howe Sound and Sunshine Coast

1-866-872-0113 TTY

1-866-215-4700  BC Nurse Line for Health Information

1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433) BC-wide

 

Canada Suicide and Crisis Hotlines

 

Canada Suicide Hotlines

 

ChildFind

Help for families of missing children and runaways

1-800-387-7962

 

Chimo Helpline

1-800-667-5005  New Brunswick

 

Distress Centres Ontario

Listing of centres and their crisis phone numbers

 

Distress Line of Southwestern Alberta

1-888-787-2880

   

Kids Help Phone

1-800-668-6868

 

Montreal Suicide Hotline

514-723-4000

 

Newfoundland Crisis Line

1-800-726-2743 NL and Labrador

 

NWT Help Line

1-800-661-0844  7 pm-11 pm

 

Saskatchewan Health Line

1-877-800-0002

 

Saskatchewan Poison Centre

1-866-454-1212

 

Teen Support Line

428-TEEN (8336)  Edmonton

1-877-803-8336

 

VictimLINK

For victims of family & sexual violence, and all other crimes

1-800-563-0808  BC & Yukon

 

Youth Against Violence Line

For young people dealing with issues of youth violence or crime

1-800-680-4264  BC

 

Youth Line for Northern BC

1-888-564-8336  4 pm-11 pm

 

 

 

ACADEMY AT SISTERS

Therapeutic boarding school for girls, ages 13-18

Watch the video!

1-800-910-0412

 

BONNEVILLE CANYON RETREAT

Life skills learning center in Maine

for young men & women, ages 17 and over

1-866-800-9517

 

Programs & Services

 

 

 

Alberta Crisis Centres

Listing of crisis centres in Alberta and their crisis phone numbers.  Visit Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

 

Alcoholics Anonymous in Canada

A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership.  To find meetings near you, click here.  Visit Self-Help & Support Groups.

 

Avon Maitland Distance Education Centre

1-800-592-5437 Ext 140

519-527-0111   Seaforth, Ontario

Full distance, online secondary school courses to Ontario students administered by the Avon Maitland District School Board.  Registration for the 2009-2010 academic year is open.  Visit Universal Education.

 

Cadets Canada

1-800-627-0828

Free national program for youth, ages 12-18 who want to make new friends while participating in fun and challenging activities.  Cadets Canada helps develop and prepare youth for the transition to adulthood, so that they can meet the challenges of modern society, through a dynamic community-based program.  Visit Adolescence.

 

Camp Kodiak

905-569-7595  Winter

705-389-1910  Summer

Non-competitive camp program for LD, ADD/ADHD, and mainstream children and teens, ages 6-18.  Visit ADD & ADHD.

 

Camp Winston

705-689-9096  Kilworthy

Residential recreational summer programme for campers, ages 6-13,  with complex neurological disorders such as Tourette Syndrome, ADD/ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Autism and other PDD Spectrum Disorders.  Visit Behavior Problems & Behavioral Disorders.

 

Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH)

416-535-8501

Canada's largest health sciences centre devoted to mental illness and addiction, offering inpatient and community-based outpatient services.  Visit Alcohol & Teen Drinking.

 

Co-Dependents Recovery Society

Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships.  En français  Click here to find a meeting near you.  Visit Self-Help & Support Groups.

 

CONTACT Hamilton

905-570-8888

Referrals to appropriate services for children with behavioural, emotional and developmental needs and adults with developmental disabilities.  Visit Asperger Syndrome.

 

CONTACT Niagara

905-684-3407

1-800-933-3617

Information about and referrals to locally available services and supports for people with developmental disabilities and for children with emotional and/or behavioural challenges.  Visit Learning Disabilities.

 

Crisis Centres in Canada

Visit the Abuse pages.

 

Healing Rock Retreat

519-596-2271

Women's' programs, weekend retreats, and workshops for individuals, couples, and small groups.  Visit Simple Actions You Can Take to Connect and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Child.

 

Junior Canadian Rangers (JCR)

1-800-627-0828

Under the supervision of the Canadian Rangers, JCR offers young people, ages 12-18, a structured youth programme, which promotes traditional cultures and lifestyles, in remote and isolated communities of Canada.  Visit Peer Influence & Peer Relationships.

 

Manitoba Crisis Centres

Visit the Abuse pages.

 

Mental Health Services in Ontario

Visit Bipolar Disorder and Personality Disorders.

 

New Life Girls Home

613-394-3342

Christian residential program designed to assist hurting young women (ages 18-28 years old) who have had traumatic experiences in their life and desire healing from these difficult problems.  Visit Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

 

Operation Come Home

1-800-668-4663

Helps reunite runaway youth (ages 16 and 17) and homeless youth (ages 16-30) with their families or connect them with an existing agency that can best help them meet their needs.  Visit Runaways & Missing Children.

 

Quebec Crisis Centres

Visit the Abuse pages.

 

Roberts/Smart Centre

613-728-1946  Ottawa

1-800-279-9941

Residential treatment, day treatment, and community-based substance abuse treatment to youth, ages 12-17, with behavioral and emotional problems.  Visit Drugs & Teen Substance Abuse.

 

Sexual Assault Centres in Saskatchewan

Visit Abuse: Sexual.

 

Suicide Survivor Support Groups in Canada

Visit Teen Suicide and Grief & Bereavement.

 

Woman Abuse Community Services in the Region of Peel (pdf)

Visit Abuse: Emotional and Emotional Health.

 

Youth Residential Services in Alberta

1-866-332-2322  Alberta

Residential treatment programs for children and adolescents (ages 12-17) who are experiencing significant problems associated with alcohol, other drugs, or gambling.  Visit Drugs & Teen Substance Abuse.

 

Yukon Health and Social Services

1-800-661-0408

867-667-3673

Alcohol and drug services, child and family health programs, residential youth treatment, youth sex offender treatment.  Visit Behavior Problems & Behavioral Disorders.

 

Wood's Homes

1-800-563-6101

403-299-9699  Calgary

More than 21 programs of care, treatment, and education for youth and families, including two therapeutic residential programs, outreach and shelter for street youth, and free, walk-in counseling for all Calgarians.  Visit Adolescence.

 

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