Resources

CBC - Parents

CBC Parents offers crafts, recipes and activities your family will love, as well as personal stories on raising kids!

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Parents’ Guides - The Child Mind Institute

Informational guides for parents on a range of topics including Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Dyslexia, OCD, and a wide range of mental illnesses.

 

Children’s Mental Health Resources for Parents

This online learning hub contains a wide variety of resources for parents about children’s wellbeing and mental health.

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 Communication Guide for Parents

This resource provides the information and tools to become a more effective communicator. It also includes some tools and strategies that will help your child to become more successful and consistent when communicating with you.

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Family Support Groups Directory (Toronto Area)

This is a list of Family Support groups operating in the Toronto area.

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Integra Program - Handbook on Learning Disabilities and Mental Health (LDMH)

The LDMH Handbook is structured to provide a useful reference guide about Learning Disabilities and Mental Health to illustrate how these two complex presentations may intersect.

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For Parents: Autism Spectrum Disorder: Supporting Children and Youth

An online training program designed to enhance your ability to effectively work with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

 

For Parents and Kids: Magnus Cards - Digital Guides for Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities

MagnusCards is an ever-expanding life skills library, with digital guides to popular destinations and activities. Each digital guide combines a proven method of instruction (applied behavior analysis), visual cues and step-by-step instructions to map experiences throughout the day. It is free to use for caregivers and individuals living with cognitive disabilities.

 

Reading Rockets: For Literacy Skill-Building

This website offers activities, checklists, and information on building literacy skills.

 

For Kids: Storyline Online - Stories Read Aloud

Actors read children’s stories accompanied by animation recommended for grades Pre-K to 4th

 

For Kids: Code.org

Learn to code through games and activities.

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For Kids: PebbleGo (Grades K-6)

This website has over 1,000 science and social studies articles with vocabulary support, game and read-aloud features.

 

For Kids: Diverse Children’s Books Featuring Children with Disabilities

This reading list has 60 books about children with disabilities from a variety of different races and backgrounds.