Mental Health and Wellbeing

Topics

• Navigating Transitions and Aging Out (2 discussions)
  Resources and reflections for teens facing big life changes—graduating, aging out, or moving placements.
• Peer and Community-Based Support (2 discussions)
  Talk about youth groups, mentorship programs, school-based counselors, and trusted community spaces that help.
• Reducing Stigma, Raising Awareness (2 discussions)
  Campaigns, conversations, and personal stories that normalize mental health and break the silence.
• Supporting Caregivers’ Mental Health (2 discussions)
  Care for the carers—respite, training, and peer support to help foster, kinship, and adoptive families stay strong.
• Trauma-Informed Care in Action (2 discussions)
  Share tools, training, and real-life stories about recognizing and responding to trauma in youth care settings.
• Youth Voice: Mental Health in Our Words (3 discussions)
  A space for youth to talk openly about what helps, what hurts, and what healing looks like on their terms.
• Accessing Mental Health Services (2 discussions)
  Discuss how to find counseling, assessments, or crisis support—including in rural, remote, or under-resourced areas.
• Cultural and Identity-Based Supports (2 discussions)
  Explore mental health care that respects Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ+, and newcomer identities and traditions.
• Early Intervention and School Supports (3 discussions)
  Catch issues early—ideas for embedding mental health awareness in schools, case planning, and daily routines.
• Art, Music, and Healing (2 discussions)
  Creative expressions of hope, struggle, and recovery—share your artwork, playlists, journals, or poetry.