Keeping Kids Safe
Kids Help Phone
http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/en/
Site has hotline to phone for immediate assistance and information; counselors
are ready to answer questions, either online or by phone. Site also has
topics of interest to teenagers such as bullying and specific health
issues.
Ministry of Children and Families
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/child_protection/keeping_kids_safe.htm
Ministry of Children and Family Development: Protecting Children
BC’s MCF has definitions of all forms of abuse, legal
responsibilities, and helpful information for parents, guardians, teachers
and other concerned adults.
Learning Styles
A Guide to Learning Styles
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=younger
This version of VARK is modified for students aged 12-18 years. Acknowledgment
of this draft version should be made to Debra Jones, Cabrillo College,
Aptos, California 95003 (831-479-5071), Charles C. Bonwell and Neil Fleming.
Index of Learning Styles
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSpage.html
The Index of Learning Styles is an on-line instrument used to assess
preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive,
visual/verbal, and sequential/global) of a learning style model formulated
by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman.
Preventing Abuse
Canadian
Health Network - Youth/Violence Prevention
http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1048161689494&pagename=CHN-RCS/Page/GTPageTemplate&c=Page&lang=En
Good site by the Public Health Agency of Canada with information on a
variety of topics for youth, including a search function.
Child Abuse Prevention Web site
http://www.safekidsbc.ca/
A BC site with information written for children and teens
about preventing abuse.
Health Canada - Just For You
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/jfy-spv/youth-jeunes_e.html
A great youth site with information on body image, relationships, violence
and abuse, sexuality, and sexually transmitted diseases and infections
Health
Canada -Violence and Abuse
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/violence/index_e.html
Canadian resource for violence prevention and information on seeking
help.
Kids Help Phone
http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/en/
A Canadian site that includes information on topics such as bullying
and abuse, search function, and links to other reliable Canadian sites
for youth, counseling, and support, either online or by phone, 1-800
helpline information, and a place for youth to express themselves on
the site
Peel
Public Health - Relationships/Communication
http://www.region.peel.on.ca/health/topics/sexual/relation.htm
An excellent resource from Ontario on effective communication for healthy
relationships, self-esteem, dating, and sexual decision-making
Violence
Prevention - Canadian Health Network
http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1048003177935&pagename=CHN-RCS/Page/GTPageTemplate&c=Page&lang=En
Information on abuse and how to get help. Good resource for parents and
teachers.
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