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.

Relationships (look under Healthy Relationships)