General Resources for Parents and Caregivers

Encouraging Healthy Physical Activity

Promoting Positive Mental Health

Resiliency, stress and anxiety

Tips for helping children and teens build resilience and manage anxiety: from the

Bullying and peer conflict

Here are some resources for parents and caregivers on bullying prevention and intervention:

Safe internet use and creating a positive digital footprint

Resources on appropriate and inappropriate use of the internet, social media and digital technology:

Internet Gaming Disorder

Communicating with your teen

Ideas for how to better communicate with your teen:

Social and Emotional Learning

Cultivating Care and Empathy

Self-Regulation

Eating Disorders

Information for families wanting to better understand Eating Disorders and related behaviour:

Promoting Positive Body Image

Healthy relationships, consent and sexual relationships

Research shows that parent-child communication about sexual health encourages positive behaviour. Here are some resources to help:

E-Cigarette and Tobacco Use

Drug and alcohol use

Self-harm

Resources and information about why some youth self-harm and how you can help your child:

Suicide

Information to help you understand the issue of suicide and learn about suicide prevention:

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning and more (LGBTQ+)

Information for families of students who identify as LGBTQ+, who are unsure of how they identify and who want to serve as allies of LGBTQ+ students:

Parent Involvement Committee

The Parent Involvement Committee supports, encourages and enhances the engagement of parents/guardians of the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) in their children’s education, to improve student achievement and well-being. Learn more about the Parent Involvement Committee.

Waterloo Region Assembly of Public School Councils (WRAPSC)

The Waterloo Region Assembly of Public School Councils assists all School Councils of the WRDSB to further their support of student achievement through parent and caregiver engagement. Learn more about the Waterloo Region Assembly of Public School Councils.