Child Abuse Prevention &
Strengthening Families Toolkit
For Parents:
- Child Abuse Prevention Council Services
- Parenting Programs and Resources
- Crisis Planning and Resources
- Caring Community Collection (London Public Library)
- Positive Parenting
- Local Positive Parenting Resources
- Resilience
- Parenting with Challenges
- Effective Parenting at Each Developmental Stage and Ability
- Attachment and Healthy Development
- Co-Parenting After Divorce
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- How to Help with Emotional Regulation
- Learning Support
- Strengthening Families Videos
- Yoga for Children
- Middlesex-London Health Unit Parenting Videos
- Supports for Men
For Professionals:
- Child Abuse/ Neglect and Duty to Report
- Services for 16-17 years
- Bystander Intervention
- Community Plan
- Human Trafficking
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Attachment
- Child Development
- Supporting Families and Professionals
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- Attachment
- Brain Development
- Childcare
- Child Development
- Child Maltreatment
- Child Protection and Teachers
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Risk Assessment and Management
- Human Trafficking
- Mental Health- Adult
- Mental Health – Child
- Resilience
- Sexual Abuse
- Suicide Prevention
- Toxic stress on children and families
- Trauma informed care
For Parents
Child Abuse Prevention Council Services
Parenting Programs & Resources
Crisis Planning & Resources
Caring Community Collection, London Public Library
Positive Parenting
Local Positive Parenting Resources
- Talking to Kids
- Talking to Teens
- Parenting Strategies
- Positive Parenting
- How Parents Can Raise a Good Child (verywellfamily.com)
- The Surprising Secret to Raising a Well-Behaved Kid | Parents
- Positive Parenting Tips for Children 0-17 years
- Positive Parenting Tips for all Ages
- Nobody’s Perfect Tips Sheets
- Timeouts
- What’s wrong with spanking
- Braveheart Parenting
- Nobody’s Perfect Parent Toolkit & Tip Sheets
- Expert Parenting
- Helping Kids With Coping Strategies
- Coping Skills Sheets for Adults & Children
- What is Discipline?
- Discipline without Hurting
- Reasons Not to Hit
- Encourage Good Behaviour
- www.newdadmanual.ca
- Who Can Babysit Tonight
Resilience:
- Building Resilience in Children & Teen
- Building Resilience in Teens
- Resiliency & Self-Care for Service Providers
- Big Life Journal Free Printables on Raising Resilient & Happy Children
- Resiliency Framework for Safe & Healthy Children & Families
- Resiliency for Child Sexual Abuse
- https://www.caba.org.uk/online-courses/boost-your-resilience
- https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/professional-resilience
- https://positivepsychology.com/resilience-training/
- https://www.udemy.com/course/building-personal-resilience/
Parenting with Challenges
- Addiction –https://www.drugrehab.com/ & https://addictionresource.com/
- Parenting with Substance Abuse Issues – https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/family-friend-portal/tips-help-cope/ & https://childhealthpolicy.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/RQ-1-14-winter.pdf
- CAMH Mental Health & Addictions
- Parenting with a Mental Health Problem
- Parenting Mental Health Toolkit
- Teen Mental Health
- Mind Your Mind
- Resources for Families Dealing with Parental Depression
- Postpartum Depression
- Coping with Parental Stress
- Impact of Toxic Shock on Children
- Impact of Domestic Violence on Children
- How to Get Out of An Abusive Relationship
- Neighbours, Friends & Families
- Coping with Crying
Effective Parenting at Each Developmental Stage & Ability
- Developmental milestones
- Children with special needs
- Parenting a child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- Stages of Development
- Ages and Stages of Development
- Mindfulness Resources for Children – https://www.mindful.org/mindfulness-for-kids/ & https://www.mindfulchildaerialyoga.com/2020/03/online-mindfulness-resources-for-kids/
Attachment & Healthy Development
- Attachment – https://www.beststart.org/resources/hlthy_chld_dev/pdf/parent_attachment_eng.pdf
- Building a Secure Attachment Bond with Your Baby
- Your Baby’s Brain – How Parents Can Support Healthy Development
- Attachment Theory- https://www.psychologistworld.com/developmental/attachment-theory; https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-attachment-theory-2795337; https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/
Co-Parenting After Divorce
- Co-Parenting Tips for Divorced Parents
- Tips for Supervised Visitation
- How to connect with your child when you don’t have custody
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) – infographic
- Parenting to Prevent & Heal Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) – infographic
- ACES
How to Help with Emotional Regulation
Learning Support
- Scholastic Learn At Home
- Virtual Tours
- Coding & Game Design for Children & Youth
- Art With Jenny K
- Indoor Games & Activities
- 10 Ways to Make Growth Mindset Fun for Children
- 50 Indoor Activities for Children
- At Home Workout for Kids
- Free Subscriptions for Children & Youth
- Open Access Learning for Children
- Activities for Children
- Animal Livestreams
- Astronauts Reading from Space
- Virtual Fieldtrips
- Activity Suggestions
- Fun Brain
- Authors Read Aloud & Activities
- National Film Board of Canada
- TVO Kids
- Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM)
- KHAN Academy
- Learning Worksheets
- Math Playground
- Math Game Time
- NASA Kids Club
- How Stuff Works
- Google Earth
- Digital Learning
- Starfall Learn to Read
- 30 Virtual Fieldtrips
- 33 National Park Tours
- Take a Challenge
- Toy Theatre
- Life Skill & Learning Resources
- Mandala Colouring Pages
- Activities for Kids
- PBS Kids
- 30 Days of Lego Play
Strengthening Families Videos
- Babies, Netflix Documentary Series – https://www.netflix.com/ca/Title/80117833
- How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime – https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=Ted+talk%2C+dr+nadine+burke+harris#id=1&vid=5f514739b06e0b9e902a6df3a4b4267a&action=click
- Child Development – https://kidcarecanada.org/
- Circle of Security – https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/resources-for-parents/
- Circle Of Security DVD Excerpt – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2BfxsWguc
- Attachment & Conscious Parenting – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tdljIW86e8
- Attachment Theory: How Childhood Affects Life https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=videos+about+attachment+of+children#id=3&vid=81af1d9582a2e2f34dd799101e1fb11e&action=click
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHgLYI9KZ-A
- Children See, Children Learn – https://childrenseechildrenlearn.ca/?page_id=168
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention – https://www.cdc.gov/parents/essentials/videos/index.html
- Greater Good Parenting – https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/video/series/parenting_videos
- Parenting TED Talks – https://www.ted.com/playlists/150/advice_to_help_you_be_a_great
- Resilience – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF2hQ0XLf6U
- Happy Family Parenting Videos – https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/positive-parenting-videos/
- What is Positive Discipline – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tBbL7VcNh0&feature=youtu.be
Yoga for Children
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X655B4ISakg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlg052EKMtk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJzj_b7G7
Middlesex-London Health Unit Parenting Videos
- Attachment – https://www.healthunit.com/early-child-development-attachment
- Healthy Baby Healthy Brain – https://www.healthunit.com/healthy-baby-healthy-brain-videos
- Brain Development –https://www.healthunit.com/early-child-development-brain
- Social & Emotional Development – https://www.healthunit.com/early-child-development-social-emotional
- Resiliency – https://www.healthunit.com/early-child-development-resiliency
- Speech & Language – https://www.healthunit.com/early-child-development-speech
- Literacy – https://www.healthunit.com/early-child-development-literacy
- Physical Development – https://www.healthunit.com/parenting-videos-growth-development
- Ready for School – https://www.healthunit.com/rea
Supports for Men
For Professionals
Child Abuse/Neglect & Duty to Report
- Service Highlights, London CAS
- Child Abuse & Neglect Organizational Checklist
- OACAS Child Abuse Prevention Brochure
- Child Abuse & Neglect Training
- Duty to Report Brochure, London CAS
- Certificate of Completion
- Child Abuse & Neglect in Ontario
- Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect
- Child Abuse & Neglect – What is it?
- Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention
- Child Maltreatment
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
- Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect
- Family Violence in Canada
- Is my Child Being Sexually Abused
- Shaken Baby
- Ways to Prevent Child Abduction
- Reduce the Risk of Child Abduction https://protectchildren.ca/pdfs/MK_ReduceRiskAbduction_en.pdf
- Signs of Safety
- Jordan Principle – Child-first principle ensuring First Nation children get the services they need when they need them
Services for 16-17 years
Bystander Intervention
Community Plan
Human Trafficking
- https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/cntrng-crm/hmn-trffckng/abt-hmn-trffckng-en.aspx
- https://canadianwomen.org/blog/category/human-trafficking/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIntq94vfQ8AIVEI_ICh26QwkVEAAYASAAEgKTcfD_BwE
- https://www.canadiancentretoendhumantrafficking.ca/nationalhotline/
Shaken Baby Syndrome
- https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-attachment-theory-2795337
- https://neufeldinstitute.org/resources/free/
Child Development
- Child Development
- Infant Brain Development —https://www.albertafamilywellness.org/brain-story-tookit & https://www.zerotothree.org/early-development
Supporting Families & Professionals
- Tips for Talking to Parents About their Child’s Behaviour- https://childcare.extension.org/how-can-i-approach-parents-when-i-have-concerns-about-their-childs-aggressive-behavior & https://www.imdavidrausch.com/post/6-tips-for-talking-to-parents-about-their-child-s-misbehavior
- Supporting Parents of Children Who Have Been Victimized
- Supporting Children Who Have Been Exposed to Domestic Violence
- Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers
- Tree of Life Narrative Tool
- Resiliency & Self-Care for Service Providers
- Postvention: Supporting Communities After Suicide
Trauma-Informed Care
Free Online Training
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- https://www.acesonlinelearning.com/
- https://www.acesconnection.com/g/Canadian-ACEs-and-TI-Network/blog/free-online-aces-and-resilience-training
- https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/aces-training/#/
Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH)
- Empowering families affected by psychosis
- Empowering families affected by substance use problems
- Youth & Mental Health 101
- Addiction 101
- Depression 101
- Mental Health 101
Attachment
- https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/early-years/attachment-the-early-years/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
- https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/early-years/attachment-the-early-years/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
Brain Development
- https://www.albertafamilywellness.org/training
- https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/educational-technology-and-practice/educational-practice/play-learning-and-the-brain/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab
Childcare
- https://study.com/articles/List_of_Free_Online_Child_Care_Courses_and_Classes.html
- http://www.earlyyearscareers.com/eyc/free-online-childcare-courses/
Child Development
- https://study.com/academy/topic/development-in-infancy-and-toddlerhood.html
- https://study.com/academy/topic/development-in-early-childhood.html
- https://study.com/academy/topic/development-in-middle-childhood.html
Child Maltreatment
Child Protection & Teachers
Domestic Violence
- http://www.learningtoendabuse.ca/online-training/nff_training/index.html
- http://makeitourbusiness.ca/training/certified-online-training.html
- http://rapworkers.com/
- https://endingviolence.org/training/we-all-can-help/
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment & Management
- http://www.learningtoendabuse.ca/online-training/index.html
- http://www.learningtoendabuse.ca/online-training/doc_mon_collab/index.html
Human Trafficking
- http://helpingtraffickedpersons.org/training/curriculum
- https://www.camh.ca/en/camh-news-and-stories/free-online-course-helps-service-providers-support-survivors-of-human-trafficking
- https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/victims-of-crime/human-trafficking/human-trafficking-training
Mental Health – Adult
- https://alison.com/course/mental-health-studies-suicide-violent-behavior-and-substance-abuse-revised
- https://alison.com/course/mental-health-studies-understanding-behaviour-burnout-and-depression-revised
- https://www.ccohs.ca/products/courses/mh_awareness/
- https://www.futurelearn.com/subjects/psychology-and-mental-health-courses
- https://alison.com/course/diploma-in-mental-health-studies
- https://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/learn-mental-health-literacy/
- https://www.onlinetherapyuser.ca/wellbeing-program
- https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/page9167.aspx
Mental Health – Child
- https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/young-people-mental-health
- https://www.classcentral.com/course/clinicalpsych-1359
Sexual Abuse
- http://www.learningtoendabuse.ca/online-training/resp_disclosures/index.html
- https://protectchildren.ca/en/get-involved/online-training/commit-to-kids-intro-safeguarding-children/
- https://protectchildren.ca/en/get-involved/online-training/kids-in-the-know/
- http://paceuk.info/training/keep-them-safe/
Suicide Prevention
Toxic stress on children & families
- https://www.classcentral.com/course/edx-the-best-start-in-life-early-childhood-development-for-sustainable-development-8499
- https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/toxic-stress/
- https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/wp3/