Planning

Crisis & Help Lines

The Brain:

Neuroscience for Kids
DANA Brainweb Sites for information on brain diseases and disorders of the brain
Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Connection: The Brain and Learning

Bullying:

Kids Help Online: an extensive list of bullying and teasing websites
Students Against Violence Everywhere: a student-driven organization where students learn about alternatives to violence
Anti-bullying network- a Scottish site with good information

Bullying in schools- an Australian site
www.bullying.org- A Canadian site, with information about cyberbullying, also.

Career/ Post-Secondary Planning:

Achieve BC - apprenticeship - earn while you learn
BC Ministry of Advanced Education
BC Ministry of Education Career and Applied Programs
BC Work Futures for trades and technical occupations
Canadian Job Bank - federal links, resume builder, etc.
Canadian Public Service Commission Job recruitment menu - federal
Career Cruising - user name Wellington, password wildcat
Careers in the Mineral Industry
Destination 2020 - discover what skills you have and how they fit
Essential Skills - for the job market, what are they? how to get them?
Job Futures - Canadian Federal Career & Education Planning Tool
Job Search Manual
JobWave BC
Kiersey Temperament Sorter & Character Questionnaire
My BC Campus - post-secondary application service
Opening Doors - guide to post-secondary education in BC
PCTIA - private career training institutes agency (BC)
U Tours - video tours of Canadian universities
What's Key? - self-assessment tools, occupational info, education, training
Work Futures - BC job outlook
WorkScene: profiles of career areas for youth to use

Health and Lifestyle Links:

Health Indexes A-Z:

Canada's Food Guide
Canadian Healthcare Association - Frequently Asked Questions
CDC Health Topics A to Z
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention - Home Page
EMedicine – an open access comprehensive medical "textbook"
Health and Medicine - Diseases and Conditions
Health Canada - latest headlines, health advisories, current issues
MEDLINEplus: Child and Teen Health Topics
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Home Page
Open Medicine - a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.
The Canadian Health Network - healthy living and health promotion information you can trust

Alcohol:

Alcoholics Anonymous
About Alcoholism (and Substance Abuse)
MADD Online: Under 21

Special Topics:

Death and Dying- loss and grief
Food Allergies
Genetically modified food
Male health issues

Controversial Issues:

Homework Center - Social Issues    This site contains some American content, but many links to Opposing Viewpoints on issues like: AIDS, ABORTION, SAME SEX MARRIAGE, DRUGS....
Euthanasia/assisted suicide - Some American content but fairly balanced perspective.
GLBTQ - sexuality issues - myths and discussions

Sexual Health:

American Social Health Association: answers to questions about teen sexual health and sexually transmitted diseases
Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Canadian Health Network - Sexuality and Reproductive Health
Live Positive: general information about HIV/AIDS as well as information for youth living with HIV/AIDS
More sexual health info: easy to use site from ASHA

Planned Parenthood Youth Forum : Options for Sexual Health discussion forum
Planned Parenthood Youth Page: information on birth control, sexuality, STDs (some parts still under construction)
Sexuality and U
Won't Get Weird non-judgmental info and videos

Smoking:

Understanding Smoking for Teenagers
BC Tobacco Facts
Joe Chemo: A Camel Who Wishes He'd Never Smoked
 

Drugs:

National Institute on Drug Abuse - Common Drugs of Abuse Information Index
National Institute on Drug Abuse - Sara's Quest
Freevibe.com
CCSA - Topics include a list under " substances/addictions" You can also search - by place- for Addictions Organizations in Canada. Look in the CCSA addictions databases.
 

Mental Health:

American Psychological Society Mental health links
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis links and search
Mental Health Risk Factors for Adolescents

Notes on the Major Psychiatric Disorders among Children and Youth - and a guide to Internet information on topics such as abuse, anxiety, eating disorders, depression
 

 

Last updated March 2008