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Canadian Mental Health Association, Barrie-Simcoe Branch  Provides a range of community support services to people with serious mental health problems and their families, public education and mental health promotion services for all members of the community, and advocacy for an improved mental health system. Web site includes descriptions of various programs offered. Source: Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division (CMHA ON) Canadian Mental Health Association, Kootenays Branch  Promotes mental health, wellness, and emotional stability in the Kootenays area of BC. Addresses problems of abuse, violence, control, discrimination, and mental health. Offers programs and services to help with crisis and suicide issues, child care, youth, women, housing, employment, and volunteering. Source: Canadian Mental Health Association, British Columbia Division (CMHA BC) Helping children respect and appreciate diversity  Argues that families and teachers can encourage children's positive feelings about themselves while also fostering understanding of differing beliefs, values, and traditions. Explains how to prepare children for life in a diverse society, and to help protect them from bias and discrimination. Lists some principles and strategies. Source: Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) Helping young children tell the truth  Discusses the reasons children lie. Stresses the necessity of understanding this kind of behaviour and remembering that young children reason quite differently than adults. Emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between a lie and wishful thinking. Offers advice on how to respond to habitual lying. Source: Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) Lesson plans  Provides lesson plans for teachers and education professionals teaching sexuality education at the junior high level. Covers personal and cultural values, personal boundaries, communicating boundaries to others, and sexual orientation myths. Source: Planned Parenthood Edmonton (PPE) Let's pretend ... the importance of dramatic play  Argues that creative dramatic play promotes cognitive development and helps children learn how to share, communicate, and cooperate with each other. Provides ideas to enhance children's dramatic play. Source: Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) Northern Initiative for Social Action  Serves as a consumer-driven occupational initiative that provides social action and work experiences for people with mental illness. Web site includes descriptions of various programs offered by the organization. Source: Northern Initiative for Social Action (NISA) Play and relationships: programming for inclusion  Argues that for some children with special needs, individual programming strategies are necessary to increase interaction, promote play opportunities, and encourage social skill development. Provides examples of how early childhood educators can help these children participate fully and offers practical suggestions for the classroom. Includes bibliographical references. Source: Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) Shall we dance? A way to get people active  Includes two articles about dancing. Describes benefits to balance, strength, flexibility, memorization, social skills, knowledge of other cultures, musical attunement, mental health and overall well being, for seniors and various populations. Emphasizes how people enjoy dance and how it can help them to stay active. Source: Alberta Centre for Active Living From: Wellspring Social phobia  Describes the fear of social situations, its causes, and the effectiveness of different forms of treatment. Source: Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) From: Your health: 'Psychology Works' fact sheets
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