GUIDANCE

HELPLINES

Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868
http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/

Tipline for reporting online sexual exploitation of children
http://www.cybertip.ca/app/en/

Al-Anon and Alateen
http://www.mb.al-anon.alateen.org/

Addictions Foundation of Manitoba
http://www.afm.mb.ca/

Manitoba Farm & Rural Stress Line
http://www.ruralstress.ca/

Canadian Mental Health Association
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/index.asp

Teen Touch
http://www.teentouch.org/

THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE ON LOAN FROM MRS. COUSIN AND THE GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT (titles marked with an * are available in the library)

BEHAVIOUR AND BEHAVIOUR MODIFACATION

• ANGER MANAGEMENT
  By: Judith Peacock

This is an easy to read volume on anger and how to help children gain control over it.

• HOLD ON TO YOUR KIDS Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
  By: Gordon Neufeld PhD. and Gabor Mate M.D.

The trend today seems to be that peers and friends have a greater influence on our children than their parents have. This book helps parents to end this situation and become the most important influence in their child’s behaviour, morals, values and identity. Don’t let your child be an “empty vessel” being filled up by the ideas and ideals of others.

• SAFE TEEN Powerful Alternatives to Violence
  By: Anita Roberts

“Safe Teen: A life-skills and violence prevention program.” Here is an essential guide to preventing violence and building inner-strength in teenagers.

BULLYING

• ODD GIRL OUT The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
  By: Rachel Simmons

In this book the nature of aggression and bullying among young girls is explained and identified. Methods and stratagies to help female victims through these tough ordeals are explained.

• THE BULLY, THE BULLIED AND THE BYSTANDER
  By: Barbara Coloroso

Detailed and positive methods that parents can use and teach their children to help break the bullying cycle.

• PEER PRESSURE
  By: Kate Havelin

This is a very useful and easy to understand book for students, on how to say no to friends and classmates.

DEPRESSION

• WHEN NOTHING MATTERS ANYMORE A Survival Guide for Depressed
  Teens
  By: Bev Cobain, R.N.,C.

This book looks at the causes symptoms and types of depression and how to tell if you are clinically depressed. It then provides survival tips to help you recover.

• FEELING GOOD The New Mood Therapy
  By: David D. Burns M.D.

A book filled with insights and strategies on anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem and depression. Also included is a consumer’s guide to antidepressant drugs.

EATING DISORDERS

• LIFE WITHOUT ED
  By: Jenni Schaeder and Thom Rutledge

This book tells the story of how one woman (Jenni Schaeder) declared independence from her eating disorder(ED). It gives insights into the nature of eating disorders and on how anyone can get free of ED.

• HOW YOUR TEENAGER BEAT AN EATING DISORDER
  By: James lock M.D. PhD. and Daniel Le Grange PhD.

Strategies to help parents understand and work with their child who has been diagnosed with an eating disorder.

GRIEF

• HOW TO GO ON LIVING WHEN SOMEONE YOU KNOW DIES
  By: Therese A Rando PhD.

This book on loss and survival gives hope and direction to those left behind. Chapters include loss of a spouse, parent, sibling and child. Also included are methods on how to help a child deal with grief.

• UNDERSTANDING YOUR GRIEF (Work book)
  By: Alan D. Wolfelt PhD.

This book contains questions for people suffering from loss. The reader writes out their answers and is guided through a process that helps them come to terms with their grief.

SEPARATION AND DIVORCE

• BECAUSE LIFE GOES ON
  By: Health Canada

This is a guide on how to talk to children about separation and divorce. It explains how children are affected and how to help children to adjust to the new situations that may occur.

• FAMILY LAW FOR CHILDREN
  By: The Legal Education Association of Manitoba

This Public Service Publication contains information for kids about the legal aspects of separation and divorce.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

• THE TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS
  By: The Foundation for a Drug Free World

This kit contains easy to read pamphlets and a DVD with facts on most common street drugs; including L.S.D. ECSTASY, COCAINE, HEROIN, MARIJUANA and CRYSTAL METH

FOR PARENTS ONLY

• A STUDENT’S BRAIN
  By: Kathie F. Nunley

This is an easy to understand guide on the how and why workings of a teenager's brain. Topics include; Increasing I.Q. and reading ability, Attention deficit Disorder, Dyslexia, Autism, Asperger syndrome and why teenagers should avoid caffeine and alcohol.

• FAMILY FIRST Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family
  By: DR. Phil McGraw

A book written by Dr. Phil of Oprah fame. This book gives Dr. Phil’s tried and true method for parents to build a functional family.

• GET OUT OF MY LIFE But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall
  By: Anthony E. Wolf, PhD.

This often funny look at teenagers provides parents with a guide to raising
teenagers in today`s world.