Useful Parent Resources
Below is a list of links to many valuable parent resources.
You can also visit www.school-advocate.ca for direct links to many other resources
Telehealth Ontario - Free Access to a Registered Nurse 24 Hours a Day
Toll Free: 1-866-797-0000
Web: www.health.gov.on.ca
Health Canada
Toll Free: 1-866-999-7612
Web: www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Child Abuse Hotline
Toll Free: 1-800-387-KIDS (5437)
Parent Help Line
Toll Free: 1-888-603-9100
Web: www.parenthelpline.ca
Victim Information Service
Toll Free: 1-800-518-8817
Web: www.caveat.org
Centre for Addication & Mental Health
Tel: (416) 535-8501
Web: www.camh.net
Canadian Association for Adolescent Heatlh
Tel: (514)345-9959
Web: www.acsa-caah.ca
Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System
(519) 679-7250
Web: www.lfcc.on.ca
Children's Mental Health Ontario
Tel: (416)921-2109
www.cmho.org
Bereaved Families Online
Toll Free: 1-800-236-6364
Web: www.bereavedfamilies.net
Mother's Against Drunk Driving ( MADD Canada)
Toll Free: 1-800-665-6233
Web: www.madd.ca
Ontario School Council Support Centre
14 Marilyn Ave., Gormley, ON L0H 1G0
Web: www.schoolcouncils.net
Email: gkerr@schoolcouncils.net
Making Things Happen: Tool Kit for School Councils:
www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/Parent_Resources/ohsc_school_council_kit.pdf
Ontario Federation of Home School Associations
446 Grey Street, Suite 202, Brantford, ON N3S 7L6
Web: www.ofhsa.on.ca
Email: info@ofhsa.on.ca
People for Education
P.O. Box 64, Station P, Toronto, ON M5S 2S6
Tel: (416) 536-0100
Web: www.peopleforeducation.com
Email: p4e@peopleforeducation.com
Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC)
Web: www.enoreo.on.ca/seac/files/index.htm
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada
250 City Centre Ave, Suite 616 Ottawa, ON K1R 6K7
Tel: (613)238-5721
Web: www.ldac-taac.ca
Email: information@ldac-taac.ca
Association of Parent Support Groups in Ontario (APSGO)
Box 27581, Toronto, ON M6A 3B8
Toll Free: 1-800-488-5666
Email: mail@apsgo.ca
Enhancing a safe and supportive school:
http://www.bullying.org
http://www.stopbullyingme.ab.ca/
http://www.canadiansafeschools.com/index.asp
http://www.antibullying.net/staffinfo.htm
http://www.bullyonline.org
http://www.cyberbully.org/
http://www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/General_Info/Safe_Caring_Schools/links.html
http://www.leagueofpeacefulschools.ns.ca/about.html
Resources specific to relational aggression:
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, by Mary Pipher, ISBN 0345392825
The Bully, The Bullied and the Bystander, by Barbara Coloroso. ISBN 0006394205
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons. ISBN 0156027348
A Smart Girls Guide to Friendship Troubles by American Girl Publishing. ISBN 1584857110
Mean Girls, Paramount Pictures
It's a Girl's World, by The National Film Board
Dr. Phil: http://www.drphil.com/