Albertans have experienced many challenges that place a strain on our mental health. On this page you will find resources and learning opportunities to help with your mental health and self-management including:
Building Blocks for Resilience: Developed as a teaching tool for parents and caregivers with information and activities to help build resilience. This series highlights evidence informed information and parenting practices that support positive mental health and overall resilience.
Self-Management of Depression and Anxiety: Developed for healthcare providers who work with adult or teens and their families who have poor mental health, depression, and/or anxiety. This series highlights evidence-based ways to help people improve and maintain their positive mental health through lifestyle management and professional care.
Self-Management of Stress: Developed for adults, teens, educators, and healthcare providers. The toolkit provides information about stress, how it can affect your physical and mental health, and coping strategies to help manage stress.
Self-Care in Disaster Times and Beyond Toolkit: Developed for first responders, helpers, and leaders involved in disaster and emergency response work, as well as a wide range of crisis support work. Includes resources and strategies to help increase knowledge and improve skills and capacity for personal well-being, team wellness, and organizational planning to support self-care.
Spiritual Care Resources to Support Well-being: Developed for adults, teens, educators, and healthcare providers. This toolkit can be used to support resilience, well-being, and coping in a disaster or emergency.
Learning opportunities: Developed for adults, educators, and healthcare providers. Skill-building, self-directed learning modules and interactive workshops aim to increase coping and self-efficacy skills, build resilience, and improve social and emotional well-being using practical tools and strategies that aim to promote positive mental health.
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Albertans have experienced many challenges that place a strain on our mental health. On this page you will find resources and learning opportunities to help with your mental health and self-management including:
Building Blocks for Resilience: Developed as a teaching tool for parents and caregivers with information and activities to help build resilience. This series highlights evidence informed information and parenting practices that support positive mental health and overall resilience.
Self-Management of Depression and Anxiety: Developed for healthcare providers who work with adult or teens and their families who have poor mental health, depression, and/or anxiety. This series highlights evidence-based ways to help people improve and maintain their positive mental health through lifestyle management and professional care.
Self-Management of Stress: Developed for adults, teens, educators, and healthcare providers. The toolkit provides information about stress, how it can affect your physical and mental health, and coping strategies to help manage stress.
Self-Care in Disaster Times and Beyond Toolkit: Developed for first responders, helpers, and leaders involved in disaster and emergency response work, as well as a wide range of crisis support work. Includes resources and strategies to help increase knowledge and improve skills and capacity for personal well-being, team wellness, and organizational planning to support self-care.
Spiritual Care Resources to Support Well-being: Developed for adults, teens, educators, and healthcare providers. This toolkit can be used to support resilience, well-being, and coping in a disaster or emergency.
Learning opportunities: Developed for adults, educators, and healthcare providers. Skill-building, self-directed learning modules and interactive workshops aim to increase coping and self-efficacy skills, build resilience, and improve social and emotional well-being using practical tools and strategies that aim to promote positive mental health.
Tell us about yourself and the resources you're accessing by taking our short survey!
Questions or concerns, email us at: hpdip.mh.earlyid@recoveryalberta.ca
The Building Blocks for Resilience Series was created to provide practical tips and engaging activities for parents and caregivers to help build emotional and social skills in children from birth to 8 years old. The series includes three books for different ages and stages of development.
Learning to manage emotions and respond to situations in healthy ways are essential life skills. You can support your child in developing emotional resilience by modeling healthy emotional regulation and using the Building Blocks for Resilience Emotions Postcards to help them recognize and name their emotions.
Click on the images below to view and download the books.
The Building Blocks for Resilience Series was created to provide practical tips and engaging activities for parents and caregivers to help build emotional and social skills in children from birth to 8 years old. The series includes three books for different ages and stages of development.
Learning to manage emotions and respond to situations in healthy ways are essential life skills. You can support your child in developing emotional resilience by modeling healthy emotional regulation and using the Building Blocks for Resilience Emotions Postcards to help them recognize and name their emotions.
Click on the images below to view and download the books.
Developed for healthcare providers who work with individuals and their families who have poor mental health, depression, and/or anxiety. This series highlights evidence-based ways to help people improve and maintain their positive mental health through lifestyle management and professional care. There are two books in the series:
Developed for healthcare providers who work with individuals and their families who have poor mental health, depression, and/or anxiety. This series highlights evidence-based ways to help people improve and maintain their positive mental health through lifestyle management and professional care. There are two books in the series:
This informative toolkit is for first responders, helpers, and leaders involved in disaster and emergency response work, as well as a wide range of crisis support work. Inside, you will find resources and strategies to help you and your organization increase your knowledge and improve your skills and capacity for your personal wellbeing, team wellness, and organizational planning to support self-care.
A workbook with self-reflective activities, team discussion questions, assessment tools, and organizational planning resources to support individual and workplace self-care for an individual or an organization.
PowerPoint for individuals or organizations with key concepts to use in a presentation or for information to guide you and your organization.
This informative toolkit is for first responders, helpers, and leaders involved in disaster and emergency response work, as well as a wide range of crisis support work. Inside, you will find resources and strategies to help you and your organization increase your knowledge and improve your skills and capacity for your personal wellbeing, team wellness, and organizational planning to support self-care.
A workbook with self-reflective activities, team discussion questions, assessment tools, and organizational planning resources to support individual and workplace self-care for an individual or an organization.
PowerPoint for individuals or organizations with key concepts to use in a presentation or for information to guide you and your organization.
The spiritual practices brochure can be used to support your resilience, well-being, and coping in a disaster or emergency. A supporting booklet of worksheets contains nine different spiritual practice worksheets to help you strengthen your relationships, improve social connections, and help you cope with change or loss.
The spiritual practices brochure can be used to support your resilience, well-being, and coping in a disaster or emergency. A supporting booklet of worksheets contains nine different spiritual practice worksheets to help you strengthen your relationships, improve social connections, and help you cope with change or loss.
Mental Health Promotion & Illness Prevention, Mental Health & Addiction Services, Recovery Alberta
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What is Mental Health Resilience?
This is the ability to adapt to difficult situations. When stress, adversity, or a disaster event occurs, you still experience feelings of anger, grief and pain, but resilience means that you are able to keep functioning physically and mentally.