FAMILY TOOLKIT POWERED BY JOCELYNE MONTY

How to help a teenager

FAMILY TOOLKIT POWERED BY JOCELYNE MONTY

How to help a teenager

ChatGPT vs schoolwork: friend or foe?

The school year has begun, and now more than ever, we’re faced with the question of how artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as ChatGPT will impact students’ work.

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World Mental Health Day: How Are the Boys Doing?

Here’s a breakdown of the situation from Orlando Ceide, leader of “Projet Gars.” The project forms part of the Coordination Jeunesse initiative by la Maison d’Haïti.

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Teen anxiety - For families

A complete mini-guide to help your teen better manage their anxiety.

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Mindfulness for families

With this complete mini-guide, you will benefit from an introduction to mindfulness to lead your own meditations at home and share precious moments with your child.

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Understanding mental health

Learn more about mental heatlh and why it's important for you to help your teen take care of it daily.

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The teenage brain

Let’s zoom in on the teenage brain to help you understand it better and see how it influences your teen's everyday life.

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Are you unknowingly a toxic parent?

Read more to better understand and recognize toxic parenting and its impact on mental health, so you can avoid adopting these behaviours with your young person.

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My teen won't talk to me: what can I do?

A few tips to give you a new perspective and to help you engage with your teen.

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Two cultures: how to find balance with your child

Here is some advice to help you better understand the challenges of biculturalism and find the right balance with your teen.

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Supporting your teen on their path to academic success

Some tips to help you help your teen manage pressure at school and make them want to keep going.

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Silent education

Learn more about your influence over your teen’s behaviour and decision-making.

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Preventing sexual abuse among teens

Our practical advice and resources to support you and protect them.

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Helping your teen deal with heartbreak

Discover our tips to help your teen manage their heartbreak.

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Helping your teen make informed choices

Advice on how you can guide your child and help them make informed choices.

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Talking about dating relationships with your teen

Read on for our tips about discussing this sensitive subject with your teen.

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Teens need for autonomy

Discover all our tips to help your teen develop their autonomy.

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Being a parent with a mental disorder

Some advice so you can protect the mental health of your teen, who might witness this reality someday.

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Encouraging a positive body image at school

Here is some advice to help you better understand appearance-related bullying, its impact on body image and the importance of combatting this behaviour with your students.

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Helping your child develop a healthy body image

Here's how you can tell if your child has body image issues and how you can help them learn to accept themselves.

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Building self-esteem

Tips to help your teenager be kind to themselves and see their full potential.

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Helping your child cope with anxiety

Here are a few tips that will help you react well.

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Dealing with emotions

Mindfulness, mentalization… Here are a few techniques that you can share with them, and perhaps use in your own everyday life as well.

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Parental attitude with a teen

Some advice to maintain a good relationship with your teen, communicate well, set clear expectations, resolve conflicts etc.

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Healthy mental health

3 essential areas that you can explore to take care of your teen's mental health.

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Speaking about your child's psychological situation with their school

5 steps for communicating effectively with your child’s school about their psychological situation as well as how to ask for support—all while making yourself understood and respected.

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Preparing for the first visit to a psychotherapist

Discover what happens at a first session, how confidentiality of treatment works and how to react to a bad experience with a former psychotherapist.

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During the psychotherapy

Here are some useful tips to help you adopt the right attitude during your teens psychotherapy and allow your kid to be treated effectively.

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Talking about psychotherapy with your teen

Sometimes, when a teen is going through a particularly difficult time, it may be necessary to take them to see a psychotherapist. Here's how you can discuss it with them.

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While waiting for psychotherapy to begin

Some advice to help you support your teenager before the first consultation.

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Resources for helping teens with depression or psychological distress

Here are some resources to help you handle the situation and find solutions.

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Treatments for depression in teens

What recognized psychotherapy treatments are often prescribed to teens? What medication is commonly prescribed to treat anxiety disorders or depression in teens?

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How to react if your teen has been sexually abused?

Here’s some information to help you better understand what sexual abuse is and how to react to it.

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Self-mutilation in teens

Get a better understanding of teen self-harm, what are the signs to look for and how to manage the situation.

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Suicide

This article will provide information and advice to help you better understand suicide among young people.

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Open the conversation with your teen to help them confide

Here are some pointers that can help you support your teen in times of distress.

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Alarming behaviour in teenagers: when to worry?

How to tell if your teen is feeling depressed or suffering from depression? What are the symptoms of depression? How to help them?

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The 6 rules of conflict management

A summary of the 6 necessary steps to effectively handle conflict with your teen.

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Healping your teen accept their body

An info sheet that offers several concrete tips to help young people accept their bodies.

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Understanding adolescent depression

A brochure that explains the 4 steps to helping a young person with depression: Observe, Talk, Help, Persevere.

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Intimidation and cyberintimidation 1/5: what is it and how does it present?

Éric MPhD student associated with La Chaire de recherche Bien-être à l’école et prévention de la violence, Julie Boissonneault, helps us define and understand intimidation in teens. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Teenagers and depression 5/5: where to find help?

Social worker and agente de liaison Maryse Fortin helps us demystify the services at our local CLSC. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Teenagers and depression 4/5: what to do as parents?

Psychotherapist Paméla-Andrée Nérette helps us better understand our role as parents in the face of a child's psychological distress, and offers many tips on how to deal with it. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Teenagers and depression 3/5: living with depression - Mégane's testimony

Listen to 17-year-old Mégane share her journey with depression. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Teenagers and depression 2/5: risk factors and treatments

Psychotherapist and adjointe clinique CIUSS Centre-Sud de Montréal Paméla-Andrée Nérette explores with us the different ways in which we can help a young person suffering from depression. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Teenagers and depression 1/5: what is depression?

Psychotherapist and adjointe clinique CIUSS Centre-Sud de Montréal Paméla-Andrée Nérette helps parents to better understand and recognize depression in teens. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Love and friendship 3/5: breakups and heartaches

Psychoeducator Mirna Antoun gives us some advice on how to react as a parent and support our teenager who is going through a breakup. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Love and friendship 2/5: violence in a relationship, how to stop it?

Psychoeducator Mirna Antoun helps us make the difference between conflict and violence and gives parents the keys they need to support their teens who are experiencing conflict in their relationships. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Love and friendship 1/5: how to open up the discussion with your …

Psychoeducator Mirna Antoun helps parents talk to their teens about romantic relationships. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Newcomers and the reality of teenagers of immigrant background

Discussion with Dre Ghayda Hassan, cultural psychologist, and Ernithe Edmond, entrepreneure and founder of www.mymentalhealth-matters.com/platform. In partnership with Aidersonenfant.com.

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Social and performance anxiety in teens

To discuss this we have with us Victoria Forand, a teenage girl living with anxiety, Dr. Luigi de Benedictis, psychiatrist at the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal and Marie-Élaine Thibeault, school psychologist. In …

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Violence within teenagers relationships: how to keep them safe?

Discussion with Catherine Champagne, Project XOX sensitasation agent for Pavillon Marguerite de Champlain and Deziray de Sousa, doctoral student in psychology and coordinator at the Laboratory for the study of the well-being of families and …

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Gender identity: how to support my child on their self-discovery understanding?

We will be discussing with two members of the LGBTQ community, Nathan Fortier, 19 years old trans male, Celine Hourani, non binary 23 years old as well as Sarah Peters, psychologist at McGill University Sexual …

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