Confident Parents: Thriving Kids is a family-focused free web and phone-based coaching service to help parents support their children aged 3-12 to manage either anxiety or behaviour challenges.
Program is currently experiencing a surge in referrals, leading to a delay of 6 months between when a referral is received, and the family is contacted to complete the intake process.
Confident Parents: Thriving Kids has two program streams to help parents support their children aged 3-12 to manage either anxiety or behaviour challenges. Behaviour challenges may include uncooperative or disruptive behaviour, aggression or defiance. Sometimes anxiety can look similar, but the behaviours only appear in certain situations – like getting ready for school or going to bed. When children are feeling anxious, they may seem restless, agitated, withdrawn or tearful, complain of stomach aches or have trouble falling asleep.
This programs helps to develop skills and strategies to support child in managaging anxiety or behaviour challenges, through a series of online videos (for anxiety) or workbooks (for behaviour) and activities, supported by coaching sessions by phone. Coaching sessions can be scheduled during day, evening and weekend hours. Both program streams are based on strategies shown to be effective, and are offered at no cost to parents and caregivers across BC.
Which program is right for your family? Confident Parents: Thriving Kids offers two skill-building programs: one for families with children experiencing anxiety and one for families with behavioural challenges:
Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Behaviour Program: A telephone-based coaching service for parents proven effective in reducing mild to moderate behavioural problems in children ages 3–12. Through a series of 6 to 14 weekly coaching sessions, along with exercises and workbooks, trained coaches empower parents and caregivers to learn effective skills and techniques that support social skills and cooperation in their child. This program is offered at no cost to parents and caregivers across BC, through referral from a family doctor or pediatrician.
Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Anxiety Program A new telephone coaching service for parents and caregivers that effectively reduces mild to moderate anxiety in their children ages 3 – 12. Parents and caregivers watch videos that demonstrate key concepts and approaches, and engage in scheduled sessions with coaches by phone to help them build skills and strategies they can use with their child and family at home and in community settings. Developed in collaboration with BC experts who work extensively with children experiencing anxiety and their families, this ‘made in BC’ program incorporates concepts from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
The anxiety program is offered at no cost to parents and caregivers across BC, through referral from a physician, pediatrician, Child and Youth Mental Health (CYMH) clinician, Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health (ACYMH) clinician, teacher or school counsellor.
604-688-3234
Toll Free: 1-855-871-8445
Website:
https://welcome.cmhacptk.ca
Behaviour Program
Public email:
confidentparents@cmha.bc.ca
Website:
https://welcome.cmhacptk.ca/behaviour
Anxiety Program
Public email:
cptk.anxiety@cmha.bc.ca
Website:
https://welcome.cmhacptk.ca/anxiety
Cost:
No cost
Referral options:
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
- Health professional referral
- School personnel referral
Details:
For the Behaviour program: Please talk to your family doctor or pediatrician to request a referral. For the Anxiety program: Please talk to your family doctor, pediatrician, psychologist, nurse practitioners, Child and Youth Mental Health clinician or Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health clinician to request a referral. Teachers and school counsellors/psychologists and Early Childhood Educators’s are now able to refer families to the program.
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