The Canyons Family Center has a variety of free classes, resources, and counseling services offered.

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Contact them at (801) 826 - 8190 or by visiting their website: https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/depts/responsive-services/canyons-family-center/

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You can also find an available class to join - and sign up to attend - by clicking here: http://bookeo.com/canyonsfamilycenter.

Mental Health Resources for Parents & Families

ParentGuidance.org

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This website is designed to offer parents/guardians support, real answers, and real help for their students. ParentGuidance.org is backed by therapists to provide specialized courses, professional support, and a safe community of parents helping each other.

MyLifeIsWorthLiving.org

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My Life is Worth Living is an animated web series which includes five powerful stories told over 20 episodes. In each episode, relatable teen characters wrestle with challenges that are all too familiar for many viewers and discover strategies to cope when it feels like their own thoughts are against them. Over the course of each character’s journey, they realize that life is worth living.

They don’t go it alone. Each character learns that support can come from family, friends, or even people they least expect and that the comfort of a sympathetic person can provide the relief they didn’t think possible. As the teens learn to share their burdens, cope in healthy ways, and accept support, that self-critical voice becomes less intrusive, and those bad situations become more hopeful. They learn that life at times can seem bleak, and that negative thoughts are often part of the experience, but also that we all deserve love and support, that no situation is hopeless, and that their lives are worth living.

Talking to Your Kids About War

In light of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the Canyons District Student Services department has provided some resources below for parents/guardians on how to talk to children about war. (Note: these are 3rd party websites).

1. https://www.apa.org/topics/resilience/kids-war

2. https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Talking-To-Children-About-Terrorism-And-War-087.aspx

3. https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-war-4147597

4. https://www.today.com/parents/how-talk-children-about-war-age-age-guide-t171381

5. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-violence-crime-and-war

6. https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers

7. https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/mental-health-resources/war-and-terrorism/helping-children-cope-with-terrorism

Student Anxiety