It can be hard for adults to know what to say or do to ease a child’s worries, especially during times of change and uncertainty. As the most important big people in their world, parents and caregivers can help children feel safer and soften the sharp edges of whatever is making their worries grow. To help support learning across environments, several fun and practical EASE lessons have been adapted for use by parents and caregivers to help children manage worries and anxiety at home.

Parent Peer Support - We know how important you are, and that you might need some support too. Peer Support Workers are also parents of kids with mental health challenges. They are here for you and want to help.

They provide emotional support, information, resources, and help in navigating services for parents & caregivers of a child, youth or young adult with a mental health and/or substance use challenge.

Peer Support services are free with no waitlist.

Stepping Stone's mission to help as many members of the community as possible by providing collaborative services that can meet your entire family’s mental health needs all in one place. Their goal is to reduce your stress, give you back time to spend doing what you love, and make getting to wellness easy and comfortable.

Foundry Kelowna is a place where any youth or parent in our community can find easy access to the help they need, when they need it. It is an integrated youth and family initiative that will transform how mental health and substance use services are delivered in Kelowna; providing early intervention to support young peoples’ wellbeing.

Founded in 1969, The Bridge offers support to youth & families in the Okanagan community. They work preventatively with new parents and their infants, they support families with various programs and they provide detox and recovery programs to youth and adults.