Helpful Wellness Modules

Helpful Wellness Modules

For Parents, For Teachers & Principals

The Here to Help website contains very useful wellness modules. Here to Help is a project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information. Ups and downs are a normal part of life. We all feel a bit stressed out or struggle to cope with a problem from...
The Trap of Paradigm Paralysis

The Trap of Paradigm Paralysis

For Teachers & Principals

Paradigm paralysis can be defined as the inability or refusal to move beyond current models of thinking. I learned recently from my network that a middle school principal had decided not to continue with the transition program. Why would this happen when student...
 The 8 Health Habits Experts Say You Need in Your 20s

 The 8 Health Habits Experts Say You Need in Your 20s

For Parents

In the article The 8 Health Habits Experts Say You Need in Your 20s, experts in nutrition, obesity, cardiology and other health disciplines give their top health tips to young people starting to develop their eating and exercise routines. Staying healthy in your 20s...
Less Mum and Dad

Less Mum and Dad

For Parents

Maybe we’re not as good at parenting as we think. A new British study suggests that adults are lousy judges of their children’s health – a tiny fraction recognized clinical obesity in their youngsters, while fully 31 per cent underestimated their kids’ weight....
Hunger Games: Food for Thought

Hunger Games: Food for Thought

For Parents, For Teachers & Principals

Obesity rates soaring worldwide! According to the most comprehensive global assessment ever conducted on obesity titled Global Burden of Disease Study 2013, the last 30 years have seen obesity rising everywhere in the world. Some of the most dramatic increases are...