Teenagers
All families have stuff happen and things can kind of “go off the rails” for a little while. Stressful circumstances can make any healthy family struggle for a period of time. One of the differences between a healthy family and a dysfunctional family is the fact that even after a rough patch, healthy families have a tendency to get back to whatever their normal functioning was before. With dysfunctional families rough patches and issues and “off the rails” tends to be a chronic condition that seems to happen repeatedly and / or with no break between.
When kids don’t get their needs met in a healthy manner, it can set them up for a lifetime of victimization. The skills they don’t learn are often the ones that are needed to function in healthy relationships. The skills they do learn are often the ones that reinforce unhealthy and / or abusive relationships. Some folks are able to work their way through it all and come out as adults in a good place and some don’t.
On this resource page are a list of publications and links to provide you with information on issues that teenagers deal with. Some of the links are to our own work and some are to other community groups. Since we are a Leeds & Grenville based organization, community links are mostly for organizations in that catchment area.
For further information about this topic, please email info@vslg.ca or visit our Supporting Teens at Risk (STAR) Program Information Page.
Child Abuse
What to do About Domestic Violence
Assault Response & Care Centre (ARCC)
1-800-567-7415
www.arc-c.ca
Assaulted Women’s Helpline
1-866-863-0511
www.awhl.org
Distress Line
1-800-465-4442
www.dcontario.org
Interval House
1-800-267-4409
www.lgih.ca
Lanark, Leeds & Grenville Legal Clinic
1-800-597-4529
www.legalclinic.ca
Legal Aid Ontario
1-800-668-8258
www.legalaid.on.ca/en/getting/type_domesticviolence.asp
Mental Health Crisis Line
1-866-281-2911
www.rohcg.on.ca/programs-and-services/bmhc-e.cfm
Victim Witness Assistance Program
1-888-216-2191
https://www.attorneygeneral.
Victim Support Line
1-888-579-2888
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/about/vw/vsl.asp
Mental Health Services for Children & Youth
www.ontario.ca/page/mental-health-services-children-and-youth
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
www.nctsn.org/trauma-types/early-childhood-trauma
Kids Help Phone
www.kidshelpphone.ca/Teens/Home.aspx
Boost For Kids
boostforkids.org
Stop Bullying
www.stopbullying.gov/kids/index.html
Need Help Now
needhelpnow.ca/app/en/
Mental Health for Kids – Mind your Mind
mindyourmind.ca
Covenant House (youth shelter)
www.covenanthousetoronto.ca/homeless-youth/Get-Help
Blog Posts for Teenagers
victimservices.wordpress.com/category/teenagers/
211 Information on Youth Organizations in Ontario
www.211ontario.ca/quick/Ontario/ORGANIZATION/Youth%20Services/Ontario
Domestic Violence Hotline
www.thehotline.org
PFLAG – resources for LGBTQ2
http://pflagcanada.ca/
Love is Respect – Dating Violence Resources
www.loveisrespect.org
Internet Safety Planning & Technology
www.flipsnack.com/