Adolescent Health Clinical Resources
Resources for adolescents and patients transitioning to adult care.
Services and resources
By age 14, ensure youth visit their family practitioner (physician or nurse practitioner) twice a year.
Services
- Physicians (College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia).
- Nurse practitioners (BC College of Nurses and Midwives)
- Health care services (bc211.ca)
- Physiotherapists (Physiotherapy Association of BC)
Resources
- Switching from a pediatrician to an adult provider (text and audio for youth, TeensHealth)
- Types of medical specialists (HealthLink BC)
- Advocate for Service Quality - a free service for youth and families to access and understand government services (BC Government)
Services
- Advance care planning (BC Government)
- An advance care plan should include:
- Representation agreement
- Advance directive
- Enduring power of attorney
Resources
- Advance care planning guides (BC Government)
- Representation agreement forms and info (Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry)
- Advance directive information (Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry)
- Enduring power of attorney overview (Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry)
- Power of attorney and representation agreements (People's Law School)
Services
- Find a dentist in BC (BC Dental Association)
- Reduced cost clinics (BC Dental Association)
Resources
- Basic dental coverage (Government of BC)
- Dental benefits for First Nations and Inuit (Government of Canada)
Services
- Youth substance use services (Vancouver Coastal Health)
Resources
- Drug and alcohol interactions - database for youth (DrugCocktails.ca - PHSA)
- Support for quitting smoking (QuitNow.ca)
Services
- Assistance program for students with permanent disabilities (StudentAid BC)
- Canada student grant for students with permanent disabilities (StudentAid BC)
- Grants and scholarships (StudentAid BC)
- Post-secondary education planning (Government of BC)
- Adolescent and Young Adult Program (GF Strong)
Resources
- ADHD on HealthLink BC
- Individual education plan (MyEducation BC)
- Post-secondary disabilities services contacts (PDF) (StudentAid BC)
- Transition magazine (Disability Alliance BC)
Services
- Apply for a SIN card (Government of Canada)
- Apply for a BC ID card
- Adolescent and Young Adult Program (GF Strong)
- WorkBC (BC Government)
- Employment information for families (PDF) (Community Living BC)
- Opportunities fund for persons with disabilities
Resources
Services
- Disability Tax Credit (Canada Revenue Agency)
- Registered Disability Savings Plan (Canada Revenue Agency)
- Choices in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL) (19+ years) (BC Government)
Resources
- Money and income supports - including Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) and Disability Tax Credit (DTC) (Disability Alliance BC)
- Disability benefits help sheets (Disability Alliance BC)
- Guide to individualized funding (PDF) (Community Living BC)
- Choices in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL) workbook (PDF) (BC Ministry of Health)
- CSIL online workbook (Spinal Cord Injury BC)
- MSP enrollment and eligibility (BC Government)
- Youth may be their parents' beneficiaries until age 18, or age 24 if they are full-time students
- Fair PharmaCare information (BC Government)
- PharmaCare for BC residents (BC Government)
- PharmaCare special authority (BC Government)
- Non-insured health benefits for First Nations and Inuit (Health Canada)
- Community Living BC supports and services for adults (Community Living BC)
- Choices in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL) (19+ years) (BC Government)
Services
Resources
- Supportive housing (BC Housing)
- BC Home and Community Care - Care Options and Costs (19+ years) (BC Government)
- Community Living BC supports and services for adults (18+ years, start application at age 16) (Community Living BC)
Services
- Nursing support services (0-18 years)
- BC Home and Community Care - Care Options and Costs (19+ years) (BC Government)
- Choice in Supports for Independent Living (CSIL) (19+ years) (BC Government)
Resources
Services
- First Nations and Inuit health benefits
- BC Children's Hospital Indigenous Health service
- BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
- British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS)
Resources
- Indigenous Health (Provincial Health Services Authority)
- Métis Nation BC
- Chee Mamuk Indigenous program (BCCDC)
Services
- BC ID Card (BC Government)
- Incapacity planning (BC Government)
- Advance care planning (BC Government)
Resources
Services
- BC Crisis Centre
- Call
- Youth chat
- Crisis chat
- Find BC provincial specialized eating disorders programs
- Child and youth mental health services (BC Children's Hospital)
- Developmental disabilities mental health centres
Resources
- Mental health problems and stigma (HealthLink BC)
- Find mental health and substance use help in BC (BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services)
- Here to Help resources and assessment tools
- Youth mindfulness resources (Kelty Mental Health)
Services
- SportAbility BC - programs for people with disabilities
- Live Educate Transform Society (LETS)
Resources
- Children and physical activity guidelines (Government of Canada)
- Jooay app - location-based database of activities and camps
Services
- SmartSex Resource (BC Centre for Disease Control)
- Chat online with a nurse
- Clinic finder
- Sex Sense (Options for Sexual Health)
- Clinic finder
- Online question submission
- Call 1-800-SEX-SENSE
- QMUNITY - BC's Queer Resource Centre
- Shift Education
- One-to-one coaching and/or group workshops for youth (with diverse abilities), families, and health care providers
- VictimLink BC - toll-free multilingual phone service (BC Government)
- Sexual Health Rehabilitation Service (GF Strong)
- Genetic counselling and assessment (BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre)
- Community sexual health clinics online
Resources
- Gender resources (BC Children's Hospital)
- Trans Care BC (PHSA)
- Sexually transmitted infections resources for health professionals (BC Centre for Disease Control)
- Sexual assault information (BC Government)
Services
- HandyDART and HandyCard (Translink)
- SPARC parking permit
- Travel Assistance Program assistance for travel for non-emergency medical specialist services (BC Government)
- Health Connections health-authority based regional travel assistance (BC Government)
- GF Strong Driver Rehab Program (Vancouver Coastal Health)
- Driver's licence information (ICBC)
- Drivers with medical conditions (BC Government)
Resources
- Transit accessibility (Translink)
- Driver medical fitness (BC Government)
- Driver education for youth with disabilities (PDF)
For youth and families
- Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) (BC Children's Hospital)
- Concussion overview (HealthLink BC)
- Guidelines for pediatric concussion (Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation)
- Crisis Centre BC
- Greater Vancouver: 604-872-3311
- Toll Free: 1-866-661-3311
- TTY: 1-866-872-0113
- 1-800-SUICIDE: 1-800-784-2433
- Free online chat service for youth
- Kids Help Phone - 24-hour toll-free service offering confidential phone or web counselling for ages 20 and under. You do not have to say who you are and it is available in English and French
- Toll-free: 1-800-668-6868
Services
- Vancouver Coastal Health youth detox services (12-21 years)
Resources
- Drug and alcohol interactions - database for youth (DrugCocktails.ca - PHSA)
- Resources on quitting smoking (The Lung Association)
- Quit4Life smoking information (Health Canada)
- Here to Help (BC Partners for Mental Health and Addiction Information)
- Foundry
- Kelty Eating Disorders (Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre)
- Kelty Meal Support (video) (Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre)
- Kelty Healthy Living (Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre)
- Kelty Sleeping Well (Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre)
- Open Mind - youth mental health tools and resources (Doctors of BC)
- Crisis Centre BC
- Greater Vancouver: 604-872-3311
- Toll Free: 1-866-661-3311
- TTY: 1-866-872-0113
- 1-800-SUICIDE: 1-800-784-2433
- Free online chat service for youth
- Foundry
- HealthyChildren.org (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Here to Help (BC Partners for Mental Health and Addiction Information)
- Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
- Self-Injury Outreach and Support
- Mindfulness for Teens
- BC Children's Hospital Centre for Mindfulness page(Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre)
- Calm.com
- Pain BC
- People in Pain Network
- Kelty Somatization (Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre)
Services
- SmartSex Resource (BC Centre for Disease Control)
- Chat online with a nurse
- Clinic finder
- Sex Sense (Options for Sexual Health)
- Clinic finder
- Online question submission
- Call 1-800-SEX-SENSE
- QMUNITY - BC's Queer Resource Centre
- Shift Education
- One-to-one coaching and/or group workshops for youth (with diverse abilities), families, and health care providers
- VictimLink BC - toll-free multilingual phone service (BC Government)
- Sexual Health Rehabilitation Service (GF Strong)
- Genetic counselling and assessment (BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre)
- Community sexual health clinics:
Resources
- Gender resources for youth (BC Children's Hospital Gender Clinic)
- Trans Care BC
- Sexually transmitted infections resources for health professionals (BC Centre for Disease Control)
- Sexual assault information (BC Ministry of Justice)
- Consent video (Cup of Tea)
- Federation of BC Youth In Care Networks
- Information for children in care (Ministry of Child and Family Development)
- Representative for Children and Youth
BC Children's Hospital and Kwantlen Polytechnic University created these books in partnership to provide information and practical solutions for those affected by youth-to-youth violence.
The effects of youth violence are many and can last long after an episode of violence. Although statistics show that youth who are violent or are victims are a small number compared to the total number of youth who live in BC, violence is a reality in many youths' lives.
The Youth-to-youth Violence project was partially funded by the Acting Together: Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) project at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.