Healthy Relationships, Self-esteem and Living Skills for Schools
Healthy Relationships, Self-esteem and Living Skills for Schools
About Healthy Relationships, Self-esteem and Living Skills for Schools
A healthy school promotes healthy relationships, positive self-esteem, and healthy living skills. These provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to make healthy choices and establish positive patterns of communication.
Resources
- Lions Quest Canada: The Centre for Positive Youth Development (external link)
Innovative and well-researched programs, products, training and services for youth, parents, educators and community leaders to foster positive youth development. - Search Institute® (external link)
Bridges research and practice to help young people be and become their best selves.
- Healthy Relationship Skills - School Mental Health Ontario (external link)
Activities designed to help students learn to understand and appreciate diverse perspectives and identities, to empathize with others, to listen, and to resolve conflict respectfully. - Ophea (Ontario Physical Health Education Association) (external link)
- Four Pillars Activity Grades 1-12
Activity involving a discussion around the four pillars of safe space (respect, listen, understand and communicate) to define some core values and beliefs with the students. - H&PE Elementary Resources (external link)
Lesson plans, student templates and assessment tools to support the Ontario Health and Physical Education curriculum. Contact school board curriculum consultant for more information. - H&PE Secondary Resources (external link)
Ophea's H&PE Secondary Resources support teachers in helping students acquire the physical and health literacy skills needed to thrive. Contact school board curriculum consultant for more information.
- Four Pillars Activity Grades 1-12
- Developmental Relationships Framework - Search Institute (external link)
The Developmental Relationships Framework refers to five elements expressed in 20 specific actions that make relationships powerful in young people’s lives. - Healthy Relationship Certificate Program - Halton Women’s Place (external link)
Recognizes schools and classrooms who are dedicated to providing relationship health education to their students. - Healthy Relationships Public Presentations – SAVIS of Halton (external link)
Public education workshops and presentations to schools, community members, and service providers in Halton. - Healthy Relationships Resources - PREVNet (external link)
Resources and training modules on healthy relationships. - Youth Speak (external link)
Presentations by youth on youth-related issues inspire other youth for positive change.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada (external link)
- Game On! (external link)
A group mentoring program providing boys and young men with information and support to make informed choices about a range of healthy lifestyle practices. - Health Education and Relationship Teaching (HEART) Program (external link)
Formerly the “Go Girls” program, HEART is a group mentoring program for young people ages 8-10 who identify as female with a focus on physical activity, balanced eating, and self-esteem.
- Game On! (external link)